Looking for an interesting viewing guide for your science or current events class? This viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film. The Viewing Guide is two pages and splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) The guide asks basic questions about the science discussed in the movie. Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the Worksheet. This worksheet was designed as a part of my current events unit titled “Should Humans Colonize Space?” and the questions on the post-screening worksheet relates to that topic. Your students will analyze the content of the movie in regards to space travel and colonization and the movies representation of the topic. These worksheets are also included in Google Form format to be submitted digitally. How the Lesson Works: ★ The Viewing Guide is split into four sections with short answer, true/false, and multiple choice questions from the movie. ★ The Post-Screening Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewed the movie in its entirety. Movie Synopsis: When astronauts blast off from the planet Mars, they leave behind Mark Watney (Matt Damon), presumed dead after a fierce storm. With only a meager amount of supplies, the stranded visitor must utilize his wits and spirit to find a way to survive on the hostile planet. Meanwhile, back on Earth, members of NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring him home, while his crew mates hatch their own plan for a daring rescue mission. Required Materials: ★ The Martian (2015) DVD or Streaming Capabilities

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further! This breakout was designed using The McGraw-Hill Education 1,715 ACT Practice Questions book and includes practice questions based off of those covered in the book. To complete the game, students will have to complete ACT and SAT related tasks in the areas of vocabulary, ELA, math, and science. You can use physical locks and a lock box or digital forms on a Google Form with this game. (The form is included with your purchase. See a free tutorial here!) This purchase includes: ★ A detailed document outlining each clue card, setup, and running the game ★ An answer sheet for students ★ An editable Google Slides document for all of the clue cards ★ A digital breakout Google Form that is pre-set to accept the correct answers for this game Notes: ★ Breakout games involve additional setup such as printing clues, color coding clues (if you let students work in teams), and in some cases writing on supplemental files with invisible ink ★ Supplies needed for this game include invisible ink pens, black light flashlights, and QR Readers ★ If you purchase this breakout and are not able to get all of the supplies, please get in touch with me. I can help you create alternate ways to present the clue to students if needed. ★ Most of these games involve clues that have a uniform answer, regardless of where the game is played. However, some games involve numbers such as pages in a dictionary or atlas. In these cases, the explanation document will tell you that you need to customize the answer based on your resources. ★ Please try the game at least one day before you would like to try it with your students and get in touch with me if you have any questions. I usually respond to emails within a few hours. Try it out beforehand to ensure that you completely understand how each clue can be solved. Here’s what other teachers are saying about this lesson: ★ This was a fun and entertaining game. ★ My ACT students love using escape games to review concepts, and this works very well for them. ★ ★ This students were very engaged and used critical thinking during this activity. ★ Fun activity! ★ Students love this! SAT can be stale but this made it fun for the students! ★ Can’t wait to use it again! ★ This was fun and engaging. Able to be converted to a homeschool classroom activity. Really enjoyed it. ★ Great way to end the term of the ACT Prep class. ★ This was fun and engaging for my students. ★ Good stuff! ★ My students loved this! Thank you! ★ This is a great resource for an SAT Prep class, which I am teaching for the first time… Students were engaged. Thanks! ★ My students like this SAT practice much more than the standard passages out of the practice book. ★ Helpful for test prep. ★ Great resources! My students love this activity! ★ Great resource. Kids loved it, worked perfectly for my classroom. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★