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Build a Cell (drag-and-drop) Create an interactive science ... · Biology
Build a Cell (drag-and-drop) Create an interactive science ...
Build a Cell (drag-and-drop) Create an interactive science activity for middle school students called "Build a Cell." Students see an empty cell outline and a set of draggable organelle pieces (nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes, etc.) that they drag into the correct location inside the cell. Give immediate visual feedback — a correct placement snaps into place with a brief highlight, an incorrect placement bounces back. Include both an animal cell and plant cell version (plant cell also requires placing a cell wall and chloroplasts), and after building each cell, ask short-answer questions about the function of 2-3 organelles the student placed.
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Lemonade Stand (live-updating simulation) Create an interac...
Lemonade Stand (live-updating simulation) Create an interactive economics activity for middle school students called "Run a Lemonade Stand." Students use sliders to set the price per cup and the number of cups made, and see a live-updating profit calculation and simple bar chart showing revenue vs. costs vs. profit as they adjust the sliders. Include a weather variable (sunny/rainy) that affects how many cups sell at each price point, so students discover the relationship between price, demand, and weather through experimentation before answering reflection questions about what they observed. Make the sliders and chart visually prominent and immediately responsive — this should feel like a real interactive tool, not a static worksheet.
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Choose Your Ending (branching scenario) Create an interacti...
Choose Your Ending (branching scenario) Create an interactive ELA activity for middle school students — a branching short story where students make 3 decision points that visibly change the plot path. At each decision point, show the student's current path so far (like a small visual trail or breadcrumb of choices made), then present 2-3 choices that lead to genuinely different next scenes, not just cosmetic differences. After reaching one of the possible endings, have students reflect on how a different early choice might have changed the story's theme or outcome, and let them see (in text form) what the other branches would have led to.
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Meet Jordan's Grip Shop 📱
Supply & Demand Explorer (graph-driven) Create an interactive economics activity for high school students that lets them explore supply and demand through a live, draggable price slider. As students move the price up or down, show a simple animated graph where the supply and demand curves are visible and a marker shows the current price point relative to equilibrium — quantity supplied and quantity demanded should update live as numbers, not just visually. Include 2-3 scenario shifts (e.g., "a new competitor enters the market" or "a shortage of raw materials occurs") where students predict how the curve will shift before seeing the actual shift animate, then explain what happened.
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Setting Your Course: Why Goals Matter
Students write one academic goal, one personal goal, and describe what success looks like for them.
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Use the SCAMPER creative thinking framework to help students...
Use the SCAMPER creative thinking framework to help students generate new ideas by systematically modifying an existing product, concept, or solution.
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🕵️ Meet Jordan's Thinking Trick
Use Edward de Bono's PMI framework (Plus, Minus, Interesting) to help students evaluate an idea, proposal, or decision by deliberately considering thr
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🔍Meet Deka the Data Detective!
Use the Data Talks framework to help students develop data literacy by analyzing a dataset, graph, chart, or data visualization through a structured process of observation, questioning, interpretation, and evidence-based conclusions.
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🪜 Climbing the Vocabulary Ladder
Use the Vocabulary Ladder/Word Sort framework to help students develop deep vocabulary understanding by sorting words into categories, building connections between related terms, and explaining the reasoning behind their categorizations.
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🧠 Meet Design Thinking!
Use the Design Thinking framework to help students solve problems through a human-centered design process.
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🚒 Fire Triangle, Suppression & Incident Command — Simulation
Students will apply the fire triangle, select suppression methods, and use incident command structure in a simulation.
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🌱 The Social Enterprise Blueprint
A guided digital 'Social Enterprise Blueprint' activity. Students work through five interactive modules: 1. Mission & Vision (Defining the social purpose), 2. Sector & Industry Analysis (Primary/Secondary/Tertiary/Quaternary classification), 3. Business Structure (Sole trader, partnership, company, etc. with justification), 4. The Business Plan (Financial model/Profitability strategy), and 5. IB Integration (Connecting their business to the 4 key concepts: Change, Culture, Ethics, and Globalization). Each section includes research prompts, fill-in-the-blank decision boxes, and a final reflection summary.
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Pre-Mortem / Post-Mortem Analysis
Use the Pre-Mortem/Post-Mortem Analysis framework to help students evaluate projects, plans, decisions, or historical events through two complementary lenses: (1) Pre-Mortem — a prospective analysis where students imagine a project or plan has FAILED before it begins, then work backward to identify what could cause the failure and how to prevent it.
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Adding & Subtracting Integers 🧭
Use the Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) framework to teach students a mathematical concept through three progressive stages of representation.
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Social Enterprise Architect — Exploration
An interactive 'Social Enterprise Architect' builder. Students navigate through five structured phases: 1) Concept & Social Purpose, 2) Business Structure Selection, 3) Sector & Classification (Primary/Secondary/Tertiary/Quaternary), 4) The IB Concept Integration (applying Change, Culture, Ethics, and Globalization to their model), and 5) The Pitch. For each step, students must input their business decisions and provide a 'Research Justification' box where they link their choices to external market research or theory, ensuring they ground their enterprise in real-world feasibility.
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The Y-Chart: Looks Like · Sounds Like · Feels Like
Use the Y-Chart framework to help students describe a concept, environment, behavior, or experience from three sensory/observational perspectives: (1) Looks Like — what would you see?
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Meet Ari the Art Fox!
Use the RAFT writing framework (Role, Audience, Format, Topic) to teach students how to adapt their writing for different purposes, perspectives, and audiences.
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🤖 Meet Q-Bot: Your Guide to Better Questions
Use Costa's Levels of Questioning framework to teach students how to generate and answer questions at three cognitive levels of increasing complexity.
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🐟 Fishbone Detective: Finding Root Causes
Use the Fishbone Diagram (Ishikawa Diagram) framework to help students analyze the multiple causes of a single effect or problem.
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Use the MEAL paragraph framework (Main idea, Evidence, Analy...
Use the MEAL paragraph framework (Main idea, Evidence, Analysis, Link) to teach students how to construct well-developed analytical paragraphs with clear topic sentences, supporting evidence, analysis, and transitions.
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Use the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) framework to teach st...
Use the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) framework to teach students how to construct scientific or analytical explanations.
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Use the 5E Instructional Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, El...
Use the 5E Instructional Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) to structure this inquiry-based lesson.
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Why Scientists Investigate Before They Explain
Use the 5E Instructional Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) to structure this inquiry-based lesson.
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Welcome, Math Modeling Intern!
Use an adapted Think-Pair-Share framework to help students think independently, encounter a different perspective, and synthesize their thinking — the core pedagogical structure of Think-Pair-Share adapted for a solo digital format.
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📝 GIST: Get the GIST of It — Summarizing Strategy
Use the GIST summarizing strategy to teach students how to identify the most important information in a text and condense it into a concise summary.
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Use the 3-2-1 Reflection framework to help students synthesi...
Use the 3-2-1 Reflection framework to help students synthesize their learning and identify areas for further exploration. The 3-2-1 framework asks students to identify: (3) Three things they learned; (2) Two things they found interesting or surprising; (1) One question they still have. This structured reflection promotes metacognition — thinking about one's own thinking — and helps teachers identify what students understood and what remains unclear. STRUCTURE THE ACTIVITY AROUND THE 3-2-1 REFLECTION: - Part 1 (Teach): Introduce the 3-2-1 Reflection framework. Explain that reflection is not just summarizing — it is thinking about WHAT you learned, WHAT surprised you, and WHAT you still wonder about. Present the core content of the topic through teaching screens so students have material to reflect on. Explain that the 3-2-1 structure helps capture both learning and curiosity. - Part 2 (Practice): Guide students through the 3-2-1 reflection: (a) THREE things I learned — have students identify the 3 most important concepts from the lesson (multiple choice: which are the key takeaways? Or short answer); (b) TWO things I found interesting or surprising — have students identify what stood out to them and why (short answer with feedback — there are no wrong answers, but feedback should prompt deeper thinking); (c) ONE question I still have — have students write a specific question about something they do not fully understand (short answer with feedback on question quality — is it specific and answerable?). Each step gets immediate feedback. - Part 3 (Apply): Students complete a full 3-2-1 reflection independently on a NEW topic or extended reading. They write 3 things they learned, 2 things they found interesting, and 1 question they still have — all in their own words. Then they write a brief synthesis: "Based on my reflection, the most important thing I learned is ___ and the question I most want to answer next is ___ because ___." - Part 4 (Reflect): Students reflect on how the 3-2-1 framework helps them identify what they know, what sparks their curiosity, and what they need to learn next. They consider: "How might asking one good question lead to deeper learning?" NOTE: This is an unscored activity — the 3-2-1 reflection is about metacognitive thinking, not getting the "right" answer. Use effort-based feedback that encourages depth and specificity. Adapt topic complexity, reflection depth, and question sophistication to the teacher's selected grade level.
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Every Great Story Starts With a Plan! 📝
Students will plan a narrative by identifying the character, setting, and main event.
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Every Great Story Starts With a Plan! 📝
Students will plan a narrative by identifying the character, setting, and main event.
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🚀 Welcome to Your Project Kickoff!
Students read the project overview, explore examples for inspiration, and complete a structured planning page.
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Students will identify and order logical steps to complete a...
Students will identify and order logical steps to complete a specific task using visual programming blocks.
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🔍 The Math Detectives: Cracking the Code
Students will write, read, and evaluate algebraic expressions where letters stand for numbers, translating between verbal descriptions and symbolic notation.
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Trauma-Informed Practice: A Classroom Case Study
Students will explain the effects of trauma on learning and apply trauma-informed strategies to classroom scenarios.
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Your Goals, Your Story ✍️
Students write one academic goal, one personal goal, and describe what success looks like for them.
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Daily Check-In Corner
Students rate their mood, energy, and focus on a 1-5 scale and share one thing on their mind.
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Kindness For Kids | How To Show Kindness Video | How To Be K...
Kindness For Kids | How To Show Kindness Video | How To Be Kind | Elementary-Middle School Students
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🎯 Accountability: Own It, Grow From It
ACCOUNTABILITY for Students| Social Emotional Learning for Kids
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🔍 Citation Detective
Students will evaluate whether specific examples of paraphrasing and quoting require internal citations and a bibliography entry.
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What Does It Mean to "See Someone's Perspective"?
Students will evaluate different perspectives in a community-based narrative to identify opportunities for empathy.
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Why Precision & Process Control Matter
Students will apply precision measurement and statistical process control (SPC) tools, analyze defect data using root-cause analysis, and implement continuous improvement within a Lean manufacturing environment.
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The Claim That Went Viral
Students will verify the accuracy of a claim by finding three independent, reputable sources that corroborate or debunk the information.
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🩺 Surgical Suite Setup & Sterile Technique
Students will describe surgical suite setup, identify instruments, and apply sterile technique.
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Organizing Complex Ideas: An Informative Writing Scaffold
Students will write informative/explanatory texts that examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately, using sophisticated organizational strategies.
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Sizing Solar: A Day in the Life of a PV Designer
Students will design and size a photovoltaic system, apply NEC electrical code and OSHA fall protection standards, and calculate energy yield for a residential installation.
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Students will diagnose engine performance and emissions syst...
Students will diagnose engine performance and emissions systems using OBD-II scan tools and oscilloscopes, interpret live data, and apply manufacturer service procedures to a real-world repair scenario.
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Welcome to the Brand Identity Workshop — Mixed HS
Brand Identity Workshop: analyze current identity, choose a new target demographic, pivot brand identity, and present a defensive argument to a virtual panel
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Digital Storytelling
Students will identify the key elements of a compelling digital story including narrative arc, audience, and message, evaluate three short-form digital media pieces for storytelling effectiveness, develop a concept pitch for an original digital story, and create a storyboard outlining their production plan.
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Pack Your Bags with Squeaks! 🌍✈️
Squeaks is heading on a trip around the world! He's going to experience so many things, using senses he didn't even know he (or his human friend Jessi) has! In this episode, he learns about senses beyond the common 5 (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell).
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Investing Basics: Mutual Funds
Investing Basics: Mutual Funds
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All About Volcanoes! | SciShow Kids Compilation, this will t...
All About Volcanoes! | SciShow Kids Compilation, this will teach students about volcanoes
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Water's Amazing Journey | SciShow Kids video based lesson
Water's Amazing Journey | SciShow Kids video based lesson
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Powering the Cell
Students will trace the stages of cellular respiration (glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport chain), explain where ATP is produced at each stage, compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration, and connect cellular respiration to everyday energy needs of organisms.
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Students will create complete sentences by matching subjects...
Students will create complete sentences by matching subjects with appropriate verbs.
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Meet Maya: The Problem-Solving Engineer
Students examine 5 images or examples related to a topic and respond to a guiding question for each.
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Students will identify parts of the body by matching spoken ...
Students will identify parts of the body by matching spoken words to their corresponding visual locations.
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Wheels That Explore Another Planet
Mars Rover wheel engineering
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What does "alive" mean? 🌟
Students will sort objects into living and nonliving categories, identify the basic needs of living things (food, water, shelter, air), and explain what makes something alive.
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AP History DBQ — Visual & Spatial
I want to build a DBQ practice activity from this document for my AP history class
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Why Citation Formatting Actually Matters
Students will identify and correct formatting errors in MLA citations for books, websites, and scholarly journal articles.
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Students answer prompts designed to discover things they hav...
Students answer prompts designed to discover things they have in common with classmates.
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The Pizza Party Problem! — Multiple Choice Only — Scenario & Application
Students will compare and contrast multiplication and repeated addition through visual representations, such as drawings or arrays.
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Welcome to Game Art & Design
Students will be able to create 3D models using Autodesk Maya, apply texturing techniques using Adobe Photoshop, explain the fundamentals of game engine design using Unreal and Unity, analyze the theory of gameplay and player psychology, and develop a professional portfolio of game art that demonstrates industry-ready skills.
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Meet Melody — Your Music Guide!
Students will learn basic music scales
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Students will acknowledge opposing claims and develop a cohe...
Students will acknowledge opposing claims and develop a cohesive rebuttal with evidence.
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Sports Drink Marketing — Shark Tank Analysis
Analyze the marketing strategies used by successful sports drink brands presented in the Shark Tank episode and evaluate their effectiveness based on consumer appeal and sales performance.
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Students will categorize various information sources as high...
Students will categorize various information sources as highly reliable, questionable, or unreliable based on evidence.
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AP History DBQ — Visual & Spatial
I want to build a DBQ practice activity from this document for my AP history class
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Wheels That Explore Another Planet
Mars Rover wheel engineering
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Wheels That Explore Another Planet
Mars Rover wheel engineering
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Welcome to the Brand Identity Workshop
Brand Identity Workshop: analyze current identity, choose a new target demographic, pivot brand identity, and present a defensive argument to a virtual panel
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An interactive 'This or That' icebreaker for 9th-g...
An interactive 'This or That' icebreaker for 9th-grade science students. The activity includes 10 rounds where students choose between two science-themed or hypothetical scenarios (e.g., 'Teleportation vs. Time Travel' or 'Living in a deep-sea base vs. A colony on Mars'). Each choice includes a brief 'Why?' prompt to encourage scientific reasoning and classroom discussion.
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Students will learn basic music scales
Students will learn basic music scales
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Students generate and submit their own questions about an up...
Students generate and submit their own questions about an upcoming topic before instruction begins.
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Digital Storytelling
Students will identify the key elements of a compelling digital story including narrative arc, audience, and message, evaluate three short-form digital media pieces for storytelling effectiveness, develop a concept pitch for an original digital story, and create a storyboard outlining their production plan.
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All About Volcanoes! | SciShow Kids Compilation, this will t...
All About Volcanoes! | SciShow Kids Compilation, this will teach students about volcanoes
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Final Exam — Introduction to Business Management
Summative assessment for Introduction to Business Management
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The Pizza Party Problem! — Multiple Choice Only — Scenario & Application
Students will compare and contrast multiplication and repeated addition through visual representations, such as drawings or arrays.
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Welcome to Game Art & Design
Students will be able to create 3D models using Autodesk Maya, apply texturing techniques using Adobe Photoshop, explain the fundamentals of game engine design using Unreal and Unity, analyze the theory of gameplay and player psychology, and develop a professional portfolio of game art that demonstrates industry-ready skills.
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