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The Roaring 20s: Making a Book about Chicago
$8.00Making a book about Chicago is an activity that engages students in both process and content. Of all the large cities in the country in the 1920s, Chicago was the most open to doing something new. It was the first northern city that really...$8.00 -
Making a Book about St. Louis and Westward Expansion
$8.00“Millions of men are marching at once towards the same horizon: their language; their religion; their manners differ; their object is the same. Fortune has been promised to them somewhere in the West, and to the West they go to find it.”...$8.00 -
Forces - Friction and Air Resistance Dominoes for Middle School
$2.00A dominoes game with questions and statements on friction and air resistance instead of numbers. Prior Knowledge Friction slows objects down and produces heat. Friction opposes motion. Friction wastes energy. Friction produces grip...$2.00 -
Babe Ruth Close Reading Comprehension Activities | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
$3.00A close reading passage with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the baseball superstar Babe Ruth. The NO PREP informational text worksheets...$3.00 -
Civics Fact Finding Getting to Know Your Local Mayor Representative and Governor
$0.99Civics Fact Finding Getting to Know Your Local Mayor Representative and Governor is a web quest that can be done solo or in pairs. Students will get to know many local representatives, and find out what achievements they are most known for. This is...$0.99 -
6th Grade Choose Your Own Report: Early Humankind Hominids
$1.50Students guide their own inquiry into their preferred method of meeting History Standards and learning about early humans, hominids, and civilizations. This is a great project for inspiring student interest and guiding their own investigations. Learning...$1.50 -
Science Lab Safety Posters With Editable Contract
$1.00Safety Contracts are Important for good classroom management in science classes. When I use this in class I have students initial each rule after we review it to show that we reviewed it together. I also review the mini posters before each lab,...$1.00 -
Science Poster "If At First You Don't Succeed..." FREE Sample
$0.00Fun poster for your desk or lab counter in science class. Three different styles to pick from. Contains Cover and TOU (2 pages) 3 Posters in different Styles (3 pages)$0.00 -
World War 2 Leaders Opinion Writing Unit | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
$3.00A discussion writing unit allowing students to research, discuss and write about who was the most influential Allied leader of World War 2: Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which...$3.00 -
PhET Lab Energy Skate Park Worksheet Investigation NGSS MS PS 3-2 PS 3-5
$3.00How will the gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy of an object change as it moves up and down? How is energy transformed in a system? Engage your students in hands-on learning with our NGSS-aligned lab worksheet and investigation...$3.00 -
5e Explore Investigation for NGSS MS-PS3-5: Rollback Can
$1.255e Explore Investigation designed for the NGSS MS-PS3-5. This is an explore task I give in a unit in first quarter in 8th grade. At this point students have some experience with designing an experiment but often need scaffolding to complete the task...$1.25 -
Transformation of Potential and Kinetic Energy NGSS MS-PS-3-2 Model Assessment
$2.00Students observe the motion of an acrobat or gymnast and create a model of the changes in potential and kinetic energy as they move through a jump in the routine. This is a performance assessment task designed for NGSS MS-PS-3-2 Develop a model to...$2.00