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Critical thinking activities for staff
Literacy Night Open House Make and Take - Parent Involvement 3rd, 4th, 5th
Involve your upper elementary students and their parents with fun and simple projects they can use at home at your next Open House, Curriculum Evening, or Literacy Night! A Make-and-Take night gives them an immediate tool they can use at home to support essential literacy skills. Perfect for a diverse class in upper elementary, as it can be tailored to suit your school. In this packet, I walk you through the planning of a literacy event at your school, whether you are inviting just your class, o
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3rd - 5th, Staff
Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Back to School Icebreaker STEM Bundle! Need back to school icebreakers or games that get students moving, communicating, working in teams, and building relationships? Here are 50+ of our favorite basic activities that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom or subject!Working as a team, they will learn lessons in communication, innovation, hidden assumptions, and creativity that are central to the engineering process. Use as a warm-up, icebreaker, team building activity, or basic STEM and en
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
The Circle Challenge — Art Drawing Fun Worksheet Game Early Finisher Sub Plan
The Circle Challenge - make each different! Great for early finishers, bell ringers, sub plans, staff meetings, ice breakers....and more! Art class or even just regular boredom buster. 8.5x11 reproducible. Color and Black & White Version included.See our Triangle, Square and Geometric Challenge as well as our other Art Games, Worksheets, Lessons and more! Click Here!***********************************************************************Hope Creek Studios specializes in Art Studio and History
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Team-building High School Escape Room, PRINTABLE Murder Mystery Escape
⭐ This is a printable escape room made for teens or adults, and is perfect for classroom team-building, and any subject area! The entire escape is centered around Madgrove Manor and each clue is a room in the mansion. ⭐ Print the room posters and props and hang them around your classroom and play each clue as a station! ⭐ This escape game is a great for team-building and for setting up a positive classroom culture.⭐ The Story:⭐Augustus Madgrove and his beautiful wife Edna were murdered last ni
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6th - 12th, Staff
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Question of the Day - Yes No Questions - DIGITAL and PRINTABLE
185 DIGITAL and Printable Question of the Day pages with picture clues. These Yes or No questions focus on getting to know the students, while incorporating language and math skills. *** The recent update now includes digital slides to use for remote learning! Great activity for morning meeting, when students enter the classroom each day, as cool-down activity after recess, or at the end of the day while waiting for dismissal. This packet has a Table of Contents and numbered pages for quick re
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PreK - 1st, Staff
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Also included in: Kindergarten Back to School Bundle
Discussions Games: Jenga Talk, Mystery Talk, Dice Talk (editable) Back to School
Who doesn't love a good discussion? Use these activities to get your students talking and thinking! These are perfect for morning meetings, classroom parties, and holiday celebrations. Included in this unit✔Jenga Talk instructions✔game questions✔Mystery Talk instructions✔game questions for Mystery Talk (same questions as Jenga talk)✔Mystery Stick Talk instructions✔Mystery Stick Talk template✔Journal/whole group discussion prompts ✔New Year Talk (questions to celebrate New Year's Day)✔100th Day T
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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198 Riddles / Brain Teasers / Bell Ringer Activities BUNDLE
198 Riddles Bell Ringers / Lesson Starters / Morning Meeting - Riddles BundleAre you looking for some gripping ways to settle your students really quickly at the start of your lesson?Here are 198 of the best riddles out there that you can use as bell ringers / lesson starter activities for teens!I have done all the hard work for you and gathered more of the best riddles into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up whenever you need. These 198 riddles have passed my strict screening process to e
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
101 Wacky Wordies Puzzles | Brain Teasers | Word Problems | Critical Thinking
Wacky Wordies is an excellent CRITICAL THINKING and VOCABULARY BOOSTING GAME for 2024 students LOVE the world over. WACKY WORD PUZZLES can be used in ENGLISH as an ICEBREAKER, a CRITICAL THINKING test or a FUN ACTIVITY for students and teachers of all ages.We have bundled together with the web's most complete collection of Wacky Word challenges, and HERE'S WHAT YOU GET.⭐ 202 Beautifully presented Wacky Wordies PowerPoint Slides with questions and answers.⭐ A paper-based test of 101 Wacky Wordie
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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15 Mystery Puzzles - Brain Teasers - STEM Project - Team Building - GT
Have fun with your students while they solve these Mystery Puzzles! This set of puzzles is interactive in Google Slide or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:15 Digital interactive Mystery Puzzles and their answers. Your students will learn and have fun at the same time. This project can also be used as a center activity with an i
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Student Lawyers: Criminal Court Mock Trials & Cases with PowerPoint
Students will get the opportunity to be lawyers and prosecute or defend an accused person in a criminal trial (11 total). Each group will consist of 2 lawyers (prosecuting and defending), and an accused person. The teacher will act as the judge and guide the jury as they vote on the verdict. The majority vote determines the verdict. This unit includes court brief handouts, directions, and PowerPoint explaining how the cases will proceed. Visit our store for much more helpful and free stuff!Crim
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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End of the Year Escape Room "Escape Summer School" Summer Breakout
Please Follow so you know when new products come out!Escape the evil principal who wants to give everyone summer school. The only thing between you and ice cream rolling down your chin sitting by the pool are these puzzles. Use your knowledge and skills you learned this year to escape the school and start your summer...good luck! The set includes everything you need. If you have never done an escape room before full set up instructions and directions are included. The set utilizes a Google Form
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3rd - 6th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Escape Room Bundle Growing Year Long Holiday and More Sets
2 Games Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud - PowerPoint Templates
This is the most realistic Family Feud and Wheel of Fortune.You can create your own questions to review any subject.This game contains everything you need for a real TVShow game: sound effects, music, updated graphics and animation.Easy to customize for any topic you are teaching in class.It includes a PDF with instructions on how to setup, play and customize. It's pretty simple if you're familiar with the game TV shows.To use the scoreboard, you need: PowerPoint 13 or a newer version is require
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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PRINTABLE Murder Mystery Game, Middle School Escape Room, Crimson Express
⭐ This is a printable Murder on the Crimson Express murder mystery escape room that is perfect for classroom team-building in any subject area! ⭐ A blood-curdling scream echoes through the train. All eyes turn to the cafe car, where a woman points frantically. The wealthy American Tycoon is dead, and the killer must be found before the next station. Can you solve the mystery in time?Difficulty Level: Novice(All of our escape rooms include hints that can be handed out to tailor the difficulty le
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5th - 12th, Staff
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Teaching STEM | Computer Science, Coding, Data, Robotics, Digital Technologies
Teach STEM, COMPUTER SCIENCE, CODING, DATA, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTICS and CRITICAL THINKING with supreme CONFIDENCE in 2024. Discover proven teaching strategies, lesson plans, ideas and resources that provide a wealth of information on this innovative and engaging curriculum area. Kevin Cummins (MA, Education & Technology Melbourne), an accomplished educator with over a decade of experience coaching STEM and Digital Technologies, provides a step-by-step guide to teaching the follo
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1st - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Introduction to Python Programming FULL COURSE Bundle: Parts 1-7
This whole unit of work includes all my Introduction to Python Programming lessons within one bundle! Includes;001. Introduction to the basics01. Print statements, data types and mathematical calculations02. Using variables03. Adding comments04. IF statements and Boolean05. Arrays / Lists06. Manipulating string07. LoopingEach resource includes differentiated activities to consolidate learning as well as final unit challenges to assess understanding.Save over 40% when purchasing all these resourc
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7th - 10th, Adult Education, Staff
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Castle Attack! Review Game (Any content, any lesson!)
Split students into tables, give each student a personal whiteboard and assign each player at each table a letter either A,B,C, or D. Give teams 5 minutes to create the castle they will be defending on a sheet of anchor chart paper.Show the problems you plug into this ppt on the projector to review and every player in the game has a question to answer on their board (table 1 has a player "A", table 2 has a player "A", and so on for letters A-D), draw random names to check a person after 45 secon
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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High School Team-building Escape Room, PRINTABLE Sherlock's Challenge Escape
⭐ This is a printable Sherlock's Ultimate Challenge escape room made for teens or adults and is perfect for classroom team-building and any subject area! ⭐ Sherlock and Watson have left you a new challenge, and if you accept, you will have the opportunity to have dinner with them and work on their latest case! All the clues you need are located in the study. Will you accept the ultimate challenge? ⭐ Print the posters and props and hang them around your classroom and play each clue as a station
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8th - 12th, Staff
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Earthquake STEM Activity (Earthquake Resistant Building Structure Challenge)
Use these 46 Pages of Earthquake (Earth Day) STEM Challenge to let your students learn how to work as engineers to make models of buildings to see how well their structure stand up under the stress of an earthquake. Explain to them that this is similar to what some civil engineers do as their jobs.Design Process Worksheets and Rubrics are included to introduce the Engineering Design Process while doing this Earthquake STEM/ STEAM activity or project. There is a color and are black & white ve
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle File Folder Game - Earth Day and Conservation Activity
Teach kids all about the 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle with this cute little file folder game. Perfect for Earth Day and teaching conservation, this game includes 15 item cards for students to 'sort' into the 3 R categories. All you have to do is print, cut & glue to an empty file folder!Teaches sorting skills, critical thinking & environmental awareness. Great for classroom centers, school smiles or educational fun at home.Print in color... or in black & white to share a coloring
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PreK - 3rd, Staff
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Class Rules Review Games: Fun paper-based & PowerPoint activities!
Nagging your students and constantly reminding them of classroom rules is no fun for them or you. Why not make it into a game? Or better yet--two games, one paper-based, one in PPT form! Both games can be played all throughout the school year: switch up the two versions depending on the time and resources you have available at the moment. Because the games only provide the questions and not the answers, they can be played in any classroom by any teacher. You can also change and adapt your proced
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1st - 5th, Staff
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Critical Thinking Activity: Lost at Sea! PPT and Google Resources
Oh No! Pirates have attacked our small ship and now we are sinking!Your students will have to use critical thinking in order to be successful under pressure. Not only do they have to quickly choose 20 items to help them survive until help arrives, but they must learn how to persuade their partner to agree with them. What's Included?1. Original PowerPoint Presentation of "Lost at Sea! A Critical Thinking Activity!"2. Student Activity Sheet (pdf)3. NEW!! Link to Google Slides Presentation of "L
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
65+ SEL Check-ins: social emotional feeling BUNDLE: Animals, Outdoors, Food, FUN
*This set is an engaging Bundle of SEL Animals Set 1, Animals Set 2, The Great Outdoors, + Food & FUN! The How are you feeling today? social emotional check-ins are great for back to school, exit tickets, morning meetings, PLCs, PD, or anytime! Read-to-go daily check-ins all year!How are you on a scale of...(fill in the option!) is a great activity to check in with students and connect to how they are feeling. It's a Mood-meter that lowers the affective filter and offers a chance for self-re
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Is it a Need or a Want? Sorting Activity and Conversations | 9-12 Grade
Are you looking for a fun way to introduce the concept of Needs and Wants with your 9th -12th grade students? While I don't believe that there is a dichotomy when it comes to the things in our lives, there is a spectrum in terms of the value and return on investment people get from the things they buy.This activity is designed to start conversations and debates amongst students. By asking them to try and sort the items into one of two categories, there will be healthy discussions between student
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Needs vs Wants & Budgeting Unit | BUNDLE
Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Want to introduce STEM to your classroom? Here are 45 of our favorite basic (Stage 1) STEM challenges that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom! Activities are perfect as back to school icebreakers or games that introduce STEM while getting students moving, communicating, and working in teams! BACKGROUNDBefore tasking students to complete rigorous engineering design challenges, educators should start with Stage 1 STEM activities. Click here to learn more about the Stages of STEM. Through
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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