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Problem solving Common Core RH.6-8.7 resources
The Amazing Race: Classroom Edition (Includes Customizable Clue Templates)
This student-driven game includes 50 pages of racing material that will take your students on a fun-filled, virtual tour of 6 continents!
The Amazing Race: Classroom Edition is a game in which multiple teams of two or three students compete in a race with one another. Teams strive to arrive first at "pit stops," located at the end of each leg, to avoid coming in last. The clues provided during each leg lead the teams to the next destination or direct them to perform a task. These tasks are perf
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6th - 12th
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Agribusiness And Geography: Building A Farming Supply Store
Student groups take control of an agribusiness and use map resources to choose locations to build new stores within the United States-- locations with access to transportation, work forces, and ready markets for products. Through research, information organization, and decision-making, each group writes a business proposal placing a farm and tractor store at an absolute location. Connections between geography, agriculture, and business emerge through their justifications.Agribusiness And Geograp
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7th - 9th
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Break Out: Poe's Poetry escape room (virtual and in person)
By Kathy Applebee; Students read and analyze Poe’s poems and events in his life to successfully open the locks. Includes clues, directions, exit ticket and writing prompts suggestions, reflection questions, online resources and review games, standards in ELA and math and editable rubric. Recommended Ages/ target audience: middle/high school; Ideal Group Size: classroom; Suggested Time: 5 minute introduction, 50 minute playing time, additional time for reflection and exit ticketsSTORY: The diar
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7th - 12th
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Explore the World! THREE Virtual Scavenger Hunts for Distance Learning
Europe! Australia! Africa! Visit locations across these three continents. With this exciting bundle you'll visitCape Town, South AfricaMelbourne, AustraliaOrkney Islands, Scotland UKEach scavenger hunt incorporates Google Street View links to explore the cities first-hand as you cast about for clues. See the sights and learn all about the different cultures as you traverse the streets of these wonderful destinations!These activities are of varying difficulty, sure to challenge your entire c
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5th - 10th
Explore The Amazing City of Melbourne Australia in this Virtual Scavenger Hunt
G' Day, Mate!Explore the world Down Under with this fun virtual scavenger hunt for distance learning. Educate and entertain your students while they hunt down the answers to clues around this spectacular city. This is a wonderful opportunity for your students to travel to far-flung places from the comfort of their own computer. Explore today!Formats: MS Word + PDF formats of Worksheet and Answer Key Feel free to upload this to Google Docs to share with your students! Perfect for a Distanc
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Explore the World! THREE Virtual Scavenger Hunts for Distance Learning
An Exciting Virtual Scavenger Hunt in Cape Town, South Africa
Bra Fundi Hoezit?I've created a real KIFF virtual scavenger hunt to Cape Town, South Africa to get all those gatvol cats and kittens at home out and about. Let me tell you this hunt is lekker!Students will wander the streets of Cape Town via Google Maps Street View to find certain objects or pieces of information given by the clues. It's a super-fun activity to show students what a place really looks like on the street - the people, the stores, the food, the signage and so much more. This exp
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Explore the World! THREE Virtual Scavenger Hunts for Distance Learning
Lewis and Clark Unit
Students will learn the value of exploring through the examples set forth by Lewis and Clark. This unit is mapped out for a 2 week unit for 3rd grade, but can be utilized in many flexible ways to cater to several, if not all, elementary grades. Students will look into map making, travel preparation, journal writing, performance skills, and visual thinking strategies. Students will develop a better understanding of America in the early 19th century and receiving explorer badges for their accompli
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3rd - 6th
Push & Pull Factors
This lesson introduces the ideas of push and pull factors using cooperative learning groups and countries in the Eastern Hemisphere. Each group receives background information about the economy of their country and then a situation involving a hypothetical person in that country facing economic hardship. The groups need to decide if their person should stay or leave. Materials are provided to facilitate cooperative learning groups and there is an evidence tracker to facilitate formative assessme
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5th - 9th
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Improving Analytical and Writing Skills on the Metro
Note: Some of my products have some “out there” ideas. Make sure to look at the preview before purchasing. If you don't like the preview, then it's not something you should purchase. Everyone's classroom is unique and while these lessons work within my classroom, that may not be the case in another’s room.As with any educator, I am always looking for a way to make learning engaging, relevant, and come to life. My newest guide tasks students with analyzing various metro systems, along with practi
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5th - 8th
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Project based learning on Human Rights
Students will create an accordion booklet on a chosen human right, they will be able to research information on human rights and their violations throughout the world for students to be aware and create social consciousness. This lesson plan has step by step guidelines and ideas on how to start this project.
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6th - 7th
A Virtual Scavenger Hunt In Scotland - Distance Learning Adventure
Wylcome!A'm gled tae meet ye! Welcome to another exciting worldly scavenger hunt.In this hunt, students will wander the streets of the Orkney Islands, a set of islands in the WAaaaaay North of Scotland via Google Maps Street View to find certain objects or pieces of information given by the clues. It's a super-fun activity to show students what a place really looks like on the street - the people, the stores, the food, the signage and so much more. This experiential journey will give students i
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5th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Explore the World! THREE Virtual Scavenger Hunts for Distance Learning
Westward Expansion - Research, Map, Draw. A Cooperative Learning Unit
Welcome to Westward Expansion. This unit provides a thorough study of westward expansion using a cooperative learning model. It challenges the students through a Historical-Pictorial Map Project. The project involves map production, research, note taking, writing skills, artistic skills, working with someone else, and project organization. There are four parts to the unit. In the first (2) parts, the students will work individually while the last (2) parts involve working with a partner.
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6th - 8th
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Comparing Land Masses
This is a digital assignment that was part of a larger unit on Types of Maps in a 6th grade Social Studies class. One of the map types was Mercator maps and how the land sizes gets more distorted the further they are from the Equator
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5th - 7th
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