Critical thinking games for staff

Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas

⭐ 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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Critical Thinking, Life Skills, Oral Communication

Discussions Games: Jenga Talk, Mystery Talk, Dice Talk (editable) Back to School

Created by

Teaching 3rd with Mr G

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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Critical Thinking, Easter, Holidays/Seasonal

End of the Year Escape Room "Escape Summer School" Summer Breakout

Created by

It's Just Adam

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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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Also included in: Escape Room Bundle Growing Year Long Holiday and More Sets

BRAIN TEASERS VOL. 4 – Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun Stuff

Created by

Laura Randazzo

Entertain and challenge your teens with this compelling collection of brain-twisting presentation slides in PDF & Google Slides format. There are many different ways you might want to use these 76 slides (38 questions + 38 answer key slides) in your classroom, including:1. Use as a routine bell-ringer activity to begin class one day each week. I use these as Brain Teaser Tuesdays (I enjoy alliteration), but they’ll work great any day of the week.2. Use them as a sponge activity to soak up th

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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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2 Games Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud - PowerPoint Templates

Created by

The Game Room Party Games

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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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Study Skills

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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

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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

⭐ 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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Activities, Printables, Games

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High School Team-building Escape Room, PRINTABLE Sherlock's Challenge Escape

Created by

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

⭐ 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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Critical Thinking, Earth Day, Environment

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle File Folder Game - Earth Day and Conservation Activity

Created by

DJ Inkers

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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Activities, Printables, Games

Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities

Created by

Vivify STEM

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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Back to School, Critical Thinking, Engineering

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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Projects, Activities, Games

CCSS:

RST.6-8.7

, RST.6-8.8

, RST.6-8.9

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

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PRINTABLE Tranquility Island, Murder Mystery Game, Middle, High School Escape

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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

⭐ This printable version of Murder on Tranquility Island murder mystery escape game is perfect for middle or high school students. Great for team-building and reading comprehension! ⭐ You are surrounded by the serene beauty of Tranquility Island when suddenly, a shift occurs—the sky darkens, and a piercing scream fills the air. As the weight of a potential murder investigation descends, you realize you must solve this mystery before anyone has time to leave the island. Can you solve the mystery

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5th - 12th, Staff

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Time Travel Escape Room, Middle, High School Team-Building Escape Room

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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

⭐The Time Collector is a team-building virtual escape room. This virtual escape room is a traditional puzzle escape made to build problem-solving and reasoning skills. The entire escape includes 9 puzzles plus a final puzzle at the end to make your way back home. The entire escape is played from one link. No Google form is used! It's all virtual and all ready to play! ⭐ Players enter answers into the interactive clues and find out if they are correct on the spot. ⭐⭐ You have been selected to jou

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8th - 12th, Staff

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PRINTABLE Wizard Escape Room, Middle, High School Team-building Escape Challenge

Created by

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

⭐ 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 your journey into the world of magic. Unlocking the secrets hidden within the school won't be easy, but with determination and skill, you can overcome any obstacle. ⭐ Print the posters and props and hang them around your classroom and play each clue as a station! ⭐ This escape game is great for team-building and for setting up a posit

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6th - 12th, Staff

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ThanksgivingTeam-Building Escape Room All Subjects, Middle, High School Escape

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Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas

⭐ Grandma's Thanksgiving Disaster Escape Room is perfect for any subject and is great for reading comprehension and team-building for Middle or High School students. ⭐ You arrive at Grandma's house for Thanksgiving and step into the house, expecting to be greeted by your family and the aroma of that delectable pie but instead see Grandma running toward you in full panic mode. She hands you a note with a map and screams, someone has stolen all of my Thanksgiving recipe cards! It’s a Thanksgiving

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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff

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Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Class Escape: Halloween Edition

Created by

Erin Smith ELA

My students loved my original Class Escape, so I created the HALLOWEEN EDITION when they begged me to make another! Modeled after the popular "Escape" games in many cities around the country, this classroom version prompts students to work together as a class to solve puzzles, connect the clues, and crack the code! Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on, Halloween-themed challenge! You will need the following tools: - tape - color printer (preferred) or regular printer - scisso

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6th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff

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Games, Simulations

Word Work Game - Name It!

Created by

Who Is On First

Students of all ages will enjoy this fast paced game! Students are given a category or topic and they need to try to name something for each letter of the alphabet. Perfect for word work, writing, or vocabulary development! 35 Topics included! Even high school seniors have loved a little friendly competition with this activity.

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Critical Thinking, Vocabulary, Writing

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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Games

Fortnite Escape from The Island - Escape Room - Team Building - Back to School

Created by

IT'S A POTSICK EDUCATION

A hacker called “The Virus” has taken over Fortnite Island. He has unlimited mats, weapons, shields, and power. As he is eliminating characters, the virus is erasing the Fortnite game and their accounts are completely wiped. All of your stats, skins, axes, levels, XP, and V-Bucks GONE! Many are not even able to reinstall the game. You have been dropped into a Battle Royale with The Virus. He is undefeatable, so you have to figure out a way to escape from the island. This is something that has ne

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Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff

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PRINTABLE Halloween Escape Room, Middle, High School Team-building Escape

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Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas

⭐ The Haunting of Thrill House is a PRINTABLE Halloween Escape room perfect for any subject and great for reading comprehension and team-building. ⭐ As you enter the haunted mansion, the door slams shut behind you, trapping you in its chilling embrace. You must find your friends and escape this haunted mansion before it's too late. This PRINTABLE escape includes puzzle-solving challenges and clue-based exercises that are designed to help your team develop critical thinking skills, work collabora

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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

HSG-CO.D.12

, CCRA.R.1

Finish the Drawing Brain Break, Morning Work Drawing Prompt Art Warm Up Exercise

Created by

Journals with Katie Clemons

These Finish the Drawing Prompts for Kids are an easy no prep art activity that engages your students’ creativity. This self expression “finish the picture” activity has a variety of unfinished drawings challenges. Perfect for morning work, no prep brain breaks, or last minute sub plans. The creativity challenges and activities engage students as they:Think outside of the box and develop divergent thinkingImprove fine motor skillsDevelop drawing confidenceSolve problems with their own creativity

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Critical Thinking, Social Emotional Learning, Visual Arts

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K - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Worksheets, Games, Independent Work Packet

Christmas Escape Room All Subjects, Krampus, Middle, High School Escape

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Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas

⭐ Merry Krampus Virtual Escape Room is perfect for any subject and is great for reading comprehension and team-building for Middle or High School students. Krampus opens the escape room saying: "There is so precious little magic left in the world, and the lack of Christmas spirit comes at such a cost. Someone like Krampus, a horned beast from the underworld, knows what it is to have your dreams stolen. You must guard your dreams." Difficulty Level: Medium(All of our escape rooms include hints t

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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff

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Wizard Escape Room Challenge, Middle, High School Team-Building Escape Room

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Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas

⭐Welcome to A Wizardly Challenge, a team-building virtual escape room. This virtual escape room is a traditional puzzle escape made to build problem-solving and reasoning skills. It includes a paper notes sheet and posters to hang around the room, and a "We solved it" poster. The entire escape, including 9 puzzles plus a final puzzle at the end to earn the right to be called a master witch or wizard! The entire escape is played from one link. No Google form is used! It's all virtual and all read

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6th - 12th, Staff

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