Welcome to the M Teaching Peaks store! With over 20 years of classroom experience across multiple states and countries, we offer a diverse range of products designed to boost student engagement, consolidate taught concepts, and promote classroom discussion. Enjoy exploring our store!
Welcome to the M Teaching Peaks store! With over 20 years of classroom experience across multiple states and countries, we offer a diverse range of products designed to boost student engagement, consolidate taught concepts, and promote classroom discussion. Enjoy exploring our store!
Dive into the realm of zoology with our engaging resource, “Zoology Case Studies.” Delve into a collection of 8 carefully crafted cases, each shedding light on pivotal concepts within the study of animal behavior, ecology, and diversity.
Tailored for students eager to uncover the mysteries of the animal kingdom, these case studies offer rich insights into key principles and strategies essential for understanding the evolution, behavior, and ecological roles of various species.
The case studies include:
The Mighty King of the Jungle (Concept - Cell Biology and Genetics)
Shifting Shadows (Concept - Evolution)
Rainforest Frog Odyssey (Concept - Classification and Taxonomy)
Oceanic Aviators (Concept - Anatomy and Physiology)
Yellowstone’s Wolf Comeback (Concept - Ecology)
Wildebeests in Africa (Concept - Animal Behavior)
Sea Turtle Hatchling Journey (Concept - Reproduction and Development)
The Majestic Tigers of India (Concept - Conservation Biology)
This resource contains:
8 case studies (one for each concept)
6 multiple-choice comprehension questions (per case study) complete with answer sheet
10 essential vocabulary words per case study, along with definitions for students to match. These are taken from the original reading centers and are included as a bonus.
Answer strips for students to write their answers on (optional)
This versatile resource is ideal for educators seeking an engaging and effective teaching tool. Additionally, teachers can utilize this resource as an independent work packet, allowing students to work on it individually, or they can provide it to substitute teachers to maintain continuity in learning during their absence.
To ensure that this resource can be used time and time again, we recommend that the texts, assorted vocabulary matches, and comprehension question and answer sheets be laminated for durability. This will help to preserve the quality of the resources, making them a valuable long-term addition to your teaching toolkit.
All the very best!
Know Your World Quiz Task Cards – Human and Natural Features Bundle are fun, general knowledge task cards.
This bundle contains 4 quizzes with 25 questions each that are based on famous human and natural features in our wondrous world (That’s 100 famous places that are sure to captivate a sense of wonder in your students!).
The 5 categories in each product are arranged by continents:
South America and Oceania
Europe
Africa
Asia
North America
The human features (otherwise known as man-made landmarks) included in Human Features Set 1:
Buenos Aires Obelisk (Argentina), Sydney Opera House (Australia), Machu Picchu (Peru), Cathedral of Brasília (Brazil), Las Lajas Sanctuary (Columbia), The Parthenon (Greece), The Eiffel Tower (France), Sagrada Familia (Spain), Tower Bridge (England), Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany), Abuja National Mosque (Nigeria), The Pyramids of Giza (Egypt), Aït Benhaddou (Morocco), Afrikaans Language Monument (South Africa), The Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela (Ethiopia), The Great Wall of China (China), The White Temple (Thailand), The Petronas Towers (Malaysia), The Blue Mosque (Turkey), The Taj Mahal (India), Chichen Itza (Mexico), The Statue of Liberty (United States), CN Tower (Canada), Tikal National Park (Guatemala), Golden Gate Bridge (United States)
The human features (otherwise known as man-made landmarks) included in Human Features Set 2:
Hobbiton (New Zealand), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil), Port Arthur Historic Site (Australia), Easter Island Moai Statues (Chile), San Ignacio Miní (Argentina), The Colosseum (Italy), Vasco Da Gama Bridge (Portugal), The Louvre (France), Charles Bridge (Czech Republic), Big Ben (England), Leptis Magna (Libya), The Union Buildings (South Africa), Great Mosque of Djenne (Mali), The Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt), Meroë (Sudan), Red Square (Russia), Angkor Wat (Cambodia), The Shwedagon Pagoda (Myanmar), The Burj Khalifa (United Arab Emirates), Borobudur (Indonesia), The Gateway Arch (United States), The Angel of Independence (Mexico), Château Frontenac (Canada), Teotihuacan (Mexico), Times Square (United States)
The natural features (or natural landmarks) included in Natural Features Set 1:
The Perito Moreno Glacier (Argentina), Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), Hokitika Gorge (New Zealand), Iguazú Falls (Brazil/Argentina), Northern Lights in Lapland (Finland), Eisriesenwelt Cave (Austria), Geiranger Fjord (Norway), The White Cliffs of Dover (England), Verdon Gorge (France), The White Desert (Egypt), Zuma Rock (Nigeria), Kruger National Park (South Africa), Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), The Blue Nile Falls (Ethiopia), The Chocolate Hills (The Philippines), Mount Bromo (Indonesia), Pamukkale (Turkey), Mount Fuji (Japan), Halong Bay (Vietnam), Niagara Falls (United States/Canada), Yellowstone National Park (United States), The Copper Canyon (Mexico), Mendenhall Ice Caves (United States), Moraine Lake (Canada)
The natural features (or natural landmarks) included in Natural Features Set 2:
Lake Hillier (Australia), Mount Fitz Roy (Argentina/Chile), The Amazon River (South America), Wai-O-Tapu (New Zealand), Uluru (Australia), Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia), The Crooked Forest (Poland), The Pulpit Rock (Norway), Đavolja Varoš (Serbia), The Cliffs of Moher (Ireland), The Danakil Depression (Ethiopia), Table Mountain (South Africa), Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), Avenue of the Baobabs (Madagascar), The Lava Lake of Mount Nyiragongo (Democratic Republic of Congo), Lake Baikal (Russia), The Shilin Stone Forest (China), The Kuang Si Waterfalls (Laos), Lion’s Rock (Sri Lanka), The Mayon Volcano (The Philippines), The Multnomah Falls (United States), Aurora Borealis (Canada), The Great Blue Hole (Belize), The Rocky Mountains (Canada/United States), The Grand Canyon (United States)
Each resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards from each set (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Animals Quiz Task Cards – Dangerous Ones are fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 50 potentially dangerous animals in our wondrous world. The 5 categories are arranged by continents (please note that Europe is omitted due to its comparatively safe animal world, while Australia stands alone in representing the Oceania continent).
South America
Australia
Africa
Asia
North America
The dangerous animals included in Set 1:
Jaguar, golden poison frog, fer-de-lance, fire ants, giant otter, blue-ringed octopus , inland taipan, saltwater crocodile, pufferfish, redback spider, black mamba, cape buffalo, African elephant, mosquito, cheetah, Komodo dragon, sloth bear, king cobra, Asian wild water buffalo, leopard, wolf, rattlesnake, Portuguese man o’war, cougar, grizzly bear.
The dangerous animals included in Set 2:
Brazilian wandering spider, giant anteater, green anaconda, red-bellied piranha, black caiman, great white shark, eastern brown snake, funnel-web spider, box jellyfish, cane toad, hippo, hyena, rhino, African lion, puff adder, wild boar, Indian red scorpion, tiger, Asian giant hornet, bull shark, polar bear, black widow spider, wolverine, moose, American bison.
This resource contains:
50 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 2 Title Cards
A student sheet for each set
An answer key for each set
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your World Quiz – Natural Features Set 2 is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 25 famous natural features in our wondrous world. The 5 categories are arranged by continents:
South America and Oceania
Europe
Africa
Asia
North America
The natural features (otherwise known as famous places or natural landmarks) included in Set 2 include:
Lake Hillier (Australia), Mount Fitz Roy (Argentina/Chile), The Amazon River (South America), Wai-O-Tapu (New Zealand), Uluru (Australia), Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia), The Crooked Forest (Poland), The Pulpit Rock (Norway), Đavolja Varoš (Serbia), The Cliffs of Moher (Ireland), The Danakil Depression (Ethiopia), Table Mountain (South Africa), Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), Avenue of the Baobabs (Madagascar), The Lava Lake of Mount Nyiragongo (Democratic Republic of Congo), Lake Baikal (Russia), The Shilin Stone Forest (China), The Kuang Si Waterfalls (Laos), Lion’s Rock (Sri Lanka), The Mayon Volcano (The Philippines), The Multnomah Falls (United States), Aurora Borealis (Canada), The Great Blue Hole (Belize), The Rocky Mountains (Canada/United States), The Grand Canyon (United States)
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Country Quizzes are fun, general knowledge task cards. This Bundle includes the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, England and New Zealand.
Questions are based on 5 trivia categories:
Cities and Towns
Landmarks
History
Sports
Movies, TV, and Music
Each country resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards from each set (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Animals Quiz Task Cards – Dangerous Ones Set 2 is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 25 potentially dangerous animals in our wondrous world. The 5 categories are arranged by continents (please note that Europe is omitted due to its comparatively safe animal world, while Australia stands alone in representing the Oceania continent).
South America
Australia
Africa
Asia
North America
The dangerous animals included in Part 2:
Brazilian wandering spider, giant anteater, green anaconda, red-bellied piranha, black caiman, great white shark, eastern brown snake, funnel-web spider, box jellyfish, cane toad, hippo, hyena, rhino, African lion, puff adder, wild boar, Indian red scorpion, tiger, Asian giant hornet, bull shark, polar bear, black widow spider, wolverine, moose, American bison.
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Animals Quiz Task Cards – Dangerous Ones Set 1 is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 25 potentially dangerous animals in our wondrous world. The 5 categories are arranged by continents (please note that Europe is omitted due to its comparatively safe animal world, while Australia stands alone in representing the Oceania continent).
South America
Australia
Africa
Asia
North America
The dangerous animals included in Set 1:
Jaguar, golden poison frog, fer-de-lance, fire ants, giant otter, blue-ringed octopus , inland taipan, saltwater crocodile, pufferfish, redback spider, black mamba, cape buffalo, African elephant, mosquito, cheetah, Komodo dragon, sloth bear, king cobra, Asian wild water buffalo, leopard, wolf, rattlesnake, Portuguese man o’war, cougar, grizzly bear.
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your World Quiz – Natural Features Set 1 is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 25 famous natural features in our wondrous world. The 5 categories are arranged by continents:
South America and Oceania
Europe
Africa
Asia
North America
The natural features (otherwise known as famous places or natural landmarks) included in Set 1:
The Perito Moreno Glacier (Argentina), Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), Hokitika Gorge (New Zealand), Iguazú Falls (Brazil/Argentina), Northern Lights in Lapland (Finland), Eisriesenwelt Cave (Austria), Geiranger Fjord (Norway), The White Cliffs of Dover (England), Verdon Gorge (France), The White Desert (Egypt), Zuma Rock (Nigeria), Kruger National Park (South Africa), Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), The Blue Nile Falls (Ethiopia), The Chocolate Hills (The Philippines), Mount Bromo (Indonesia), Pamukkale (Turkey), Mount Fuji (Japan), Halong Bay (Vietnam), Niagara Falls (United States/Canada), Yellowstone National Park (United States), The Copper Canyon (Mexico), Mendenhall Ice Caves (United States), Moraine Lake (Canada)
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your World Quiz – Human Features Set 2 is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 25 famous human features in our wondrous world. The 5 categories are arranged by continents:
South America and Oceania
Europe
Africa
Asia
North America
The human features (otherwise known as famous places or man-made landmarks) included in Set 2:
Hobbiton (New Zealand), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil), Port Arthur Historic Site (Australia), Easter Island Moai Statues (Chile), San Ignacio Miní (Argentina), The Colosseum (Italy), Vasco Da Gama Bridge (Portugal), The Louvre (France), Charles Bridge (Czech Republic), Big Ben (England), Leptis Magna (Libya), The Union Buildings (South Africa), Great Mosque of Djenne (Mali), The Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt), Meroë (Sudan), Red Square (Russia), Angkor Wat (Cambodia), The Shwedagon Pagoda (Myanmar), The Burj Khalifa (United Arab Emirates), Borobudur (Indonesia), The Gateway Arch (United States), The Angel of Independence (Mexico), Château Frontenac (Canada), Teotihuacan (Mexico), Times Square (United States)
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your World Quiz – Human Features Set 1 is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 25 famous human features in our wondrous world. The 5 trivia categories are arranged by continents:
South America and Oceania
Europe
Africa
Asia
North America
The human features included in Set 1:
Buenos Aires Obelisk (Argentina), Sydney Opera House (Australia), Machu Picchu (Peru), Cathedral of Brasília (Brazil), Las Lajas Sanctuary (Columbia), The Parthenon (Greece), The Eiffel Tower (France), Sagrada Familia (Spain), Tower Bridge (England), Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany), Abuja National Mosque (Nigeria), The Pyramids of Giza (Egypt), Aït Benhaddou (Morocco), Afrikaans Language Monument (South Africa), The Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela (Ethiopia), The Great Wall of China (China), The White Temple (Thailand), The Petronas Towers (Malaysia), The Blue Mosque (Turkey), The Taj Mahal (India), Chichen Itza (Mexico), The Statue of Liberty (United States), CN Tower (Canada), Tikal National Park (Guatemala), Golden Gate Bridge (United States)
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Country Quiz – United States is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 5 trivia categories:
Cities and Towns
Landmarks
History
Sports
Movies, TV, and Music
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Country Quiz – South Africa is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 5 trivia categories:
Cities and Towns
Landmarks
History
Sports
Movies, TV, and Music
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Country Quiz – New Zealand is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 5 trivia categories:
Cities and Towns
Landmarks
History
Sports
Movies, TV, and Music
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Country Quiz – Canada is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 5 trivia categories:
Cities and Towns
Landmarks
History
Sports
Movies, TV, and Music
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity: Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be selective with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Country Quiz – England is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 5 trivia categories:
Cities and Towns
Landmarks
History
Sports
Movies, TV, and Music
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity
Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be strategic with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Country Quiz – Australia is a set of fun, general knowledge task cards.
Questions are based on 5 trivia categories:
Cities and Towns
Landmarks
History
Sports
Movies, TV, and Music
This resource contains:
25 Multiple Choice Task Cards and 1 Title Card
Student Sheet
Answer Key
PDF and PNG Files
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards (p. 2-8)
This resource can be delivered a few different ways:
As a research activity
Print out just the questions for the students (p. 9-10).
Students progressively research their answers on the internet (some questions require creative and skilful research skills!) Teachers may wish to have students work in pairs to research their answers. It is helpful if a time limit for research is imposed to ensure students stay on task. To make it challenging, I make it only about 30 or 45 minutes, so students need to be selective with the questions they research.
The task cards can then be spread around the room and students are given the answer template to write their answers.
From experience, this is a much better learning experience. There appears to be so much more student satisfaction when students actually know an answer that they have found during their research as opposed to giving it their best guess.
Even without assigning the research questions first, the task cards by themselves have still proved be a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging activity.
At the end, students can check their answers with the answer key and add up their totals.
The quiz could also be used as an ice-breaker for a new group of students, as a staff team-building activity or end-of-year gathering.
Teachers can of course adapt the quiz and the rules to better suit their classroom environment.
Enjoy!
Know Your Double-Digits - Addition and Subtraction Bundle are task cards designed to provide students with opportunities to improve their conceptual understanding of regrouping using pictorial representations of base ten blocks. Working through the questions, students will begin to strengthen their faculty for mental computation which is the perfect training ground for the time when larger number and more complex sets of problems are introduced.
Although these cards are commonly used as task cards, they have also been used successfully in math centers or rotations.
This resources contains:
A total of 50 cards (48 task cards and 2 title card)
Student recording sheet
Answer key
Complete PDF and individual PNG files of the cards also included
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. (p. 2-8)
Print student sheet (p. 9) and provide each student with a worksheet
Distribute the cards around the room
Students may start at any number and work their way through in any order, but it is helpful to remind students to write the answer in the same numbered answer box i.e., if they are on card number 12, they should write their answer in answer box number 12
Check answers
Enjoy!
Know Your Division – Arrays and Equal Groups Bundle includes two sets of task cards designed to provide students with opportunities to improve their conceptual understanding of division and its relation to multiplication.
Arrays and equal groups are two of the most important concepts for students to understand as they develop their mastery of multiplication and division.
Although these cards are commonly used as task cards, they can also be divided and used in math centers or rotations.
This resources contains:
A total of 50 cards (24 task cards and 1 title card per set)
Student recording sheet per set
Answer key per set
Complete PDF and individual PNG files of the cards also included in each set
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. (p. 2-8)
Print student sheet (p. 9) and provide each student with a worksheet. You may prefer to allow students to work in pairs
Distribute the cards around the room
Students may start at any number and work their way through in any order, but it is helpful to remind students to write the answer in the same numbered answer box i.e., if they are on card number 12, they should write their answer in answer box number 12
Check answers
Enjoy!
Know Your Division - Equal Groups is a set of task cards designed to provide students with opportunities to improve their conceptual understanding of division and its relation to multiplication.
Although these cards are commonly used as task cards, they can also be divided and used in math centers or rotations.
This resources contains:
A total of 25 cards (24 task cards and 1 title card)
Student recording sheet
Answer key
Complete PDF and individual PNG files of the cards also included
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. (p. 2-8)
Print student sheet (p. 9) and provide each student with a worksheet. You may prefer to allow students to work in pairs
Distribute the cards around the room
Students may start at any number and work their way through in any order, but it is helpful to remind students to write the answer in the same numbered answer box i.e., if they are on card number 12, they should write their answer in answer box number 12
Check answers
Enjoy!
Know Your Division - Arrays is a set of task cards designed to provide students with opportunities to improve their conceptual understanding of division and its relation to multiplication.
Although these cards are commonly used as task cards, they can also be divided and used in math centers or rotations.
This resources contains:
A total of 25 cards (24 task cards and 1 title card)
Student recording sheet
Answer key
Complete PDF and individual PNG files of the cards also included
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. (p. 2-8)
Print student sheet (p. 9) and provide each student with a worksheet. You may prefer to allow students to work in pairs
Distribute the cards around the room
Students may start at any number and work their way through in any order, but it is helpful to remind students to write the answer in the same numbered answer box i.e., if they are on card number 12, they should write their answer in answer box number 12
Check answers
Enjoy!