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SPIKE Prime Block Scavenger Hunt | Fast Finisher | Sub Day | Bell Ringer
Keep your robotics students engaged and on task with this self-directed SPIKE Prime Word Blocks Scavenger Hunt! Perfect for fast finishers, sub days, early finishers, and bell ringers, this no-prep activity gets students exploring the SPIKE Prime coding environment while building block recognition and category knowledge. Students open SPIKE Prime Word Blocks on their device and hunt for real blocks — using exact default names as they appear in the app. No guessing, no made-up block names. Each w
6th - 8th
Robotics
The Origin of the Solar System Elements
I love teaching the periodic table and elements, and one of the most interesting periodic tables I have ever seen is called The Origin of the Solar System Elements. Jennifer Johnson created this periodic table with some images from NASA. It does an excellent job of categorizing where different elements came from Big Bang fusion, cosmic ray fission, merging neutron stars, exploding massive stars, dying low-mass stars, and exploding white dwarf stars. The first two elements came from the Big Bang
4th - 7th
Astronomy, Chemistry, Physical Education
Digital Educational Poster - Artist Professor, Didier William
This educational poster features Didier William, a Haitian-American artist and professor whose work bridges painting, printmaking, and collage to explore themes of identity, diaspora, and the body. Highlighting William’s role as a Professor of Expanded Print at Rutgers University, the poster introduces students to his unique visual language,where richly layered surfaces and reimagined human forms invite critical thought about culture, history, and representation. Perfect for classrooms, this vib
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Art History, Graphic Arts, Visual Arts
Also included in: 12 Digital Educational Posters - Artist Professors
Exploring Watersheds: Where Does Your Water Come From?
In this project, students will work in small groups to investigate the journey of their local water, from its source to its destination, and analyze how it is managed and protected. They will explore where their water comes from, how it is treated, what potential threats it faces, and the effects of these factors on water quality. Each group will present their findings, including research data, implications for local water conservation, and opportunities for improving water stewardship.
5th - 10th
English Language Arts, Environment, Science
Exploring Poetry: Fun Lessons and Activities for Introducing Poetry
Exploring Poetry: Tools for Teaching Kids to Read and Understand Poetry includes poetry lessons and activities for introducing poetic devices, analyzing poetry, and interpreting poetry. The first part of the poetry unit includes a collection of activities for introducing the basic elements of poetry, and the second part is devoted to reading and responding to poetry. Students begin by exploring the structure and elements of poetry, including the meanings of eight common poetic devices. Next, th
2nd - 6th
Poetry, Reading
CCSS
RL.2.4
, RL.3.5
, RL.4.5
+1
Al Capone Does My Shirts Character Backpack Symbols Activity
Help your students think deeply about literature with the Al Capone Does My Shirts Character Backpack Symbols Activity! In this activity, students “pack a backpack” for "Moose" Flanagan from Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko by choosing symbolic items that represent the character's traits, motivations, and growth. This hands-on activity blends literary analysis, symbolism, and characterization while encouraging creativity and textual evidence. Students select 5–7 meaningful i
5th - 12th
Literature, Novel Studies, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.10
, CCRA.W.3
+5
Also included in: Al Capone Does My Shirts Mini Novel Study Enrichment Bundle
Coraline Creative Writing Mini Workbook – Exploring Mood (7-10 ELA)
Teach students how to see, feel, and shape mood through sentence structure, mood, and tone with this Coraline Creative Writing Mini Workbook.This short, highly engaging writing practice uses excerpts from Neil Gaiman’s Coraline to help students understand how authors use sentence types, syntax, and diction to create atmosphere — from eerie unease to quiet tenderness. Perfect as a mini-lesson, sub-plan, or creative extension for your Gothic or spooky-season units! What’s Included: Printable P
7th - 10th
Close Reading, Creative Writing, Writing
CCSS
RL.7.1
, RL.7.2
, RL.7.3
+36
Also included in: Gothic Short Story Creative Writing Bundle for High School ELA
4th Grade Logic Puzzles Family Dogs Worksheets Printable Digital Brain Teasers
Make teaching critical thinking and problem-solving fun with these engaging, printable, or Easel logic puzzles and sudoku activities! This set includes 2 logic puzzles and 2 sudoku puzzles with photos of sweet dog faces that are perfect for problem solving and critical thinking. Quick and easy setup makes these activities perfect for centers or substitute days in grades 4 - 6. Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the Logic Puzzle Bundle.Give your students fun act
4th - 6th
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
Enrichment - Exploring Nature
20 printable or digital pages of unique and interesting writing activities like... Once upon a time (Narrative Writing), Scrambled Mammals (Geometry), Busy Mammals, Comparing (Worms), What if you were a leaf, What makes a monkey so funny, Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, Compare and Contrast (plants), Acrostic Writing (grasshopper), The dragonfly that liked yellow flowers, Dialogue (a tree and a flower), The flower that was lonely, Do monkeys ever feel lonely, Adjectives (insects), What is
3rd - 8th
For All Subjects
CCSS
W.4.2
, W.5.2
, W.6.2
+2
Also included in: Enrichment BUNDLE
Exploring Global Cultures through The World’s Fair Tradition
A Research + Creative Project for Middle and High School Students Product Type: Interdisciplinary Research & Presentation Project Subjects: English Language Arts, Social Studies, World History, Global Studies Grade Levels: 7–12 Format: Editable Word Docs | Printable | Fully Scaffold Timeframe: 3–6 weeks (fully customizable) Project Synopsis:Step into a vibrant, student-led exploration of world cultures with Exploring Global Cultures through The World’s Fair Tradition. This unique, re
7th - 12th
World History, Writing
Exploring Culture and Immigration Webquest
Students will answer the essential questions: What is it like to immigrate to America? How does appreciating other cultures enhance your life? How do people live differently that yourself?
Download includes a worksheet guide for student to use while going through the webquest. They will use it to gather evidences and cite their sources. It also includes a writing assignment at the end where they will use the knowledge and sources they gained from the webquest to write an explanatory essay.
The
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing-Expository
CCSS
W.6.2
, W.6.7
, W.6.8
+6
Beauty & Aesthetics (la belleza y la estética) 'Make Me Beautiful'/'Hazme bella'
"Hazme Bella" – Exploring Beauty Around the World Through Language and CultureWhat does it mean to be beautiful? This powerful, thought-provoking activity invites students to explore global beauty standards while staying immersed in the target language. Based on the article "Make Me Beautiful" from The Atlantic (I translated into Spanish as "Hazme Bella"), students follow the journey of a woman who asked graphic designers from different countries to Photoshop her image to fit their culture’s
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish, Speaking & Listening, Writing
Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of The House of Usher SS Mini Activity and Answer Key
When the house starts crumbling, so does the mind. This two-page activity plunges students into Edgar Allan Poe’s eerie tale of decay, both physical and emotional. With guided analysis and text led questions, students will explore how setting, symbolism, and tone create a claustrophobic world where madness and mystery intertwine, and where the house itself seems to breathe with dread. Perfect for Gothic lit units, short story analysis, or “Let’s talk about fear and fragmentation” days, this reso
5th - 12th
Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Short Stories
Explorers: The journeys of world navigators, explorers or traders ACHHK078
35 pages of activities and guidance notes exploring the journeys of explorers.
(Australian Curriculum No ACHHK078)
This teacher resource develops thinking skills aligned to the Australian Curriculum topic ‘The journeys of at least one world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts’. It does so using activities such as Cause And Effect, Relevant Or Irrelevant, Sequencing, Similarities And Differences, Quizzes
4th - 6th
World History
Solar System: Earth is part of a planet system orbiting around a star ACCSSU078
This series of activities really gets students thinking. 37 pages of activities and guidance notes exploring the Earth, the Planets and The Sun in our Solar System.
This Teacher Resource develops thinking skills aligned to the Australian Curriculum topic ‘The Earth Is Part Of A System Of Planets Orbiting Around A Star (The Sun)’. It does so using activities such asGeneralisation Charts, SCUMPS, Philosophical Discussion, Double Bubble, Information Cards, Ordering, What…If? Charts, Cause And Effe
4th - 6th
Earth Sciences
Base Ten and Number Bases | Project Based Learning
Are you looking for new ideas to teach base ten place value? Do your students need enrichment? Does your class thrive on project-based learning? Welcome to Exploring Number Bases! In this product, you get: Full Teacher Content For Number Systems Full Answer Keys For Each Base 2-10 (each one is a lesson in itself!) A PowerPoint File For Lesson Presentation Poster/Anchor Chart Components For Permanent Classroom Displays Notebook Inserts In 3 Sizes - just copy and go! Complete Directions an
5th - 7th
Math, Numbers
CCSS
5.NBT.A.1
, 5.NBT.A.2
, 5.NBT.A.3a
+2
Afrofuturism Unit: Samuel R. Delany & Octavia Butler
Afrofuturism Unit: Samuel R. Delany & Octavia ButlerBlack Genius Framework – Unit 3: Thought & Theory Bring Afrofuturism into your classroom with this powerful, standards-aligned secondary ELA/Social Studies resource exploring Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler as foundational thinkers in Black speculative thought. This ready-to-use unit moves students beyond “representation matters” and into deeper conversations about: ✔ Power ✔ Language ✔ Technology ✔ Structural oppression ✔ Radical imag
8th - 12th
Black History, For All Subjects
Indigenous / Native American Experience KWL Chart | Editable & Printable
This editable KWL chart helps students activate background knowledge and reflect on their learning about Native and Indigenous American experiences—past and present. Originally designed to pair with The Marrow Thieves or Reservation Dogs, this flexible resource works beautifully with any Indigenous literature, film, or cultural study unit. What’s Included:Printable PDF versionEditable Google Docs version (ready to assign via Classroom or Schoology)KWL Chart + Reflection Page to document evo
7th - 10th
Character Education, Native Americans, Other (ELA)
CCSS
W.7.9
, W.9-10.9
, SL.7.1
+3
Where the Wild Things Are Book Companion: Speech Therapy, Wh?'s, Grammar, Rhyme
This book companion has been developed to compliment the book, "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. This book companion can be used with pre k- elementary students. This is a 60 page book companion and includes the following materials: Pre, during, & post reading ideas.List of speech sounds from book and a page to dot/mark when sounds are heard.Rhyming: identify words that rhyme as well as generating words that rhyme2, 3, and 4 syllable words: work on phonemic awareness and producing
PreK - 6th
English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.3
, CCRA.L.4
THE GIVER Study Guide & Worksheets Pack | Print & No-Prep Activities
THE GIVER STUDY GUIDE & WORKSHEETS PACK | LOIS LOWRY | ELA LITERATURE | CENTUM LIBRI SOCIETY Support close reading and thoughtful literary analysis with this print-focused study pack for The Giver by Lois Lowry. This resource includes a structured student study guide, thematic worksheets, and a complete answer key—ideal for ELA classrooms, upper elementary through middle school instruction, homeschool lessons, substitute plans, and independent study exploring individuality, memory, and freedom.
8th - 11th
Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
CCSS
RL.8.2
, RL.8.3
, RL.8.4
+9
OF MICE AND MEN Study Guide & Worksheets Pack | Print & No-Prep Activities
OF MICE AND MEN STUDY GUIDE & WORKSHEETS PACK | JOHN STEINBECK | ELA LITERATURE | CENTUM LIBRI SOCIETY Support close reading and literary analysis with this print-focused study pack for Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This resource includes a structured student study guide, thematic worksheets, and a complete answer key—ideal for ELA classrooms, middle school and high school instruction, homeschool lessons, substitute plans, and independent study exploring friendship, dreams, and human dignit
8th - 11th
Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
CCSS
RL.8.2
, RL.8.3
, RL.8.4
+9
SOMNIO: Quiet Center — Scale, Meaning & Systems Thinking
What if meaning is not found at the center — but created from wherever awareness begins? This is not a standard space worksheet packet. It is a discussion-heavy philosophy, TOK, systems thinking, and structural reading unit built around an original SOMNIO observational text and designed to help students examine scale, meaning, perception, attention, centrality, and the relationship between human experience and an indifferent universe. SOMNIO: Quiet Center of the Universe uses a quiet room — not
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, Other (Social Studies), Reading
Frankenweenie: Pre-Viewing / Activation Questions
Get students thinking critically before watching Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie with this set of engaging pre-viewing discussion and writing prompts. These questions activate prior knowledge, tap into students’ background experiences with monsters and horror tropes, and prepare them to recognize the film’s themes of parody, grief, and the grotesque. What’s Included 8 open-ended activation questions that build anticipation and spark discussionTwo printable PDF versions:Clean list of questions (for
7th - 10th
Balanced Literacy, Other (ELA), Visual Arts
CCSS
RL.7.2
, RL.7.3
, RL.9-10.2
+9
Also included in: Frankenweenie Film Analysis Bundle – ELA & Film Studies (Grades 8–11)
MYP Maths Criterion B Algebraic proportion formative investigation
Our MYP Maths criterion B formative investigations are designed to help students use their mathematical skills to generate findings, investigate patterns, and form general rules which can be verified and justified. They are shorter than our summative assessment investigations and should take students 30-45 minutes making them perfect for homework, independent practice or a formative check before an end of unit assessment. Comes with solutions to provide quick feedback and guide next ste
8th - 10th
Algebra, Algebra 2
Also included in: MYP Maths Criteria (A, B, C, D) Practice Tasks Bundle
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