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One-page STEM activity introducing four ecosystem types (forest, desert, marine, tundra) through a drawing-and-paper-craft task.
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One-page STEM activity introducing four ecosystem types (forest, desert, marine, tundra) through a drawing-and-paper-craft task.
A research-essay project guide that walks students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style informational essay about an important historical explorer.
A team-based interactive trivia game (PowerPoint) combining science questions with general-knowledge questions, for use as an end-of-term activity or icebreaker.
A research/discovery project introducing students to France through a set of topic cards covering its history, geography, economy, and culture.
A 370-page environmental science textbook/handbook for grades 6-12 covering environmental science fundamentals, energy concepts, renewable energy technologies (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, ocean), energy storage and grid systems, project planning, and environmental impact measurement, including DIY project instructions.
An 'I have, who has' vocabulary review game for nonfiction/informational text terms.
The lesson begins with two tomato plants treated differently in more than one way, prompting students to discuss why the conclusion is unreliable. Fill-in notes introduce independent, dependent, and controlled variables before students apply the terms to basketball, studying, and a derby-car scenario. A short review and model answers support the follow-up discussion.
A short cut-and-paste activity for students to identify which foods they think are sustainable.
A multi-file teacher's unit bundle for a novel study of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, combining background/context instruction, chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions, characterization work, a project choice board, and graphic organizers.
A lesson plan and set of materials teaching middle/high school students to write and publish short 'mini-review' book reviews of a novel or nonfiction book they have read, in the style of online reader reviews (e.g. Goodreads, Amazon).
This political systems lesson is an engaging way to teach your students in 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th grade about the different political systems that are found around the world- throughout history and in our modern times. Students will work independently or as small groups to research five different kinds of political leadership:…
Activity Introduction An amazing activity designed for the students to learn more about STEM subjects. Plant Reproduction Do you like STEM subjects?
A group escape-room game reviewing plot, characters, and close reading of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
A research/discovery project introducing students to Germany through a set of topic cards covering its history, geography, economy, and culture.
Taboo-style speaking game for practicing house-and-home vocabulary by describing a target word to a teammate without using listed 'taboo' words.
A social-emotional learning lesson introducing the difference between introverts and extroverts through a slideshow, a self-assessment survey, and group discussion.
Provide a structured, literature-linked workbook of activities to help students develop specific fiction-writing craft skills — style/voice, dialogue, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, and leads/endings.
This Financial Literacy: Vacation Math Project will get students excited about using math skills in everyday life to plan something fun: a vacation! It's a great math project to use before summer vacation or anytime you want to incorporate financial literacy into your curriculum! They will plan a personal vacation including a flight, hotel, some kind of…
A research/discovery project introducing students to Poland through a set of topic cards covering its history, geography, economy, and culture.
Provide a subject-agnostic, reusable graphic-organizer packet for planning and tracking an independent research project from brainstorming through source-gathering.
A cut-and-paste activity for classifying shapes/images as symmetrical or not symmetrical.
A STEM lesson plan and companion activity guide in which students learn that robotic 'hands' (end effectors) are shaped differently depending on their intended function, and build a simple mechanical model of a human hand to explore this concept, with an embedded career-connection segment on (bio)mechanical engineering.
A research/discovery project introducing students to China through a set of topic cards covering its history, geography, economy, and culture.
An art project teaching color theory and color schemes, in which students design a mock Instagram feed using cut-out magazine images.