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Elementary word problems simulations for Gifted and Talented
Equivalent Fractions in the Real World - Fun Enrichment Activity for Students
Fractions (and especially fraction equivalence) are always so abstract, until you connect them to the real world -like cooking! This is such a fun way to explore equivalent fractions. This resource will help students think critically about equivalent fractions.Recipe Disasters will strengthen your student's skills with benchmark and equivalent fractions with real world problem solving! Students are given a problem page with lots of reading that includes a recipe, and then a problem to solve. Th
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3rd - 4th
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Valentine's Day Math Project | Conversation Hearts Graphing Lesson & Activity
This Valentine's Day-themed math project introduces your students to four methods for displaying data: Frequency TablesBar GraphsPictographsLine Plots Your students will record observations about each method for displaying data and compare/contrast methods for collecting data. Students will then use this knowledge to solve a problem for Val’s Heart Factory. Love this project idea, but planning to teach graphing at a different time of year? Sal's Sweet Factory will be a perfect fit for your class
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2nd - 3rd
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Decimals Project based learning Monster Ice Cream Parlor
Welcome to The Monster Ice Cream Parlor Decimal focused project-based learning! In this student-tested and approved project, students jump into ownership of the monster ice cream parlor. They create flavors, set prices, and graph their sales all while practicing adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals, and graphing. Included in this ready to use project:- Student pages for building a monster ice cream parlor- Student pages for calculating revenue- Student pages for graphing revenue and s
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 6th grade math MEGA resource bundle
Gifted and Talented - Living on Your Own: Lessons in Financial Responsibility
Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o
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5th - 8th
Fraction Hospital Skill Building Activity & Classroom Transformation
This is a fun, engaging way for your students to apply and practice their learning about fractions! Skills used:Identifying fractions (<1)Fractions (<1 and >1) on a number lineMatching different fraction forms (numbers, number line, part of a set)Word problemsTurn this into a HIGHLY engaging classroom transformation with hospital gowns, gloves, masks, and hair nets!The product includes…Student work packets12 surgery cardsStudents locate fractions on the number line by performing “stitch
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3rd
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Gifted Crime Scene Investigation Activity The Case of the Missing Cash
This highly engaging crime scene investigation activity will have your students using their critical thinking skills as they critically read and analyze witness testimonies, view and evaluate evidence, and draw inferences to determine the motive and identity of the person guilty of robbing a bank. Higher-level thinking skills will be practiced while investigating the crime scene, as students form a hypothesis about who committed the crime, establish a motive, and then justify their hypothesis b
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5th - 8th
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Data Detectives Bar Graph & Pictograph Mystery Activity
Engage your students with this data mystery! You left data in the classroom overnight and someone snuck in and completely scattered it. Oh no! In this activity, your students are data analysts who will use clues to reassemble the scattered pieces of bar graphs and pictographs.This product includes...4 graph starters for your students to complete (2 bar graphs, 2 pictographs)18 pieces (including some decoys) of graphs for your students to analyze and match to a graph starter8 cluesAND everything
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3rd - 4th
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Create your own civilization based off of 'Weslandia'
Create your own civilization based off of the book 'Weslandia'. Students will use their social studies knowledge to create their own utopian society. Your students will have a blast taking knowledge that they have previously learned about and applying it to their new civilization! Their creativity will amaze you!!!!
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CCSS Writing: W.2, W.4, W.5, W.6, W.8, W.10
Social Studies: geog
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4th - 12th
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2nd & 3rd Grade Data and Graphing Math Project | Bar Graphs, Line Plots & More
This graphing math project introduces your students to four methods for displaying data: ★ Frequency Tables ★ Bar Graphs ★ Pictographs ★ Line Plots ★Your students will have the opportunity to record observations about each method for displaying data and compare/contrast methods for collecting data. They will then use this knowledge to solve a problem for Sal’s Sweet Factory. ***************************************************************************THE BIG PROBLEM YOUR STUDENTS WILL SOLVE:Sal's
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2nd - 3rd
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Goods and Services Producers and Consumers Economics Activity Second Grade
Looking for an engaging early elementary economics lesson? Your students will gain a deep understanding of buyers and sellers (producers and consumers) in a community with this fun simulation activity. Your second or third grade social studies students will love creating their own good or service. This resource is suprisingly low-prep for how interactive it is. Simply print, cut, and go! You'll get teacher instructions, classroom procedures, printable student sheets, a student reflection sheet,
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2nd - 3rd
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Money Matters: A Real-World Simulation for Upper Elementary Students
A creative problem-solving unit that simulates real life. Students are faced with real-world decisions related to money management, budgeting, jobs, taxes and bills.Students are randomly assigned families and jobs. They then are presented with real-life situations and decisions that they must make (just as their parents do).Creative problem-solving, decision-making, Socratic seminar, and real-world dilemmas are incorporated into this unit.Printables: Everything you need is in this unit. It h
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4th - 6th
Learning Disabilities Simulations- Social Emotional Learning for Students
Every classroom in the world is comprised of students who learn differently. Our students are surrounded by peers who have learning disabilities, speech disorders, attention deficits, and more! Are we teaching our kids about these differences? Are we equipping them to help their peers and show empathy towards them? Have we empowered those who learn differently?In this 4-part simulation, students will gain an understanding of how some kids learn, struggle, and feel during parts of their learni
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1st - 12th, Staff
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Hands On LCM GCF Build It! Least Common Multiple, Greatest Common Factor
Kids will master the concepts of least common multiple and greatest common factor by actually manipulating items into groups. With this fun, hands-on activity, the problems are already created for you!
An answer key is provided. All you need is to print the worksheet and distribute base-ten blocks, Cuisenaire rods, strips of paper, or anything you have handy.
Your students can work in pairs to model the situation and perform the correct operation to perform a hands-on GCF and a hands-on LC
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4th - 8th
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Virtual Field Trip - Candy Factory - Industrial Engineer - Mechanical Process
Let's take a Virtual Field Trip to become an Industrial Engineer for the Day at the Candy Factory! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to study a STEAM career when remote learning or in person learning when field trips aren't possible! Open your students' eyes and thoughts to the many jobs available in engineering!What is an industrial engineer? What might they do at the CANDY FACTORY? Where else do they work?Visit real candy factories like Jelly Belly in 360!!! See so many processes
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle #2-Distance Learning-Google
Customary and Metric Measurement Conversions Escape Room
This customary and metric measurement conversions escape room is a fun way to review conversions in your classroom! It corresponds with the 5th grade common core standard 5.MD.A.1, but it can be used with many grade levels. Customary and metric length, capacity, and mass are all addressed in this activity. It would be a great review for a unit on measurement. This activity can be done individually or in groups. There is minimal prep work and an answer key is included. It could definitely be sent
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Math Escape Room Bundle
Florida 7th Grade Civics Simulations Bundle 11 Total -SS.7.CG.1.1-SS.7.CG.1.11
Welcome to our series of simulations designed to deepen your understanding of the origins and purposes of government, law, and the American political system. Throughout history, these fundamental concepts have shaped societies, influenced governance structures, and defined the rights and responsibilities of citizens. In each simulation, you will explore different aspects of government and law, delving into historical events, constitutional principles, and political ideologies that have shaped th
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5th - 8th
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Operations with Mixed Numbers Fraction Escape Room Activity
My Operations With Mixed Numbers Fraction Escape Room Activity is a fun way to review mixed number operations and conversions! Your students will practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing mixed numbers. It corresponds with 5th and 6th grade common core standards but it can be used with many grade levels. It would be a great review or test prep for a unit on mixed numbers, or for sub plans. This activity can be done individually or in groups. There is minimal prep work and an answer
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Math Escape Room Bundle
Thanksgiving Feast: Project Based Instruction
Engage your students in this relevant project where they plan a Thanksgiving feast. From calculating serving sizes and calories from real food labels, to making a shopping list and sticking to a budget. This project helps students see the real life uses for a variety of math skills. Editable price tags allow you to differentiate for your students. Activities included in this product: Activity 1: Making A Shopping List: Student read real food labels to find serving size on a variety of Than
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Multiply & Divide Fractions Escape Challenge Game - 3 Levels!
Looking for a way to practice challenging word problems about Multiplying and Dividing Fractions? Upper elementary students LOVE escape room games! This challenge includes 3 levels of challenge for the fifth grade Number and Operations: Fractions standards that relate to multiplying and dividing fractions. This allows you to differentiate instruction effortlessly, AND allows students at all levels to be successful. It's the perfect complement to your Guided Math Workshop! Students will push them
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4th - 6th
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Dealing with the Shark Tank: Entrepreneurship Project
This project was recently completed with two all gifted classes as a part of an economics unit (a 4th grade class and a 5th grade class). The students absolutely loved the unit, and they all retained the important information as proven by their assessments. This could be modified and used in the middle school classroom as well. This project includes a simulation where students are involved in inventing a better product (such as making gym shoes better by adding springs in them). They use
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4th - 8th
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7 Ancient World Wonders - Complete Unit: Travel Guides & Activities
$30 Value - Buy Complete Unit for $20 and SAVE $10!World Travel Guide Unit Format ($3.50/17 pages):Use as is or easy to modify!**Tour Team Folders—create team names, design folder to hold independent activities being worked on**Ancient Wonder Timeline—students graph the span of existence for each wonder as each Destination is introduced or concluded; note short span of overlap of all 7 ancient wonders **Introduce the “Secret Mystery” - at the completion of independent activity, award a letter cl
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2nd - 5th
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Food Truck Project Simulation - STEM Economics and Design
Food Truck Project may be used alternately as an independent study, for small groups, or engage the entire class in a cross-curricular simulation. All instructions are written so that students working independently may take direction on their own with minimal teacher support. Teacher notes are provided to support teachers in guiding students when needed. The Food Truck Project is presented as a series of sub-units, best used in the order they appear, but adjustable to time available by selective
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4th - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Gifted Education Unit- Medical Interns
Medical Interns is an excellent student extension for students who are learning about human body systems.Working as an intern students will diagnose patients with varied medical conditions. Armed with prescription cards in their white lab coats, they will determine staff members ailments. If faced with an unknown disease, students will research plausible possibilities, return to the patient with a prescription and present various treatment options.
This is a great unit for gifted education cla
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4th - 8th
Spy: Going Undercover. A Problem Solving, Critical Thinking Spy Simulation!
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking come alive in this engaging espionage simulation! This simulation models real-world problem solving and critical thinking through the eyes and actions of spies. Why Spy?Covert operations. Dead drops. Secret messages. Clandestine missions. Undercover agents. Is the principal really a principal or is she perhaps, part of a spy ring? Turn your classroom and school into a world of mystery and intrigue. When students participate in SPY Going Undercover th
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Codes, Ciphers, Critical Thinking and a Spy Simulation: Spy Bundle #3
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