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Engage students on day one of school with one of the most important lessons all year- "why do we study chemistry?" In this lesson, students go around the room to 6 different stations and record reasons to study chemistry, discuss what each means and why its important. After completing each station, they rank them in order of importance (either with their group or individually) and then debate as a class. Then, they complete a shirt, structured writing arguing the best reason to study chemistry.

Looking for quick, low-prep, high-impact STEM activities? This resource includes 10 creative engineering challenges—all using just one piece of paper per student or team! Perfect for team building, early finisher stations, back-to-school icebreakers, or STEM Fridays. Each challenge is designed to build collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving while using minimal materials—making it ideal for budget-conscious classrooms. ✅ What’s Included: ✔️ 10 printable engineering challenge

Kick off your school year with a fun and engaging icebreaker activity that’s perfect for both middle and high school students! This "Get to Know You with 3 Items" activity encourages creativity, teamwork, and communication as students share personal items from their backpacks and answer a series of hilarious and thought-provoking prompts. Activity Overview: Students will select three items from their backpacks and work in small groups to choose one item to answer a series of ridiculous and imagi

Start your science classroom off right with this no-prep, hands-on STEM inquiry activity that gets students thinking critically, collaborating, and having fun from the moment they walk in the door! In this Back to School Polar Bear & Fish Dice Challenge, students work in teams to solve a mystery using only dice rolls, logic, and teamwork. Designed to spark curiosity and build classroom community, this is the perfect first-day activity for middle or high school science students—no prior kno

Engage Your Design Students with This Creative Icebreaker Activity!Kick off the school year with this engaging icebreaker game tailored for architecture and design students. This activity is perfect for fostering a collaborative and comfortable classroom environment without resorting to clichéd or awkward questions. This activity encourages students to discuss and debate a variety of intriguing, low-stakes architectural and design-related topics. How It Works:In this game, students will engage i

Kick off the school year with this engaging, first day of school ice breaker designed to help students connect while tapping into their problem-solving and engineering skills! Perfect for back to school or any time you want to build classroom community, this low-prep activity is a fun and interactive way for students to discover common interests and work together. In this hands-on challenge, students will: Share their interests and find common ground with peers.Earn materials (notecards) based

How is matter classified? Use this card sort group activity to diagram how matter is broken down into elements, compounds, heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures. Complete with a notes page to display for students to copy. How to use:Cut apart the words and place into an envelope and and distribute to student groups. The students work as a team to arrange the cards into a flow chart starting with Matter. I draw a blank flow chart and tell the students to sort the words into that layout. I have g

Do your students struggle with determining what information is important to study for summative assessments? Use this one page review for all matter. Includes physical and chemical properties, physical and chemical changes, elements, compounds, mixtures, and density. I let my students use a crib sheet for all summative assessments. However, they were struggling with what to include on their crib sheet. This allows them an organized structure to use their notes to fill in the topics or to use as

Do your students struggle with determining what information is important to study for summative assessments? Use this one page review for all things numbers in chemistry. Includes scientific notation, significant figures, measurements, dimensional analysis, and practice. I let my students use a crib sheet for all summative assessments. However, they were struggling with what to include on their crib sheet. This allows them an organized structure to use their notes to fill in the topics or to use

These slides are perfect for virtual, hybrid, or in person teaching. No matter the subject or content area, these slides will work for you! These slides are ready to get you through the first month of school with August scheduled. The template can be edited to other months and the colors can be changed to match your classroom theme or preference. What's Included:3 weekly slides15 daily slides (August 12-30)Color palette is editableTemplates are embedded to quickly add new slides

A fun, engaging, station lab activity. Students will rotate through stations taking various measurements and converting the measurement into a different unit. Students will be measuring various items such as pencil, paper towels, paper clip, volume of water in a beaker, how long you can hold your breath, and temperature of their armpit!

Scaffolded guided notes on writing molecular formulas and names.

The Daily Agenda presentation is available in a Canva template and can be used for a morning welcome message, as a scheduling tool, and much more! These templates are designed for ALL grade levels and are perfect for the DIGITAL Classroom during distance learning. Canva Templates for Monday through Friday EDITABLE TEXT! - Sample Schedule and Blank Templates Included! Designed for Online Classroom Settings What you can do in the Canva templates: add or delete pagesduplicate pagesadd linkslink t

Do your students struggle with how to write and name ionic compounds? This step by step guided notes page is designed to help students learn how to write and name chemical formulas for ionic compounds. It will explain the process of writing and naming ionic compounds and will include practice problems to help students master the concept. Students can utilize this page to gain a better understanding of how to write and name chemical formulas for ionic compounds. They will be able to apply what th