Intermediate Creations

The Next Generation Science Standards challenges us to teach student how the earth records its past. Sure, there's lots of information on fossils, but what about analyzing tree rings and ice cores?! I start this lesson by talking about how humans (and the time before humans) did not record information about what was happening in the earth...but the cool thing is...the earth was recording it! These lessons last about a week in a 45-minute long class each day. Students will learn about how sc

Your students can learn how to invest and check the stock market using real-life data! Start the year with a lesson that teaches students what is a stock and how the market works. Then spend a math class each month checking your stocks. Your students will work on skills including multiplication and addition of decimals (money) and analyzing data with their portfolios and researching companies. This is designed to be for grades 3-5, but of course can be used for older grades. Included in the d

This simulation is about coal mining, but does so much more than just having students take the chocolate chips out of a cookie! Students have the opportunity to: 1. Build background knowledge of coal mining 2. Create a coal mining company and work with financial decisions 3. Go coal mining (yes, with chocolate chip cookies!), but coal companies will have events occur to them during and after the simulation (when they sell their coal) 4. Learn about strip/surface mining and reflect 5. Listen to a

Buy one and use it for several classrooms! This download contains FIVE themes with the 6 transdisciplinary themes for the PYP for the International Baccalaureate program, plus a few extras for fun! The posters are set to print on 8.5 x 11 paper. Download the preview to see a thumbnail of each of the 5 themed posters!