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Common Core RST.6-8.7 resources for Gifted and Talented
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Science Fair Project Organizational Tools
Science Fair time means lot of questions from parents and students! These tools I've created will help to put you, your students, and your parents at ease by showing how to organize a successful science fair project! You will be able to use these handouts year after year!!
You will get a four page handout to give your students/parents that gives detailed page by page directions on how to organize the project notebook. The project notebook explains how to set up the report which includes the
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3rd - 6th
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"Forensic Frenzy" - Forensic Science in the Classroom
The aim of this unit is to enable learners to use a variety of scientific processes to analyse evidence gathered from a crime scene. The fascination with crime and how science can be used to solve crimes continues to grow, and many learners are interested in the techniques that are used within the area of forensic science. As forensic science is the application of scientific methods and processes used for the purpose of the law it is an ideal way to demonstrate applied science. Learners will hav
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4th - 8th
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Future City- City Planning & Engineering
This is the ultimate starter guide for any teacher participating in the Future City Competition or a city planning/civil engineering unit for middle school-age children. As an educator that has participated in the Future City Competition for over 15 years, starting this project with your students can be so overwhelming. I put together 4 slide decks that are essential, foundation skills to know to be successful in the Future City Competition or any city planning/civil engineering unit of study. T
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Wind Power BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
84 printable or digital pages exploring wind power and global warming: internet activities (WebQuest and Google) - 12 pagesanalyze global warming charts and graphs - 17 pagescompare and contrast - 10 pageswriting prompts - 20 pagesbrainteasers and word puzzles - 25 pagesUse in a computer lab or at home (as homework or distance learning). Take a look at the Preview to see the five packets in this bundle:Global Warming and Wind Power - Analyzing Charts and GraphsGlobal Warming and Wind Power - B
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4th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Phase Change with Friends (States of Matter Explained with Water, STEM, NGSS)
A perfect STEM book for kids in the classroom or at home! This covers reading, science, and poetry in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or doing distance learning. This rhyming story explains thermodynamics in a way students can relate to with illustrations of ice, snow, water, steam, and a thermometer. The rhyme makes it fun to read for both students and teachers.These poems and bright colors will appeal to a preschooler and the
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PreK - 6th, Staff
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2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
Mesopotamia Website and Inquiry Questions for a Project Based Learning Activity!
Students love this website project! To add depth and complexity to your unit on Mesopotamia, students start by picking an inquiry question from the ones provided or create their own based on their interests. They can work individually, in pairs, or small groups to create a website using Google Sites, Canva or any other platform that you have taught them to use. What should be included is on the assignment page, but you can tell students that these are some ideas to include or ideas that they hav
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Science: States of Matter Wanted Poster--Differentiation, Higher-Order Thinking!
My middle-school Gifted students had a blast with this activity and even wrote stories about how their states of matter characters teamed up with each other! This activity as designed is most appropriate for middle-school students but can be scaled to upper or lower grades. A creative, higher-order activity, this assignment is best given after students have studied states of matter and can utilize the assignment to demonstrate understanding. This activity lends itself to helping students develop
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6th - 9th
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Solar System on your Ceiling
Create a working model of the Solar System on you classroom ceiling and through the school year predict the planets and constellations that will be in the sky each night! Turn your classroom into your students' work of art with depictions and mythologies of the Zodiac, the four seasons in each corner of your room, Solstices & Equinoxes, holidays, birthdays, and the direction of space probes all correctly placed with our Sun in the center. ~ Capture the imagination of every student~ Int
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Grades:
4th - 12th
NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS1-1
Tornado Alley - Weather Unit
Why are the Great Plains states - Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota - the perfect mixing bowl to create more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth?One to five week unit includes annotated graphics, student activities, formative and functional assessments
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4th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Project Based Learning - Make a Birdhouse & Wildlife Observatory! STEM / PBL
Not just another birdhouse - This is a real wildlife observatory!Imagine your students building habitats that will allow them to witness nature right through their classroom window - what a learning resource!Imagine the thrill and excitement as they compare the sizes, species and colors of the different birds nesting inside their observatories. This unique & innovative STEM / STEAM project allows your students to do just that as they learn many new skills along the way.Use this project to in
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Not Grade Specific
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-ESS3-1
, K-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-2
, 3-LS2-1
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Paper Circuits
This easy to understand one-pager is a great way to introduce electrical circuits! Let students work independently or in small groups to tinker and problem solve in order to get their LED's to light up. Great for any STEM class. Includes a link and SKU to an easy youtube video that shows students how to make the paper circuit step by step.
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4th - 9th
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GROUNDHOG DAY: SCIENCE ACTIVITY: COMPARE THE CHIPMUNK & THE GROUNDHOG
This is a science charting activity using comparative anatomy. There is an art portion, too. Happy Groundhog Day, America!
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3rd - 6th
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