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It's time to solve a mystery! Have your students try out their investigative skills as they examine evidence to determine who stole the legendary diamond of Macamaca. Students will need to compare fingerprints, analyze handwriting, decipher codes, and more, utilizing their forensic knowledge to narrow down their suspect pool and identify the thief. =============================== WHAT YOU GET =============================== ►CASE FILE BRIEFING ★ Intro to all you need to know to solve the m

It's time to think like CSI! Turn your students into a bunch of top-notch crime scene investigators with this ENTIRE UNIT on forensics! Featuring eight different investigative topics and chalk full of labs and activities, this packet is all you need to start teaching. Keep on reading below to see what’s included! (Note: This is a comprehensive unit for Evidence and Investigation, and lines up with the Alberta Program of Studies.) =============================== WHAT YOU GET ================

Turn your classroom into a crime scene and your students into top notch investigators with this printable crime scene activity! Students will work through the steps of an investigation to discover who stole their candy! All the school staff are under suspicion as the students work together to discover the thief. This is a fun, highly engaging activity that is great for introducing or wrapping up a forensics unit. And there’s even candy—what more could your students ask for?! This packet includ

It's time to solve a mystery! Have your students try out their investigative skills as they examine evidence to determine who robbed the New Metropolis Bank. Students will need to compare fingerprints and shoeprints, analyze soil samples, decipher codes, and more, utilizing their forensic knowledge to narrow down their suspect pool and identify the bank robber. =============================== WHAT YOU GET =============================== ►CASE FILE BRIEFING ★ Intro to all you need to know to so

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about morse code and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to Morse Code and learn how it works, then they will have an opportunity to crack some codes themselves. There is also a space for them to create their own codes for each other to decipher. This is the third activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have a look at the Code

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about secret societies, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Pigpen cipher and learn how it works, then they will have an opportunity to crack some codes themselves. There is also a space for them to create their own codes for each other to decipher. This is the second activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have a loo

A terrible curse has been unleashed at the Museum of Ancient Civilizations, and it’s up to your students to solve the mystery and break the curse! You’ve been working with the renowned Professor O’Connell on the new Ancient Egypt exhibit, but when you came into the museum this morning, the professor and three other people had vanished overnight! The professor had left a hastily scrawled message: Beware the Order of M.  Security has detained an intruder, and he gloats that he has indeed cast t

Turn your students into Junior Forensic Investigators with these hands on training stations! Students will practice describing a crime scene, match DNA samples, work on their interrogation skills, and more with these 9 fun forensic challenges!  Students must successfully complete all nine challenges to earn their Junior Forensic Investigator Certificate and join the Junior Science League! This activity is a fun, hands on way to practice forensic skills, and get a better idea of everything that e

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn some fun facts about the bible, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Atbash Cipher and learn how it works, then they will have an opportunity to crack some codes themselves. There is also a space for them to create their own codes for each other to decipher. This is the sixth activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have a loo

Students must use their code cracking skills to bring a classic fairy tale villain to justice! Someone has cursed the kingdom and now all the fairy tale characters can only speak in code.  Was it the Evil Queen? The Big Bad Wolf? Nobody knows!  It is up to your students as Master Code Crackers to interview all the characters (like Jack the Giant Slayer and Little Red Riding Hood). They must collect clues to determine who cast the curse and save the kingdom. A fun mystery with plenty of story wov

Your students must use their code cracking skills to solve a mystery and outwit the nefarious thief known only as The Gamemaster! The Ancient Treasure of Irkalla has been stolen and hidden in one of the world’s most famous monuments. The Gamemaster is giving you one chance to solve all their puzzles and get the treasure back, so you must crack all the codes before it’s too late! Everything needed to complete this mystery is included in the packet, including monument cards, cipher wheels, and co

Your classroom will be full of budding biologists with this ENTIRE UNIT on Trees and Forests! Featuring a reference manual full of info and a field guide full of labs and activities, this packet is everything you need to start teaching. Keep on reading below to see what’s included! (Note: This is a comprehensive unit for Trees and Forests, and lines up with the Alberta Program of Studies.) =============================== WHAT YOU GET =============================== ►TONS OF REFERENCE PAGES ★

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn some facts about the American Revolution, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Book Cipher and learn how it works, then they will have an opportunity to crack some codes themselves. There is also a space for them to create their own codes for each other to decipher. This is the eighth activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! H

All’s fair in this biology game that helps students recognize elements of food chains! Played just like the traditional war card game, students divide the deck in two and flip the top card. The card that is higher on the food chain wins the round. The best thing is that students will need to give an example food chain with their organism in it to prove that it’s higher (especially for different levels of consumers). It familiarizes students with many different organisms and helps them practice

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about Ancient Rome, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Caesar cipher and learn how it works, then they will have an opportunity to crack some codes themselves. There is also a space for them to create their own codes for each other to decipher. This activity comes with a cipher wheel that students can make to help them with their code cracking (they will need a bra

This pack contains TEN super fun foldables and manipulatives for hands on learning in a Space or Sky Science unit! They cover many topics and are great as either an introductory learning tool or for student assessment.  They can be used in many ways. Here are some examples: ★ Stored in a bag or folder for students to review (e.g., Moon Phases) ★ Used to assess comprehension (e.g., Rotation vs Revolution) ★ Put up as a display (e.g, Invent Your Own Planet) ★ Set out for a gallery walk (e.g.,

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about the ancient Greeks and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Rail Fence cipher and learn how it works, then they will have an opportunity to crack some codes themselves. There is also a space for them to create their own codes for each other to decipher. This is the fifth activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have a

Mental health is so important, but it can be difficult to talk about sometimes. This unit makes it easier by throwing ninjas into the mix! It covers many mental health topics, and comes with plenty of ready made worksheets and foldable resources.  Your students will learn valuable knowledge about how to take care of their mental health, and what they can do if they're struggling. Most importantly, it helps them normalize mental health and any troubles they might be having. It lets them know that

It’s the annual Halloween Monster Mash Costume Party where students are called upon to use their code cracking skills to solve the mystery of a prank gone wrong! Real Halloween Monsters are in attendance at this party, and one of them was spotted pouring some type of potion into the party punch! Now guests are transforming into their costumes and losing the ability to communicate! They can speak only in codes and are forgetting who they are. If the potion isn’t reversed in time, the effects will

Treasure Hunters: A STEM Adventure is a game that places students in the role of an explorer as they journey to a mysterious island in search of the Lost Idol of Urkalla. Their journey will be full of challenges that they must use their knowledge of STEM to overcome! This gamified approach uses story, levels, character pieces, and visuals to hopefully appeal to many students in your class, and just makes STEM more fun! Note that many STEM projects focus exclusively on engineering, but this one w