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Free problem solving unit plans
STEM Makerspace Activities FREEBIE
Combine thematic units and creative, artistic, outside-the-box thinking in these STEM and STEAM Makerspace activities! They are a great way to incorporate STEM into your core Reading, Math, Science or Social Studies instruction. They come in a variety of sets so that you can differentiate based on your student’s needs. These are open-ended Makerspace lessons, so they are less 'science experiment' and more 'maker'. They are less 'directions, guidelines and lists of materials' and more 'here is th
Grades:
K - 3rd
Enemy Pie Story Unit
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson is a story I taught as a second grade teacher. I created this story unit with plenty of printables to save you time and energy! I love that the boy's father teaches him an important lesson that may surprise the reader. In this story unit, there is an interactive description dice game, activities that include purposeful writing, determining the moral of the story, making text to self connections, making predictions, and of course, actually making enemy pie! I hope the En
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K - 5th
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Internet Safety 101 -CYBERBULLYING! Everything a Student Needs to Know UNIT 1
In this exciting Student Edition Internet Safety Unit, 1, we cover Cyberbullying. All five activities are aligned with the ISTE and Common Core Standards. As students complete each activity they build their level of knowledge through a question and discovery-based approach.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Lesson Plan (L2 REASONING - lesson 2 of four): Exploring Reasoning and Arguments
Here is our latest free lesson from Songyang Education! Dive into the second instalment of our four-part series, where students hone their abilities to dissect lines of reasoning, construct compelling arguments, and engage in sophisticated argument analysis. This lesson zeroes in on the crucial elements of reasoning, and evidence within arguments and counterarguments, equipping students with the tools they need to navigate complex issues with confidence. With comprehensive PowerPoint presentatio
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8th - 10th
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Problem Solving - Design Process for STEM/Pre-Engineering
The Problem Solving and Design Process is an important skill for anybody to know. This unit takes between one to two weeks to complete. Student learn critical thinking skills, brainstorming, and practice communication skills while learning to design and build in this fun and flexible unit. This is great for the elementary to middle school level, but could also be adapted for high school. I have taught this in my 7th grade technology class and 8th grade pre-engineering class. Both are STEM course
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4th - 8th
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MYP Design Cycle - Engineering a Paper Water Tank
Product DescriptionMYP Design loves easy STEM projects for middle school! Students fully experience all four criteria of the MYP Design Cycle to engineer a paper water tank with minimal resources. Free lesson documents with a total of 56 total pages of content for a six-week design unit (10 files). Developed over four years with sixth-grade students and may be used to model other low-budget MYP Design units with a math-science focus. Includes MEAL paragraph writing.Go to VistaThink.com for addit
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
IBL: INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING
Inquiry-based learning (also enquiry-based learning in British English) starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios—rather than simply presenting established facts or portraying a smooth path to knowledge. The process is often assisted by a facilitator.
This Resource Covers:
1. Meaning of IBL
2. Why Inquiry
3. Inquiry Components and Procedures
4. Inquiry Levels and Benefits
5. Facilitator's and Learner's Role
6. Inquiry Challenges and Outcomes
7. Resources to Implement IBL
MORE PRODUCTS
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Not Grade Specific
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Doing the Best I Can Here - PREVIEW PAGES
If you are interested in building your own planner using my products, or buying a master planner pack, here is a free preview.There are three planner styles, each with the same structure, but with different fonts. The style previewed here is "Doing the Best I Can Here." It uses fonts Kranky and Century Gothic.
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Not Grade Specific
8 Persistent P's
Want to create healthy routines that help you balance work/school, play and downtime? Start by learning the clues of the body, mind and environment - in order to make necessary routine adjustments for daily balance and wellness. This PDF shares "8 Persistent P's" that describe 8 behaviors that get in the way from balancing areas of life, along with mental, physical and environmental clues that build up over time (and what happens if routines aren't adjusted). This PDF includes:Explanations of al
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5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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CARDBOARD BOAT DESIGN
This is one unit of my course, Art and Problem Solving, an introductory course to artistry as a career. It explores 6 different artforms: Typography, Auto Design, Advertising, Board Game Design, Cardboard Boat Design, and Clay Modeling. The objective is to prepare those students who want a career in art to learn to use their creativity within the parameters that are imposed on professional creatives.In this course, the students purchase their own materials with mock dollars and are graded on a
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6th - 7th
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STEAM Project- Apples
A 10 page guide of implementing a STEAM project that incorporates science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This project was done in a second grade class. It is adaptable to other grades. Project time length estimate- 5 sessions.
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Grades:
1st - 5th
SBL: SKILLS/STUDIO-BASED LEARNING
This Resource Covers:
SBL: Skills-based learning centers on developing and applying specific skills that can then be used to obtain the required knowledge. The classroom environment will encourage independence, as well as combining active-learning and collaboration to help the children retain the knowledge. This process allows the pupils to access, process and then express the knowledge they have learnt rather than simply writing it down.
1. Meaning of Skills-Based Learning
2. Skills-Based Lea
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Not Grade Specific
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U.N. Sustainable Development Goals - Community Action. Project-based Learning
This unit investigates the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Students will learn about these initiatives and why they exist. Students will then begin to learn about how our own community can achieve these goals and recognize that we are a part of a worldwide initiative that can be realized within our own community.IF INTERESTED IN CREATING A PARTNERSHIP TO COLLABORATE AND IMPLEMENT THIS UNIT BETWEEN OUR CLASSROOMS, PLEASE EMAIL OR COMMENT.THANK YOU!
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7th - 12th
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Problem Solving Scenarios!
GREAT scenarios for answering a variety of "WH" questions, addressing emotions, predicting outcomes, and determining solutions. 5 slides. Enjoy!
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Grades:
3rd - 5th, Staff
Writing Prompt - Stranded on a Desert Island...!
Interactive way to have individual, small group, or whole class participation in writing a short story! For small or whole group, you can have each student write a sentence or you transcribe sentences.Great activity to engage verbal & written expression, sequencing, problem solving, expansive thought, & details as the story unfolds! Enjoy!***Please note that the TpT thumbnail has the content misaligned. When downloaded, it is correct!***
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4th - 7th, Staff
Creative Engineering Design
Students are introduced to the world of creative engineering product design. Through six activities, teams work through the steps of the engineering design process (or loop) by completing an actual design challenge presented in six steps. The project challenge is left up to the teacher or class to determine; it might be one decided by the teacher, brainstormed with the class, or the example provided (to design a prosthetic arm that can perform a mechanical function). As students begin by definin
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9th - 12th
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Asteroid Impact
Through this earth science curricular unit, student teams are presented with the scenario that an asteroid will impact the Earth. In response, their challenge is to design the location and size of underground caverns to shelter the people from an uninhabitable Earth for one year. Driven by this adventure scenario, student teams 1) explore general and geological maps of their fictional state called Alabraska, 2) determine the area of their classroom to help determine the necessary cavern size, 3)
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6th - 8th
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Borderless Health Care - October
Access to health care is not equal around the world. Many in the world have no access, or very limited access to health care. The implications of this reality are significant. Exploring the issue of borderless health care with your students will help them to better understand the plight of others as they consider their own access to health care in relation to others in the world.
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Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
This lesson is part of a "legacy cycle" unit. This lesson ties together the preceding lessons of this unit and brings students back to the overarching grand challenge question on MRI safety. During this lesson, students focus on the logistics of magnetic resonance imaging as well as MRI hardware. They integrate this knowledge with their acquired understanding of magnetic fields to create instructional safety awareness pamphlets, websites or slide presentations to solve the challenge question. Th
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11th - 12th
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Classroom survival kit
I often use this as part of a health unit. It incorporates feelings, friendship, needs and wants, etc.
It is a lits of ideas you can use to create your own classroom survival kit. Use the tangible items listed above - add them to a paper bag and give the each a symbolic meaning. Kids love it!
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PreK - 12th
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Empowering Girls - March
There are many areas of the world where the access that women and girls have to education, employment and safety is greatly limited. While these limitations exist for various reasons, the research shows that when women and girls are given equal access to what we would consider human rights, entire communities benefit.
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The aim of Kutoa Classrooms is to help to develop empathy and
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Not Grade Specific
Venetian Mask Making Lesson Plan
This lesson plan includes resources and procedures for building Venetian inspired masks.
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Counting Down Numbers into Number Fact Sentences Unit
Recognizing Patterns and adding two digit numbers into a math sentence.
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Latex Tubing and Hybrid Vehicles
The learning of linear functions is pervasive in most algebra classrooms. Linear functions are vital in laying the foundation for understanding the concept of modeling. This unit gives students the opportunity to make use of linear models in order to make predictions based on real-world data, and see how engineers address incredible and important design challenges through the use of linear modeling. Student groups act as engineering teams by conducting experiments to collect data and model the r
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9th - 11th
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