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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

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

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

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

Students are called upon to use their code cracking skills in this Christmas mystery! There was a party at the North Pole and now Santa is missing his magical workshop key. All the toys and presents are inside the workshop, and without the key no one can get inside. If the key isn’t found soon, Santa will not be able to deliver presents in time for Christmas! Students need to decode clues from toy robots (the only witnesses) and use their deduction skills to see which holiday guest was the thi

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about the world wars and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Playfair 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 fourth activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have a look

These fortune tellers are a fun way to have students practice identifying parts of a story. They can be used with any story and differentiation is easy as there are four versions included! After you have read a story, have students make their fortune tellers and pair up to quiz each other about it. Fortune tellers, cootie catchers—whatever you call them, kids love them! Now they’ll love learning parts of a story too! The following four fortune tellers are included: ★ Parts of a Story Version 1 ·

Make math practice a little more fun with these fun animal fact sheets! Students will solve addition problems (with and without regrouping) to reveal fun animal facts! Students simply complete the problems and find the corresponding letter in the key at the bottom to reveal the fact. This African Animals set contains five worksheets, with the following animal facts: ★ Elephant ★ Rhino ★ Giraffe ★ Hippo ★ Lion This is the first in my Animal Math Fact Series, so follow me and watch out for more

It’s time to bring some adventure into your math classroom! These multiplication worksheets will place your students in the role of a hero, one who must save the land of Matharia from monsters! How? By doing multiplication of course! HOW DOES IT WORK? ★There are two stages to each worksheet—training and battle. In the training phase, students must choose one of three weapons and solve the ten corresponding problems to unlock it. ★In the battle phase, there are ten rounds. Students must solve te

This activity encourages students to be creative and follow instructions at the same time. And it will hopefully produce a visually appealing array of monsters you can display if you so choose! It has students pair up and use the two fortune tellers to get a variety of traits they must incorporate into a drawing of a monster. Each pair of students will use the same traits, but hopefully come up with a very different monster. Students can then compare and contrast their monsters using the includ

Learn the parts of a tree with this interactive printable! Students will learn or review the following parts of a tree: CrownRootsTaprootOuter BarkInner BarkCambiumSapwoodHeartwoodA simplified version is also included. (NOTE: Cutting out the flaps can be a bit tricky, so if you have students with fine motor difficulties this may not be the best fit for them.) Thanks for checking out my product! If you like this freebie, have a look at my ENTIRE UNIT on Trees and Forests! ★ Trees and Forests Ecos