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Rube Goldberg was an engineer-turned-cartoonist who is best known for his comics with ridiculous inventions. This action-packed, engaging, and rigorous unit includes 11 days worth of lessons where students learn about Rube Goldberg, create a comic, design and build a machine, and then create a video summary of their learning. These lessons are great for gifted/talented students! This download includes: 11 detailed lessonsDifferentiated student worksheetsDesign Brief TemplateA video alternative f

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 21 engaging activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!This download is an excellent supplement to the CKLA Fairy Tales Unit, or any Fairy Tales unit that

Brain Growers is designed to get your students thinking critically and creatively. This download includes 14 engaging activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more! All of the activities in this download are related to Ancient Greece and Greek Mythology. The activities are: Wha

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 17 engaging printables that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are related to Early Asian Civilizations, CKLA Grad

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 20 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are aligned to Human Body, CKLA Grade 2 D

DescriptionBrain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically and creatively. This download includes 39 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are related to the season of spring. The ac

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 23 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are aligned to Insects, CKLA Grade 2 Doma

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically and creatively. This download includes 29 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are related to the season of fall. The activities are:

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 14 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are aligned to Cycles in Nature, CKLA Gra

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This FREE download includes 2 of the 12 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are aligned with The Human B

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 17 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are aligned to Fighting for a Cause, CKLA

Are you looking for a fun way to practice real-world math skills with your students? This is a great way for students to practice graphing, estimating, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, word problems, measuring inches to the nearest quarter-inch, and area. This download includes 9 engaging math activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group

Are you looking for a way to spice up the Skyline Social Studies Curriculum? This is a tried and tested project that includes everything you need to get started. In this project, students research one of Chicago’s 29 Sister Cities and create a presentation to share with their community. There is an option for students to work individually or in groups of 3. This project aligns to 2nd Grade Skyline Social Science, Unit 2 (People, Places, and Environments). Standards This project suppor

In this project, students research the adaptive traits of a prehistoric creature. Using biomimicry, students design, test, and create an advertisement for a product that is inspired by those traits. This is a really fun project that my students adore. This download includes: An overviewA teacher background page about biomimicry with resourcesA letter for studentsA teacher tips page for dinosaur researchA dinosaur research graphic organizerStudent criteria pageStudent design brief Partner feedb

This activity is a great add on to Expeditionary Learning Grade 3 Unit 3- Wolves or any unit on fables and folktales. Included in the download are directions for you and your students to read wolf folktales, complete a reasoning web about the perspective of the wolf, take notes to prepare for the trial, hold the trial, and write a trial brief afterwards.

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 19 engaging activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more! All of the activities in this download are related to plants. The activities are: What's That App

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically and creatively. This download includes 26 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are related to the season of summer. The activities ar

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically and creatively. This download includes 16 engaging activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more! All of the activities in this download are related to Tall Tales. The activities are: What's That App? Compare/C

Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 14 engaging activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as: early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more! All of the activities in this download are related to natural hazards and severe weather. The acti

In this activity, students research a National Park, identify reasons for exploring the park, put together a team of experts, create transportation for the team, and more! This activity will strengthen your students' research and creative thinking skills. It is a great supplement to a unit on National Parks, exploration, U.S. regions, creative writing, and more! It also fits nicely with CKLA Grade 1 Domain 11 Frontier Explorers. This download includes links to an Epic collection to guide resear