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Preview of Reading Comprehension STEM mega bundle

Reading Comprehension STEM mega bundle

UPDATE - Now with a DECODABLE READER version of most stories included. The rest to be updated asap. Want to save time and teach reading comprehension and STEM together? I developed this program to simplify my planning. With Reading Comprehension STEM, you'll have a full year of lessons that'll keep your students engaged and inspire them to learn more. Easy to prep, and developmentally sequential, this bundle provides reading, writing, and STEM lessons for grades 1-3. Connecting STEM and ELA
Preview of Table-top Mini Golf:  STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE

Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE

In From Putt-putt to Pebble Beach--Table-top Mini Golf, students will design and construct a playable table-top sized miniature golf course using the engineering design process. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. The result is a classroom filled
Preview of Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3rd 4th Grade Introductory Program - 45+ Hours

Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3rd 4th Grade Introductory Program - 45+ Hours

Every other teacher in your building probably has a handy curriculum to follow, a set of textbooks as resources . . . so why not you, the Gifted and Talented Teacher? Here is a complete first year GATE program adaptable to 3rd or 4th grades--all tried and tested, Common Core Standards based, and successfully implemented using best practices in gifted education. SEE THE BIG PREVIEW FOR MORE -- 33% off Individual Purchase Prices You get 263 pages of materials guaranteed to produce 45+ hours of con
Preview of SPIES!  A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!

SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!

Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking. We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges, mini crossbows, a jewel heist, footprint mysteries, memory games, cipher disks, case files, messages hidden in gel caps. This unit is STEM and critical thinking at its coolest and finest, and we’ve thrown in reading, speaking and listening, and a social
Preview of The Journey of Wood GATE Differentiated Reading Worksheet & Organizer

The Journey of Wood GATE Differentiated Reading Worksheet & Organizer

Reading Passage focused on the Journey of Wood Lesson written at a 7th grade level for Gifted & Talented Elementary or Middle School Tech Ed & Carpentry. See Thumbnails for more details. Simply purchase, download and copy! 10x multiple choice questions based on the readingGraphic Organizer to help students pick out the main idea and supporting detailsDifferentiation for elementary students at a higher reading level.Great for close reading and review!Unlike other teacher's resources, this is tota
Preview of Cybersecurity Best Practices GATE Differentiated Worksheet & Organizer

Cybersecurity Best Practices GATE Differentiated Worksheet & Organizer

Reading Passage focused on the Cybersecurity Best Practices Lesson written at a 7th grade level for Gifted & Talented Elementary or Middle School Computer Science & Skills. See Thumbnails for more details. Simply purchase, download and copy! 10x multiple choice questions based on the readingGraphic Organizer to help students pick out the main idea and supporting detailsDifferentiation for elementary students at a higher reading level.Great for close reading and review!Unlike other teacher's reso
Preview of The Future of Computing GATE Differentiated Worksheet & Organizer

The Future of Computing GATE Differentiated Worksheet & Organizer

Reading Passage focused on the Future of Computing Lesson written at a 7th grade level for Gifted & Talented Elementary or Middle School Computer Science & Skills. See Thumbnails for more details. Simply purchase, download and copy! 10x multiple choice questions based on the readingGraphic Organizer to help students pick out the main idea and supporting detailsDifferentiation for elementary students at a higher reading level.Great for close reading and review!Unlike other teacher's resources, th
Preview of STEM Challenge Growing Bundle | Engineering Activities | Year-Round STEM Toolkit

STEM Challenge Growing Bundle | Engineering Activities | Year-Round STEM Toolkit

Bring excitement, problem-solving, and real-world thinking into your classroom with this STEM Challenge Growing Bundle — a continually expanding collection of hands-on engineering challenges students love. Designed for busy teachers, this ready-to-use system makes it simple to run engaging STEM lessons while building collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. Best of all, new STEM challenges are added regularly at no extra cost, so your resource library keeps growing! Perfect for eleme
Preview of Da Vinci Parachute Prototypes -- Hands-on STEM

Da Vinci Parachute Prototypes -- Hands-on STEM

In this lesson, students solve geometry problems and learn background physics concepts as they build a working model of Leonardo Da Vinci’s parachute. Logic, critical thinking, a bit of Renaissance history, writing and supporting conclusions with details from a source—it’s all here too! Make this extended lesson a cross-curricular, standards-based mini-unit, or just make it a cool building activity. Pick and choose the level of commitment right for you and your students. With the suggested e
Preview of Build Five Different Gliders with these Units - 18 Hours of STEAM AT 33% Off

Build Five Different Gliders with these Units - 18 Hours of STEAM AT 33% Off

How about more than 18 hours of glider projects, 116 pages of lessons, and 5 units at 33% off individual purchases for your STEAM elective class or science groups? Your students will be building, designing, and flying gliders across the curriculum. Each unit focuses on different aspects of the engineering process and engineering skills—including reading blueprints, following directions, science background, reading for information, math, critical thinking, and prototyping. Use these all with
Preview of STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE

STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE

In this unit, students will build a contraption to hit a small, wooden golf ball through a scaled version of a golf course which they and their classmates have designed. They’ll make a trundle wheel for measuring and marking the course, write down their scores on a scorecard, design putters, and learn background in physics through their work in the engineering and design process. The Playable Golf Course is not just fun. It’s a challenging engineering, design, and construction unit including
Preview of STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style:  A Unit for Elementary GATE

STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE

In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
Preview of STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources

STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources

In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and talented education for 21st Century Learners. This is a challenging engineering project—teacher guided. I used it for GATE 4th grade; however, my kids are experienced builders.
Preview of AIR CAR ENGINEERING CHALLENGE Blended or Independent Learning STEAM GATE

AIR CAR ENGINEERING CHALLENGE Blended or Independent Learning STEAM GATE

Can your students build a car propelled only by a blower/vac—using only the materials provided--that will travel 8 feet in the fastest time possible? This project takes grit, creativity, and kid engineering skills. Do your kids have it in them? But wait! We’re not just handing students the tools and materials to meet this engineering challenge. Students have to show they have the background, the grit, the resilience, the training, and the motivation to complete a series of 5 standards-bas
Preview of Arctic Dogsled Racing Design Challenge - STEAM for Upper Elementary

Arctic Dogsled Racing Design Challenge - STEAM for Upper Elementary

Here’s an applied engineering challenge in which—just like in the real world of engineering—a poor design means limited success or even failure. In the Iditarod Sled Challenge, students apply their background knowledge of physical science and use logic and imagination to construct a miniature sled that will deliver “serum” to Nome, Alaska, just like Balto once did. Use this challenge in conjunction with your study of the arctic or the Iditarod--or as a stand-alone engineering challenge for the
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