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This is a great icebreaker activity for the first week of school! Students each receive a puzzle piece that they design and then present to the class. This is a great way for students to learn about each other and it also allows students the opportunity to work on their public speaking, not to mention it makes for a very awesome bulletin board display. Furthermore, there is also a writing component that goes with the puzzle so you can get a writing sample from each student as well in order

This is a great summative assessment project that all students love! Whether you are teaching students about sound, waves, music, energy, the human ear, or need an additional hands-on project this project has it all. This is an at home-project that requires students to design, build, and then eventually play their instrument in front of the class in order to be able to explain how sound is created and how energy is transferred. Project Includes: --Student directions --Teacher directions --R

This is a great summative assessment project at the end of a unit on weather. Students take on the role of a meteorologist and record several atmospheric conditions everyday for a month using either weatherchannel.com or weatherbug.com. At the end of the month students then organize all of their data into tables and several different graphs to see any patterns or relationships between the different atmospheric conditions. They then write a summary about their findings over time. This is a great

This is a very fun assessment/project that provides students the opportunity to show and explain what they have learned about Internet Safety. The Unit Question students are working towards is as follows: How can I use technology to properly and safely communicate? Students have the awesome opportunity to create a digital storybook about a topic regarding Internet Safety using a free online program called Story Jumper. This bundle includes the teacher directions, student directions, story gra

This is a very fun assessment/project that provides students the opportunity to show and explain what they have learned about Internet Safety. The Unit Question students are working towards is as follows: How can I use technology to properly and safely communicate? Students have the awesome opportunity to create a digital storybook about a topic regarding Internet Safety using a free online program called Story Jumper. This bundle includes the teacher directions, student directions, brainstor

This is a great, scaffolded practice or summative assessment that focuses on the skills and process of using the scientific method. A fictitious experiment is done and explained in detail and students have to explain the steps of the scientific method from the scenario. Students are asked to do the following: 1) Identifying variables 2) Question 3) Hypothesis 4) Materials 5) Procedure 6) Graph the given data 7) Analyze the data 8) Draw a conclusion This is a great assessment to give as one