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Free Science Force N Motion Vocabulary Interactive Memory Game teaching resource preview Free download
Science & discovery

Free Science Force N Motion Vocabulary Interactive Memory Game

Students first review Newton's three laws and force-and-motion key-concept slides, then play a memory game by clicking coordinate squares to flip cards and match vocabulary terms (e.g. cause, collision, effect, equal) to their definitions; unmatched pairs are flipped back to try again.

File
Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
8
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"The Giver" Reading Comprehension Games teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

"The Giver" Reading Comprehension Games

Answer 44 task-card questions about setting, characters, plot, and theme (using higher-order verbs such as infer, analyze, justify, evaluate); play a Jeopardy-style points game individually or in teams using the PowerPoint/Google Slides game board, or play the ZAP/SCOOT/SCATTER task-card variants.

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Multiple File Types
Level
6–8
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Nonfiction Terms Review: I Have, Who Has? teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Nonfiction Terms Review: I Have, Who Has?

Students hold cards and take turns reading a definition/question ('Who has...') and answering with the matching term ('I have...'), passing play around the class or group until the deck loops back to the starting card.

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PDF
Level
4–8
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Map Wars: Asia Edition | Interactive Geography Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

Map Wars: Asia Edition | Interactive Geography Game

In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different countries on their own map, then take turns naming an country and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).

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PDF
Level
5–8
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Algebra teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Algebra

Students solve algebra practice problems presented as puzzles and games (e.g. a cross-number puzzle, symbol-matching/shading activity, and a 'follow the answers to the treasure' properties-of-real-numbers exercise).

File
PDF
Level
7–9
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Diverse Media Digital Game teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

Diverse Media Digital Game

Open the assigned Google Slides link, review the 4 steps for citing evidence, watch an embedded video and read an embedded text, answer self-checking questions, and build a paragraph using the strategy.

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PDF
Level
6–8
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Free Science Force N Motion Vocabulary Interactive Hangman Game teaching resource preview Free download
Science & discovery

Free Science Force N Motion Vocabulary Interactive Hangman Game

Students first review Newton's three laws and force-and-motion key-concept slides, practice vocabulary flashcards, then play a hangman-style game: guessing letters of hidden vocabulary words/phrases (e.g. effect, equal, exert, cause, collision, speed, velocity, pod, mass, kinetic energy, Newton's Laws of Motion…

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File
Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
8
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8th Grade End of Year Math Review Worksheets & Games teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

8th Grade End of Year Math Review Worksheets & Games

Complete worksheet activities organized into 4 sections: (1) classify rational/irrational numbers, estimate irrational square roots, apply laws of exponents; and (continuing in later sections, not fully captured) work with linear equations/functions/slope, Pythagorean theorem problems, systems of equations, and bivariate…

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PDF
Level
8
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Idea Development Digital Game teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

Idea Development Digital Game

Open the linked Google Slides game, work through embedded text and self-checking questions using the 4 steps of citing evidence, and use that knowledge to build a paragraph on character development.

File
PDF
Level
6–8
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Reading Skills Game Show teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Reading Skills Game Show

A Jeopardy-style review game (digital PowerPoint/Google Slides board plus a companion nonfiction reading passage) for reviewing reading skills: theme/central idea, development, point of view, text structure, and vocabulary.

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Multiple File Types
Level
6–8
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Beginning Algebra teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Beginning Algebra

Students practice algebra and related number skills through code puzzles, grids and other problem-solving activities. Topics include order of operations, exponents, integers, fractions, percents, graphing, and equations and inequalities . Worked guidance supports the exercises, and many activities use answers to reveal a message or complete a puzzle. Choose pages to follow your instruction and use the answer key to review both calculations and puzzle results.

File
PDF
Level
6–8
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Map Wars: South America Edition | Interactive Geography Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

Map Wars: South America Edition | Interactive Geography Game

In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different countries on their own map, then take turns naming an country and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).

File
PDF
Level
5–8
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Free Science Interactive Memory Game / Geology on Mars Vocabulary teaching resource preview Free download
Science & discovery

Free Science Interactive Memory Game / Geology on Mars Vocabulary

Students review key-concept slides about geologic processes on Mars, then play a memory game by clicking coordinate squares to flip cards and match vocabulary terms (e.g. atmosphere, biosphere, channel, claim, compare, evidence) to their definitions; unmatched pairs are flipped back to try again.

File
Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
8
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Tuck Everlasting No Prep, Figurative Language Unit teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Tuck Everlasting No Prep, Figurative Language Unit

A full print-and-teach novel unit for 'Tuck Everlasting' (Natalie Babbitt), combining pre-reading discussion, chapter comprehension questions, figurative language instruction, projects, quizzes, a review game, and tests, aligned to Common Core.

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File
PDF
Level
5–8
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Puns for Fun - Making School PUN Again! teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Puns for Fun - Making School PUN Again!

A slide deck teaching the concept of puns/wordplay through examples (joke puns, food puns, punnies/comics) and a creative-writing assignment applying puns.

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PDF
Level
4–8
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Map Wars: Europe Edition | Interactive Geography Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

Map Wars: Europe Edition | Interactive Geography Game

In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different countries on their own map, then take turns naming an country and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).

File
PDF
Level
5–8
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100 Algebra Workouts teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

100 Algebra Workouts

Students complete each ready-to-use blackline-master workout as a lesson warm-up; each workout is algebra-skill-focused (organized into thematic units, e.g. 'Unit 1: Foundation', 'Unit 3: Games, Fun and Mystery').

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File
PDF
Level
6–8
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Determining Theme Digital Game teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

Determining Theme Digital Game

Open a shared Google Slides link, review 4 steps for finding central idea and supporting details, apply those steps to an embedded text to answer questions across 4 self-checking game parts, and build a paragraph using the theme identified.

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File
PDF
Level
6–8
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Free Science Interactive Memory Game / Light Waves Vocabulary teaching resource preview Free download
Science & discovery

Free Science Interactive Memory Game / Light Waves Vocabulary

Students review key-concept slides about light and energy, then play a memory game by clicking coordinate squares to flip cards and match vocabulary terms (absorb, amplitude, emit, energy, light, frequency, wavelength, and others) to their definitions; unmatched pairs are flipped back to try again.

File
Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
8
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Country Study on Japan - Snakes and Ladders Board Game PDF teaching resource preview
Social studies

Country Study on Japan - Snakes and Ladders Board Game PDF

Students play a board game, moving a pawn along numbered squares; landing on a square prompts a task such as naming cities, dishes, or famous people of Japan, describing a historical event, or answering a reflection question about visiting Japan.

File
PDF
Level
7–12
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Algebra I teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Algebra I

Students solve puzzle-formatted algebra problems (e.g. word/symbol finds, cross-number puzzles, mazes) covering topics such as math symbols, number properties, order of operations, exponents, integers, fractions, absolute value, and graphing.

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PDF
Level
6–8
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Character Development Digital Game teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

Character Development Digital Game

Open a shared Google Slides link, review 4 steps for citing evidence, apply those steps to an embedded text to answer questions, and build a paragraph; the game is described as self-checking.

File
PDF
Level
6–8
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