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Problem solving Common Core W.4.2 resources
After the Fall READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity with TpT Easel
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about gravity and complete an Egg Drop Challenge using simple materials. Connect to a Read Aloud: After the Fall by Dan SantatThis STEM Project is a companion activity to After the Fall by Dan Santat. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. They follow the six step Engine
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind READ ALOUD SCIENCEâ„¢ Activity
Integrate Real World STEM in your classroom and engage kids by learning about Wind Power!Teach about Green Energy with this Earth Day Science Activity! Students learn about the how wind power works. They design, build, and test their own windmill using the Scientific Method.Connect to a Read Aloud: The Boy Who Harnessed the WindThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba. The book explores the true story of a boy who built a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
 ...
Jane Goodall The Watcher READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity
Integrate Real-World STEM in your classroom and learn about conservation!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Jane Goodall and how chimpanzees use tools to capture termites to eat! Students design and build a bug grabber to capture their own bugs.Connect to a Read Aloud: The WatcherThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life of Chimps by Jeanette Winter. The book explores the life and discoveries of Jane Goodall.The Engineering Design Process:Students plan,
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Inquiry-Based Endangered Animal Research Project
Inquiry-based learning is a student-centered and teacher-guided instruction approach. It empowers students to become critical thinkers. It increases students’ ability to develop a deep understanding of content while increasing students’ intellectual engagement.
Students start by brainstorming endangered animals and why they would like to research those animals. Then, students pose questions about their endangered animals. Students go through the research process by finding sources and info
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Latino Heritage Month Pelé: King of Soccer READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and celebrate Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Soccer / Fútbol Legend Pelé. They design, build, and create their own soccer game to play!Connect to a Read Aloud - Pelé: King of Soccer / El Rey de Fútbol by Monica BrownThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Pelé: King of Soccer by Monica Brown. The book explores the legacy of Pelé in both English and Spanish. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their ow
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Sonia Sotomayor Turning Pages READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity
Integrate STEM and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and how books influenced her career. Design, build, and test your own Tower of Knowledge made from Index Cards and Books!Connect to a Read Aloud: Turning Pages - My Life Story by Sonia SotomayorThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor. The book is an autobiography about how books influenced Sonia Sotomayor.The Eng
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Leap Year Escape Room ELA Reading Informational Text Grades 3 -4 - 5
Your students are going to love learning the history, science, and math about Leap Year and February 29th with this engaging escape room, Who Hacked Leap Year? After watching the video hook, they'll be ready for close reading the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery phrase.The Escape Room Premise: â–º February 29th has disappeared from all the calendars! How did this happen? Students will:â–º Read the textâ–º Answer the questionsâ–º Use the codes in the answersâ–º Discover
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Creative Thinking Digital Writing for Google Drive® | Distance Learning
Go paperless with our Google Slides-ready creative thinking and explanatory writing resource! This Google Resource includes 30 interactive creative thinking scenarios for students to solve. Once three items have been chosen (independent thinking + choice!), the student can type a creative explanation of how they solved the problem. These activities are great for your thinking and exposition writing program in both a traditional classroom with some access to mobile learning through to a full 1:1
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in:Â Digital ELA Google Classroom Mega Bundle for Distance Learning
Challenging Critical Thinking Questions for Group Discussion and Journal Writing
Enhance your students’ critical thinking skills with these thought-provoking questions perfect for group discussions and journal writing. This resource contains 50 critical thinking questions that require the students to analyze the information given and come to a logical conclusion. They encourage students to use skills such as inquiry, analysis and reasoning while encouraging them to gather information and evaluate answers based on their experience and/or prior knowledge. These questions may b
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Braille Escape Room ELA Close Reading Helen Keller Louis Braille Biographies
Your students are going to love learning about the braille system, Louis Braille and Helen Keller with this engaging escape room, The World of Braille. After watching the video hook, they'll be ready for close reading the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery phrase. Their completion certificate is a message from a friend, written in braille!The Escape Room Premise: â–º Students have received a message from a friend. But they can't read it because it's in braille. I
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Memorial Day Activity Escape Room History Tomb of Unknown Soldier Decoration Day
Your students are going to love learning about Memorial Day, Decoration Day, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with this engaging yet respectful escape room. After watching the video hook, they'll be inspired to learn more.They'll use close reading of the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery word. Their completion certificate is a reminder to remember and honor all those who served.The Escape Room Premise: â–º Learn about the history and origins of this important
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Also included in:Â ELA Escape Room Bundle Year of Holidays Grades 3rd 4th 5th
Morse Code Escape Room ELA Social Studies Reading Comprehension
Introduce a STEM and Social Studies lesson about Morse Code with this engaging and rigorous escape room, The Dits and Dahs of Morse Code. After watching the video hook, they'll be ready for close reading the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery phrase. Using Morse Code they'll discover where a friend hid a present.Students will also learn that they can send messages in Morse Code using a flashlight.The Escape Room Premise: â–º Students have a hidden gift from a fri
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS4-3
One and Only Ivan Project Based Learning Activity: Katherine Applegate
One and Only Ivan Project Based Learning ActivityAre your students BORED with reading a novel and answering questions?Do you want your students to make DEEPER connections with the novel you are teaching?This PROJECT BASED LEARNING ACTIVITY is the perfect companion to studying the One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Product ContentsThis product contains color, cut and paste learning materials, as well as research links, designed to help students solve an issue in the novel. · TEACHER GUIDES
Grades:
4th - 6th
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FREE STEM At Home Learning Menus
Integrate STEM at Home!Help students integrate STEM subjects at home with these 3 FREE STEM learning menus. Includes Spanish version for ESL families!Integrate Writing, Reading, Math, Science, and Geography!These activities are interdisciplinary and help students make connections between STEM subjects as well as writing and reading.Material List:To complete these STEM menus students will need common household items like paper and tape.Includes:This resource includes three menus that can be used
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Entire Year of Read Aloud STEM Activity Menus Bundle
Plan Your Own Field Trip
What are the benefits of using this resource?This field trip plan handout and sample saves you time.Use your time away from school to do what you enjoy. Use your planning periods to catch up with your colleagues rather than doing more work.This resource uses student-friendly language to:ask your students 9 specific questions that will shape their field trip planprovide a sample field trip plan for your students to referencegive a pragmatic starting place for what can be an overwhelming taskYou c
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Racing Marbles: Discover, Think & Write
Marbles! Discover, Think and Write: A STEM activity that will get your kids rolling marbles up and down pipes and tunnels that they make on their own.
Marbles and noodles have been around for awhile! But the fun doesn't go out of style!
This is a popular activity that's been around for a long time. In fact, you have probably seen those pins on Pinterest. I had planned on an activity like this for my summer camp. But I did not have a lesson plan or follow up writing activities to go with this f
Crime Mystery Activity: The Mystery of the Golden Pen
'The Mystery of the Golden Pen’ is a professionally produced crime mystery kit designed specifically for use with students aged 9-12. This product seeks to provide a school with absolutely everything they would need to deliver an engaging theft mystery event within a classroom or library. Featuring a generic plot line that is adaptable to any school, ‘The Mystery of the Golden Pen’ challenges students to piece together a wide range of clues and information, in order to uncover the truth about th
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Multiple Intelligences: DO IT! CHOICE CARDS® - SOCIAL CONCERNS - SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! Activate your students' empathy for social causes with the Do It! Choice Cards. Students will choose a project to raise awareness, raise empathy, and raise resources for the social concern they choose while also working to meet Common Core Standards. See the full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnails above to see a sample of the packet contents.Choice Cards® are task cards, but we think the word CHOICE is more mo
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Think Sheets - A Classroom Management Tool
Think Sheets - A Classroom Management tool meant to promote ownership and accountability of classroom expectations. A great way to communicate quickly and effectively with guardians while collecting data!
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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Create Your Own Board (or boardless) Game
Designed for elementary children, Create Your Own Board (or boardless) Game is a project that comes with suggestions and templates for creating a game using inexpensive materials. Exemplars to demonstrate the use of each template are provided. The child is involved with improvising objects for new purposes, and piloting the finished product with a peer or adult. The child is encouraged to brainstorm the objective of the game, its rules, and the supplies needed, using a planning booklet before
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
North Carolina State Parks
Students are guided through research to answer questions based on NC social studies standards.
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Grades:
4th
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Through the Eyes of John Muir
Meets Common Core Standards for social studies and language arts.
Through the Eyes of John Muir presents nearly three-dozen lessons, field studies and investigations, stories, games and reproducible worksheets.
Curriculum guide includes John Muir’s life and accomplishments, California agricultural history, nature-based investigations, family stories, stories of other people and other places, the art of storytelling, environmental issues,advocacy, civic responsibility and vision for the futu
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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