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What Is a Digital Footprint?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

What Is a Digital Footprint?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students create a visual record of their recent online activity to help them see actions that are forming their permanent digital footprints.

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What Is a Digital Footprint?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Number Line Run

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

10m

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Grades K - 5

Number Line Run

By PowerUp Fitness

K - 5

10m

PowerUp Number Line Skills - problem solve across the number line with this math and movement game.

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Number Line Run

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

10m•Grades K - 5

What Can You Hear?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

What Can You Hear?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students conduct tests of their hearing. First, groups conduct a simple test to check the upper range of their hearing. Then, individuals conduct a second test to identify their complete hearing range. Students then compare and graph the results for their group. Finally, they have the option to conduct additional tests to find out more about their hearing. This activity builds understanding of how the ear works and the frequencies at which humans can hear.

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What Can You Hear?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Preparing for an Interview

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Preparing for an Interview

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Visualizing success! Discover the power of mental preparation for interviews. Learn how to align your questions with your story angle for interviews that shine.

This is lesson 9 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Preparing for an Interview

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

The Blues: Lyrics & Chords

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 8

The Blues: Lyrics & Chords

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students create lyrics and a blues-inspired comic strip by expressing the sounds and associated feelings of major, minor, and blues chords. Students learn that the blues not only have a characteristic lyrical style, but also use specific musical structures to convey meaning; the blended major and minor chord progressions used by blues musicians are recognizable to audiences and can be duplicated by other musicians.

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The Blues: Lyrics & Chords

Arts • Literacy

2h•Grades 3 - 8

What’s an Adaptation?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m

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Grades K - 8

What’s an Adaptation?

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50m

An adaptation is any trait that helps an animal or plant survive in its habitat. Adaptations are helpful only in the habitat for which an animal is adapted. A freshwater newt, used to living in or near water, wouldn’t survive long in the desert.

Diet, behavior, physical anatomy, and even physiology (internal mechanisms), are ways animals adapt to their surroundings. Many living things have evolved unique ways of dealing with the problems of survival. An animal’s adaptations develop over a very long time and can pass to their children, such as an eagle’s keen sense of sight or a hummingbird’s long beak

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What’s an Adaptation?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m•Grades K - 8

Does the Current Climate Change Pose a Threat to Humans?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

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Grades 9 - 12

Does the Current Climate Change Pose a Threat to Humans?

By The Nature Conservancy

9 - 12

Students research trends within a state’s climate and determine how those trends will impact humans.

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Does the Current Climate Change Pose a Threat to Humans?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h•Grades 9 - 12

Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

STEM • Arts

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students brainstorm an invention that can be used in everyday life. They make a detailed drawing of their invention, including labels and descriptions, and then share their invention idea with the group.

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Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

STEM • Arts

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Your Career

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Your Career

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Today, career choices may be more diverse and numerous than ever before. Advances in technology are constantly making career options more complex, as they may lead to new careers while decreasing the demand for older careers. As a result, many adults will take on several careers during their lives—in some cases, simultaneously! In this activity, students research and report on various careers that they may find interesting, rewarding, and appealing.

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Your Career

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Planet Mooz Diner

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

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Grades K - 2

Planet Mooz Diner

By VentureLab

K - 2

Students create a name and menu for a diner on a strange, newly discovered planet called Mooz. Watch out, though! Moozians eat very different things than we do on planet Earth, so students will need to use their creativity to put together a stellar menu. After creating the menu, students will create play food and try each other's "food" out as customers at their diners. This engaging activity allows students to explore their creativity in a meaningful way, as they get a chance to create new menu items, invent a diner name, and showcase their work to their peers while role-playing.

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Planet Mooz Diner

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

1h•Grades K - 2

Mixed-Up Sentences

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Mixed-Up Sentences

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students work in pairs to determine and construct sentences from a series of words. Then, students reconvene as a whole group for discussion.

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Mixed-Up Sentences

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Successful sales representatives know all of the advantages and disadvantages of their products and how their product compares with the competition. In this activity, students act as sales representatives for brands of sneakers. They deliver sales pitches that portray their products as attractively as possible to potential customers.

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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Entrepreneurs evaluate their business plans to make sure that they are devoting their time wisely and investing their money wisely as well. In many cases, seeking other people's opinions about their plans is a smart decision. These opinions might identify opportunities or drawbacks the entrepreneur had not considered. In today's activity, students will learn about several start-up ideas from their peers. Finally, they will conduct SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analyses about the business ideas and then apply the technique to evaluate their ideas.

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Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Persistence Stories

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Persistence Stories

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students read and report on stories of persistence paying off in business and discuss characteristics of and similarities across the stories and how they might use them in their own lives.

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Persistence Stories

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

S.INQ Sound: Sound Travels

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Sound: Sound Travels

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

In this lesson, students will use a tuning fork and place it on different objects in order to find out through which material sound travels best, and through which material sound doesn’t travel well. These experiments in sound conductivity will help them visualize sound as a wave that travels through matter as a vibration.

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S.INQ Sound: Sound Travels

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades K - 5

Interview Setup Evaluation Checklist

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Interview Setup Evaluation Checklist

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Picture this: You're setting up for an important interview. The ambiance, the lighting, the background - they all play pivotal roles. But how do you ensure your interview set is perfect for your journalistic masterpiece? That's where an Evaluation Checklist comes in! Students work in teams and as a class to craft an Evaluation Checklist.

This is lesson 23 of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs' second module, Building a News Hour.

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Interview Setup Evaluation Checklist

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Area Dice

STEM • Literacy

15m

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Grades 6 - 12

Area Dice

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 12

15m

Students practice multiplication and visualizing area spaces with this fun math game.

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Area Dice

STEM • Literacy

15m•Grades 6 - 12

Farm to Table 3: Prototype Build

Arts • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Farm to Table 3: Prototype Build

By OregonASK

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students build the kitchen/farm inventions they created.

This is part 3 of 6 in a series. Start this series with “Farm to Table 1: Prototype Brainstorm” and “Farm to Table 2: Prototype Selection.” To take learning further after this activity, proceed to “Farm to Table 4: Prototype Test & Modify,” “Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming” and Farm to Table 6: Prototype Share”

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Farm to Table 3: Prototype Build

Arts • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Blanket Toss (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m

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Grades 3 - 12

Video

Blanket Toss (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

15m

Heave piles of stuffed animals across the room from one sheet to another!

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VIDEO

Blanket Toss (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m•Grades 3 - 12

Teens Curate Teens: Opening the Exhibition

Arts • Literacy

1h 30m

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Grades 9 - 12

Teens Curate Teens: Opening the Exhibition

By ArtsConnection

9 - 12

1h 30m

It's the exhibition opening! Teen curators work as a collective team to design, plan, install, and host an art event featuring artwork by teens open to the public. Students prepare for the opening and dates of the exhibition.

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Teens Curate Teens: Opening the Exhibition

Arts • Literacy

1h 30m•Grades 9 - 12

Stories of Resistance: Queen Njinga, Elizabeth Freeman, and Today

History and Society • Social and Emotional Awareness

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Grades K - 8

Stories of Resistance: Queen Njinga, Elizabeth Freeman, and Today

By Pulitzer Center

K - 8

In this activity, students explore different ways resistance can look through the stories of Queen Njinga and Elizabeth Freeman. Then, they will analyze text and multimedia to inform a written reflection and group discussion about the legacy of Black resistance and how we can resist injustice.

An optional extension activity guides students in completing a research project on Black leaders resisting injustice throughout history.

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Stories of Resistance: Queen Njinga, Elizabeth Freeman, and Today

History and Society • Social and Emotional Awareness

1h•Grades K - 8

What Is Media? (Grades 9-12)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

What Is Media? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students will explore the many different types of media. They will begin by defining media and identifying specific categories, including print, digital, broadcast, social, audio, and visual. Students will then break into teams and brainstorm examples of the media they use and observe in their daily lives. They will discuss how media influences them, their community, and society in general. Each team will then create a brief presentation to share their ideas and findings with the group.

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What Is Media? (Grades 9-12)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Body Percussion

Leadership and Teamwork • Arts

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Body Percussion

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students stand in a circle and practice making different percussive sounds, starting with hand-clapping and finger-snapping. Next, they move on to using combinations of multiple parts of the body. Then students work in small groups to prepare short percussive pieces to perform for the whole group.

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Body Percussion

Leadership and Teamwork • Arts

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Can You Guess This Fictional Character?

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades K - 2

Can You Guess This Fictional Character?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, children try to guess a fictional character by listening to a description by another child. One child randomly picks a slip with a character's name. That child then describes the character without using their name while the group tries to guess who it is. After everyone has a turn, the group reconvenes for discussion.

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Can You Guess This Fictional Character?

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades K - 2

How Well Can You See?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

How Well Can You See?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students conduct several eye tests. First, groups conduct a simple test to check their visual acuity. Then individuals conduct several online tests. Each person conducts the test twice under different conditions to compare the results. This activity builds understanding of how vision tests work and the differences in how people see.

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How Well Can You See?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Functional Fitness Week 9: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 9: Day 2

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Continue building week 9 skill of the week: Walking Lunges. In this activity, students pair-up for exercise stations and a game of Down, Down, Down. Then, they learn evaluate which fats should be consumed often, sometimes, or once in a while.

This activity is part of the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness 12-week program. If you are new to the program, visit the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 1-4 Collection before getting started.

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Functional Fitness Week 9: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

Be an Assignment Editor: Design Your News Hour Main Stage

Digital Media and Communications • Arts

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

Be an Assignment Editor: Design Your News Hour Main Stage

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Lights, camera, design! In this lesson, budding news show creators become stage designers. They craft the perfect main stage that looks amazing and reflects a show's theme and brand.

This is the culminating lesson in SRL’s module From Concept to Screen: Building Your News Hour. Students must complete the previous 20 lessons before attempting this activity. This module is followed by a second that deepens student knowledge and skills.

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Be an Assignment Editor: Design Your News Hour Main Stage

Digital Media and Communications • Arts

30m•Grades 3 - 5

What Is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? (Grades 3-5)

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

What Is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students explore how countries settle disputes and why they might form alliances. After learning some basic information about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), students color a map of Europe to identify all the current NATO members. They wrap up the activity with a discussion about NATO members and the benefits of joining an alliance.

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What Is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? (Grades 3-5)

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Finding the Fast Food Facts: Researching the Nutritional Value of Fast Food

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Finding the Fast Food Facts: Researching the Nutritional Value of Fast Food

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Fast food often provides a quick and inexpensive option for a meal, but may have detrimental health effects. In this activity students work in small groups to research the nutritional value of a meal from a fast food restaurant. They also explore the daily requirements for calories, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, sugar, and sodium and the risks associated with consuming too much of any one category. They wrap up the activity with a discussion on what they have learned and how it might influence their future fast food orders.

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Finding the Fast Food Facts: Researching the Nutritional Value of Fast Food

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

The Spelling Web (Grades 3-5)

Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

The Spelling Web (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students compete to spell words by connecting the letters in a web and then create spelling webs of their own.

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The Spelling Web (Grades 3-5)

Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)

Digital Media and Communications • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students learn to recognize different ways that social media can be a stressful experience and discuss ways of handling or responding to that stress.

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Does Social Media Contribute to Stress? (Grades 6-8)

Digital Media and Communications • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Cell Phone Policy: Keep or Change?

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Cell Phone Policy: Keep or Change?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students debate whether their school’s cell phone policy is too strict or appropriate. After discussing the issue in groups, students write letters to their teachers or school administrators to communicate their recommendations.

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Cell Phone Policy: Keep or Change?

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Guess the Function

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Guess the Function

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Math students often struggle to understand the concept of a function and to use function notation. In this activity, students are introduced to functions by playing a simple guessing game, generating functions of their own, and interpreting the functions of others.

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Guess the Function

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Carbon Cycle Role-Play

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 12

Carbon Cycle Role-Play

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

45m

How does the finite amount of carbon on this planet move around in the environment, from one place to another? How do the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact? In this active demonstration, students model the carbon cycle, and consider ways in which human actions play a role.

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Carbon Cycle Role-Play

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 12

A Logo for You

Arts • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

A Logo for You

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Today, logos help define all sorts of organizations, including commercial products, large businesses, schools, and government organizations. In this activity, students explore the kind of logo that they would present to the world, either to represent themselves as individuals or for a business they would run.

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A Logo for You

Arts • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Acoustic Experiment

STEM • Arts

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Grades 3 - 8

Acoustic Experiment

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students learn the basic components of acoustics. They use this knowledge to build a model performance space.

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Acoustic Experiment

STEM • Arts

2h•Grades 3 - 8

Mystery Halloween Interviews

Literacy • Leadership and Teamwork

35m

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Grades 3 - 5

Mystery Halloween Interviews

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

35m

Pick a character, keep it secret, and get ready for the questions! Youth take turns becoming a fall or Halloween character while their partners interview them, collect clues, and try to crack the mystery. This low-prep guessing game brings imagination, perspective-taking, speaking, listening, and evidence-based thinking into the fun.

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Mystery Halloween Interviews

Literacy • Leadership and Teamwork

35m•Grades 3 - 5

The Lindy Hop

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

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Grades 3 - 8

The Lindy Hop

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students learn four basic, Lindy Hop steps through an instructional video. Then as a group, students add their own twists on this classic dance.

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The Lindy Hop

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Protest Songs: Sounds of Resistance

History and Society • Literacy

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Grades K - 8

Protest Songs: Sounds of Resistance

By Pulitzer Center

K - 8

In this two-part activity, students learn about the history of American protest songs and explore how Black Americans have utilized music to resist injustices and empower and uplift themselves.

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Protest Songs: Sounds of Resistance

History and Society • Literacy

2h•Grades K - 8

Guess the Photo (Grades 9-12)

Digital Media and Communications • Arts

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Guess the Photo (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students take close-up photographs of familiar objects and then guess what each photo shows. This activity helps students develop new perspectives on the world around them.

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Guess the Photo (Grades 9-12)

Digital Media and Communications • Arts

45m•Grades 9 - 12

A News Show Structure: Run-of-Shows

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

A News Show Structure: Run-of-Shows

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Calling all future news show producers! Dive into our dynamic lesson, where students become the architects of a 60-minute news show. They'll learn the art of story organization and create their run-of-show.

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: Run-of-Shows

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

The Marshmallow Challenge

Arts • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 12

The Marshmallow Challenge

By VentureLab

6 - 12

45m

Students work in teams to complete a challenge to build the tallest free-standing structure out of dry spaghetti noodles that also supports the weight of a regular-sized marshmallow. Along the way, teams will be asked to reflect on what they've been doing and how they're feeling as they experience what it means to have an entrepreneurial mindset. It will also help students start building some key entrepreneurial skills including creativity, team work, and prototyping.

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The Marshmallow Challenge

Arts • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 12

Habitat Planning

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 8

Habitat Planning

By NASA

3 - 8

45m

Students think about and discuss the basic needs and activities that astronauts might partake in while living on the moon, and draw a habitat that can accommodate those activities.

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Habitat Planning

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 8

Modeling How the Heart Works

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Modeling How the Heart Works

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students use paper cups and coffee stirrers to model a human heart. They use the models to examine how the heart pumps blood. This activity builds an understanding of the structure and function of the heart muscle.

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Modeling How the Heart Works

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Free Speech and Social Media

Digital Media and Communications • History and Society

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Free Speech and Social Media

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students explore how freedom of speech applies to the internet and online interaction on social media platforms. They work in teams to analyze the content policies of different social media platforms, and then discuss the types of online content (if any) that should be restricted or regulated.

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Free Speech and Social Media

Digital Media and Communications • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Make an Eclipse Viewer

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 12

Make an Eclipse Viewer

By NASA

3 - 12

45m

Students create a simple pinhole projector. Also, students have the opportunity to test their projectors and view the sun safely!

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Make an Eclipse Viewer

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 12

Stories from Photos (Grades 6-8)

Literacy • Arts

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Stories from Photos (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students use photos as prompts to create characters and write a story (or the beginning of a story). This engaging activity promotes creativity and teaches writing skills.

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Stories from Photos (Grades 6-8)

Literacy • Arts

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Electric Cars

STEM • History and Society

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Electric Cars

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students read about the benefits and drawbacks of electric vehicles, and they consider ideas for developing these vehicles in the future. They discuss the facts and opinions about electric vehicles, and make recommendations for the future.

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Electric Cars

STEM • History and Society

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Planning a Studio Set

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Planning a Studio Set

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Welcome to the creative world of set design for news shows! Students design an engaging and relevant interview set.

This is lesson 20 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Planning a Studio Set

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Rhyme in Super-Quick Time

Literacy • Arts

20m

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Grades K - 5

Rhyme in Super-Quick Time

By Foundations, Inc.

K - 5

20m

This game practices rhyming and is excellent for pre-school and younger elementary age kids as well as English Language Learners (ELLs). Rhyming is a great way to help children and youth develop vocabulary, pronunciation, and listening skills.

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Rhyme in Super-Quick Time

Literacy • Arts

20m•Grades K - 5

Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students learn about tolerance by learning about their peers and recognizing and appreciating their similarities and differences. This activity builds communication and listening skills and helps students learn to respect one another’s strengths, interests, and perspectives.

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Respect and Learn from Others (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Hidden Costs of Consumer Goods

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Hidden Costs of Consumer Goods

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

When a gallon of gasoline is purchased at the pump, the price does not include the cost of the pollution that the gasoline will release or the pollution involved in its product. In this activity, students analyze the hidden costs of a wide variety of products.

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Hidden Costs of Consumer Goods

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Monster Emotions Spinning Selfie

Arts

40m

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Grades 3 - 12

Monster Emotions Spinning Selfie

By Rediscover Center

3 - 12

40m

Create a spinning selfie of a monster for Halloween.

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Monster Emotions Spinning Selfie

Arts

40m•Grades 3 - 12

Water Quality Testing

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 10m

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Grades 6 - 8

Water Quality Testing

By City Parks Foundation

6 - 8

1h 10m

Understanding whether water is clean or polluted requires more than just what the naked eye can see and therefore gives educators like you the opportunity to dive into chemistry with students!

In this lesson students will learn about the way pollutants are introduced into the water cycle and how these pollutants can impact ecosystems and human health. They will then learn how to perform water quality testing on several water samples, identifying the sources of contamination. Students will also learn how green space, specifically street trees in urban areas can be used to reduce contamination events in local ecosystems.

This is activity 2 of 3 in the "Sustainable Cities" module from City Parks Foundation.

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Water Quality Testing

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 10m•Grades 6 - 8

Gallery Walk (Grades 6-8)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Gallery Walk (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students look at a virtual art gallery from the Children’s Museum of Art called “Home Sweet Home” and describe what they see through sketching, writing, discussion, and art creation. These works are diverse, and each student can find something to talk about.

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Gallery Walk (Grades 6-8)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

No Boundaries Chess

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

No Boundaries Chess

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Chess is generally considered an individual sport. In this activity, the addition of a few new rules encourages players to work together as a team.

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No Boundaries Chess

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Research and Understanding (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m

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Grades 6 - 12

Research and Understanding (Student Reporting Labs)

By PBS

6 - 12

50m

Students will identify what they know and don’t know about their story’s topic. Once students know what they don’t know, they will use curiosity to guide research that will result in better developed stories.

This is activity 8 of 16 in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Module. Visit the Module to learn more before getting started.

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Research and Understanding (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m•Grades 6 - 12

Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts • Health and Wellness

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All Grades

Creative Reuse Collection Box

By Rediscover Center

All Grades

In this activity, students will create a collection box for recyclable home goods and materials. This is a group project and will require the participation of all students to collect from their homes to donate. This fun building and decorating activity will encourage everyone to be mindful of their waste!

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Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts • Health and Wellness

1h•All Grades

Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 9-12)

Literacy • Arts

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students improvise skits to show how fictional characters might respond to everyday situations and challenges. This activity demonstrates how fiction can differ from real life.

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Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 9-12)

Literacy • Arts

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Do You Like This Website?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades K - 2

Do You Like This Website?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, children explore a variety of age-appropriate websites and evaluate them. First, the children explore websites with a partner. Then, they fill out a simple worksheet on their own to evaluate different aspects of the site. Finally, children reconvene as a whole group for discussion.

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Do You Like This Website?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades K - 2

The Idea of America: Celebrating Black Americans' Contributions to Democracy

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 12

The Idea of America: Celebrating Black Americans' Contributions to Democracy

By Pulitzer Center

6 - 12

45m

Students evaluate how the values stated in the Declaration of Independence have manifested in U.S. society, and examine what it would mean to reframe U.S. history by considering 1619 the country’s founding date. Students read and discuss excerpts from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’s introductory essay to The 1619 Project.

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The Idea of America: Celebrating Black Americans' Contributions to Democracy

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 12

What Makes a Good Interview? (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m

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Grades 6 - 12

What Makes a Good Interview? (Student Reporting Labs)

By PBS

6 - 12

50m

Preparation and practice are the keys to a successful interview and amazing story. This lesson uses a famous art project, Humans of New York, to reverse-engineer good interview questions and techniques.

Before you write your own interview questions, understand your goal: to get soundbites that connect with your audience, illuminate the topic and move your story forward.

This is activity 10 of 16 in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Module. Visit the Module to learn more before getting started.

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What Makes a Good Interview? (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m•Grades 6 - 12

Pantomime (Grades 6-8)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Pantomime (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students act out a good citizen or stewardship activity that could happen at school and other students guess the activities.

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Pantomime (Grades 6-8)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Free Speech for Students

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Free Speech for Students

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students will review the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, focusing on freedom of speech. They will learn that this freedom is a cornerstone of American culture and democracy, and it extends to students at school. Students will evaluate Tinker v. Des Moines along with a present-day case focusing on students’ first amendment rights.

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Free Speech for Students

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Teens may struggle to talk about a wide variety of personal subjects with parents, teachers, peers, and siblings. In this activity, teens will role-play a variety of conversation topics and evaluate their performances. (Note that the activity incorporates subjects such as honesty, friendship, academic achievement, and general health and wellness. However, it excludes controversial and emotionally sensitive subjects, such as sexuality and gender identity.)

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Tricky Conversations (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Create a Mission (Grades 3-5)

STEM

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

Create a Mission (Grades 3-5)

By Nickelodeon x Mizzen Education

3 - 5

30m

In this activity, youth design a mission for another team to solve, then develop solutions to the peer-created challenges. As Junior Funologists in Nickelodeon's Our World Design Lab, youth will think like engineers, merging science and fun in unique design challenges.

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Create a Mission (Grades 3-5)

STEM

30m•Grades 3 - 5

Character Mash-Up (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Character Mash-Up (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students choose well-known characters from books, movies, and other media. Then, they form groups of 3 to plan and perform a short skit about the character.

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Character Mash-Up (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Ready, Set, Relay Race!

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Ready, Set, Relay Race!

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Relay races are a great way to get students moving while working together. In this activity students will be broken into teams to brainstorm different tasks for their fellow students to complete in a variety of relay races.

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Ready, Set, Relay Race!

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Four Square Bonanza

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Four Square Bonanza

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Four Square is a fast-paced game that keeps students moving. In this activity, students refine their skills in coordination and sportsmanship by participating in Four Square Bonanza!

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Four Square Bonanza

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Clutch (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

10m

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All Grades

Video

Clutch (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

All Grades

10m

Circle up to see who has the reflexes and discipline to be "clutch" for this activity. Here's a hint; success will depend on how well you can multitask.

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VIDEO

Clutch (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

10m•All Grades

Hate Speech vs. Free Speech

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Hate Speech vs. Free Speech

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students will discover that the First Amendment guarantees Americans the right to free speech but that not all speech is protected. They will define the concept of hate speech, explain when it is protected, and explain when the government can step in to limit it. Students will analyze different real-life situations to determine if hate speech should be protected and explaining their reasoning to the whole group.

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Hate Speech vs. Free Speech

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Self Propelled Cars

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Self Propelled Cars

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

In this activity, students have the opportunity to build, test, and modify self propelled cars using an engineering design grid. Students will build cars with sails, testing them with a fan to see what kinds of sails work best to propel their vehicle.

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S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Self Propelled Cars

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades K - 5

Stop the Show (Grades 6-8)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Stop the Show (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Small groups of students plan scenarios that have concrete starting points and a conflict, obstacle, or problem the characters have to solve. At a certain point, the adult leader stops the play and asks the audience to vote on the ending to the scene. Students learn to be flexible and creative by acting out the new ending.

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Stop the Show (Grades 6-8)

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

What Makes a Strong Online Community? (Grades 6-8)

Digital Media and Communications • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

What Makes a Strong Online Community? (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students model an online chat group and learn that these groups can be successful and enjoyable, as long as everyone is respectful.

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What Makes a Strong Online Community? (Grades 6-8)

Digital Media and Communications • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Crowdsourcing

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Crowdsourcing

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students learn about different types of crowdsourcing and then work together in small groups to develop a project idea that uses crowdsourcing. This activity builds analytic and problem-solving skills. It also develops speaking and listening skills.

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Crowdsourcing

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 6 - 8