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Earth Day Activities | Jane Goodall Bundle | Women's History Month Scientist
Engage your students with this comprehensive Jane Goodall Activities Bundle designed for grades 3–6! This cross-curricular resource brings the inspiring work of world-renowned primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall to life through reading comprehension passages, a collaborative classroom quilt project, an interactive virtual field trip, and an engaging reader’s theater script. Perfect for Women’s History Month, Earth Day lessons, STEM units, science instruction, biography studies, and
3rd - 6th
Environment, General Science, Reading
Teacher Appreciation Activities Bundle | Writing & Task Cards | EOY SEL Activity
Make teacher appreciation meaningful, engaging, and easy with this complete Teacher Appreciation Activities Bundle! 💛 This bundle includes writing activities and task cards designed to help students recognize, reflect, and celebrate the teachers who make a difference in their lives. Perfect for end of year activities, Teacher Appreciation Week, SEL lessons, and classroom community building, this bundle provides multiple ways to engage students across grade levels while keeping prep simple.
K - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays
Irish American Identity Lesson | Irish Immigration & Political Power Activity
🍀 Irish American Identity: From Marginalization to Political Power A High-Rigor Immigration & Political Power Lesson ⭐ Before you scroll — a quick, honest note: If this resource supports your classroom, leaving a review truly makes a difference. Every positive review helps grow the reach of my store and allows other teachers to find rigorous, ready-to-teach content. And on a very real note — it helps pay for soccer boots, school shoes, and all the things that come with being a mom of five whi
9th - 12th, Higher Education
European History, U.S. History, World History
Energy Conservation Activities | Human Impact on the Environment | Earth Day
Looking for meaningful, hands-on ways to teach energy conservation and human impact on the environment? This engaging resource helps students explore how energy is used, where it comes from, and how their everyday choices can make a difference. Perfect for Earth Day, science units, or cross-curricular learning, these activities encourage students to think critically about sustainability while applying their learning through creative and real-world tasks. What’s Included: • K-W-L Graphic Organi
4th - 6th
Environment, General Science, Physical Science
NGSS
5-ESS3-1
, 4-PS3-3
, MS-ESS3-4
+2
Teacher & Staff Appreciation Writing Activities | Thank You Printables | No Prep
Celebrate the amazing educators and school staff who make a difference every day! This comprehensive set of School Appreciation Pages is designed to recognize teachers, specialists, and support staff all year long—perfect for classroom use, school-wide initiatives, or last-minute appreciation activities. This resource includes appreciation pages for a wide range of school staff, including: Classroom & specialty teachers:Classroom teachers, art, music, P.E., technology, ELL/EL, special education,
Not Specific
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Pink Shirt Day Activities | February Door Decor Kindness Hearts, Writing, STEM
Pink Shirt Day doesn’t have to be rushed, loud, or forgotten. This low-prep Pink Shirt Day activity pack gives you a meaningful way to focus on kindness, empathy, and inclusion through simple reading, writing, STEM, and collaborative classroom activities—perfect for February, Kindness Week, or social-emotional learning. Designed for 1st–2nd grade classrooms, this resource helps students explore what it means to be kind, how words and actions affect others, and how small acts of empathy can m
1st - 2nd
Character Education, Reading, Writing
CCSS, NGSS
1.NBT.B.2
, 1.NBT.B.2a
, 1.NBT.B.2b
+16
Clean and Green: Life Smarts Coloring and Activity Book!
🌱 Clean and Green: Life Smarts Coloring and Activity Book! An Eco-Friendly Adventure That Teaches Kids How to Care for Our Planet! From sorting trash and saving water to protecting bees and powering homes with the sun, Clean and Green invites kids on a fun, hands-on journey into eco-smart living! This vibrant coloring and activity book helps young learners understand how small everyday actions can make a big difference for Earth. Packed with engaging illustrations, fun facts, discussion prompts
PreK - 5th
Coloring Pages, Graphic Arts, Visual Arts
I Can Make A Difference! Self Esteem Book
Build self esteem! Help kids learn how they can make a positive difference in their world, and take pride in themselves, their families, schools, communities and the world.
This product could also be used with some of my other products:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Self-Esteem-Mini-Book-3165886
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Self-Esteem-Worksheets-Minibook-3160098
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Self-Care-Plan-for-Younger-Children-3157568
PreK - 5th
Character Education, Classroom Community
Also included in: Social Emotional Classroom Behavior Management Kit for PreK & K
Making a Difference with My Compound Machine
***EDITABLE & PDF!!!*** 6 PagesMake learning meaningful with this hands-on Compound Machine Project! Students identify a real problem in their home or community and design a working mini-compound machine that could make the task easier. Through planning, collaboration, and hands-on building, students explore how simple machines work together, how forces reduce effort, and how inventions can make a difference. ~ Fun to create with family members! This project guides students step-by-step as the
3rd - 6th
Engineering, General Science, Other (Science)
Also included in: SCIENCE ~ SIMPLE MACHINE PROJECT, REVIEW SHEET & QUIZ
Earth Day Worksheets | Environmental Activities | Preschool–Grade 2
Limited-time BIG discount and Customer Tips- Details at the endMother Earth Day teaches children the importance of caring for our planet. It helps kids understand nature, recycling, and protecting the environment. Through simple activities, children learn how small actions can make a big difference. Perfect for teachers, homeschool families, and parents looking for meaningful themed classroom activities.*** What You will Receive***✔ 10 printable worksheets (PDF format) ✔ High-resolution, print
PreK - 2nd
Not Subject Specific
I'm Done Now What Early Fast Finishers Activities No Prep Puzzles for October
What do your early finishers do? These critical thinking puzzles will keep your students engaged and allow them to work on meaningful activities. Included in this unit are math, ELA, spelling, logic puzzles, and more centered around an October pumpkin theme. NEWLY UPDATEDIncluded in this unit are:How Much Are the Pumpkins Worth? It Begins With... Finish the Picture Read and Do Who Made What With the Pumpkins? (logic puzzle) Spin a Story Spot the Difference Pumpkin Solve and Search Connect S
1st - 2nd
Basic Operations, For All Subjects, Writing
Beginning of the Year Self-Portrait Glyph and Pre-Assessment Activity
Pre-Assess your students learning preferences, start building a positive classroom community AND have fun at the same time? Yep. It's possible! You can use this glyph with your 3rd through 5th-grade students to achieve all of those goals.
Students reflect on personal preferences at school (favorite subject, least favorite subject, homework preference, classwork preference, multiple intelligence strengths {optional}, and more. Each decision they make results in the selection of the style or col
3rd - 5th
For All Subjects
Ancient Greek Democracy Athenian Democracy Activities Middle School
Tired of students glazing over during government lessons? They'll LIVE Greek democracy by actually voting using both direct and representative systems! Three engaging activities make abstract concepts concrete. Your students will finally GET the difference! 🗳️ ♥️ WHY THIS RESOURCE IS A CLASSROOM GAME CHANGERThey Learn By DOING: Students don't just read about democracy. They practice it. They vote as ancient Athenians using direct democracy. Then they switch and vote using representative democr
5th - 7th
Government, Social Studies, World History
I'm Done Now What Early Fast Finishers Activities No Prep Puzzles for May
What do your early finishers work on? These critical thinking puzzles will keep your students engaged and allow them to work on meaningful activities. Included in this unit are math, ELA, spelling, logic puzzles, and more centered around a May butterfly theme. * NEWLY UPDATED*Included in this unit are:How Much Is Your Butterfly Worth? It Begins With... How Much is Each Butterfly Worth? Making Words Read and Do Triple Venn Follow the Paths Who Found Which Butterfly? Logic Puzzle Roll a Butter
1st - 2nd
Basic Operations, For All Subjects, Writing
Black Death Simulation | Plague 1347 Interactive AP World History Activity 8-12
Govern a city through the Black Death in this interactive simulation — students make life-or-death decisions and reach 1 of 5 historical outcomes. No logins, no subscriptions.─── 🏛️WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS🏛️Most Black Death resources hand students a reading and a worksheet. This puts them in the council chamber of Marenza — a Mediterranean port-republic — in the year the pestilence arrives, and asks: what do you do? Every decision moves five competing pressures, and there is no clean win. Thi
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
European History, Other (Social Studies), World History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+27
Real or Make-Believe? Games and Activities for Early Learners
Teaching kids the difference between real and make-believe is vital, and it isn't always as easy as it seems. Sometimes children have a difficult time determining whether something is real or make-believe. These real or make-believe games and activities make learning fun and interesting. These games and activities are easy to prepare and set-up- just print and you're ready to go! These games and activities can be use as whole group, small group, stations, task cards or assessments. For nonr
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading
APES Unit 6.1 Renewable vs Nonrenewable Energy | Fishbowl Matching Activity
Get students out of their seats and thinking like scientists with this interactive Fishbowl Matching Activity for AP Environmental Science Unit 6.1 – Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Resources. Includes28 Info Cards (14 sets/pairs)Answer KeyThis lesson is designed to support Science & Engineering Practices (SEP) by engaging students in classification, justification, and evidence-based reasoning as they identify differences between renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. Students partici
9th - 12th
Biology, Environment, General Science
NGSS
HS-ESS3-2
Safe Adult vs Stranger Activities | Life Skills Sorting | Special Education Safe
Safe Adult vs Stranger Activities | Life Skills Sorting | Special Education Safety UnitThis resource helps students learn the difference between a safe adult and a stranger through structured, hands-on activities designed for early learners and special education settings. Students practice identifying people they know and trust versus people they do not know, while building real-life safety awareness and decision-making skills. The activities follow a simple, consistent routine: Look → Think
PreK - 1st
School Counseling, School Psychology, Social Emotional Learning
States of Matter VERY UNFAIR GAME - No Prep Physics Science Review Activity
This game is VERY UNFAIR and the kids love it! The Very Unfair Game is a No Prep Science review game where students earn points for answering correctly, but the points can be positive or negative, and can be assigned to your team or your opponents’ team! And to make it the VERY Unfair Game, if you get the answer wrong, then the opposing team gets to assign the points to any team they choose. The goal is to have the score the closest to zero at the end of the game. The game is playable with the
10th - 12th
Physics
Also included in: 38 VERY UNFAIR Science Games - Thermal Physics - Physics No Prep Review
Power VERY UNFAIR GAME - No Prep Physics Science Review Activity
This game is VERY UNFAIR and the kids love it! The Very Unfair Game is a No Prep Science review game where students earn points for answering correctly, but the points can be positive or negative, and can be assigned to your team or your opponents’ team! And to make it the VERY Unfair Game, if you get the answer wrong, then the opposing team gets to assign the points to any team they choose. The goal is to have the score the closest to zero at the end of the game. The game is playable with the
10th - 12th
Physics
Also included in: 36 VERY UNFAIR Science Games - Energy & Work - Physics No Prep Review
What Is a Wave VERY UNFAIR GAME - No Prep Physics Science Review Activity
This game is VERY UNFAIR and the kids love it! The Very Unfair Game is a No Prep Science review game where students earn points for answering correctly, but the points can be positive or negative, and can be assigned to your team or your opponents’ team! And to make it the VERY Unfair Game, if you get the answer wrong, then the opposing team gets to assign the points to any team they choose. The goal is to have the score the closest to zero at the end of the game. The game is playable with the
10th - 12th
Physics
Also included in: 32 VERY UNFAIR Science Games - Waves & Sound - Physics No Prep Review
Factoring Difference of Squares BUMP Math Game - No Prep Grade 9 Review Activity
Let’s BUMP the other teams to score points!BUMP is a No Prep Math game where students bump other teams off the platform to score points based on how quickly they answered the questions correctly! The game is playable with the whole class together, or you can play it as small groups. There are 20 questions and answers included. This version is High School Math, Grade 9, Factoring Difference of Squares. It is a digital resource, no printouts required. All questions and answers use text and mathe
8th - 10th
Algebra, Math Test Prep, Numbers
Also included in: 22 BUMP Math Games - Polynomials & Factoring - Grade 9 No Prep Review
Estimating Differences of Whole Numbers BIRD BRAIN Math Game - No Prep Grade 3
Risk Big to Win Big, or play it safe and be a CHICKEN!BIRD BRAIN is a No Prep Math review game where students choose their level to determine the points for answering questions correctly! Be warned, get it wrong and your opponents get your points!These games are playable with the whole class together, or you can play them as small groups. All questions and answers are included. This version is Elementary Math, Grade 3, Estimating Differences of Whole Numbers. These are digital resources, no pr
2nd - 4th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math Test Prep
Is It Real or Not? | A Kid’s Guide to Spotting AI Tricks | Kindergarten
Help your students learn to think critically in a digital world with this engaging and easy-to-understand introduction to AI! Is It Real or Not? is a fun and interactive resource designed to teach children how to recognize when images and information online may not be real. Through simple explanations and hands-on activities, learners begin to understand how AI can create, change, and sometimes mislead. 🎯 What’s Included: 📖 Simple, child-friendly explanations of AI 🖼️ Real vs. AI image
PreK - 1st
Computer Science - Technology, Instructional Technology, Social Emotional Learning
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