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Simon Says Variation

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Simon Says Variation

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Young children are still developing listening skills and their ability to follow complex instructions. In this activity, children will play a game of Simon Says but with 2-step and 3-step instructions. This will help build confidence in listening and following instructions.

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Simon Says Variation

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Make an Animal Book (Grades K-2)

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

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Grades K - 2

Make an Animal Book (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children draw their favorite animals to create a big book of animals. After describing the features of their favorite animals, students categorize them as pets, farm animals, or wild animals as they organize the contents of their book.

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Make an Animal Book (Grades K-2)

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades K - 2

Weather Patterns

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

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Grades 3 - 8

Weather Patterns

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students learn how sound differs in various areas of the world and how climate and weather have impacted the development of those sounds.

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Weather Patterns

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

3h•Grades 3 - 8

A Day at Our Zoo

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

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Grades K - 2

A Day at Our Zoo

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children create their own model zoo. Each group is assigned an area of the zoo and chooses the animals for their area.

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A Day at Our Zoo

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades K - 2

United Kingdom and Ireland Tourism Bureau

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

United Kingdom and Ireland Tourism Bureau

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students create a tourism slideshow presentation based on their research about the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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United Kingdom and Ireland Tourism Bureau

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

A News Show Structure: Show Openers

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

A News Show Structure: Show Openers

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

In this immersive lesson, students act as news show creators, delving into the art of crafting an attention-grabbing opener for their broadcasts. Students learn to craft a stronger Opener, a necessary skill when writing a news show or a paper.

This activity can be completed as a standalone lesson. It is, however, best completed as part of SRL’s The News Show Structure. This series is also the second section of SRL’s First Module From Concept to Screen: Building Your News Hour. The module is broken into three sections. The first two contain lessons that can be completed as standalone activities or as part of a series. All three sections converge to provide a powerful and fun introduction to producing and hosting news shows. The module is followed by a second that deepens student knowledge and skills.

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A News Show Structure: Show Openers

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

Cup Stacking Challenge

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades K - 2

Cup Stacking Challenge

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children will be challenged to stack cups in a variety of ways without using their hands. Instead, they will use strings attached to a rubber band. Collaboration required!

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Cup Stacking Challenge

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades K - 2

How Does That Lemonade Get to My House?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

How Does That Lemonade Get to My House?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students explore the supply chain that brings lemonade to their table. Then, thy work together to create a booklet that describes the process.

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How Does That Lemonade Get to My House?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Careers That Keep You Moving

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Careers That Keep You Moving

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

What if you had a career that required you to travel a large part of the year? Students work in groups to research a career that requires travel and present their career to others during a simulated job fair.

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Careers That Keep You Moving

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Paper Sculptures (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Paper Sculptures (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students create paper sculptures that represent themselves and their feelings about social issues that are important to them. As they work, they will research and learn different ways to manipulate paper and discuss how colors and shapes impact feelings and represent people.

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Paper Sculptures (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

“Our Right to Assemble” Posters

History and Society • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

“Our Right to Assemble” Posters

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students explore what the freedom of assembly means in the United States. Then, students split into teams to read excerpts from articles about the First Amendment and prepare posters entitled “Our Right to Assemble”, illustrating examples of protected assembly. Finally, they discuss and clarify what peaceably assemble means and what responsibilities people have when exercising their rights.

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“Our Right to Assemble” Posters

History and Society • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Olympic Games (Grades 3-5)

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Olympic Games (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students learn and play a series of Olympic games, building their skills in listening and cooperation along the way.

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Olympic Games (Grades 3-5)

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Create Hanging Door/Wall Signs

Social and Emotional Awareness • Arts

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Grades 3 - 8

Create Hanging Door/Wall Signs

By Rediscover Center

3 - 8

In this activity, students will create hanging door signs based on a traffic light. What are signs made for? What purpose do they serve?

This project was inspired by The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan by Joan DiCicco, and illustrated by Ebony Glenn. A tale of heroism and inventiveness, Garrett Morgan invented the Safety Hood that firefighters and wartime heroes adapted for use to this day. And if you rode in the car lately, you will have benefitted from his invention that created our modern-day traffic light. In this activity guide, we are taking inspiration from the traffic light to create signs that can indicate a student’s mood or set boundaries.

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Create Hanging Door/Wall Signs

Social and Emotional Awareness • Arts

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Freedom of Speech 101

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Freedom of Speech 101

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students explore what freedom of speech means in the United States, including the right to speak one’s ideas, feelings, beliefs, and opinions, and the legal protections and limits of free speech. Students work together to create a free speech informational brochure and then exercise their freedom of speech by articulating an opinion about the U.S. government.

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Freedom of Speech 101

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Model the Water Cycle

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Model the Water Cycle

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Ocean water is very salty, so why does fresh water fall on land? In this activity, students will answer this question by investigating a sealed cup of tinted water. The sealed cup acts as a simple model of Earth’s water supply and the water cycle.

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Model the Water Cycle

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Virtual Tour of the Midwest

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Virtual Tour of the Midwest

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students research the states in the Midwest United States, and then create posters and conduct a virtual tour based on what they learned.

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Virtual Tour of the Midwest

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Twirl in the Wind

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

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Grades 3 - 8

Twirl in the Wind

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students build a Kinetic Sculpture, or a sculpture that moves in response to air, light, or sound.

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Twirl in the Wind

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Picture This

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

1h 40m

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Grades 6 - 12

Picture This

By Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

1h 40m

As an engaging way to introduce students to NFTE’s entrepreneurial mindset domains, students will either complete an interactive digital module or engage in a challenge to draw and recreate objects through the cues given to them by their partner.

This lesson plan is written around the completion of a hands-on activity, but you can replace or supplement this activity with a couple of digital interactives. See the Modifications section at the end of this lesson plan for more details.

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Picture This

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

1h 40m•Grades 6 - 12

S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnetic Challenge

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnetic Challenge

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

In this lesson, students move simple objects through a maze using a magnet, experimenting with various metal materials and reflecting on what worked and what didn't.

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S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnetic Challenge

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades K - 5

Advanced Manufacturing and Automation Career Exploration Presentation

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

40m

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Grades 6 - 8

Advanced Manufacturing and Automation Career Exploration Presentation

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 8

40m

This group presentation activity teaches students about Advanced Manufacturing and Automation career diversity, skills, educational requirements, average salaries, and how these jobs are important to and impact our everyday lives.

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Advanced Manufacturing and Automation Career Exploration Presentation

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

40m•Grades 6 - 8

What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Starting a business has proven to be a successful career option for many people, but many new businesses fail because they are poorly funded. In this activity, students experience the research, planning, and decision-making involved in launching and funding a new business.

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What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

The Cold Call

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

The Cold Call

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Dialing into the world of news production! In this lesson, students explore a producer's critical role in securing interviews. They’ll learn the art of the "cold call" and craft scripts for persuasive communication.

This is lesson 8 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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The Cold Call

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Promotional Writing and “Advertorials”

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Promotional Writing and “Advertorials”

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Advertisers have developed a variety of techniques to reach potential customers, some of which are unrecognized by even the most sophisticated media users. In this activity, students compare promotional writing to the journalism it is intended to mimic. They also practice writing in this style.

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Promotional Writing and “Advertorials”

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Spelling Survivor

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Spelling Survivor

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Spelling Survivor is a spelling bee with a twist. In this spelling bee students can use a lifeline to get a friend’s help and may be lucky and get a free pass on their round. Students will participate in a spelling bee to see who will be the last one standing, or the spelling survivor.

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Spelling Survivor

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Telling Fact From Opinion

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Telling Fact From Opinion

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Telling apart fact from opinion is a vital skill in all kinds of reading, as well as in media literacy. In this activity, students practice identifying facts and opinions in an online article. They learn the clues and hints that show how a statement might appear to be factual but is actually the opinion of its author.

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Telling Fact From Opinion

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Video Games of Past and Present

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Video Games of Past and Present

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students play classic video games and compare them with today's video games.

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Video Games of Past and Present

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

How Can I Successfully Complete My College Major? (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

How Can I Successfully Complete My College Major? (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students research college majors by interviewing a partner and exploring how their skill sets and traits connect to a variety of college majors.

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How Can I Successfully Complete My College Major? (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Creating Setting (Grades 9-12)

Literacy • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Creating Setting (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students create a setting and characters and then write a story or scene with those elements. First, they create a description of a room. Then, they switch descriptions with another student, creating characters who interact in that room. Finally, students reconvene as a whole group to read and discuss their work.

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Creating Setting (Grades 9-12)

Literacy • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

S.INQ Up Human Impact

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

30m

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Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Human Impact

By OregonASK

6 - 8

30m

Students learn about human impact on our climate through the distribution of greenhouse gases.

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S.INQ Up Human Impact

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

30m•Grades 6 - 8

Pitch Yourself

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

50m

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Grades 6 - 12

Pitch Yourself

By Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

50m

As an engaging way to start NFTE’s Entrepreneurship 1 course, students will learn about what it means to be an entrepreneur and then create 30-second pitches about themselves to pitch themselves as potential entrepreneurs to their classmates.

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Pitch Yourself

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

50m•Grades 6 - 12

Animal ABCs

Literacy • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades K - 2

Animal ABCs

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

ABC picture books are some of the first books we are exposed to when we are young. In this activity, children will have the opportunity to make 1 of their own. The children will brainstorm animals for each letter of the alphabet, then work together to create a beautifully illustrated animal ABC book.

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Animal ABCs

Literacy • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades K - 2

What Rights Do People Have? (Grade 3-5)

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

What Rights Do People Have? (Grade 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students explore and discuss how all people are entitled to basic rights, such as living in peace, access to food and water, and living without fear.

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What Rights Do People Have? (Grade 3-5)

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Quiet on Set

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Quiet on Set

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Quiet on Set! It’s time to record the interviews.

This is lesson 35 of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs' second module, Building a News Hour.

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Quiet on Set

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Stations of the Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga Philosophy

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Stations of the Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga Philosophy

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students learn about and discuss situations in which the first two limbs of yoga philosophy, the yamas and the niyamas (or restraints and observances), can be useful in daily life.

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Stations of the Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga Philosophy

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

A Good Hook (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

A Good Hook (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

^{In pairs or groups, students practice writing and delivering “hooks” or engaging introductions to presentations.}

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A Good Hook (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Make a Hovercraft

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Make a Hovercraft

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students use simple materials to build a working hovercraft. This activity builds an understanding of engineering principles as well as physics concepts related to friction and gravity.

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Make a Hovercraft

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Launcher (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m

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Grades 6 - 12

Video

Launcher (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

6 - 12

30m

Using a water balloon launcher, slingshot large, foam dice across a field for your teammates to catch!

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VIDEO

Launcher (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m•Grades 6 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

By OregonASK

3 - 12

In comics, there are often several artists who make one thing, a story writer, a penciler, an inker, and a colorist too! Each one does a part of the finished whole! Students look at their penciled stories and start to get them ready to ink!

This is part 6 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-5, and then afterward, Making Comics Part 7: Details and Description.

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Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 12

Hidden Information: Mapping Our Digital Footprint

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Hidden Information: Mapping Our Digital Footprint

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students learn about the digital footprint they create when they access the internet. They begin by looking at a sample digital footprint and considering how our online presence leaves impressions, or traces, just like our physical presence does. They create lists of places they have been online and use those lists to illustrate their own digital footprints. Students analyze the footprints to assess what kinds of information they have made public and consider how that information is permanent and accessible. Finally, students visit each other’s footprints to see how their digital interactions connect them.

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Hidden Information: Mapping Our Digital Footprint

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Jump and Push Up for Good Health

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Jump and Push Up for Good Health

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students work in teams to complete a challenge, such as jumping rope, doing jumping jacks, or completing push-ups in timed intervals. Students will reflect on how they're feeling throughout the activity. Students will also learn how to support other group members during this challenge, especially when they are feeling fatigued.

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Jump and Push Up for Good Health

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Traveling from Brazil

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 8

Traveling from Brazil

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students learn the story behind Bossa Nova through a comic story. They then work with a partner to combine their two favorite songs into a new sound.

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Traveling from Brazil

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 8

S.INQ Up Weather & Climate

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Weather & Climate

By OregonASK

6 - 8

45m

Students conduct their own investigations to find out the truth behind climate change; also, they brainstorm ways to preserve Earth with each other.

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S.INQ Up Weather & Climate

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnetic Attraction

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnetic Attraction

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

In this lesson, students test different objects to see which objects are attracted to the magnet and which objects aren't.

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S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnetic Attraction

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades K - 5

Farm to Table 4: Prototype Test & Modify

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Farm to Table 4: Prototype Test & Modify

By OregonASK

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students continue to test their Farm to Table prototypes and improve their designs through a process.

This is part 4 of 6 in a series. Provide students with context by first facilitating the previous activities “Farm to Table 1: Prototype Brainstorm”, “Farm to Table 2: Prototype Selection” and “Farm to Table 3: Prototype Build” Then, go further by facilitating “Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming”, and “Farm to Table 6: Prototype Presentation

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Farm to Table 4: Prototype Test & Modify

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Being mindful involves paying attention to the world outside you and inside you as well. In this activity, students apply various focus strategies as you lead them through slow and steady breathing. Students also are invited to share their observations and experiences.

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Mindfulness (Grades 3-5)

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Shadow Scenes

STEM • Arts

45m

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Grades K - 2

Shadow Scenes

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Shadow puppets are tools for telling a story. Children will create their own shadow puppets to set up a scene from a familiar story. Will the group be able to guess which story they are viewing?

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Shadow Scenes

STEM • Arts

45m•Grades K - 2

What is This Advertisement Saying? (Grades 9-12)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

What is This Advertisement Saying? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

When viewing advertisements online, students should be able to determine the claims that are stated in the ads, and then construct their opinions of the claims. In this activity, students view examples of typical social media advertisements. They choose 2 or 3 ads from the provided web page and restate the claim, if any, made in each ad. Students then state whether they find the ads believable and effective, and explain why.

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What is This Advertisement Saying? (Grades 9-12)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Be an Assignment Editor: Assigning Reporters and Camera Persons

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

Be an Assignment Editor: Assigning Reporters and Camera Persons

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Calling all future Assignment Editors! In this activity, students step into the shoes of an Assignment Editor and make crucial decisions about who covers which news story. Join the discussion, share your reasoning, and learn why pairing the right team with a news story is vital to journalism.

This lesson is part of SRL's Be An Assignment Series. This series is also the third section of SRL’s First Module From Concept to Screen: Building Your News Hour. The module is broken into three sections. The first two contain lessons that can be completed as standalone activities or as part of a series. All three sections converge to provide a powerful and fun introduction to producing and hosting news shows. The module is followed by a second that deepens student knowledge and skills.

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Be an Assignment Editor: Assigning Reporters and Camera Persons

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

Learn About the United States

History and Society • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Learn About the United States

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

The United States is one of the largest countries in the world, as well as one of the most diverse. Its land includes wide plains, hills and mountains, expansive deserts, and dense forests. The land also shapes its people, many of whom are immigrants from other countries of the world. In this activity, students will research and then act out characters from many places in the United States. They will discover the diversity and majesty of their country and its people. They also may glimpse some of the reasons for the divisions that Americans face.

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Learn About the United States

History and Society • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

How to Cut Back, Dig Up, Divide & Store Dahlia Tubers Part 1: Buried Treasure – Cut Back & Dig Up Dahlia Tubers

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 30m

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Grades 3 - 8

How to Cut Back, Dig Up, Divide & Store Dahlia Tubers Part 1: Buried Treasure – Cut Back & Dig Up Dahlia Tubers

By Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1h 30m

Students will learn how and when to cut back dahlia plants after frost and safely dig up the tubers for overwintering. Through observation, they’ll track seasonal indicators and begin hands-on harvesting and data collection to prepare tubers for drying.

This activity is 4 of 5 in the "How to Grow Dahlias" module from Farm to Table Kids. Visit the module to view the full set of learning resources and learn more about Part 1 of the module series, "Things to Know Before You Grow."

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How to Cut Back, Dig Up, Divide & Store Dahlia Tubers Part 1: Buried Treasure – Cut Back & Dig Up Dahlia Tubers

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 30m•Grades 3 - 8

Music and Rhythm (Grades K-2)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Music and Rhythm (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children use their bodies and pat their hands on the floor in front of them to tap out rhythms. They start with slow two-beat rhythms, then they add a finger snap or a vocal sound and additional beats. They can then tap on other parts of their bodies. The beat gradually becomes more and more complicated, challenging their memories.

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Music and Rhythm (Grades K-2)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Youth create a poster to use during a simulated classroom election. They create an acrostic poem using their name to explain what makes them a good leader. Students share their posters and vote in a classroom election.

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Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Smoothies and Startups: The Costs of Starting a Business

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Smoothies and Startups: The Costs of Starting a Business

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

There's a well-known saying: It takes money to make money. Spending money is one of the realities of starting a business. Students will think like new business owners and consider their start-up costs as they develop a business plan.

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Smoothies and Startups: The Costs of Starting a Business

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

MLS STEM Goals: Shot Percentages

STEM

1h 30m

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Grades 3 - 8

MLS STEM Goals: Shot Percentages

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1h 30m

In this activity, students explore how percentages connect to real in game performance by analyzing shot percentages in MLS STEM Goals. Using data found in Team Cards, students will learn how fractions, decimals, and percentages are all ways of displaying measurements that are just a part of a whole. In the first half of the lesson, students will calculate and compare shooting percentages across player positions. To conclude the lesson, educators have the option to bring students to a real soccer field or gymnasium where students can gather data on their shooting performance and calculate their own shot percentage.

This is activity 2 of 8 in the MSL STEM Goals Collection from Learn Fresh. To view all activities and Quality Instructional Practices for planning and facilitation, visit the MLS STEM Goals Collection page.

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MLS STEM Goals: Shot Percentages

STEM

1h 30m•Grades 3 - 8

Your Olympic Games

Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Your Olympic Games

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students create their own versions of Olympic sports and demonstrate the sports to the group.

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Your Olympic Games

Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Half the Conversation

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Half the Conversation

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students write and act out skits to build self-awareness and conflict-resolution skills. First, students work in pairs to write and practice skits about a conflict they might have with a person in their everyday lives, and then they perform the skits for the group. However, the student who is the “star” of the skit delivers only their half of the conversation, with the other half of the conversation not being performed. The whole group then discusses what they learned about themselves and how they resolve conflicts.

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Half the Conversation

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Pollinators Project

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m

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Grades 6 - 12

Pollinators Project

By OregonASK

6 - 12

1h 15m

Students learn how pollination works and how bees are essential for the production of fruits and vegetables. Students will also be presented with a problem and use tools to brainstorm and test potential solutions to fix it.

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Pollinators Project

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m•Grades 6 - 12

Prep, Plant, Bloom! How to Plant a Dahlia Tuber

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 30m

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Grades 3 - 8

Prep, Plant, Bloom! How to Plant a Dahlia Tuber

By Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1h 30m

Let’s dig in! After checking for healthy tubers and learning how they work, it's time to plant! This hands-on lesson will teach students how to properly prep and plant their dahlia tubers. From prepping garden beds to placing the tubers at the proper depth, students will experience the joy and responsibility of kickstarting the growing season. They will also learn why placement, spacing, and soil health are essential for producing strong, beautiful blooms.

This activity is 2 of 5 in the "How to Grow Dahlias" module from Farm to Table Kids. Visit the module to view the full set of learning resource and learn more about Part 1 of the module series, "Things to Know Before You Grow."

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Prep, Plant, Bloom! How to Plant a Dahlia Tuber

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 30m•Grades 3 - 8

Celebrating Culture, Resisting Erasure

History and Society • Literacy

1h 30m

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Grades K - 8

Celebrating Culture, Resisting Erasure

By Pulitzer Center

K - 8

1h 30m

What is culture, why does it matter, and what is the impact of cultural erasure? This activity explores these questions through text and multimedia exploration, discussion, and art. Students will read excerpts from the picture book Born on the Water that introduce the culture of the people of Ndongo prior to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. As a culminating activity, they will create art expressing aspects of their own cultures.

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Celebrating Culture, Resisting Erasure

History and Society • Literacy

1h 30m•Grades K - 8

Windchimes & Mobiles

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

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Grades K - 8

Windchimes & Mobiles

By Rediscover Center

K - 8

In this activity, students will learn how to make mobiles or windchimes using materials collected from their home or outside in their neighborhood. This is a simple but versatile activity to really liven up your classroom or your home. Get creative with colors or patterns as you see fit!

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Windchimes & Mobiles

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

1h•Grades K - 8

Helping People Learn

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Helping People Learn

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children learn that not everyone has the opportunity to go to school and gain an education. They explore the concept that gaining a quality education is a right that everyone should have.

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Helping People Learn

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Pre-interviewing (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m

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Grades 6 - 12

Pre-interviewing (Student Reporting Labs)

By PBS

6 - 12

50m

Pre-interviews help you find the right voices (characters) for your story. In the Find Your Story Lesson, you identified potential people to interview and feature in your story.

Now you will talk to them to get a sense of whether they are indeed the right people and if they will move your story forward. The pre-interview will also help you create a list of interview questions so that you can make the best use of your time, and theirs.

This is activity 11 of 16 in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Module. Visit the Module to learn more before getting started.

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Pre-interviewing (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m•Grades 6 - 12

The First Cellphone Call

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

The First Cellphone Call

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Welcome to “Building a News Hour” Module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab, an opportunity for students to apply and extend their learning from Module 1, “From Concept to Screen: Building Your News Show.” By the end of the module, students, working in groups or independently, will have created their own News Hour. The process begins in this first lesson, where students learn the focus of their stories, the first cellphone call.

This is lesson 1 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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The First Cellphone Call

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Egg Safe Seat

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Egg Safe Seat

By OregonASK

K - 5

Students create a car that can safely transport an egg when it comes in contact with a wall. They learn about mechanical engineering as they use an engineering design process grid to build, test, and modify their designs. This activity can be done in one day or over several days.

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S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Egg Safe Seat

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades K - 5

Who Is Telling the Truth? (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Who Is Telling the Truth? (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students try to guess which of the 3 players is telling the truth. This game builds self-awareness by identifying feelings related to honesty and dishonesty. The game also builds speaking and listening skills and helps group members get to know one another.

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Who Is Telling the Truth? (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

What Makes a Strong Online Community? (Grades 9-12)

Digital Media and Communications • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

What Makes a Strong Online Community? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students model an online chat group. They discover that these groups can be successful and enjoyable when group members respect one another.

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What Makes a Strong Online Community? (Grades 9-12)

Digital Media and Communications • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Nature Squares

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Nature Squares

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students develop their scientific inquiry and observational skills as they list all the living and nonliving things in a 1-meter-by-1-meter plot of land.

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Nature Squares

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Make It Move! 6: Transportation Prototype Presentations

STEM • Arts

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Grades 6 - 8

Make It Move! 6: Transportation Prototype Presentations

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students create presentations for their Transportation inventions and showcase their creativity and hard work.

This activity is Part 6 of 6 in the Make it Move! series, and builds off of previous activities:

Make It Move! 1: Transportation Prototype Brainstorm

Make It Move! 2: Transportation Prototype Selection

Make It Move! 3: Transportation Prototype Build

Make It Move! 4: Transportation Prototype Test/Modify

Make It Move! 5: Transportation Prototype Naming

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Make It Move! 6: Transportation Prototype Presentations

STEM • Arts

1h•Grades 6 - 8

What Happened to the BlackBerry Phone?

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

What Happened to the BlackBerry Phone?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

The BlackBerry once was a very popular handheld computer, and a predecessor of the modern mobile phone or smartphone. Today, it now stands as an example of a tremendous business failure. In this activity, students analyze the factors that led to BlackBerry’s decline. They explore the consequences of ill-advised business decisions, improvements in technology, and unforeseen changes in the market.

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What Happened to the BlackBerry Phone?

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Space Systems Part 2

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Space Systems Part 2

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students learn what constellations are and how they work, and how to find them.

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S.INQ Up Space Systems Part 2

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Publishing Board

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m

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Grades K - 5

Publishing Board

By Go2Science

K - 5

1h 15m

Now it’s time to analyze the data collected throughout Mission: Rainforest and come to a consensus about the hypothesis. Dr. Mita wanted to know if blue Morpho butterflies can only live in or near rainforests and not well outside of them. What does the evidence tell you? Share all the research you’ve done by creating a display board with the hypothesis and your conclusion!

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Publishing Board

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m•Grades K - 5

Blogging 101

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Blogging 101

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students learn how to develop their own blog. They begin by discussing what a blog is. Students then form teams to review examples of teen blogs and brainstorm traits that make a blog appealing. They also create a list of and safety tips for bloggers. Next, they watch a video to get advice from a teen blogger, and incorporate that advice into their own lists of tips. Finally, students work together to design a team blog in slideshow software, and each team member writes his or her own blog entry.

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Blogging 101

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Skills for Workers in the Twenty-First Century

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Skills for Workers in the Twenty-First Century

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

What skills do workers need to develop for success in the twenty-first century? Students research and synthesize ideas about the working conditions and environment in which they will work in the future.

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Skills for Workers in the Twenty-First Century

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 6 - 8

The Big Easy: Day 17 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 8

The Big Easy: Day 17 Lesson

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Welcome to Lesson 17 of Jazz at Lincoln Center's module, "The Big Easy"! It's party time! Experience the culmination of creativity as student groups host symbolic parties, providing an opportunity for exploration and discovery amidst vibrant celebrations.

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The Big Easy: Day 17 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Round Robin Storytelling

Literacy • Arts

30m

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Grades K - 8

Round Robin Storytelling

By Foundations, Inc.

K - 8