Trailpost
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Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Hi, I’m the creator behind Trailpost! I’m a teacher based in the Pacific Northwest with a background in both general education and music. I hold a B.A. in Education with a focus on Interdisciplinary Child Development from Western Washington University, but my path to the classroom was a bit unconventional!
Before teaching, I spent nine years as a software test engineer for Xbox, then pivoted to a career as a 1:1 behavior technician and early childhood educator. That unique combination of tech and child development completely shapes how I teach and design resources today. I love building tools that are practically "bug-proof" while remaining deeply centered on how kids actually learn and behave. (I even coded my own data-tracking tool, Waypoint, to make sure my students are actually growing while they play!)
I am also a huge history and literature nerd with a soft spot for authentic 19th-century Victorian aesthetics. In my literary resources, you will find high-quality, public-domain-inspired designs, so my Alice in Wonderland and Sherlock Holmes materials look like the authentic classics, free from modern movie adaptations! For my fellow music teachers, I also create resources grounded in solid pedagogy, incorporating Kodály methods for holistic music education.
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Design a Theme Park | Month-Long Class Project | Math, Engineering, ELA, Art 3-6
Students design a complete theme park from the ground up! In this month-long cross-curricular project, students choose a unifying theme, create original rides with engineering blueprints, build a scaled park map, plan food stands and entertainment, calculate ticket pricing and daily revenue, and present their park at a Grand Reveal showcase. This is not a quick activity — it's a deep, structured project that integrates scale and measurement, forces and simple machines, persuasive and descriptive
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Engineering, Other (ELA)
The House - Area & Perimeter Math Mystery Game | Digital Escape Room | Grade 4-7
A self-contained math mystery: students measure every room in a dreamlike mystery house to uncover the rooms hidden from the floor plan. A digital math mystery, not a worksheet Your aunt left you a house with a floor plan that doesn't add up. The ground floor is 30 feet by 30 feet — 900 square feet — but the rooms shown only account for 564. Something is hidden. Students walk through the house room by room, measuring as they go. Each hidden door is locked behind a math panel that asks for dimen
4th - 7th
Applied Math, Measurement, Other (Math)
Classroom Restaurant | Month-Long Class Project | Math, ELA, Economics, Art 3-6
Students design and open their own restaurant from scratch! In this month-long cross-curricular project, students develop a restaurant concept and brand, write mouthwatering menu descriptions, calculate food costs and profit margins, plan staffing and customer service, pass a mock health inspection, and host a Grand Opening Day for the class. This is not a quick activity — it's a deep, structured project that integrates real-world math (decimals, percentages, budgeting), persuasive and descript
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Economics , Other (ELA)
Survivor Island | 5-Day Printable Research & Design Unit Grades 3-6 No Prep ELA
Transform your classroom into a tropical island where students become castaways facing real survival challenges. Over five thrilling days, your students will find water, build shelter, ration food, signal for rescue, and finally get saved — all while mastering essential math and ELA skills. Perfect for grades 3-6 | 30-45 minutes per day What's Included: ✅ Complete 5-day survival simulation with engaging storylines ✅ 23 ready-to-print pages including student activities, teacher guide & answer
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Other (ELA), Writing
City of 2075 — Project-Based Learning Unit (Grades 4-6)
It's the year 2075. The Bureau of Future Cities needs your students to design a brand-new city for 50,000 residents from the ground up — and back up every decision with math, science, and civic reasoning. This isn't a "dream city" coloring project. Students do the actual math: how many solar panels, how many acres of farmland, how many square feet per resident. Every design choice is a defensible trade-off. Driving Question: What does a city need to work for everyone — and how do we design one
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Civics, Other (ELA)
Junior Architect | 5-Day Printable Research & Design Unit Grades 3-6 No Prep ELA
JUNIOR ARCHITECT - Evergreen City Design ProjectTurn your students into city planners and watch math come alive! 🏗️ Your students just got hired as the lead architect for a brand-new city. With an $10 million budget and 800 acres of land, they'll design Evergreen City from the ground up — applying real math skills to solve authentic problems. Perfect for grades 3-6 | 30-45 minutes per day What's Included: ✅ Complete 5-day city design project with professional architect vocabulary ✅ 21 print
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Other (ELA)
Museum Curator | 5-Day Printable Research & Design Unit | Grades 3-6 No Prep ELA
Your students just got hired as curators of the Wonder Hall Museum! In this 20-page printable pack, students research, design, and open their very own 5-exhibit museum across five days of engaging, standards-aligned activities. Perfect for a research and informational writing unit, end-of-year project, sub plans, morning work, literacy centers, gifted/enrichment time, or cross-curricular units. Print-and-go — no prep, no tech, no login. ⭐ WHAT STUDENTS DO🦕 Day 1 — The Collection: Learn what m
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Other (ELA), Writing
Map the Playground — An End-of-Year Full-Day Outdoor Project for Sunny Weather
Give your students a full end-of-year day outside, surveying and mapping the playground they've known all year. They leave behind a mega-map next year's students will find and recognize. Print, prep, go.After testing is done and before the year closes, your students have energy to burn and not much to do with it. Map the Playground uses that energy. Student teams survey, draft, and assemble a scale-ish map of the school playground. Each team handles one zone — swings, field, blacktop, garden, sh
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Measurement, Other (Arts)
The Enchanted Equation: Decimals -Digital Math Escape Room-3 Difficulty Levels
Your students have wandered too deep into the Whispering Woods — and the ancient trees have sealed the path behind them. The only way out is to solve 10 decimal challenges hidden in enchanted clearings to power the Gate of Numbers and escape the forest. This fully digital escape room runs in any web browser — no prep, no printing, no logins, no Google Forms. Just open the file and go. Three difficulty levels built in — one file covers grades 3 through 6:Meadow (Grades 3–4): Reading and writing d
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Mental Math, Place Value
Also included in: MEGA Bundle - 4 Digital Math Escape Rooms | 3 Difficulty Levels Each
Start a Business | Month-Long Class Project | Entrepreneurship, Math, ELA, 3-6
Students become entrepreneurs! In this month-long cross-curricular project, students identify a real problem in their lives, design a product or service that solves it, build a complete business plan with real math, create a brand and marketing campaign, and deliver a Shark-Tank-style investor pitch to a panel of classmates and guest judges. This is not a quick activity — it's a deep, structured project that integrates financial literacy, persuasive writing and speaking, art and design, and crit
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Other (Arts), Other (ELA)
25 Math and Logic Puzzles You Can Do Tomorrow
25 math and logic puzzles that make students think, argue, and forget they're doing math — with detailed teaching walkthroughs for every single one. These aren't worksheet problems. They're tangrams, strategy games, logic grids, probability experiments, and optimization puzzles — the kind of math that makes students lean forward instead of check out. Every puzzle includes step-by-step instructions with full teaching guidance, a teacher tip explaining the key mathematical insight, and grade adap
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Applied Math, Mental Math, Other (Math)
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Hi, I’m the creator behind Trailpost! I’m a teacher based in the Pacific Northwest with a background in both general education and music. I hold a B.A. in Education with a focus on Interdisciplinary Child Development from Western Washington University, but my path to the classroom was a bit unconventional!
Before teaching, I spent nine years as a software test engineer for Xbox, then pivoted to a career as a 1:1 behavior technician and early childhood educator. That unique combination of tech and child development completely shapes how I teach and design resources today. I love building tools that are practically "bug-proof" while remaining deeply centered on how kids actually learn and behave. (I even coded my own data-tracking tool, Waypoint, to make sure my students are actually growing while they play!)
I am also a huge history and literature nerd with a soft spot for authentic 19th-century Victorian aesthetics. In my literary resources, you will find high-quality, public-domain-inspired designs, so my Alice in Wonderland and Sherlock Holmes materials look like the authentic classics, free from modern movie adaptations! For my fellow music teachers, I also create resources grounded in solid pedagogy, incorporating Kodály methods for holistic music education.
Teaching style
In my classroom, I am all about gamification and interactive learning. If I can turn a math standard into a digital escape room or a history lesson into a browser-based simulator, I am going to do it. I believe that rigorous standards can absolutely be met through immersive play, and I strive to create resources that take the heavy lifting off the teacher's plate while keeping kids totally engaged.
I am also a huge history and literature nerd with a soft spot for authentic 19th-century Victorian aesthetics. In my literary resources, you will find high-quality, public-domain-inspired designs—so my Alice in Wonderland and Sherlock Holmes materials look like the authentic classics, free from modern movie adaptations! For my fellow music teachers, I also create resources grounded in solid pedagogy, incorporating Kodály methods and Curwen hand signs.
Whether you are looking for a tech-forward classroom simulator or a solid, beautifully designed lesson plan to get you through the week, I hope you find something here that makes your teaching day a little bit easier and a lot more fun!
My own education history
B.Ed Interdisciplinary Child Development
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