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Prepare your students for exams with these testing verb poster. Be explicit with your expectations for answering questions! Empower your students to know how to answer each question. I created these prompts in response to a parent pointing out that her child did not understand what I was asking for on a test. Being explicit about my expectations for answering various questions prompts helped not only this student but many others be more details in their responses. Clear communication helps s

These ten, self-grading, Google Forms quizzes on skills in metric conversion provide great formative assessment. These quizzes can easily be assigned for warm-ups or exit tickets. Each quiz has three questions about a specific skill. There are two unique quizzes of each type, including the following topics: - Comparing Metric Prefixes - Metric Abbreviations - Metric Prefix Equivalents - Metric Prefix Meanings - Metric Conversions Quizzes come in two forms, with and without a number line, to

Sketch notes are designed to provide visual clues to engage students and help them retain learning about the engineering design process. There will be 5 different topics covered: - Engineering Design Process (an overview) - Before the Design- Problem Definition - Design Testing - Design Optimization - After the Design Each topic includes a 2-page note sheet. There are three different forms- blank, fill-in-the-blank, and complete- to allow for differentiati

Teaching STEM? Help your students understand the Engineering Design Process. These PowerPoint are designed to specifically help your students understand the engineering design process and the details they need to be successful in it. Included are 5 PowerPoints, each with 30+ slides on the topics: - Engineering Design Process - An Overview - Before the Design - Problem Definition - Design Testing - Design Optimization - After the Design Want to enhance student engagement and recall while usin

Learning the metric scale and using it to solve metric conversion problems is an important life skill. These activities are designed to help students learn the scale and practice using it to solve problems in 12 activities, which are available in PowerPoint and Google Slide formats. As well, an animation is included in PowerPoint for to be used for teaching the process. This resource includes: - 2 Drag and Drop Activities with the metric scale - one labelling the unit names and on