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Interpreting Words + Phrases Digital Game teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Interpreting Words + Phrases Digital Game

Students play a self-checking digital game: review 4 steps for citing evidence, apply them to an embedded text to answer questions, then build a paragraph using what they learned about interpreting words and phrases.

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6–8
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Elements and Compounds Dominoes - Middle School Science teaching resource preview
Science & discovery

Elements and Compounds Dominoes - Middle School Science

Play a domino-matching game (80 dominoes) where each tile edge shows a chemical formula, molecule/compound description, or definition that must be matched to its equivalent on another tile; also review prior-knowledge content on atoms, elements, compounds, and chemical formula rules.

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Multiple File Types
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6–9
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Statue of Liberty: Historic Monuments Series teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Statue of Liberty: Historic Monuments Series

Teach the history of the Statue of Liberty and connect it to broader themes of immigration and American identity through readings, activities, and research projects.

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4–8
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Engaging Congressional Simulation (A fun, interactive way to teach Congress!) teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

Engaging Congressional Simulation (A fun, interactive way to teach Congress!)

Get assigned a U.S. state to represent as Senator, review a scoring spreadsheet showing point gains/losses for that state on each of 8 bills, negotiate and make deals with classmates before voting, vote on all 8 bills as a class, and tally final scores to see who achieves a positive score ('gets re-elected')…

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7–12
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Country Study on South Korea - Snakes and Ladders Board Game PDF teaching resource preview
Social studies

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

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7–12
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"Guess Who?" Functions and Graphs Guessing Game teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

"Guess Who?" Functions and Graphs Guessing Game

Play in pairs: each player draws a large card showing a function's equation/graph, then takes turns asking yes/no questions (starting with 'Is your graph a function?') about the properties of equations/graphs to eliminate options on a small-card game board and guess the opponent's card; a whole-class PowerPoint…

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8
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MASH Get to Know You Boards teaching resource preview
Cross-curricular practice

MASH Get to Know You Boards

A back-to-school icebreaker game (MASH) that helps students share preferences/predictions about their future while following multi-step written directions.

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Level
6–8
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American Revolution Time-Line Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

American Revolution Time-Line Game

Players draw event cards, listen as a card is read aloud, and guess where the event fits chronologically on their personal timeline (before/after or between existing cards); a player wins by placing 8 cards in correct chronological order. Students can also review an included timeline reference sheet of American Revolution…

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PDF
Level
7–10
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Credit Score Board Game Finance Game: Credit Cards, Loans, Mortgages teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Credit Score Board Game Finance Game: Credit Cards, Loans, Mortgages

Players move around the board and adjust a simulated score in response to financial events. Use the introductory notes and infographic before group play, then discuss the choices represented. The score changes are game values rather than predictions of actual credit-score changes. The existing companion suggestion is a checking account project .

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Level
8–12
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8th Grade Math Bingo Review #2 teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

8th Grade Math Bingo Review #2

Make a 4x4 bingo board and fill in given answer values in random order; solve teacher-displayed problems one at a time (rate-time-distance word problems, unit price word problems, solve for x/y in a system, find slope from a graphed line, find slope from an equation, find slope from two points, find the y-intercept…

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
8
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The Road to Revolution Diplomacy Game - Round #2 Stamp Act teaching resource preview
Social studies

The Road to Revolution Diplomacy Game - Round #2 Stamp Act

The Road to Revolution Diplomacy Game - Round #2 Stamp Act: An Engaging Classroom Resource "The Road to Revolution Diplomacy Game - Round #2 Stamp Act" is a combinatory tool of game-play and learning designed for high school level teaching. Detailing the period between the French and Indian War and American Revolution, it can…

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8–11
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Volume Tournament: Cylinders, Cones, & Spheres Game teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

Volume Tournament: Cylinders, Cones, & Spheres Game

In pairs, place 8 shape cards into a tournament bracket, calculate the volume of each matched pair using given dimensions, advance the card with the greater volume (recalculating with adjusted dimensions each round), and determine a final winning card.

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PDF
Level
8
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Statehood Time-Line Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

Statehood Time-Line Game

Draw and read event/date cards aloud to other players, guess where each event belongs in chronological order relative to cards already placed in their own timeline, and build a personal timeline of 8 correctly ordered cards to win.

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Level
6–10
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History of Astronomy Time-Line Game teaching resource preview
Social studies

History of Astronomy Time-Line Game

Draw event cards, listen as a 'reader' reads the event aloud, and guess where the event belongs (before/after/between) in their own personal timeline of 8 cards; the game ends when a player correctly places 8 cards.

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PDF
Level
7–10
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8th Grade Math Bingo Review #1 teaching resource preview
Math & problem solving

8th Grade Math Bingo Review #1

Make a 4x4 bingo board and fill in given answer values in random order; solve teacher-displayed problems one at a time (find missing triangle side, find distance between two points, find angle measures from parallel lines cut by a transversal, compare/order numbers, solve rate-time-distance and unit-cost word problems, locate a…

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
8
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Plant Anatomy and Photosynthesis Dominoes Game - Middle School Science teaching resource preview
Science & discovery

Plant Anatomy and Photosynthesis Dominoes Game - Middle School Science

Students play a dominoes-style game, matching cards where one card's term/definition connects to an adjoining card's term/definition (e.g., 'male reproductive organ' -> 'pollen grain'; 'contain chlorophyll' -> 'transport food'), covering plant part functions (roots, root hairs, phloem, xylem, stomata, palisade cells, carpel…

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Multiple File Types
Level
6–9
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