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Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn a bit about world history, and have some fun at the same time with this ultimate Code Cracker bundle! Each resource features a different code, introducing and explaining it, and then gives the students a chance to practice deciphering some secret messages and create messages of their own. The messages for each code are facts about different time periods throughout history that are significant to that code, or in which the code was used,

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 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

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

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

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

It's time to talk about mental health and wellness! Turn your students into superheroes and your classroom into the thriving city of Braintropolis where the evil Professor Panic is meddling with kids' mental health! Students will embark on a number of missions to help the kids of Braintropolis with their mental health struggles, and learn about their own mental health along the way. There seem to be a lot of mental health resources aimed at middle school and above, but this packet is an ENTIRE

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn some facts about the Civil War, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Wig Wag 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 ninth activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have a lo

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn some facts about the World Wars, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Columnar Transposition 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 tenth and final activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as p

Help your students develop critical thinking skills, learn some facts about the Vietnam War, and have some fun at the same time with this Code Cracker activity! Students will be introduced to the Polybius Square 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 seventh activity in my Code Crackers series. You can now get this resource as part of a bundle! Have

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

It’s time to solve a mystery!  Some top secret blueprints have been stolen and it’s up to your students to find them in time! They will need to use their knowledge of Flight as Special Investigators on the case to determine on which plane the thieves have hidden them before the blueprints are gone for good! They will need to utilize their knowledge of parachutes, hot air balloons, airplanes, control surfaces, and more as they race against the clock to complete puzzles, get clues, and find the co

It’s time to solve a mystery!  A world-renowned, eccentric ornithologist has passed away, and left her fortune to a number of wildlife charities and bird conservatories--with a catch. Professor Wilhelmina Goodstein has locked the access codes to the funds in her safe, which can only be opened with a special code word: the name of her favorite bird.  The executors of her estate have discovered her Bird Journal, which they believe is the key to determining the code. They have called in your studen

It's time to solve a mystery! And this time, there’s hidden treasure at the end of it! Your students will utilize their knowledge of trees and forests to solve the clues hidden in the journal of Old Man Jenson, who vowed in his last will and testament to leave his fortune only to someone as crazy about trees and forests as he was. =============================== WHAT YOU GET =============================== ►CASE FILE BRIEFING and TREE GUIDE ★ Intro to all you need to know to find the trea

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

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

It’s time to bring some adventure into your math classroom! This multiplication worksheet will place your student 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 this 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 ten pro