Challenging Minds

Unsolved Mysteries Guide is the perfect introduction and theme for an independent research unit. If you’ve designed your own unit, incorporate this guide to give students background information about some of the world's most puzzling cases. Students can choose a topic, and allow them to propose the most plausible theory from their research. Using the Famous Cases Guide handout, give students a brief overview of the unsolved mysteries they may investigate. You may choose to assign students thei

This incredibly fun, but confusing mystery is the perfect resource for studying clues, character traits & development, setting, symbolism, critical thinking, and text features. Using a “case file” will help teach them note-taking, organization and logical thinking skills as they do their best to solve the case. Have opportunities to use paper or digital, or both to track your character information! TRACK CLUES:  Whether you work as a whole class or divide students to work together into sma

A color-coded anchor chart for students explaining each of the geometric concepts with graphic.

***UPDATED Design and Digital Features! Trying to keep up with the different characters in this novel is challenging and confusing for any mystery reader! The mystery of The Westing Game lies in trying to make sense of the clues each heir pair is given to play. Individually as its own bulletin board puzzle or combined with "Who's Who of The Westing Game", the clue words can be revealed as the story unfolds. You'll have everything you need to introduce the mystery: Westing Game Clue Cards PDF do

Bias in the News Media Student Guide & Activity **2020 Update: Additional inclusion of Confirmed Bias information. Google Slide versions of Student Info Guide and Handout for use with virtual learning! PDF Version includes the link to Google folder with documents and page images to use with a learning management system. Whether you are focusing on political ads for campaigns or daily news and broadcasts, this student 6-page printable is the perfect reference handout to use in introducing types

Online Research Tips - Helpful Hints for Finding Accurate & Relevant Information A 2-page easy reference guide summarizes key points when researching topics online. --What are search engines and how do they work? --How do keywords and Boolean Operators help your search? --What websites and domains are most trustworthy and reliable? --How can I check the accuracy of website information? This is helpful when introducing the basics to internet research!

Unsolved? — A Mysteries Research Unit This complete 127-page unit of 10 full lessons is designed with class instruction guiding research, culminating to an independent study of a famous historical unsolved mystery. Includes Pre and Post Assessment ideas for each lesson. Depending on length of class time, lessons can last 12-18 sessions. Duration is flexible because lessons can be shortened or extended as needed. Many informational handouts are available separately to purchase, but you save wh

For these introductory puzzle shapes, 10 of the 12 pentomino piece shapes can form puzzles that can be solved using only four of the pentomino pieces. Challenge your students to solve each one. There can be more than one solution in many of the puzzles! Versatile activities for warm-up brain teasers, early finisher folders, or learning centers! Emphasize the use of Visual/Spatial Smarts, Kinesthetic/Body Smarts, and Logic Smarts multiple intelligences. Includes -- "Transformations Poster" also

ALL YOU NEED to outline and facilitate independent topic investigations, both teacher & student resources! **Flexible Unit Timeline for Conferencing & Project Deadlines **Performance Task Learning Contract **Performance Task Plan **Multiple Intelligence Survey & Scoring **Revised Blooms Information Page **Observations & Student Conferences Log **Performance Event Rubric & Task Assessment **Research categories with topics and possible Real World **Challenge questions to get started (4 pages) **

In this 27 page guide, you have 3 activities that explore the vast and varied geographical features and Nile River of Egypt. There are vocabulary, student information guide as a resource, activity suggestions, and scoring rubrics for each activity, in PDF and Google doc formats! You will download a ZIP folder that contains the main PDF document (with embedded Google doc links), as well as individual copies of the resource guides for easy upload with Drive or Google Classroom. There are links emb

Using free download from Science Story, tectonic map plate pieces have been edited and enlarged in separate puzzle pieces format. Ready to be copied for students to cut apart, assemble, label and glue onto larger poster-sized paper. Copy onto cardstock to create a master version of the pieces to laminate. Affix magnets to back to assemble on whiteboard demonstrating plate movement. Original map with labels is included, but also an additional version with named edited out for student research

The Westing Game—96 Task Card Activities Organize activities and clues using Task Cards that are divided by chapter groupings and also include **Comprehension Questions with Answer Key **Prompts for Story Trail Activities Chapter Task Sets A-P: Task Cards 1 - 4 The variety of characters and unfolding events of The Westing Game provide the perfect background to differentiate task cards. Activities can be modified easily for readiness—include more or less detail for tiering Task Card 5: What’

Thinkercises (Level D: Grades 6-8) Book 1***NEW! 2020 Revision*** Added additional files for links to Google Slides version and individual PDF copies of each Thinkercise for easy virtual learning integration! Perfect for challenging students during remote teaching :) The puzzles in this book are designed to help students improve their logical thinking and problem solving skills. These activity pages are perfect for "bell ringer" or anchor activities. Our cognitive abilities are brain-based skill

Use this information booklet and lesson activities to introduce the each of the 7 Ancient World Wonders. Spotlight a journey through time as you visit and learn about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. This Travel Guide can accompany our Ancient World Wonder Travel resources like the Passport, Unit Overview & Timeline, and Destination Posters available. Individual Travel Guides for other ancient wonder destinations with background information and lesson activities coming soon too! Destination

***NEW! 2020 Revision*** Added additional files for links to Google Slides version and individual PDF copies of each Thinkercise for easy virtual learning integration! Perfect for challenging students during remote teaching :) Thinkercises Set includes: Basic Level B Book (84 pages) $9.50 and Basic Level B2 Book (86 pages) $9.50 SAVE $ and download both books here for ONLY $15!! Challenge learners with puzzles and activities that sharpen creative and critical thinking skills. Each 2-page activi

$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 lett

An easy to use 2-page chart that aligns terminology with depth of knowledge terms, questioning cues, possible products and activity examples. A quick reference tool that combines multiple resources into one chart.

An easily expandable timeline template to label historic events for ANY ancient civilization! · Timeline spans from about 6000 B.C. to Present Day · With only 9 pages, the timeline can be printed and assembled easily by each student, or groups. · Expandable! Includes an extra blank page to extend B.C. era further back in time, if needed. · Roll timelines and secure with rubber band for easy storage for student projects. · Students can research events and label descriptions with details as re

For this stock market unit, you'll receive everything in easy to use PDF format for any or all parts you want to teach hands-on, or have students work on paper. As a bonus,within in the PDF document, there are embedded Google doc links! The links prompt you to make a copy of the document for easy download to use with Drive or Google Classroom. These Google documents may be used in place of any paper-version of the activity. This PDF guide with activities can be implemented hands-on with PDF for

***NEW! 2020 Revision*** Added additional files for links to Google Slides version and individual PDF copies of each Thinkercise for easy virtual learning integration! Perfect for challenging students during remote teaching :) Challenge learners with puzzles and activities that sharpen creative and critical thinking skills. Each 2-page activity sheet is a combination of different puzzles that apply and strengthen problem solving and logic thinking skills. Great for early finishers, warm-ups, an