A fun writing prompt that asks students to pretend that they have been transported back in time to Ancient Greece and need to reflect on how their lives have changed because of it. Uploaded as a word doc so you can edit to fit your classroom needs. Includes prompt, prompting questions, and the begin
Sit down, relax, take some time and answer the questions. Be truthful and don't rely on others to help.
Your job is to introduce yourself to someone as you were exactly 10 years ago today and tell them a few things about yourself.
Now, shift gears and introduce yourself to the whole group on ho
This simple worksheet uses time-travel as a device to teach students something about 21st century Patmos, but also creates a fun scenario involving an escape (works with larger classes) and utilizes http://orbis.stanford.edu/ (Google Maps for the Roman Empire) for a fun travel scenario. Used for my
A fun way to break the ice. Students will get to know about each other better as they answer these unique "Would you rather" questions.
"Would you rather live in Harry Potter's world or live the life of a celebrity?"
"Would you rather travel back in time and visit your ansestors (1800's) or trave
In this activity, students measure the time it takes a marble to travel various distances, and use their recordings to calculate the speed of the object. They then have to summarize their findings, and create a position vs. time graph.
Our Solar System - Device-Based Scavenger Hunt Activity. This activity is the coolest thing I've created and your kids are going to love it, mine do. Think of a scavenger hunt, then add devices (Smartphones, Chromebooks, Laptops, or Tablets), engaged students, and learning through assessment and you
In this activity students will analyze seismograms from three seismic stations in Alaska. They will use the difference in arrivals times of the primary and secondary waves with a travel time curve to determine the distance from the epicenter to the seismic stations. Using the epicenter distance and
Do you have students who struggle with getting words down on the page? Is it a challenge to get all your students writing? If so, use ten minute writing activities to get your students writing. The Sticky Note Travel Story FREEBIE is an example of the ten minute writing activities that are found in
This lesson was one of my most interactive and fun lessons of the year. I really recommend you taking a look even if you don’t teach about the Mayans. The students travel back in time and land in a mysterious place and have to figure out where we landed. Also check out my Youtube channel for content
Get this free activity to accompany the AWESOME book The Girl Who Thought In Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca. All images created by Daniel Rieley are used with permission from The Innovation Press.
Temple Grandin is Scientist who was born with autism. She spends a
This worksheet is great for ESL students who are travel lovers and want to learn and practice nine words that English speakers use to describe places.Included are definitions, examples, vocabulary exercises, speaking activities, writing practice and an opportunity for students to share a story about
Italian Travel Information Gap Activity: In this speaking activity, separate the students into pairs and give one student in each group the student 1 worksheet for the client (attached) and the other student the student 2 worksheet for the travel agent (attached). Explain that one student is the tra
A great resource for any Colorado map reading skills unit. This product contains three separate maps/charts that have been condensed into 8 x 12" maps. Just print off and hand out! Each resource is easy to read and allows for students to gain some lifelong skills of finding mileage and travel tim
This is a free publication from the Indiana Historical Society Press, written by me as a companion for my book, "The Carter Journals: Time Travels in Early U.S. History".
This guide is full of suggested lesson plans and activities that track along with this young adult historical fiction. There
A fun interactive travel lesson to share with your students. Teach them about the wonderful city of Paris with some great visuals and fun activities for students to complete.This lesson works great as a morning meeting, it helps start your day off with a bang! The morning activities are fun and help
This project takes 4-5 work periods for students and is designed for a 7th grade student. Students work in pairs to write a first-person fictional short story. Students will already be familiar with the concept of culture and understand what makes their own culture (nation, community, religion, fami
Included is a mini writing assignment that I have used for an extra credit opportunity in Middle School ELA.Students will be reading a novel that focuses on the environment (The Last Wild, The Weirdo, The Explorer, etc). Students write about where they would travel in a time machine to persuade the
You´re going to travel to the past and talk to a Little boy, Cristiano Ronaldo. He´s sad and scared. Talk to him about his brilliant future thus motivating him to go on. Use Future Perfect/Future Perfect Continuous to talk about the events finished by a certain time in the future. I designed this wo
These free homophone worksheets can be used for classwork, homework, or as an assessment. Answers are included. Students often confuse these words, so the more practice the better! Please note: The cover of this packet says there are two worksheets. There is also a homophone challenge worksheet. Fe
Writing the Room is a great way to have students practice a skill! This product practices the EW, UI, UE sounds. All words included are commonly recognized and have one syllable. Students will travel around the room recording words on a recording sheet. The recording sheet also includes a word bank
You and your students are sure to LOVE this FREE blank passport template. So fun and so simple to use> Just cut, fold, and staple! Grab your free passport template. Then, HAVE FUN collecting your passport stamps as you join Genesis Amaya on her adventures around the world! Join in the adventure
Educational Quotations
Inspire your students to think about education and learning by displaying these 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch posters in your classroom, all year. A survey sheet is included that asks students' opinions about education and success. Biography sheets are included. Twenty four quotation
Let your students embark on an adventure through the zoo where they will not only develop their navigation skills using both cardinal and intermediate directions to travel through the zoo, but they will also create their own zoo.
Zoo Time Adventure is intended to be a set of practice activities to