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Middle School Math Stations or Centers: Triangles, Area, Angles teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Middle School Math Stations or Centers: Triangles, Area, Angles

Students solve triangle-area/volume word problems, measure interior angles of polygons with protractors, play a dice game to construct different triangle types, prove the triangle area formula and apply it to a tiling problem, and calculate surface area/volume of a compound triangular-and-rectangular prism shape.

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5–8
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Map Wars: Central America & the Caribbean Edition | Interactive Geography Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

Map Wars: Central America & the Caribbean Edition | Interactive Geography Game

In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different provinces on their own map, then take turns naming an province 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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5–8
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Elements and Compounds - Smart Board Bingo - Middle School Science teaching resource preview
Science & discovery

Elements and Compounds - Smart Board Bingo - Middle School Science

Watch a randomly generated numbered question on the smart board / interactive whiteboard, find the matching number on their bingo card, and write in the answer; the teacher checks card winners against an answer sheet, and students self-check with an answers slideshow at the end.

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Multiple File Types
Level
5–9
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Map Wars: Canada Edition | Interactive Geography Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

Map Wars: Canada Edition | Interactive Geography Game

In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different provinces on their own map, then take turns naming an province 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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5–8
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Arkansas River Float Activity teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Arkansas River Float Activity

Run a team-based math-review game ('float the Arkansas River') where teams work through numbered problem sections to advance along a river-route map.

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
6–8
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Text Structure Digital Game teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

Text Structure Digital Game

Open a shared Google Slides link, review 4 steps for citing evidence, apply them to an embedded text to answer questions, and build a paragraph using knowledge of text structure to analyze the text.

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PDF
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6–8
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Space – The Study of the Universe - Task Cards Activity teaching resource preview
Science & discovery

Space – The Study of the Universe - Task Cards Activity

Working in pairs, students move between 20 numbered task cards placed around the room, answer each question on a separate sheet, and match their answers to words on a displayed word chart to assemble a hidden quote, which they bring to the teacher to check; task cards can also be used individually for review…

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Level
8–10
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Fill the Tank Activity teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Fill the Tank Activity

Work through a section of math problems as a team, check answers with the teacher, then roll a die to apply a game rule that fills or drains team tanks.

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
6–8
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Central Idea Digital Game teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

Central Idea Digital Game

Students follow a shared Google Slides link, work through 4 self-checking game parts using an embedded text, answer questions, and build a paragraph using the central idea.

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

Essay Writing Skills Game Show

A Jeopardy-style digital review game (Google Slides/PowerPoint) for reviewing essay-writing skills and vocabulary, usable in whole group, small group, in-person, or distance learning.

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Multiple File Types
Level
6–8
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Map Wars: United States Edition | Interactive Geography Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

Map Wars: United States Edition | Interactive Geography Game

In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different states on their own map, then take turns naming an state 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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Chemistry - Atoms and Molecules Dominoes teaching resource preview
Science & discovery

Chemistry - Atoms and Molecules Dominoes

Play a chain-matching dominoes game, matching a term or statement (e.g. 'the symbol for helium', 'the Latin name for sodium', 'molecule of a compound') to its correct answer tile (e.g. 'He', 'Natrium') around the domino chain.

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Multiple File Types
Level
6–9
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Chemical Reaction Bingo Vocabulary Game teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Chemical Reaction Bingo Vocabulary Game

The teacher reads aloud a definition from a 33-term calling card; students mark the matching vocabulary term (e.g., Chemical Change, Endothermic Reaction, Reactant, Solution) on one of 30 unique bingo cards, aiming for five in a row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal); when a student calls 'BINGO' they read their…

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Level
6–8
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Analyzing Arguments Digital Game teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

Analyzing Arguments Digital Game

Review 4 steps for citing evidence, apply those steps to an embedded text within the digital game to answer self-checking questions, and build a paragraph using knowledge of text structure to analyze arguments.

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PDF
Level
6–8
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Country Study on New Zealand - Snakes and Ladders Board Game PDF teaching resource preview
Social studies

Country Study on New Zealand - 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 New Zealand, describing a historical event, or answering a reflection question about visiting New Zealand.

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PDF
Level
7–12
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Current Electricity Smart Board Bingo teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Current Electricity Smart Board Bingo

Answer questions displayed on a smart board that correspond to numbers on individual bingo cards, marking their card as numbers are called; check answers using an answer key.

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Multiple File Types
Level
6–9
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I Have, Who Has: Nonfiction Terms teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

I Have, Who Has: Nonfiction Terms

Students read term-definition cards aloud in a chain (whole-class or partner/small-group play) to review nonfiction text-structure vocabulary.

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PDF
Level
6–8
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