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Critical thinking economics resources under $5
4th Grade Fractions Review - Math Mystery Fractions Equivalent, reducing + more
4th grade Fractions review wrapped up in a fun Math Mystery! Students must use their fraction math skills to discover where the Forgetful Pharaoh left his Scepter in Ancient Egypt! They will be required to reduce fractions to the lowest terms, compare fractions, create equivalent fractions, add and subtract fractions with LIKE denominators, and convert improper fractions to mixed number fractions. Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided with
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Math Mystery Games COMPLETE Bundle 4th Grade Fun Math Review Activities
Create a Board Game! Project Based Learning Unit - Templates + Rubrics + Slides
Unleash creativity with our Board Game Project Based Learning Unit! Ideal for 1st grade and up! Make learning fun by creating a board game. Includes templates, rubrics, and more! PDF & Powerpoint Slides to introduce the project to students.KEY FEATURES:64 PAGES OF VALUE: Includes 64 pages of resources to support the entire project lifecycle from planning and crafting to reflecting.TEMPLATES FOR EVERYTHING: Comes with a variety of templates including warm up activities, planning, game design,
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2nd - 8th
5th Grade Fractions Review - Math Mystery Fractions Game
Fractions Review 5th Grade Math Mystery Edition - Multiplying Fractions, Adding & Subtracting Fractions, and Equivalent Fractions.Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⭐Optional video hook included for introducing the case! (Check it out in the preview section)⭐BONUS: Ending video added to wrap up the case!<The videos have
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Math Mystery Game COMPLETE Bundle - Math Review Activities
Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Word and Logic Puzzles Escape Room Activity With Digital Lock Option
In this engaging escape room activity, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and logic puzzles using critical thinking skills to discover codes to open the lock. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-prep activity gets them thinking as they solve the puzzles and clues! ⭐️ How does the escape room work? (Click the PREVIEW link above and watch the VIDEO for a closer look at this activity!)In this escape room activity, students will solve 4 different
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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Fact and Opinion Activities Sort 2nd 3rd Grade Fun Reading Centers Comprehension
Are you looking for a fun, highly engaging, and EFFECTIVE way to teach fact and opinion? This set of activities will teach your students how to distinguish between fact and opinion by becoming observant text detectives. You can even use it as the basis for a room transformation!This resource includes:Fact Detectives Reading CentersFact vs Opinion SortAssessmentDigital ActivitiesSOLVE THE CRIME FACT DETECTIVESThis activity is super engaging for students! They will read each storyline along with t
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Fact and Opinion Activities BUNDLE Text Detective Reading Comprehension
STEM Index Card Tower Challenge - Easy Prep Project- 2 Versions
This easy prep STEM Activity is surprisingly challenging! Students will have a fantastic engineering opportunity through problem-solving. Index Card Towers show your students how to persevere and redesign based on their initial thinking and planning (plus the towers are fun to build!) The best part is that your prep includes one basic material and the students take over from there. Just stand back and watch them brainstorm and build incredibly tall towers. They will groan when the tower falls, d
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Growth Mindset - printable worksheets & digital growth mindset activities
Help your students develop a growth mindset with this NO PREP, printable and digital growth mindset resource. In it, you'll find a variety of growth mindset activities, growth mindset classroom posters, goal-setting activities and MUCH MORE! These activities will teach your students the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset and will help you foster a Growth Mindset culture in your classroom. ⭐ADDED DIGITAL ACTIVITIES (Google slides) download again for free update ⭐Using these
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Growth Mindset Mega Bundle
Math Game Digital Escape Room Who Is The Imposter Among Us Students
The Grand Council is counting on YOU to help find the imposter among us that is trying to prevent math mastery among students! This Digital Math Escape Room is an interactive activity which promotes peer collaboration and problem solving. Cryptic messages, challenges, and puzzlers combine to create the perfect blend of learning and fun!Math skills covered: place value and addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (4th grade standards) What is a Digital Classroom Escape?A digital classr
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4th - 6th
3 STEP STORY PICTURE SEQUENCING ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN SEQUENCE OF EVENT CARDS
3-STEP SEQUENCING CARDS (78 TOTAL) INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE! (26 SEQUENCING SETS EACH CONTAINING 3 CARDS)Children will love these 3-step sequencing cards! The cards are color coded to help sort cards belonging to the same set. A sorting mat is also included so that kids can place their cards on it as they sequence the cards. These sequencing cards will help develop children's thinking skills.All you have to do is print the resources on cardstock paper and cut out. Shuffle the required cards
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PreK - K
Also included in: STORY SEQUENCING PICTURE CARDS AND WORKSHEETS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS BUNDLE
STEM Challenge Bucket Tower Problem-Solving Learning Activity Upper Elementary
This unique and original STEM Activity features a bucket with the challenge to build a tower that will hold weight. It's an engaging student favorite and you will love the ready-made lab sheets and low prep. Students must also explain why their towers need a bucket. Imaginative answers are one of the high points of this challenge- along with seeing those creative bucket towers!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here for the Easy Supplies 6-Pack bun
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM CHALLENGES ENTIRE YEAR 60 Projects, Planning Guide, and Posters
3-D Shapes Activity with Monsters (Geometry Math Craft for Elementary)
This fun elementary craftivity will get kids excited about 3-D geometric shapes while incorporating art into the classroom. This product includes 7 different shape (monster) templates (both in color and as line art for the student to color) and 3 accompanying worksheets. Please open my preview file to view everything that is included. This activity can also foster teamwork when students work together in groups of two to assemble their 3-D shape monsters.Save Money, buy the bundle! Monster Themed
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: 2-D & 3-D Shapes Monster Bundle
Needs and Wants Picture Sort Kindergarten & First Grade Social Studies
Teaching your kindergarten and or first grade students the difference between a need and want? This sort page is perfect for teaching this all important standard in social studies! Use it for morning work, homework, assessment or as practice of this concept. Students will cut and glue to identify the following as either a need or a want:housemedicine water shoesbed foodcartelevisioncandybike coffeedog This resource includes: 1 needs and wants worksheet (pictures labeled)1 needs and wants workshe
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K - 1st
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Literacy ELA Fast Early Finishers Activities Choice Boards Menu 3rd 4th Grade GT
Grow your students with this set of ELA Early Finishers & Extension Choice Boards! These activities are perfect in challenging your students in higher order thinking skills! These are great Early Finisher Extensions for students who complete work early or need the extra boost in Extension activities! Challenge your students with these activities! They work perfectly all year long! TAKE A PEEK AT ALL OUR CHOICE BOARDS HERE!INCLUDED:All in print and digital option (digital google link on page
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3rd - 5th
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STEM Challenge Earthquake Resistant Structures Project- 3 Versions
This STEM activity features an earthquake simulation with students building and shaking! You will love the shake tray instructions and ready-made lab sheets. This engineering project is one of our favorites! Your students will love building the structures and cheering when they remain standing. I include 3 different methods for the challenge.➡️ Click here to save 20% with a bundle including this resource and 2 more Earth challenges.NOTE: This resource contains many ways to complete this challeng
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4th - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: Earth Projects STEM Challenge Bundle Featuring Earthquake Structures
2D Shape Pattern Block STEM Challenge Cards
The perfect addition to your morning STEM tubs, these challenge cards ask students to make a variety of different 2D shapes from pattern blocks. Ideal for building visual discrimination skills as children have to rotate and flip smaller shapes to create the new shape.Focus shapes included - triangle, square, rectangle, rhombus/diamond, hexagon, trapezoid. Perfect to use as an invitation to play in the Early Years, as math centers or even as a cross-curriculum literacy center for early readers to
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K - 3rd
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
6th Grade Fractions Review: Fractions Math Mystery Activity Game
Fractions Review Math Mystery Activity - 6th Grade Edition: Reciprocals, Divide, Multiply, Adding & Subtracting Fractions. Engage and motivate your students with this fun fractions math mystery activity! Great for review of a few different fraction skills in one. Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⭐Optional video hook inc
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: 6th Grade Mixed Math Mystery Bundle Pack
Summer Fun Six Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers for Middle School Students
Summer Fun for Middle School!This packet of six activities includes four logic puzzles, one cryptogram, and one grid drawing sheet. This product has been updated with the EASEL feature, perfect to use with distance or virtual learning! It can be assigned to students in a Google Classroom. You can either use the digital overlay already created, or create your own! For more information, read here! The first logic puzzle is Coaster Craziness, in which users solve for which roller coaster is h
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Year Round Logic Puzzle Bundle for Middle School!
Levels of Government Local State and National Activities for 1st 2nd 3rd Grade
This is a fabulous set for teaching levels of government at the primary level. It goes over LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL only. It discusses how the mayor, governor, and president are in charge of these different levels! It also talks about what the jobs are each of these different levels. This set is perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students!This product is also available in a digital form. Click HERE for the digital version. I also have the task cards available in BOOM CARDS™!There are many activ
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1st - 3rd
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Graphs Math Mystery 4th Grade Edition - Line Plots, Pie, Line, Area, Bar Graphs
Graphs 4th Grade Math Mystery: The Case of the Greedy GnomeStudents must complete FIVE math worksheets, involving: line plots, pictographs, line graphs, area graphs, pie charts, and bar graphs, to unlock FIVE clues! Then, your student detectives must use critical thinking and deductive reasoning to narrow down the list of suspects to find the Greedy Gnome!⭐There is an optional Video Hook available to introduce this activity to your students in a fun way. Check it out in the preview section of th
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Math Mystery Games COMPLETE Bundle 4th Grade Fun Math Review Activities
Who Am I? - Community Helpers Powerpoint Game #1
Community helpers games are great for teaching students about different community jobs. In this "Who am I" game, students must guess the community worker. There are 10 questions and you just click on each question to go to it. Each question has 3 clues and student have to guess which community helper it describes. Clues include tools they may use, what they do, and where they may work. Great for a whole class review or rainy day activity. Great for individual practice on the iPad! Extra licens
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Kindergarten Games Bundle
Mystery Theme Logic Puzzles
Challenge your students to improve their higher-order thinking skills with these mystery theme grid logic puzzles! There are 5 logic puzzles included: 1. Museum Mishaps, 2. Pet Mess, 3. Mystery Books, 4. Mystery Theater and 5. Hot on the Trail. Each puzzle includes a story and 5 clues or less. Each comes in color and black and white and includes an answer key. These are a great way to challenge students to work on skills such as deductive reasoning, critical thinking, making inferences, process
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Logic Puzzles MEGA Bundle
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Find Economics resources | TPT
If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about economics, TPT has got you covered. We’ve got a comprehensive collection of economics and financial literacy resources available, including activities and lessons on trade, goods and services, and the stock market to name just a few. With plenty of TPT high-quality resources at your fingertips, you’ll be able to teach economics to your students in no time at all.
Economics activities to try
Here are a few examples of the different types of activities and lessons you can find on TPT to help teach students about economics:
Simulation Activities
You can introduce students to the world of investing, budgeting, and other economics-related activities through simulations. For example, have students research companies they want to "invest" in to show them how the stock market works. If you want to extend the lesson, you can have them periodically check in on their portfolios throughout the year to see how their investments are performing. Or, you could use a simulation to teach them about causes that led up to certain major historical events, like the stock market crash of 1929.
Budgeting Exercises
Help students understand the importance of managing their own financial resources by challenging them to create a budget. Give them a few hypothetical scenarios involving income, expenses, and financial goals. For example, you could ask them to plan a fictional character's monthly expenses, or have them create a budget to save for buying a house.
Trade Games
Through trading games, students can learn about importing and exporting, along with the impact of external forces and trade agreements. Ask students to work in teams and have them trade goods, record their imports and exports, and respond to charges (like tariffs and embargoes).
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Give students a real-world decision to make (e.g., building a new road, investing in a new technology, or buying property) and have them perform a cost-benefit analysis. To deepen the learning, you can ask them to justify their decisions with evidence.
Frequently asked questions for teaching economics
What is economics?
The study of economics is a social science that focuses on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. When teaching economics, the goal is to help students understand how individuals, businesses, governments, and societies make choices about resource allocation. Economics explores various topics related to this, including supply and demand, cost and benefits, and scarcity, to name just a few.
What types of economics resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of economics resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from budgeting activities to simulation games to units.
How do I find economics resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing economics lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for economics resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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