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Straw Tower Challenge - MIDDLE SCHOOL - STEM Engineering teaching resource preview

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Straw Tower Challenge - MIDDLE SCHOOL - STEM Engineering

Give teams fifty straws and one hundred paper clips to design the tallest freestanding tower they can build within the challenge rules. Students sketch a plan, build, test a 100 g load for thirty seconds, then refine the structure and reflect on stability and teamwork. Teacher guidance, a blueprint page and a science briefing support the lesson, with extension questions connecting classroom designs to larger engineering problems.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 6–8

Test-Taking Skills Flipbook teaching resource preview

Reading & writing

Test-Taking Skills Flipbook

A cut-and-assemble interactive flipbook that walks middle-school students step by step through a test-taking process (reviewing answers, process of elimination, identifying clue/key words, determining what's being asked) using a sample reading passage.

File: PDF
Length: 33 pages
Level: 6–8

Thanksgiving Science Activity for Cell Processes teaching resource preview

Science & discovery

Thanksgiving Science Activity for Cell Processes

Here is a Thanksgiving Science Activity for Cell Processes designed for your middle school students during November. There are word cards featuring the word and its meaning that you will print and post around the room.

File: PDF
Level: 6–8

The Carbon and Water Cycle - 7 Engaging Lab Station Activities teaching resource preview

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The Carbon and Water Cycle - 7 Engaging Lab Station Activities

A multi-station lab activity teaching the carbon cycle, water cycle, and greenhouse gas emissions as part of cycling of matter in ecosystems.

Editable Answers included

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

The Different Types of Clouds - 7 Lab Station Activities teaching resource preview

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The Different Types of Clouds - 7 Lab Station Activities

The Different Types of Clouds - 7 Lab Station Activities The Different Types of Clouds - 7 Lab Station Activities is a unique learning experience tailored for middle school science students.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor (Novel Study) Gr. 6-8 teaching resource preview

Reading & writing

The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor (Novel Study) Gr. 6-8

The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor (Novel Study) for Grade 6-8 This teaching resource is designed to integrate mystery, geography, and historical studies with curriculum objectives. A complete set of activities are included that are ready to be used in various settings such as public schools and home learning environments. Storyline: The…

Answers included

File: PDF
Level: 6–7

The Moon and its Phases - 7 Engaging Lab Station Activities teaching resource preview

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The Moon and its Phases - 7 Engaging Lab Station Activities

A multi-station lab activity teaching the phases of the Moon, its orbit, tidal effects, and influence on Earth, through rotating hands-on, research, reading, video, and assessment stations.

Answers included

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

The Princess Bride Valentine’s Day ELA Lesson (Grades 6–8) teaching resource preview

Reading & writing

The Princess Bride Valentine’s Day ELA Lesson (Grades 6–8)

A 2-hour Valentine's Day ELA lesson plan using the 1987 film The Princess Bride to teach literary analysis, character study, and theme exploration for middle school.

File: PDF
Level: 6–8

The Princess Switch Movie Lesson Plan & Worksheets for Teens teaching resource preview

Reading & writing

The Princess Switch Movie Lesson Plan & Worksheets for Teens

🎬 The Princess Switch Teen English Lesson – Identity, Honesty & Self-Discovery Looking for a fun, movie-based English lesson that actually gets teens talking?

File: PDF
Level: 8–10

Thermoregulation – Lab Station Activity teaching resource preview

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Thermoregulation – Lab Station Activity

Thermoregulation – Lab Station Activity : Interactive Teaching Resource The primary objective of this multifaceted and fully editable Lab Station activity is to foster student engagement and create an interactive learning atmosphere.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 8–10

Thinking Like a Historian: Observing and Sourcing a Personal Document or Artifact teaching resource preview

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Thinking Like a Historian: Observing and Sourcing a Personal Document or Artifact

Thinking Like a Historian: Observing and Sourcing a Personal Document or Artifact is a highly engaging and interactive mini-unit of 4 or 5 days for 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th graders.

File: Microsoft Word
Level: 6–9

Titanic Social Stratification Simulation teaching resource preview

Reading & writingMath & reasoning

Titanic Social Stratification Simulation

Abandon Ship! Social Stratification Simulation Teacher Guide Intro: This is a great class period activity to introduce and/or demonstrate the pervasiveness of social stratification.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 8–11

U.S. Government: Gallery Walk of Executive Branch and President's Role teaching resource preview

Reading & writing

U.S. Government: Gallery Walk of Executive Branch and President's Role

In this lesson on the US Government: Executive Branch (both Google and Traditional versions are provided), your students will partake in a Gallery Walk activity exploring the multiple "hats" (roles) the US president assumes in the course…

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 8–12

U.S. History Project: Life in the 13 English Colonies teaching resource preview

Reading & writing

U.S. History Project: Life in the 13 English Colonies

U.S. History Project: Life in the 13 English Colonies Experience life in the 13 English Colonies through an inventive newspaper project!

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–11

White Light, Dispersion and Colour Filters Dominoes Game for Middle School teaching resource preview

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White Light, Dispersion and Colour Filters Dominoes Game for Middle School

The White Light, Dispersion and Colour Filters Dominoes Game for Middle School The White Light, Dispersion and Colour Filters Dominoes Game for Middle School is an innovative teaching resource designed to enhance student understanding of…

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 5–9

White Light, Dispersion and Colour Filters Find the Pair Game for Middle School teaching resource preview

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White Light, Dispersion and Colour Filters Find the Pair Game for Middle School

White Light, Dispersion, and Colour Filters Find the Pair Game for Middle School An interactive learning solution designed for grade 5 to grade 9 students tasked with grasping light's physical properties under their Physics study…

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 5–9

Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tracking & Habit Builder Journals teaching resource preview

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Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tracking & Habit Builder Journals

A project-based environmental science curriculum reading students through the science of waste (lifecycle assessment, landfill/incineration/leakage), the neuroscience of habit formation, and the zero-waste hierarchy, with embedded comprehension checks; per the title, later sections (not reached in extraction) are meant to be habit-tracking journal pages.

File: PDF
Level: 6–12