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Biomes Inquiry Unit x - Science - Environmental Studies - Animals - IB
This 6-7 week Sharing the Planet (PYP) inquiry unit explores the relationships between living things and their environment in different biomes. Easily adapted to suit your own class/school, it includes: transdisciplinary theme, central idea, lines of inquiry, key concepts and questionsapproaches to learning (ATLs) and learner profile focusagency and action ideasassessment - before views, formative, summative, self-assessment and peer.detailed learning experiences and provocationsresources and
3rd - 8th
Environment, Science
End of Year Science Activities Summer STEM and STEAM Challenges Projects Lessons
Tired of feeling like you’re dragging students across the finish line after testing? I get it. Those last few weeks are tough—kids are antsy, attention spans are short, and you’re running on empty. That’s why I created this hands-on, low-prep science bundle: to help you keep the learning fun, meaningful, and manageable— right up to the last bell. Here’s what’s inside (and why you’ll love it):✅ Oil Spill STEM Challenge: Watch your kids get fired up about environmental science while they problem
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Science
CCSS
3.NF.A.1
, RI.2.3
, RI.3.3
+3
Geometry Tessellations All Around Us: Math Inquiry Project
Geometry is all around us. Tessellations are the art of maths. Make maths interactive and hands on. This 3 day math workshop includes trans disciplinary skills of observations, inferring and critical thinking, where the children have to identify polygons and create their own tessellations. This IB PYP aligned geometry presentation includes a slide show that demonstrates how patterns repeat and occur in nature. Take a walk outside and allow the children to explore and inquire for themselves! Th
3rd - 5th
Applied Math, Geometry, Math
Also included in: Geometry & Measurement Bundle | Grades 4–5 | Inquiry-Based Math Projects
PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS AND DECOMPOSERS READING PASSAGE AND CARD SORT PROJECT
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers: Reading Passage and Card Sorting Project This lesson plan uses very high-quality pictures of producers, consumers and decomposers, including a selection of interesting plants and animals to engage and teach students how to classify plants and animals according to their roles in food chains. The lesson also includes a reading passage which introduces the students to how energy is transferred through food chains, This interesting and engaging reading passage
4th - 8th
Biology, General Science, Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.5.7
, 5-PS3-1
Ned Kelly - Australian Bushranger | Lesson + Art Project + No Prep Mini Craft
Ned Kelly – Australia’s Most Infamous Bushranger introduces students, Grades 3 - 6, to the “naughty boy of Australian history” with an engaging lesson and includes an art project based on Australian artist Sidney Nolan’s famous Ned Kelly series. The lesson tells the history of Kelly and contemplates the evolution of Kelly as a folk hero and integral character in Australian history. From his early troubles with the law to his iconic homemade armor and eventual capture, Ned Kelly’s story is an u
3rd - 6th
Australian History, Visual Arts
Desktop Zip Lines -- GATE STEM for Upper Elementary
Students not only study physical science, they design with it, build with it, they write about it, calculate with it, and they live it.
It’s the engineering process in miniature as our engineering teams design and then build desktop ziplines from scratch. Students will draft plans, build zipline towers, choose the best zippy materials, and assemble their ziplines. Hey, it’s incredible fun . . . but it’s not just fun and games here! Students will use their ziplines to collaborate on a physica
3rd - 7th
Engineering, Geometry
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Discovering Mysteries in History Mini-Unit Research Project: Gifted and Talented
This is the perfect mini-unit for Gifted and Talented. Turn your students into history detectives with this engaging research-based mystery unit! Students begin with a guided research project where the teacher models and supports essential research skills through mini lessons. Then, students apply what they have learned by completing an independent research project focused on a mystery from history of their choice. This resource is designed to help students build confidence as researchers while
4th - 6th
Reading, World History, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.7
, CCRA.W.8
, CCRA.W.9
Roller Coasters: The Science Behind the Thrill STEM Project
🎢 Roller Coasters: The Science Behind the Thrill | Reading Comprehension + STEM Lab ChallengeLooking for an engaging, meaningful, and low-prep end-of-year science activity? This roller coaster-themed resource combines science literacy with hands-on engineering to create an unforgettable learning experience for your students!Students will begin by exploring the science behind roller coasters through an engaging nonfiction reading passage that introduces key concepts such as gravitational potenti
5th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Science), Physical Science
Shoe Sculpture Challenge - Beginning of Year Group Project - PPT + Instructions
The best beginning of Year/Semester project! Everyone raves over this assignment and it is such a joy watching students collaborate and problem solve with just cardboard, masking tape, and glue. This Shoe Sculpture Challenge allows students to work in a group to build a shoe of any style with basic materials. They must figure it out together and the shoe must fit a group "Cinderella"! Finished shoes are voted on for Most Creative and Best Craftsmanship. This is sure to be a hit in your classro
4th - 12th
Classroom Community, Engineering, Visual Arts
Typography - Lettering Art Project - Middle School Font Lesson Guide
This lettering project was a huge success with my middle school students! It can be used in a face-to-face, hybrid, or a virtual learning setting!This product includes:25+ slides detailing each step of this process. Basic pacing I used for my 40 minute class periods. It is totally editable as I uploaded it as the original PowerPoint file! If you want the fonts I used, I have included a PDF copy of the project! Example work Rough Drafting/Planning Worksheet PDF
5th - 12th
Art, Graphic Arts, Visual Arts
Also included in: Art Bundle - Middle School Art Lessons
Literary Diorama Project | ELA & Art Integration | Symbolism, Conflict, & Theme
3D Book Project | Literary Diorama Project | ELA & Art Integration | Symbolism, Conflict, & Theme Engage students with this hands-on literary analysis project that brings literature to life! This ELA and Art Integration activity guides students in grades 5-8 through an in-depth exploration of symbolism, conflict, and theme by designing a 3D book diorama. This standards-aligned project fosters creativity, critical thinking, and speaking skills through a visually engaging presentation. ✅
5th - 8th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
RL.5.1
, RL.5.2
, RL.6.1
+15
Research & Project Lessons with activities BUNDLE
This is a 109 slide PowerPoint that can be used to guide your students through the research process. Each subtopic of teaching about research includes activities for the students to perform to help ingrain the concepts. All slides have clipart to make for a visually appealing PowerPoint. This bundle includes the following topics:
What is Research-7slides
Choosing a Topic- 8 slides
Formulating Questions-8 slides
Using Resources-7 slides
Finding Information on the interent-9 slides
Reliability
3rd - 10th
For All Subjects, Other (ELA)
Gifted & Talented - Adobe Express Multimedia Project Unit (10 weeks)
This is a 10 week Adobe Express Multimedia Unit aimed towards upper elementary GATE students. It is set up in 150 min per week lessons, focusing on different multimedia projects each week. It includes CCSS standards, objectives, materials, learning intention and success criteria, examples, tutorials, rubrics, and much more. These lessons can go slower or faster, depending on your students experience in Adobe Express. They will definitely need access to Adobe Express (which is included with some
2nd - 8th
Instructional Technology
Bloom's Ball Book Project activities
These are activities that can be used for a Bloom's Ball novel project. They can be tweaked/edited to match the novel you're studying or grade level you're working with!
5th - 8th
Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
+7
Fortune Cookie Vocabulary - Common Core Practice, Projects, and Activities
How fortunate we are to have these cookies as a part of vocabulary lessons!
Your students will practice context skills, inferential vocabulary, and generate understanding of vocabulary from life experience in these themed, creative vocabulary activities. Students will work with the nuances of language, a bit with prefixes and roots, and have the opportunity to exercise critical thinking in graphic design and cartooning. Finally, let’s make a keepsake gift for someone special—an origami fortun
3rd - 8th
English Language Arts, Vocabulary
CCSS
L.3.4
, L.3.5
, L.4.4
+5
Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Create an Invention Project
This unit includes lesson plans which introduce students to the inventing process as well as preparing for their own projects,and handouts to help students with their project. I used this unit to create a class invention convention in which other classes and parents were invited to attend.
5th - 8th
Science, Speaking & Listening
Easy Clay Turtle and Frog Art Projects
Easy Clay Turtle and Frog Art Projects are for beginners, preschoolers, kindergartners, first and maybe second grades. These projects are in alignment with the National Standards but are also fun and educational by teaching the techniques of the coil and pinch pot methods of handbuilding with clay.
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PreK - 2nd
Visual Arts
Viking Expansion Research & Class Writing Project (with magazine template)
This activity is divided into two parts, either of which can be completed on its own. It was designed to work with the PYP theme "How we organize ourselves," but it can be used in any unit focused on exploration! In part one, students will watch YouTube "Extra History" videos about the history of the viking expansion throughout Europe and North America, while taking notes and considering the ramifications of exploration. In part two, students will work in groups to create a class magazine about
4th - 7th
Social Studies, Writing
6 Pillars of Character: Weekly Menu Project
This project menu allows students to choose from a "menu" of options of activities to complete. The common theme in all the assignments revolves around the 6 pillars of character: Citizenship, Respect, Trustworthiness, Caring, Responsibility and Fairness. This is great for Gifted and Talented students, independent study projects, or guidance lessons with the counselor. Use this in whole group, small group, or individual settings. Students not only explore their creativity, critical thinking,
4th - 7th
Character Education, School Counseling
Computer Coding with Scratch 3.0 Coding Lesson Plan 2 - Dialogue Project
Dialogue Project | Scratch 3.0 Coding Lesson 2The is the second lesson in a series of lessons for form a Scratch 3.0 coding unit. Students explore simple and concise instruction to computer programming and coding through a relevant and initiative environment that fosters creativity and builds strong computing skills. This lesson is designed to be paired with: Dialogue.2 | Introduction to Scratch 3.0 CodingSee bottom of description for more videos and lessonsIn this lesson we take a look at th
1st - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, For All Subjects
Also included in: Computer Coding with Scratch 3.0 Computer Coding | Unit 1
Labor Day Timeline Project | Exploring Workers’ Rights and History | For K-12
Description: Honor Labor Day with a hands-on timeline project that helps students trace the history of labor movements, reforms, and worker contributions. This activity blends chronological reasoning with civic reflection. Elementary: Place simplified event cards in order (e.g., 1882 Labor Day Parade, 1894 Congress establishes the holiday).Middle: Build detailed timelines with events like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Fair Labor Standards Act.High School:
K - 12th
U.S. History, World History
Structures Nonfiction Passages with Text Features Writing Fiction Group Project
You're curriculum demands that you teach about text features, but you don't know a fun way to get these ideas through to your students. Here is a standards based PowerPoint to guide you in the teaching of this necessary skill. Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the purchase of a bundle.This PowerPoint includes:I can statementStandards listed•Definition of text features Listing of various featuresAssigns a project of writing an article. Exit Ticket**Please follow m
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
RI.2.5
, RI.3.5
, W.3.10
+2
Patriot Day Oral History Project | Honoring 9/11 Through Stories | For K-12
Description: Give students a powerful way to engage with Patriot Day (September 11) through an oral history project that develops empathy, listening, and historical understanding. Students analyze or create oral histories to connect with lived experiences. Elementary: Listen to age-appropriate oral history clips and draw/write responses about helpers.Middle: Analyze short transcripts from survivors or first responders with the Oral History Chart (speaker, details, emotions,
K - 12th
U.S. History, World History
Choosing a Project Topic
This is a PowerPoint designed to teach students how to choose an appropriate topic to research.
1st - 6th
For All Subjects
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