In this stem challenge students will build a boat to move items from one side of the room to another. This is a really simple Stem challenge that is fun and exciting.
What is in the packet:
1. STEM Challenge teacher lesson page
2. Prototype worksheet
3. Results/Reflection worksheet
Students will design and create a windmill to see which team has the most efficient windmill. This is a fun an simple activity.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Teacher Guide
2. Prototype Worksheets
3. Results/Review Worksheet
Students will compete in this STEM challenge to determine who has the best catapult bast on range and accuracy. This is a fun one day activity that is really easy and fun to teach.
The packet includes:
1. Teacher Guide
2. Prototype Worksheets
3. Results/Reflection Worksheet
Here is what you get:
1. A map activity about Alexander the Greats empire
2. Short one page read about wether Alexander the Great was a villain or a hero.
3. A graphic organizer for Alexandr the Great to determine if he was a Hero or Villain with questions.
4. A list of Alexander the greats accomplishments and interesting facts.
5. A political cartoon activity with questions.
6. A short read about Alexander Battling Porus and the Elephant Army in India with questions. Includes some primary sources.
7. Alexanders Primary source speech at the Hydaspes River in India with questions.
8. History Space Worksheet
9. Confucius Youvid Worksheet
10. Confucius Instafame worksheet
11. Confucius on Kicker worksheet
A few of these worksheets are sold separately, but the best deal is this packet.
The Salem Witch Trials packet contains the following items:
A worksheet that explains how to identify a witch and how to get out of being accused of witchcraft. Includes answer key.
A Historical Detective Log that has questions for students to answer as they examine the primary sources of the Salem Witch Craft Trials.
There are 3 primary source documents that look at three different people tried in Salem of witchcraft that include their fates.
There is a video link with questions to a modern day theory as to why people in Salem acted so weird at the time.
There are 9 pages of resources in total.
This is a game like Jeopardy that is very fun for the students. Your students will learn about different land forms, Geography terms and continents. I love to use this as a review as well when teaching. You can also easily edit questions to fit your needs.
Winston Churchill makes one of the most powerful speeches ever made during WWII as Germany is attacking Great Britain. This lesson comes with the primary source speech and questions.
Below is a part of his speech.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender,
This is a fun activity that will teach students how to determine if a website is a reliable resource or not. The students will view several websites to determine if the website is real or fake. The activity comes with a two pages. The first page talks about how to identify unreliable and fake Internet sites with a list of websites for the students to check out. The next page is a worksheet that helps students analyze and reflect on how they determined whether or not a website is real or fake.
The stories of Pocahontas and John Smith have been told many times but their story has been told in many different ways. The way Disney chooses to tell the story in the Pocahontas movie conflicts with primary source documents of John Smith at the time. Students will read two primary source documents by John Smith that are different accounts of how he was saved by Pocahontas and then watch the Disney video clip where Pocahontas saves John Smith in the movie Pocahontas. Students will notice that one of the primary sources does not match up to the movie. I use to call this lesson the angry letters to Disney because most students will be upset that Disney chooses fiction and excitement over what may have really happened. Of course this is a whole new lesson about why you cannot always believe what you see T.V. This is a very fun activity your students will love and remember.
Your students will write a formal letter to Disney explaining whether or not they liked the Movie and if it was truthful or misleading. Then send the letters to Disney and wait for their response!
What you get in this 5 page packet. Two primary sources form John Smith, a rubric and a how to write your letter example, also notes/lesson plan for the teacher.
Here is what is in the packet:
Informational worksheet about the causes and effects of the Spanish Flu.
5 primary sources on the Spanish Flu.
A Historical Detective Log that logs the evidence of the Spanish Flu from the primary sources with follow up questions.
Final judgement worksheet.
Answer Key.
This is a great STEM activity with little prep compared to other STEM challenges. Students will go through a simple design process to build a paper tower to see how high it can go.
What you get:
1. Teachers guide on how do the STEM challenge.
2. Prototype worksheet (2 pages)
3. Results and reflection worksheet.
This is a simple stem challenge that has students design and build a chain out of paper. The chain that can hold the most weight wins the stem challenge. This is a very easy prep and the students will have a lot of fun.
Here is what is in the packet:
1. Teachers guide for the STEM challenge.
2. Two prototype pages
3. A results and reflection pag
Students will use the design process Journal and App Lab to create an App that helps someone in society. The design process Journal is in PowerPoint that will help guide the students through the design process, developing ideas and creating an app. There is also links to Introduction to App Lab so students can learn the program and App Lab where the students will create their app. App Lab is a simple program where students can design and create apps. There is also links to a few help videos as well.
Objective: Students will create an App that solves a problem in society using the Design Process Journal and App Lab to design, build and record the results of the App they created.
There are three different STEM design challenges in this packet. Have students compete to make the best design by following the design process. Each packet includes the lesson plan which follows the design process, instructions on how to perform the challenge and a prototyping worksheet.
Lessons included are
1. STEM CHALLENGE: EARTHQUAKES AND BUILDINGS
2. STEM CHALLENGE: ZIP LINE TRANSPORTING GOODS
3. STEM CHALLENGE: TOXIC WASTE CHALLENGE
Put President Harry Truman on trial for dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan! This lesson helps to guide students through a mock trial and gives them the tools to help conduct it. It comes with worksheets to set everything up from the opening statements to the questioning of the witnesses to the verdict. It also comes with a primary source about the bombings of Japan and a short read about the pros and cons of dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan.
This is a complete kit with tips to run your School Talent Show.
Here is what you get in the Talent Show kit which is in Microsoft Word and is easily editable to adjust to your school event:
1. Talent Show Audition Rubric
2. Talent Show Pamphlet
3. Talent Show Permission Slip
4. Talent Show Poster: Announcing Event
5. Talent Show Teacher/Sponsor guide
6. Talent Show Poster: Advertising Auditions
7. Master of Ceremonies Script to run the event
8. Talent Show Tickets
The students will try and solve the mystery of who fired the first shots at Lexington by looking at Primary sources, finding the main idea of the documents, making judgements and then writing up a detective report to explain what they discovered.
There are 5 lessons on Genghis Khan. Here is what is in the packet:
1. Comparing Genghis Khans Empire to Others Worksheet with Answer Key
2. Map Activity of Genghis Khans Empire Worksheet with Answer Key
3. Genghis Khan Rise to Power Reading Activity and Questions Worksheet with Answer Key
4. Genghis Khans Insta-Fame Drawing Activity Worksheet
5. Genghis Khans You-Vid Activity Worksheet