Hi I am Kev, my wife Belinda and I run Innovative Teaching Ideas. We love to learn, and now have three little learners to guide through life. Above all we would love to hear your feedback and thoughts around our products and can make resources to meet your needs.
Hi I am Kev, my wife Belinda and I run Innovative Teaching Ideas. We love to learn, and now have three little learners to guide through life. Above all we would love to hear your feedback and thoughts around our products and can make resources to meet your needs.
Teach your students about technologies that changed the world.
What made them so successful? How did some become completely superseded or obsolete? And what will replace them in the future based upon what we know about history and the wants and needs of our society?
This collection of 20 beautiful past and present technology cards are accompanied with 4 easy to follow activities and lesson plans to get your students thinking like a STEM designer, entrepreneur and innovator.
Can you make the ultimate paper helicopter? Do you understand the principles of flight and gravity? How will you design, enhance, “tinker” and most importantly record your data and evidence of your findings?
All these essential questions will be answered through these excellent HANDS ON STEM activities. Everything is here for you NO PREP REQUIRED
The only materials required are paper, paper clips and scissors.
This project can be distributed individually via Google Classroom, OneNote or a similar platform or you can teach it to the entire class. All content and materials are easy to follow and fully prepared.
Become an engineer today and have some great fun learning about the basic principles of flight and gravity.
Teaching students to write instructions manuals, recipes and science experiments can be a tough ask for the creative writer and teacher… ⭐UNTIL NOW⭐ Because the PERFECT PROCEDURAL WRITING UNIT offers a complete solution to teaching all styles of procedural writing including,
✅ Recipes
✅ Instructions for games
✅ Directions
✅ Science Experiments
✅ Walk Throughs
✅ Tutorials - Including videos
✅ Life Hack’s
✅ Self Help Guides
⭐ And much more NO PREP REQUIRED
Perfect for Google Classroom, Office 365, SeeSaw or other digital platfoms. Also includes a Print version.
☀️ This has got to be one of our most engaging STEM activities yet!!! An absolute cracker of a resource for teaching COMPUTATIONAL THINKING, ALGORITHMS, MATHS and TECHNOLOGY.
The challenge is simple… CAN YOU CREATE THE PERFECT FACIAL RECOGNITION ALGORITHM?
It draws upon the classic game “GUESS WHO?” to instantly engage students with ease.
The learning is incredibly deep and this resource could easily FILL A WEEK of class time or a single 90 minute session depending on how far you wish to go… And it’s completely EDITABLE
Whats inside
⭐Computational Thinking resources and activities related to the topic
⭐Teacher Hints and Tips
⭐ Complete lesson plans
⭐ Facial Recognition Lessons and Content
⭐ Removable / Hints and Tips for Beginners
⭐ Lessons on Data and Attributes
⭐ Custom made Graphic Organizers
⭐ Custom made Flowcharting Activities
⭐ Heaps of digital video and interactive content
⭐ Literacy related tasks to the ethics of facial recognition
⭐ Glossary of terms
⭐ Video tutorial explaining the perfect solution
⭐ Assessment and Reflection Tool
Compatibility with Google Classroom and NO PREP REQUIRED
✨ Teach your students the basic elements of coordinates, pixels and how a television screen works with these simple to follow coordinate color in worksheets.
✨Draw upon a classic nursery rhyme to teach younger students the basics of coding and algorithms with these easy to follow worksheets. Or alternately you can create your own path for the spider to follow.
Use these templates to teach young writers how to write a basic letter or recount. Your students will learn about addresses and can get creative in decorating the front picture and creating a stamp of their own in the process
These FUN ✌ visual activity cards can be used for a variety of activities such as snap, find a MATCH, SEQUENCING and ORDERING.
Students work with number symbols, names, and collection which are all vital in helping students build number knowledge.
Students practice reading, recognizing, ordering, and matching numbers 0 - 10.
✅ Fun Card Games
✅ Ordering Numbers
✅ Matching Collections
✅ Grouping - Number Namers, Symbols, & Collections
Similar to many of our products this is COMPLETELY EDITABLE and you will receive the PDF and Original PowerPoint File to customize as you wish.
These FUN visual activity cards can be used for a variety of activities such as snap, find a MATCH, SEQUENCING and ORDERING.
Students work with number symbols, names, and collection which are all vital in helping students build number knowledge.
Students practice reading, recognizing, ordering, and matching numbers 10 - 20.
Fun Card Games
Ordering Numbers
Matching Collections
Grouping - Number Namers, Symbols, & Collections
Similar to many of our products this is COMPLETELY EDITABLE and you will receive the PDF and Original PowerPoint File to customize as you wish.
☝ CHALLENGE and ✌ ENGAGE your students with these fun number sequence puzzles.
Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO to see how these work…They can be used in math rotations as an evergreen resource to reinforce the essentials of number patterns, ordering and sequences.
This product is fully EDITABLE as a Power Point File or you can just use our pre made PDF version.
⭐ Engage your students whilst learning their MULTIPLICATION FACTS 3, 6, 9, 12, with this great game.
Print these cards on card and laminate for durability.
With heaps of game cards, Multiplication Bingo can be played as an ENTIRE CLASS; or used as a SMALL GROUP MATH GAME during Guided Math.
The Bingo calling cards can also be used as basic flashcards for your students.
INCLUDED YOU WILL FIND:
~ a directions sheet for students (I usually laminate it to a large envelope and keep the game inside.)
~ 16 BINGO boards in EACH of the following:
Arrays
Numbers
Equations
~ 72 calling cards in EACH of the following:
Standard Form (product)
Repeated Addition
Array
⭐Engage your students whilst learning their MULTIPLICATION FACTS - ALL FACTORS - 0 - 12, with this great game.
Print these cards on card and laminate for durability.
With heaps of game cards, Multiplication Bingo can be played as an ENTIRE CLASS; or used as a SMALL GROUP MATH GAME during Guided Math.
The Bingo calling cards can also be used as basic flashcards for your students.
INCLUDED YOU WILL FIND:
~ a directions sheet for students (I usually laminate it to a large envelope and keep the game inside.)
~ 31 BINGO boards in EACH of the following:
Arrays
Numbers
Equations
~ 144 calling cards in EACH of the following:
Standard Form (product)
Repeated Addition
Array
⭐⭐Butterfly Doubles ⭐⭐ is a fun and interactive way in which to engage your students when learning to double numbers.
There is a variety of color and black & white templates to provide visual representation of doubling facts.
You can also print and laminate to use as snap and flash cards.
There are also a variety of worksheets to assist in reinforcing doubling facts
*Updated July 2018 to now include a dedicated “samples” section.
Teaching students to write engaging Explanation texts that explain how and why things happen can be a tough task for even the most accomplished teacher… ⭐UNTIL NOW⭐ Because the EXCELLENT EXPLANATION WRITING UNIT offers a COMPLETE SOLUTION to teaching all styles of EXPLANATORY WRITING.
INCLUDING
✅ Sequences
✅ Causal Explanation Texts
✅ Consequential Explanation Texts
✅ Cycles
✅ Processes (Scientific, Mechanical and Biological events)
✅ Tutorials - Including videos
✅ Explanation of Historical Events
⭐ And much more NO PREP REQUIRED
Perfect for Google Classroom, Office 365, SeeSaw or other digital platforms. Also includes a Print version.
This HUGE BUNDLE offers a mix of hands-on, printable, and digital media resources. By the time you have finished this pack, your students won’t just be able to READ and COMPREHEND Explanations, but will also be WRITING their own with a high level of STRUCTURE, INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE.
It will keep your kids kids excited and engaged for weeks as they work through the following areas:
✔ A concise teaching guide that can be taught to a class or self-directed by students.
✔ Understanding the four pillars of all explanations
✔ Structure and Features of effective explanations
✔ Writing Activities. (Both independent and group tasks)
✔ Multiple Templates and Graphic Organizers
✔ Video and Visual Explanatory writing prompts
✔ Explanatory Writing Checklists
✔ Explanatory Writing Samples for all levels
✔ Assessment Rubrics
✔ PLUS MUCH MORE.
The entire collection is provided to you in EDITABLE PowerPoint and as a printable PDF eBook. Each lesson is a complete plan that eliminates your preparation time, but if you need to modify the content to suit a particular class, you can easily do so.
Capitalize on the FORTNITE craze with this fun, engaging ❄️ICEBREAKER!❄ This is a NO PREP REQUIRED activity - just print, hand it out, and give your kids a great BACK TO SCHOOL activity to kick off the year.
In this task, your students will create a CUSTOM FORTNITE character select screen that is ALL ABOUT THEM. This will give them the opportunity to tell you about their special talents, goals, and favourite things in life, all while developing their public speaking confidence and creative skills.
❤️❤️THIS IS A POSITIVE SESSION FOR STUDENTS WHICH IS REINFORCED IN THE PRODUCT ITSELF - THERE ARE NO GUNS OR VIOLENCE❤️❤️
If you’re familiar with FORTNITE then you know what this looks like and is demonstrated in the preview pictures…
Full instructions come attached, including instructions on how to download the free ‘FORTNITE’ font. This activity is also bundled as both a PDF and a COMPLETELY EDITABLE version that you can modify to suit any group.
DONT FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR POKEMON ALL ABOUT ME ACTIVITY
These fun visual activity cards can be used for a variety of activities such as snap, find a match, sequencing and ordering.
Students work with number symbols, names, and collection which are all vital in helping students build number knowledge.
Students practice reading, recognising, ordering, and matching numbers 0-5.
Fun Card Games
Ordering Numbers
Matching Collections
Grouping - Number Namers, Symbols, & Collections
Similar to many of our products this is completely editable and you will receive the PDF and Original PowerPoint File to customize as you wish.
You are getting 101 WACKY WORD PUZZLES. These are an excellent NO PREP activity that can be used in ENGLISH, as an ICEBREAKER, a test of CRITICAL THINKING or just a FUN ACTIVITY for students and teachers of all ages.
These puzzles will challenge your critical thinking and logic to determine common phrases. Some are really simple and straightforward others will challenge you.
These are an excellent resource for students in grade 5 and up, and can be done INDEPENDENTLY as a silent test, or as a COLLABORATIVE problem solving task for the whole class.
We have bundled together the webs most complete collection of Wacky Word challenges and HERE'S WHAT YOU GET.
- 202 Beautifully presented Wacky Wordies PowerPoint Slides with questions and answers.
- A paper based test of 101 Wacky Wordies for a silent test scenario
- Wacky wordies flash cards that can be cut out and used as a game or any literacy activity.