Looking for a fun ice breaker activity for your students? Try this STEM cup challenge! Students will work through a series of challenges in order to build different cup towers. They will work on their problem solving and communications skills while learning! Follow me on instagram! @lifewiththemiddl...
Team building STEM challenges to help your students think outside the box! Connect STEM, literacy, and writing with this team building STEM activity in which students try different tasks to build cup towers as a team. Learn all about being a good classmate and teammate! An excellent companion activity to the read aloud We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins. Writing Extension: A writing extension is included for students to write about what it means to be a good classmate. Aligns with Common Core and NGSS. Includes: Teacher and Student Instructions (with photo) 20 Cup Stacking Idea Cards 8 Cup Stacking Challenge Task Cards Good Classmate Poster and Activity Writing Extension Student Planning Pages STEM Journal TEKS, CCSS, and NGSS Standards Material List: plastic cups unsharpened pencils popsicle sticks challenge card printables We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (optional)
Looking for some icebreakers or community building games and activities to build your classroom community and make fun Friday or Framework Friday planning an easy task? Then you're in the right place! These resources encourage skills like public speaking, communication, leadership, writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading! ⭐OVER 30% OFF!⭐ *We have 57 resources included in this bundle!* ⭐AVID Mega Bundle!⭐ What's Included 7 Communication/Public Speaking Resources 3 30-Second Speech Activities Editable Vocabulary Bingo Cards 2 Team Huddle Activities 2 Whose Line is It Anyways Games 4 College and Career Resources 2 Charade Games 4 Emoji Guess the Phrase Games Essay Writing 6 Stand-Up Games 6 Find Someone Who Activities 7 Would You Rathers 2 Gibberish Games 4 Team Drawing Challenges 2 Four Corners Games 2 Dicebreaker Activities (Back to School and Martin Luther King Day) After Spring Break 2 Truths & a Lie Partner Selfie Scavenger Hunt Blank WICOR Choice Board Template in Google Sheets What's Included Communication: Communication Drawing Activity Table Talk Icebreaker Finish the Story Prompts- Valentine's Day Speed Philosophical Chairs Lesson and Topics Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream Lesson and Socratic Seminar Public Speaking Public Speaking games (X2) + 5 extra freebie prompts General 30-Second Speech Activity Back to School 30-Second Speeches End of Year Summer-Themed 30-Second Speeches Team Huddle Activities: Extracurricular and Involvement Valentine's Day Whose Line is it Anway: Whose Line is it Anyway- Character Traits Whose Line is it Anyway- Passive, Assertive, or Aggressive College and Careers: Career Clusters- Teaching Slides and This or That Game 4 Corners Career Exploration Would you Rather- College and Careers Would you Rather- Extracurricular and Involvement Charades: Team Machine Challenge Charades Teambuilding Vocabulary: ACT/SAT Vocabulary Review Card Game (inspired by Taboo) Editable Vocabulary Bingo Cards Emoji Games: Emoji Picture Game- Guess the Phrase General Edition End of the School Year Fall New Year's Stand Up Games Back to School Fall Halloween After Winter Break After Spring Break End of Year/Before Summer Break Find Someone Who Back to School After Thanksgiving Break After Winter Break After Spring Break End of Year After Weekend Chat Would You Rather Back to School Fall Halloween Thanksgiving Winter Spring Gibberish End of the School Year Back to School Four Corners Back to School After Winter Break Team Drawing Challenge Halloween General Version End of Year Back to School Dicebreakers Get to Know You Martin Luther King Jr. 2 Truths & a Lie After Spring Break More Resources Included Back to School Partner Selfie Scavenger Hunt Blank WICOR Choice Board Template in Google Sheets Click HERE to see our other AVID resources. We also have 2 other great AVID bundle options available down below! AVID Mega Growing Bundle AVID Writing Bundle
Build your positive classroom culture from day one with this exciting and engaging range of icebreaker activities. These activities will help you and your students to get to know each other and build a supportive and inclusive classroom culture. Perfect for first day of school activities. Get to know your students and learn about their thoughts, feelings and favourites with these great activities! This resource can be used in a range of grade levels and is highly flexible. Choose to use one activity or all of them! Print and laminate these cards and use them during back to school season and throughout the year! These activities come in both US and British Spelling and Paper Sizes. Why Icebreakers? Icebreakers can play an important role in helping students to integrate and connect with one another in a group environment. Icebreakers can also enhance your teaching by helping to stimulate cooperation and participation. ✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫ You May Also Like: Back to School Puzzle Poster Daily Writing Prompts August and September US PowerPoint, Journal, Worksheets Fall Digital Writing Prompts for Google Drive® ✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫ We really appreciate your feedback! Leaving feedback earns you TPT credits! If you're interested in upcoming Top Teaching Tasks resources, click here to FOLLOW US. ✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫ Stay in touch Follow us on Facebook Take a peek behind the scenes with our Instagram Pin with us on Pinterest! Follow us on Twitter! Subscribe to our Youtube channel!
What happens when you combine hula hoops and a seemingly impossible task? A simple-yet-brilliant team building game. As your students struggle with competing loyalties and a seemingly impossible goal, they will be forced to think outside the box as well as shifting their focus from individual success to group success. Here’s how it goes: What
Resilience Scenarios - Task Cards for Role Play These task cards are perfect for building resilience in your classroom. With 40 different scenarios, students can take turns role-playing how they would handle various stressful and upsetting situations. The task card format can be used in a variety of different ways in the classroom. For example, individual written responses, team responses, role-playing in front of the class, or partner sharing. Each scenario includes a suggested response. **Download Information** Once purchased, you’ll receive an email from Etsy to instantly download. Alternatively you can download the file at any time by going to www.etsy.com/your/purchases from the browser on your phone, computer, or tablet. You are not able to download files from the Etsy App at this time. - Download and unzip the file (right click and and select unzip). - Adobe Acrobat Reader or alternative file reader is required. If you don’t have a file reader, you can download Adobe for free here, https://get.adobe.com/reader/ - For accurate printing, select 'Actual size' or 'Scale 100%' in the printing option. - This is an instant download printable item. No physical item will be shipped to you. **Copyright Information** Copyright ©PinkTulipTeachingCreations This product is not for commercial use. Purchasing this resource gives the buyer the rights to use this resource for individual classroom or homeschool use only. Duplication for any other purpose, including commercial purpose is strictly forbidden. Placing this resource on the internet in any form violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Please respect my hard work by not breaching copyright. social emotional | no prep | printable | activities | sel | classroom | learning | homework | lesson | back to school | ice breaker | get to know you | school | teacher | who are you | meet the teacher | learning tool | elementary school | learning | primary school | year 3 | year 4 | homeschool | homeschooling
Back To School Teambuilding Task Cards - This is a collection of quick teambuilding activities and brain breaks for the classroom. They range in time from 2-10 minutes. Some of the teambuilding activities can go on longer if you wanted. Most of them require no materials, while others require mini...
Start the school year with these 11 fun classroom community activities to help build social-emotional skills and positive relationships!
Bucket Tower. It even sounds silly. I never dreamed when we invented this challenge that it would become so popular. Except for Building Boats and Roller Coasters, this is the challenge that I get the most questions about. I promise this is what happened: I had a class prepared for a tower building challenge.
Make learning 2D and 3D shapes fun with this marshmallows and toothpicks activity! Your kids will love building geometric structures with these printable task cards.
Team-Building in a Student-Led Classroom
Students working together in STEM. Two teams have the same materials & each builds part of a structure. The teams join the two parts as one structure! Teamwork.
Need a low prep task box to promote student independent work? This HUGE bundle of 100 separate task box activities includes endless options that you can have ready to go in your resource room!
Want a great way to get to know your students and see strengths that are normally hidden? Looking to naturally incorporate SEL (social emotional learning) into your classroom? Try some team building! This activity works well in the beginning of the school year as well as later in the year once the students know each other better. 10 team building activities you can do with middle or high school students using only simple materials! This activity is designed to be set up as a student-led rotation. The activities are designed to be self run by students, so they read the directions, break up the tasks, set up the supplies and complete the task. The activities can be done in groups of 10- 15, but more will work too! 2 pages of debriefing questions are included at the ed! MATERIALS: 2+ Hula Hoops, 2 long lengths of rope, 2 balloons (but lots of extra in case they pop!), 2 unsharpened pencils for each student (in the group), Long stick or curtain rod, 2 beach pails and 15 ping pong balls, paper, pencils, can or marbles, blindfold (bandana), building blocks, 1 large tarp
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Team Building Activity: Non Verbal Communication This is a fun hands on activity for the beginning of the year that will allow students to take part in an experiment testing their group collaboration using non verbal communication. Students will practice different ways of communicating to accomplish the task of building a structure out of popsicle sticks that is taller than what other groups build. This interactive, kinesthetic activity will surely engage your students to work together. This lesson is designed to be personalized by you to best suit your classroom and the students needs. I hope you enjoy this lesson as much as I have! What’s Included? ✏️ Teacher Directions ✏️ Links For All Supplies Needed ✏️ Post Experiment Think, Ink, Pair, Share ✏️ Whole Class Reflection ✏️ Video Clip Extension At The End Skills Used: ✔️ Active Learning ✔️ Kinesthetic Learning ✔️ Critical Thinking ✔️ Peer Collaboration What do students need? ✏️Preprepared Supplies (Popsicle Sticks, Tape, Scissors) Benefits of Use: ✔️ Cross-Curricular ✔️ Highly Engaging ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click below for other engaging lessons: Team Building Activity: Step to the Line If… Team Building Activity: Celebrity Dinner Party Team Building Activity: Who Survives Survivor Island??? Team Building Activity: Famous Psychologists Dinner Party Back to school: Partner sharing- Ice Breakers 10 Ice Breakers for Students 10 Ice Breakers for Students- Round 2 Ice Breakers/Dice Breakers: Getting students talking! Academic Conversations
Perfect back to school STEM activity for your students. A great Ice Breaker or Team Building challenge. Students are challenged to work as a team and problem solve solutions to their engineering design challenges. So fun fun and collaboration. Combining Science, Engineering and real world Problem Solving Links to NGSS, Australian Curriculum and NZ Curriculum Students will learn * how to work with a team * how to overcome problems * how to build and design with constraints such as materials and time * how to modify and evaluate their own designs * how to reflect on their own learning A complete set of 6 STEM challenges Also includes a student challenge booklet These task cards allow flexibility with the teacher to either grab and go or build further lessons around each challenge. Students can earn a STAMP in their STEM CHALLENGE BOOKLET by completing the challenges based on different TEAM BUILDING STEM Activities . * INCLUDED * ------ 6 STEM CHALLENGE CARDS and a STUDENT CHALLENGE BOOKLET ------ Task Card #1 - Basketball Shoot-out Task Card #2 - Fill Your Bucket Task Card #3 - Team Shelter Task Card #4 - Human Marble Run Task Card #5 - Team Skiing Task Card #6 - A-maze-ing Supplies List (see preview for details of supplies needed). STUDENT CHALLENGE BOOKLET * one STAMP for completing the challenge * one STAMP for completing the reflection questions - Design Brief - Design Modification Template - Design Evaluation Template - STEM Question Starters - Teaching Notes - Photos on completed examples - NGSS links - Australian Curriculum Links - NZ Curriculum Links Color and greyscale versions **You can find a full list of supplies in the PREVIEW. Click the green preview button under the sample images at the top of the page.** Target Grades: These cards best suit grades 3 to 6 With guidance they can be used for younger grades and with more time restrictions or when using the extension suggestions they can be used for older grades also. The design questions allow students to build on how they analyze and evaluate their own designs. By the end of the challenges it is expected that students should be able to better verbalize and explain their learning. Printing These task cards are A5 in size. If you would like to print to a full page please select 'Fit to Page' in your printer settings. ================================================================ For STEM Task Cards Bundle TRAVEL AROUND the WORLD Click here For STEM Task Cards PIRATE CHALLENGES click here Follow My StoreCURIOSITY and the HUNGRY MIND
Looking for a cooperative learning activity that is engaging and fun? LOOK NO MORE! This bundle contains 6 unique team building escape rooms. PDF AND GOOGLE FORM CODE INCLUDED for each activity/puzzle. All of these activities are good to use anytime throughout the year. Each of the 6 escape rooms contain 4 team building puzzles/tasks to solve. It is a great way to incorporate team building into the classroom and will work for grades 5th and up and any subject. The math based puzzles include: basic vocabulary, order of operations, and basic computation skills. All you have to do is print and you are ready to go, no prep needed! All of the tasks/puzzles are included in PDF form for quick printing as well as a Google Form code if you would only like to use technology. YOU DO NOT NEED GOOGLE CLASSROOM! The following Team Building Activities are Included: ⭐Team Building Escape Room I ⭐Team Building Escape Room II {Save the World} ⭐Team Building Escape Room III {Treasure Trap} ⭐Team Building Escape Room IV {Escape the School} ⭐Team Building Escape Room {Math Based} ⭐Team Building Escape Room {Math Based II} This is a wonderful way to help promote team building at the beginning of the year or to be used as a brain break/team builder activity throughout the year. Students love these activities and it keeps everyone engaged from start to finish! ✮✮This bundle has been such a hit that I created ANOTHER Team Building Escape Room Bundle✮✮ TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES/ESCAPE ROOM BUNDLE II ****************************************************************************** ⭐CHECK OUT MY OTHER ESCAPE ROOMS: Team Building Activities/ Escape Room Bundle II 7th Grade Math Escape Room Bundle 8th Grade Math Escape Room Bundle Algebra 1 Escape Room Bundle Go to my store Math in the Midwest to see all my other products. Don't forget to follow me for notifications of new products, updates, freebies, and great deals!
An Ancient India Escape Room activity about the Indus River Valley Civilization. Ideal for fifth grade or sixth grade, the activity is perfect for group work, starting a new ancient history topic, team-building activities or for a fun, engaging and interactive lesson. The activity can be used in English class as it incorporates some ELA skills or in Social Studies. The activity has been split into four different tasks; your students will need to complete each of the tasks to reveal a word. Together the four words make a phrase for them to escape the room. Included in this resource: - Student guidelines for completing the tasks meaning no teacher prep - A student answer key to complete as they work through the tasks - An informational text or reading comprehension passage - A true or false fact sheet & maze - A crossword puzzle - A timeline activity & answer key - A wordsearch puzzle - Teacher answer sheets for each task ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ In Task 1 students will read an informational text about Ancient India and the Indus Valley Civilization and then find their way through a maze by answering true or false comprehension questions. If they answer the questions correctly they will reveal their first word. In Task 2 students will use the same informational text to complete a crossword puzzle. Within the puzzle there are several hidden letters which will need to be unscrambled on the completion of the puzzle to reveal the second word. In Task 3 students will have to cut out 27 timeline task cards before putting them in order from the earliest date to the most recent. When they have finished their task they can glue them onto the answer key which will reveal their third word. In Task 4 students will have to find the missing words in a wordsearch puzzle before finding a hidden word from the letters that are left over in the puzzle. This hidden word is their fourth and final word. Students can then complete their student answer key with the four words they revealed before checking with the teacher to see if they have escaped successfully. ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ This resource is great for: - Team-building activities - Group work - Research projects - Reading comprehension - Emergency sub plans - Independent work - Introducing a new topic ⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚
Escape room style team building activity - perfect for before the holidays and back to school! This escape room will help students learn to work together. This interactive escape room requires technology. Students will need to access a Google Form, so any technology that allows them to access and complete a Google Form will work! The Google Form is pre-coded, which automates the entire breakout experience. Other than printing and minimal cutting, this Escape Room is ready for you to use! No editing any of the material - just print, cut and use! What You Get: 1. 4 Tasks (skills include riddles, categorizing pictures, simple addition, attention to detail, following directions, etc.) 2. Decoders to allow students to solve the tasks 3. Link to a pre-coded Google Form which automates the entire "breakout" 4. Answer keys for each task with explanations 5. Team signs to encourage teamwork 6. Teacher setup directions 7. Individual "student friendly" task instructions 8. Slide show to have on display which will set the tone for the escape About The Escape Room: 1. It should be played with small group teams of 3-4 students. 2. Designed to take 30-40 minutes to complete 3. Print and play ready for teachers - no additional locks or other materials are needed 4. Non-content specific 5. Appropriate for ages 10+ Establish great teamwork at any time of the year with this team building escape room! If you enjoyed my first Team Building Escape Room, this one is even better!
This is a fantastic team building lesson for the beginning or end of the school year. Student will begin by listening to the book The Marshmallow Incident by Judi Barrett. They will then work through a selection of comprehension and writing extensions for the book. The learners will then be broke...
Are you looking for something that will have ALL of your elementary students engaged from young kids to older? Do you hate planning out stem projects that use hard-to-find equipment and are exhausting to prepare? Have you tried easy STEM activities yet in your classroom? Easy stem challenges are a great way to have students […]
I stumbl ed across this idea on Pinterest and thought it would be perfect for m y third and fo urth graders ! I often hear complaints from...
"So You Think You Know Directions?!" is an absolute hit for my students! Prepare for a fun, engaging, and new favorite classroom activity for all! This activity focuses on multiple social emotional learning topics - attentive listening, awareness, team building, perseverance, respectful communication, and SO much more ALL in ONE activity! This digital download comes with everything you need for your next classroom lesson - detailed instructions, ready-to-print cards, and a guide for the teacher! Your students will all work together to complete one goal - get from person #1 to the last person, without skipping anyone in between! Each card comes with a different task that each student will be asked to complete. The cards must be completed in order, but you are only able to know what is on your card and no one else's and participants aren't able to talk (cue the attentiveness!) Didn't quite get it the first time... or the second... maybe it took a third try? No worries... cue the perseverance and respectful communication! A bonus to increase engagement - many of the cards include a task that is a bit silly (why not throw in fun ways to build confidence into this lesson, too?!) This lesson is truly a favorite for all with so many great SEL topics built in. Looking for other fun and interactive SEL lessons for you and your students? Check out the links below! Kindness Activity - The Impact of Our Words (Upper Elementary/Middle School) Kindness "Hot Potato" (Multiple lessons for multiple grade levels included!) Creative Perseverance + Facing Challenges (Upper Elementary/Middle School) The Magical Yet: Growth Mindset Activity (Lower Elementary)
Collaborative tasks are a great way to help students build relationships, foster leadership skills, develop teamwork traits and have fun.
Jelly Bean Toothpick Building is an easy STEM Activity for elementary to middle schoolers. A fun STEM challenge to encourage learning through exploration.
STEM Project – This challenge uses one sheet of paper! Students create the longest paper chain possible. Great problem-solving & perfect for back to school.
These team-building games can promote cooperation, help establish a positive classroom environment, and provide a fun reprieve from routine.
An Ancient China Escape Room activity about the Silk Road. Ideal for fifth grade or sixth grade, the activity is perfect for group work, starting a new ancient history topic, team-building activities or for a fun, engaging and interactive lesson. The activity can be used in English class as it incorporates some ELA skills or in Social Studies. The activity has been split into four different tasks; your students will need to complete each of the tasks to reveal a word. Together the four words make a phrase for them to escape the room. Included in this resource: - Student guidelines for completing the tasks meaning no teacher prep - A student answer key to complete as they work through the tasks - An informational text or reading comprehension passage - A true or false fact sheet & maze - A crossword puzzle - A timeline activity & answer key - A wordsearch puzzle - Teacher answer sheets for each task ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ In Task 1 students will read an informational text about the Silk Road and then find their way through a maze by answering true or false comprehension questions. If they answer the questions correctly they will reveal their first word. In Task 2 students will use the same informational text to complete a crossword puzzle. Within the puzzle there are several hidden letters which will need to be unscrambled on the completion of the puzzle to reveal the second word. In Task 3 students will have to cut out 27 timeline task cards before putting them in order from the earliest date to the most recent. When they have finished their task they can glue them onto the answer key which will reveal their third word. In Task 4 students will have to find the missing words in a wordsearch puzzle before finding a hidden word from the letters that are left over in the puzzle. This hidden word is their fourth and final word. Students can then complete their student answer key with the four words they revealed before checking with the teacher to see if they have escaped successfully. ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ This resource is great for: - Team-building activities - Group work - Research projects - Reading comprehension - Emergency sub plans - Independent work - Introducing a new topic
Tell the participants the rules and have them figure out their order. Once they have that down, put the marble in the first pipe, and the participants will try to figure out how to continue moving it to the bowl. If the marble hits the floor, they must start over – give them a few moments to come up with a strategy. Ask what did and did not work to help them get going. Rules: · Alike pipes cannot touch · Cannot touch others’ pipes with your hands/feet/etc. · Cannot touch marble · Must stay in the same order throughout the whole activity · Marble must move through the pipe · Once the marble is in a pipe, that pipe cannot move towards the bowl Materials: · A PVC pipe for each participant (Half should be completely round and the other half should have the top cut off) · One marble · A bowl Life Lessons: Importance of working together-no one could have done this by themselves just as they cannot reach all of their goals by themselves Talk about how they approached this activity and how this compares to how they approach their treatment Communication Speed of the activity: was it easier when they went slow or fast? Leadership Please Comment Below: Do you have any tips or words of advice for running this activity or one similar? Picture Credit: http://myparadigmshift.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pipeline-pic1.jpg
STEM Challenge Index Card Towers- This easy prep challenge is a favorite of STEM students! You will love the detailed teacher's guide
Want a great way to get to know your students and see strengths that are normally hidden? Looking to naturally incorporate SEL (social emotional learning) into your classroom? Try some team building! This activity works well in the beginning of the school year as well as later in the year once the students know each other better. 10 team building activities you can do with middle or high school students using only simple materials! This activity is designed to be set up as a student-led rotation. The activities are designed to be self run by students, so they read the directions, break up the tasks, set up the supplies and complete the task. The activities can be done in groups of 10- 15, but more will work too! 2 pages of debriefing questions are included at the ed! MATERIALS: 2+ Hula Hoops, 2 long lengths of rope, 2 balloons (but lots of extra in case they pop!), 2 unsharpened pencils for each student (in the group), Long stick or curtain rod, 2 beach pails and 15 ping pong balls, paper, pencils, can or marbles, blindfold (bandana), building blocks, 1 large tarp
The Pipe Cleaner (aka "Fuzzy Sticks") Challenge is one of my favorite STEM activities to introduce students to STEM learning. This is a fun, inexpensive, and engaging challenge that can be tailored to different ages, settings, and time-frames. This challenge is also an excellent
Building a strong, cohesive team is essential for successful collaboration, problem-solving, and innovation. Team building STEM activities offer students opportunities to develop these skills through engaging, hands-on challenges. Here are ten STEM centers that provide fun and educational team-bui
11 fun problem solving activities for kids to improve social skills, critical thinking, conflict resolution, and anger management.
11 fun problem solving activities for kids to improve social skills, critical thinking, conflict resolution, and anger management.
11 fun problem solving activities for kids to improve social skills, critical thinking, conflict resolution, and anger management.
If you are looking for a team-building activity to keep your students engaged during the last few days, weeks or month before summer break, then THE GREAT END OF THE YEAR ESCAPE is for you! There are six end of the year-themed (trivia) challenges included in this file. Students will complete a variety of tasks using different skills including: problem-solving, critical thinking, reading comprehension, and basic math. Looking for a digital end of the year escape room? If so, click HERE! A fun, one-minute ★ introductory video★ has been included, which will help to set the scene before the escape room is to begin! The video outlines the themes of each of the challenges. Simply, open the video file included, display on a Smart Board and let the fun begin! Do we have to complete ALL of the challenges? No, you can mix- and-match the challenges, as each puzzle is independent of the other. As the teacher, you can decide which puzzles you may want to use and in which order they will be completed. Several detailed and thorough teacher instruction pages have been included, which provide differentiated instructions and suggestions for the various challenges. Answer keys have also been provided for ALL of the challenges! Group size: 3-5 students (Note: This can be completed as an individual and/or pair activity) Time: Approximately 30 minutes per challenge (Provide hints along the way if time is a factor!) Materials: Aside from the materials that you would already have in your classroom (pencils, pens, scissors and colored pencils or crayons), no additional supplies are needed! These escape room-style games were created as a print-and-go resource. How to use this with your students: (several, flexible options) • One activity a day, for the # of activities used • As a complete activity (over several, continuous class periods) • As bonus work for students who finish their work early • As a homework activity to promote critical thinking skills THE TASK: The end of the year is here! But, before you can leave the school for summer vacation, you will have to successfully complete a series of tasks and challenges. Will you escape? Challenge #1: Return your Overdue Books I hope you’ve been catching up on your reading because, in order to successfully complete this challenge, you will have to be able to identify various quotes from well-known texts. Choose the answers carefully or the library will charge you a late fee! (Note: Editable file has been included, so that you can add in different book selections if desired.) Challenge #2: Apply for a Summer Job Brush up on your resume writing skills! In order to successfully complete this challenge, you will have to work together to decode the job-related words and phrases in four separate cryptogram activities. Then, you will attempt to unscramble all of the shaded letterboxes from the answers, which will provide you with the answers to the four code words. Challenge #3: Clean out your Locker Put your detective skills in place because this challenge is going to require you to unlock a secret message in a unique font, which was found taped to the front door of the school office. In order to successfully complete this challenge, you will have to answer a series of questions based on three “from the desk of” notes from various people within the building. Once you have successfully answered each of the multiple-choice questions related to the notes, you will be given a key, so that you can begin to decode the hidden message. Challenge #4: Clean-up Your Desk Grab your backpack! In order to successfully complete this challenge, you will have to match up popular school items to their correct name (brand) or picture. You will do this by placing the correct items with its match in the Magic Number Box. If your answers are all correct, the numbers in each column and row will add up to the exact same number. This is the “magic” number. Your correct answers will help you unlock your locker and to retrieve your backpack, which is the final step in this challenge. Challenge #5: Pick up your Yearbook Don’t forget to get the back of your yearbook signed! In order to successfully complete this challenge, you will race to answer a bunch of pop culture trivia questions that occurred during the 2023-2024 school year, then color your yearbook according to the directions on the task cards. BONUS Challenge #6: Pass the Final Exam! Make sure you study! In order to successfully complete this challenge, you will have to sharpen your pencil (and eyes!) and pay attention to the letters within the maze to identify the area in the school. You will collect letters along your way, which will spell out the word (location or area). *Upon completion of the challenges, two themed ("The Great End of the Year Escape") editable certificates have been included, so you can easily type in a name and date and give each student who participated something for their efforts! In addition, station cards (for challenge organization), a sticky note editable template (for group member organization), and a post-challenge reflection has also been included!* What other teachers have said about this escape room... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Renee said, I cannot speak highly enough of this resource! My school is small and at the end of every year, I am alone with all the 7th & 8th graders for an entire day while 5th & 6th are on a field trip. I needed something fun, lasting, and end of the year themed to occupy them for the day. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Katie said, We LOVED this resource!! The kids and I had such a blast on the last final days of classes!! It was such a great activity and the kids really enjoyed it!! Super awesome end to the school year! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alison said, Awesome last day of school activity! Highly recommend! Check out the FREE preview for a closer look at this project! © The Classroom Sparrow
