Earthquake Resistant Resort Building STEM Project

This collaborative Google Slides project includes 55 slides hyperlinked to a table of contents for easy navigation. 

It includes slides for: task / video explanation, research resources, procedure / design process, materials list, a suggested timeline, presentation explanation, rubric, student planning guides and reflection, and awards. 

Depending on age, this project can take from several periods to up to two weeks. The recommended time frame is 4-5 periods.

The task: Can you design a resort building that will resist an earthquake? Students will work through the engineering design process while communicating effectively. There are 6 different award slides to emphasize the important parts of the project.

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Country Research Project

Are you and your students working from home and suffering from wanderlust? Do you want to get your students researching other countries and cultures as well as improving their geography knowledge? This Google Slide presentation research project will help students work on their technology skills as well.

This 10 slide project can be completed independently or collaboratively via Google Slides and Google Classroom.

Download it here.

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-Bitmoji Bookmark Projects

-Digital Memory Book

-Digital Escape Rooms

-Concrete Poems

-Meet an Author Opinion Writing

-Digital ABC Research Book

Digital ABC Book Research

Are your students hesitant to research? Do they struggle with learning about new topics? This project is a hit every year! Students also can draw or upload pictures, depending on whether your print or have them work digitally.

Choice is one way to differentiate your instruction. Students will be fully engaged and can work independently or remotely.

Download this product here.

Looking for other digital projects and lessons? Check these out: 

-Bitmoji Bookmark Projects

-Digital Memory Book

-Digital Escape Rooms

-Concrete Poems

-Meet an Author Opinion Writing

-Country Research Reports

Bitmoji Bookmark Project

Looking for a fun way to motivate students to read or summarize what they've read? This project is so fun! The purpose of this project is to encourage kids to check out books that they may not have considered in the past. They will also get to know the names and faces of the classmates in the classroom or building. This is a great project for virtual or remote learning and to motivate students to read during the summer or all year round.

This resource features step by step directions to create a Bitmoji, 3 examples, and 25 sets of 3 bookmarks for your students to create digitally.  Download it here!

Projects like these work best when students are preassigned page numbers. For third graders and for teachers working remotely, I suggest having the teacher type student names underneath the "Recommended by" so there aren't arguments over who is typing on each slide. One requirement I had was that students could not repeat books, so it was motivating to complete bookmarks before anyone else could "steal" their ideas.

Want to get staff members involved? Download my Staff Bitmoji Bookmark Project. These are great to laminate and have on hand in a school library.

Need a video to learn how to create a Bitmoji?

Download the Bitmoji app here.

Already have a Bitmoji and looking for learning / teaching ideas?

Create your own Bitmoji stickers, paddles, posters, bulletin boards, and more!

Looking for other digital projects and lessons? Check these out: 

-Bitmoji Bookmark Projects

-Digital Memory Book

-Digital Escape Rooms

-Concrete Poems

-Meet an Author Opinion Writing

-Digital Escape Rooms

-Digital ABC Research Book

-Country Research Report

May the 4th Be With You

Here are some May the 4th writing prompts to use with students. 

We also did a Star Wars escape room via Zoom. We used knowledge of temperatures and energy sources to pick a planet to manufacture on, used what we knew about prefixes and shapes, deciphered a code, solved equations, used map skills, and worked together to complete the mission. Here is the mission, should you choose to accept it:

Make a copy of the Google Slides presentation or access it here.

If you've got Star Wars lovers in your class or family, check out these popular Jedi Academy books: