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Use this poster to help reinforce the scientific method and help students design fair tests/experiments!

In this project, students will create their own island country and matching map complete with map scale, compass rose, legend, and labels.  Students also have several choices to extend their thinking in this interdisciplinary project; they can analyze their ecosystem and create food webs for a science extension, compare data to real countries for a math extension, or create a national anthem and advertisement for their country for an ELA extension. There is an included rubric to make grading as

Use data to analyze patterns in order to observe that the amount of daylight changes throughout the year and is connected to the average monthly temperature. This is a great way to allow the kids to discover this important connection through their own research!

Use this lab, gummy bears, a green laser, a red laser, and a flashlight to help explain the reflection and absorption of colors (in terms of why we see different colors). The kids LOVE seeing the gummy bears light up!

Use these challenging problems to help students show their thinking using words, equations, and models. The 13 math tasks address different aspects of multiplication and division and require students to use multiple operations.

A very detailed reading guide that includes vocabulary analysis and deeper comprehension questions that requires students to provide evidence to defend their thinking. This was initially designed with gifted 4th graders in mind.

This challenge board has 6 extension options related to the Ohio 3rd grade life science standards, focusing on plant and animal life cycles. Challenges include exploring how different seeds grow, observing how home and/or school environments affect the plants and animals that live there, and building your own shelters to protect wildlife.

Do your students need help remembering the difference between comets, asteroids, meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites? Then this product is for you! Includes a quick checkbox sort, create your own examples, and an answer key.

A bundle of my area and perimeter, fraction, place value, multiplication, division, and two step math tasks.

Are your students reading Rules by Cynthia Lord? Challenge your learners with these extension project options!

We love Phet simulations in our classroom! These questions allow students to experiment with the force and motion Phet simulation while also experiencing it in a way that makes sense to elementary students. These step by step directions and questions were designed for gifted 5th graders based on the Ohio state standard 5.PS.1. Answers are included on the same document for your reference, so be sure to delete before assigning to students!

Are your students reading Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner? Check out these extension choices for students as they read!

Studying the American Revolution? Have your students review and challenge themselves with this extension menu!

Students will collect and graph data about the sun's altitude from different locations throughout the year. They will be comparing locations north of the equator, south of the equator, and on the equator.

Students will use data tables to study OH social studies 4th grade content statement 13, which looks at the changes in population of the United States and Ohio. This Google Form is a self-grading application!

This challenge board has 6 extension options related to the Ohio 3rd grade history strand of social studies standards. Students can explore primary and secondary resources, interview community leaders, design their dream community, and test their persuasion skills to convince others to move to their community.

Print out the cards to create these differentiated centers. Students can either read the clues as they are written to guess the planets or they can create their own clues to try to stump their partner.

Use these challenging problems to help students show their thinking using words, equations, and models. The 7 math tasks address different aspects of fractions.

Are you studying landforms? Here is a research project template complete with a graphic organizer, directions for creating a presentation from the completed research, and a rubric to help you quickly and efficiently grade!

Students work in groups to create an instrument with at least three different pitches. This project is meant to evaluate students' understanding of how pitch works. Students will 1) construct their instrument, 2) explain how their instrument works and how their instrument applies what they have learned about sound, and 3) present their instrument to the class. Rubric is included.