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This unit was designed for fourth graders in Indiana. Included in this over 100-page study: 1. Academic Standards 2. 12 lessons 3. Link to a one full PowerPoint (Google Slides) and two Prezi presentations 4. 35 pages of handouts (worksheets/reading pages) 5. Visuals 6. Answer keys 7. Project ideas 8. Rubrics 9. Links to videos, Prezis and resources 10. Project record keeper 11. Assessments This hands-on unit is designed around students creating their own museum for one of the prominent Indiana

This challenge includes four pages. Students read a story about Isabella who is moving to Mars on the first page. The second page contains the challenge for creating a paper chair for transporting Isabella's favorite toy. The third page has reflection questions and room to sketch the creation. The fourth page has extension questions and ideas for diving deep for gifted students. This challenge is suitable for grades 4-6. It can be applied to older STEM students as an introductory challenge and f

A simple way for students to research a leader they admire. This can be used as a stand-alone report or a graphic organizer depending on the academic level and/or need. I used this at the beginning of a year-long leadership course to help students recognize leadership traits in people in their life or famous people past or present.

This set contains engineering vocabulary words for STEM or STEAM classes. It also contains blank slides for adding your own either in PowerPoint or by hand after printing the cards. I laminate them and have students use dry erase markers on them during class. There are a lot of games that can be played with vocabulary cards, too! Included are both the PowerPoint file and a .pdf file.

Students create a Christmas gift list for Astronauts on the International Space Station.

This is a grid I created using the Pixar Storytelling Prompts. I only created the grid, not the prompts. I use this when creating my story ideas for the books I write and for teaching the storytelling craft to teens and adults.

I created this grid for use when teaching teens and adults how to create stories. I also use it for the books I write. It is part of the larger grid (also available for free on TPT). This one only focuses on characters so that writers can create one for each character. I did not create the Pixar questions, only the grid, which is why this item is offered for free.