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Space and Time

STEM • Arts

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Grades 3 - 8

Space and Time

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students practice moving through a subdivided space, a space which simultaneously represents fractions and musical notes. This practice allows students to witness firsthand both equivalent fractions and rhythm. Students then create their own unique rhythmic patterns.

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Space and Time

STEM • Arts

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Inventions (Team Building) Game

Arts • STEM

30m

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Grades 3 - 12

Video

Inventions (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

30m

With only minutes on the clock, your team must create, sketch, and present a hilarious invention to solve an odd-ball problem!

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VIDEO

Inventions (Team Building) Game

Arts • STEM

30m•Grades 3 - 12

Drafting My Interview Questions

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Drafting My Interview Questions

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Ready to put your question-asking skills to the test? In this lesson, we're diving deep into question types! Practice makes perfect, so let's craft the right questions for our news story interviews.

This is lesson 12 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Drafting My Interview Questions

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Creating Games & Puzzles

Arts • STEM

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Grades 6 - 8

Creating Games & Puzzles

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students create their own board games, while giving and receiving feedback from others.

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Creating Games & Puzzles

Arts • STEM

2h•Grades 6 - 8

The Animal Spin

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

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Grades 3 - 8

The Animal Spin

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students experience collective improvisation through everyday conversations and vocalizing like animals.

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The Animal Spin

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

2h•Grades 3 - 8

Questions and Answers

Literacy • History and Society

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Questions and Answers

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students learn reading comprehension and analysis skills, writing down questions that come to mind about ideas and concepts in assigned texts. After reading, students discuss and work through the most challenging questions together.

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Questions and Answers

Literacy • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In the game show The Price Is Right, contestants guess the price of various items with the goal of not overestimating the price. Today's activity has students playing a game called The Price Is Close. Each team leads a round of the game.

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Speak and Listen (Grades K-2)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Speak and Listen (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children share details of their lives with one another and then try to recall those details. This simple but effective activity builds speaking and listening skills while helping children learn more about their group.

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Speak and Listen (Grades K-2)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Skip Counting Hip Hops

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

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Grades K - 2

Skip Counting Hip Hops

By PowerUp Fitness

K - 2

PowerUp Skip Counting Hip Hops - increase knowledge of multiples through movement and math integration.

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Skip Counting Hip Hops

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

5m•Grades K - 2

S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

This activity helps students test various objects to see which are affected by an electrically charged balloon.

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S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades K - 5

Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

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Grades 3 - 5

Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

By Nickelodeon x Mizzen Education

3 - 5

Youth explore their personal game preferences by examining patterns in their Play Preference Sheet. They'll reflect on the types of games they consistently enjoy or dislike and consider why. The activities involve observation and active play, allowing youth to analyze games based on universal fun criteria and their preferences. This reflective process helps them understand their tastes and hone their data analysis skills, making it a valuable and engaging activity for young learners.

This is activity 4 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

1h•Grades 3 - 5

Soccer Skills and Drills

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

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Grades 3 - 5

Soccer Skills and Drills

By Nickelodeon x Mizzen Education

3 - 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module! This session kicks off with youth creating a "Funologist Energize Routine" to get everyone excited and ready to play each day. Youth then focus on mastering soccer skills through creative drills like Crab Soccer and Volcanoes. Each activity is designed to improve footwork and teamwork while having a blast.

This is activity 5 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Soccer Skills and Drills

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

1h•Grades 3 - 5

Plan an International Business Trip

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Plan an International Business Trip

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students work together to create a realistic plan and budget for an overseas business trip. They learn general principles about business travel, budgets, and managing cultural differences. Each team presents its plans to the whole group for approval to travel.

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Plan an International Business Trip

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Should Hate Speech Be Protected by the First Amendment?

History and Society • Digital Media and Communications

55m

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Grades 9 - 12

Should Hate Speech Be Protected by the First Amendment?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

55m

Many scholars cite the First Amendment of the United States Constitution as the most important set of rights in any functioning democracy. Students should understand these basic rights and how they have been challenged, and continue to be, throughout our history. The censorship of hate speech is 1 example of how the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, relates and helps inform the debates in which Americans engage today. This activity will help students consider some of the arguments both in favor of and against the censorship of hate speech.

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Should Hate Speech Be Protected by the First Amendment?

History and Society • Digital Media and Communications

55m•Grades 9 - 12

Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Continue building week 5 skill of the week: Push-ups. In this activity, students revisit their push-up abilities in a relay challenge and game of Tricky Twosome Tag. Then, they learn that proteins can come from animal or plant sources.

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 5: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students learn yoga positions and breathing techniques to help alleviate worry and anxiety and build confidence.

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Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Motor Day

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Motor Day

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students make a motor from a kit or from individual parts. After they build the motor and observe how it runs, they explore the science principles that explain how motors work.

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Motor Day

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Innovation, Stagnation, and Decline: What Happened to the Blackberry Phone?

History and Society • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Innovation, Stagnation, and Decline: What Happened to the Blackberry Phone?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

The once-innovative BlackBerry was left behind in the wake of its more forward-thinking competition. Students discuss the history of the BlackBerry and explain its innovation, stagnation, and decline.

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Innovation, Stagnation, and Decline: What Happened to the Blackberry Phone?

History and Society • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Top 10

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Top 10

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students work in a group to come up with a top 10 list of their choice, and deliver a speech explaining their choices.

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Top 10

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Picture This Riddle

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Picture This Riddle

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children go on a riddle scavenger hunt, solving riddles with clues hidden in pictures around the room.

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Picture This Riddle

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Geometry Jumps

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

15m

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Grades 3 - 8

Geometry Jumps

By PowerUp Fitness

3 - 8

15m

PowerUp Geometry Jumps - discover geometry concepts through jumping and visualization!

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Geometry Jumps

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

15m•Grades 3 - 8

Pitch Your Story (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m

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Grades 6 - 12

Pitch Your Story (Student Reporting Labs)

By PBS

6 - 12

50m

Students will learn to turn their story ideas into fully developed pitches. A pitch enables students to explain their story succinctly and also keep their story focused during the production process.

This is activity 9 of 16 in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Module. Visit the Module to learn more before getting started.

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Pitch Your Story (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m•Grades 6 - 12

Shakespeare Scene Work

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Shakespeare Scene Work

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students collaborate to plan and perform a short scene from Shakespeare. In order to decide how the scene will be played, students will briefly analyze and discuss the characters, motive, plot, setting, and how the language expresses the underlying meaning in the scene.

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Shakespeare Scene Work

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Group Picasso (Team Building) Game

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

20m

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Grades 3 - 12

Video

Group Picasso (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

20m

Rotate self-portraits and try to create artistic masterpieces within seconds before time is called!

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VIDEO

Group Picasso (Team Building) Game

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

20m•Grades 3 - 12

Let’s Learn About Careers

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Let’s Learn About Careers

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, children learn about a variety of careers through age-appropriate books. First, the children listen while the adult reads a book about a career. Then, the children form smaller groups, reading and listening to each other. Finally, the children reconvene as a whole group for discussion.

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Let’s Learn About Careers

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Masquerade Masks

Arts • Literacy

35m

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Grades K - 5

Masquerade Masks

By Rediscover Center

K - 5

35m

In this activity, students will learn how to make Masquerade Masks using materials collected from their home or outside in their neighborhood. This is a simple but versatile activity to really liven up a story your class is currently reading or celebrate a special day. Get creative with colors or patterns as you see fit!

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Masquerade Masks

Arts • Literacy

35m•Grades K - 5

Telephone

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Telephone

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

The old-fashioned telephone game is a fun way for children to improve their listening skills. In this activity, children will play telephone and then add a few fun variations.

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Telephone

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Economic Concepts: What Is Supply and Demand?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 3 - 8

Economic Concepts: What Is Supply and Demand?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 8

45m

Students participate in a simulated silent auction for items of varying interest. Students are given a spending limit for bidding and offer bids for the items. The instructor collects the bids and determines the winner, or highest bidder, of each item. Then, group discussion focuses on how students’ interest in various items and their availability affected their willingness to pay.

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Economic Concepts: What Is Supply and Demand?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 8

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students practice presenting short stories and poems in a flexible Reader's Theater format.

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Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Skills for 21st-Century Workers

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Skills for 21st-Century Workers

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students research the skills that 21st-century workers need. First, they pick 3 careers from the included handout—a liberal arts career, a STEM career, and a vo-tech career. Then, they research those careers and take notes on the necessary skills.

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Skills for 21st-Century Workers

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Memory Card Game (Grades K-2)

STEM • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Memory Card Game (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children make and play a card game to work on their memory skills using addition facts. Since this activity helps children practice basic math facts, it is a great game to play often.

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Memory Card Game (Grades K-2)

STEM • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

In this activity, students test their strength, stamina, and speed in an Olympic adventure. Then, they put their nutritional knowledge to the test in a guessing game.

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Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

How Has Technology Changed the Way Businesses Operate?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

How Has Technology Changed the Way Businesses Operate?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Technology and the economy are constantly affecting each other. In this activity, students evaluate how technology has changed the nature of work for a selected assortment of jobs. They write job ads to recruit employees for those jobs.

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How Has Technology Changed the Way Businesses Operate?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Choreograph Dance Moves (Grades 3-5)

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Choreograph Dance Moves (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students will work together to respond to music through choreography. In groups of 4–6, students will choreograph 1 minute of a song they like and present it to the larger group.

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Choreograph Dance Moves (Grades 3-5)

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Brand Design Mood Board (Grades 6-8)

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Brand Design Mood Board (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students will use design elements and principles (colors, images, shapes, etc.) to create a mood board that promotes a new brand for an influencer, celebrity, or sports figure they admire.

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Brand Design Mood Board (Grades 6-8)

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 6 - 8

What Is Journalism, and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

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Grades K - 8

What Is Journalism, and Why Does It Matter?

By Pulitzer Center

K - 8

In this activity, students leverage prior knowledge to define the news, understand the role of journalists in covering news, and consider why journalism is important to their personal lives and their community.

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What Is Journalism, and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

1h•Grades K - 8

The Green Revolution

History and Society • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

The Green Revolution

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students learn about the work of Norman Borlaug and the agricultural innovations that led to the Green Revolution. They consider current world hunger statistics and brainstorm responses, using what they learn to write and illustrate picture books.

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The Green Revolution

History and Society • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Write Postcards from Countries

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Write Postcards from Countries

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students often are fascinated by faraway places. This fascination can fuel an interest in reading about the countries of the world. In this activity, students will visit a website and gather a few facts about a country of their choice. They will then use these facts to write a postcard telling of their trip to that country.

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Write Postcards from Countries

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Engineering Paper Airplanes

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Engineering Paper Airplanes

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students learn how paper airplanes work and create their own using the engineering design process.

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Engineering Paper Airplanes

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Science Notebooks Across Time

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 3 - 12

Science Notebooks Across Time

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

Students peruse sample pages from the notebooks of many different scientists, including scientists their own age, high school scientists, science teachers, and field scientists dating back to 1905. They consider how scientists have used notebooks over the last several hundred years, and start to think about how they'll use their own.

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Science Notebooks Across Time

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 3 - 12

Dragonfly Species Survey

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 20m

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Grades 6 - 8

Dragonfly Species Survey

By City Parks Foundation

6 - 8

1h 20m

In this interactive activity, students learn how to catch and identify dragonflies, conduct a biodiversity study, and observe which dragonflies live in the area.

This is activity 2 of 3 in the "Indicator Species" module from City Parks Foundation.

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Dragonfly Species Survey

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 20m•Grades 6 - 8

Melting Ice and Water Levels

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Melting Ice and Water Levels

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, two student groups investigate how melting ice affects water levels. The two groups compare the effects of floating ice and land ice. Students also research before-and-after images of melting glaciers and look for evidence that glaciers are either melting or not melting. This activity builds awareness about how melting ice affects the water level of Earth’s oceans.

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Melting Ice and Water Levels

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Models and Props for Books and Games

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Models and Props for Books and Games

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Books and games stimulate the imagination by portraying characters, objects, and settings. In this fun activity, students construct models or props for a dramatic rendering of their favorite book or game.

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Models and Props for Books and Games

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 1

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 1

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Start week 5 by learning the skill of the week: Push-ups. In this activity, students learn to activate their upper body and core muscles while performing push-ups, and play Fox and Rabbit. Then, they learn about the health and nutritional benefits of proteins.

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Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 1

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m•Grades K - 8

American Sign Language (ASL) Alphabet

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

American Sign Language (ASL) Alphabet

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students will learn the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet and use it to spell their first and last names in front of the group.

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American Sign Language (ASL) Alphabet

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Social Media and Big Data

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Social Media and Big Data

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, groups of students discuss social media privacy issues. Then they conduct a privacy survey. They graph the results in their groups, and then compare their results with the whole groups’ results.

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Social Media and Big Data

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

What is a Space Station?

History and Society • STEM

45m

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Grades K - 2

What is a Space Station?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, children learn why a space station moves around Earth instead of crashing to Earth or floating away from it. They also learn how people from many countries work together to keep the International Space Station running.

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What is a Space Station?

History and Society • STEM

45m•Grades K - 2

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students take on the role of sales reps as they select, research, and create a sales pitch for a product. They share their pitches with the large group and learn how successful they are at selling their products. Students then discuss and analyze the effectiveness of various sales pitches and evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of the products.

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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students evaluate business ideas. Working in groups, they develop business ideas and use SWOT Analysis to assess the viability of each idea.

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Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students make and play a card game to work on their memory skills using multiplication facts. Since this activity helps students practice basic math facts, it is a great game to play often.

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Memory Card Game (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

The Word (Team Building) Game

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

10m

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Grades 6 - 12

Video

The Word (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

6 - 12

10m

Read your partner's mind... Using only 1 word!

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VIDEO

The Word (Team Building) Game

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

10m•Grades 6 - 12

Playing with Sound

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Playing with Sound

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Let's dive into the world of sound control! In this lesson, students experiment with various materials and room setups to understand how they affect sound. Get ready to become audio experts!

This is lesson 32 of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs' second module, Building a News Hour.

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Playing with Sound

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

What Was the Marshall Plan? (Grades 9-12)

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

What Was the Marshall Plan? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

This activity will introduce (or reintroduce) students to the key ideas surrounding the creation, financing, and impact of the Marshall Plan. Students will develop key critical thinking, analysis, and collaborative skills, as well as an understanding of US foreign policy and international relations.

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What Was the Marshall Plan? (Grades 9-12)

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

What Could They Do?

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

What Could They Do?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students read a scenario that ends with the protagonist faced with an important decision: an ethical issue, a health/safety issue, or something that could affect an important friend or family relationship. They consider several choices and the short-term and long-term consequences.

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What Could They Do?

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students explore the criteria for evaluating websites and the importance of this type of evaluation.

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Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-5)

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Shadow Puppet Stage!

Arts • Literacy

1h 30m

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Grades K - 8

Shadow Puppet Stage!

By Rediscover Center

K - 8

1h 30m

In this activity, students will build a stage and put on a puppet show! The stage may include props, curtains, and a light source for a shadow puppet show. There are a lot of options that students can use to build their stage!

This activity is part 2 of 2 in the Shadow Puppet Activities by reDiscover Center.

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Shadow Puppet Stage!

Arts • Literacy

1h 30m•Grades K - 8

How to Make a Decision

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

How to Make a Decision

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students explore the steps of a decision-making process, and discuss how they personally make decisions.

Students may apply many models for decision-making. The goal of this activity is to encourage students to apply a method for organizing their thoughts, recognizing their feelings, and developing intuition about the decision-making process.

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How to Make a Decision

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

What Do We Have in Common? (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

What Do We Have in Common? (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this fun activity, students learn about each other as they engage in conversations with a purpose. They sit in a circle and talk alternately with the person on their left and then the person on their right. Their goal is to find something in common with each partner that they don't have in common with the other partner.

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What Do We Have in Common? (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Every time we use the internet, we leave a trail of footprints behind. Students learn about the importance of digital footprints and look at where they have left their trail.

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Where Have I Left My Digital Footprint?

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Functional Fitness Week 4: Day 1

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 4: Day 1

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Start week 4 by learning the skill of the week: Sit-ups. In this activity, students focus on strengthening their muscles through exercise and a game of Up and Down. Then, they learn how grains are incorporated into nutritional dishes.

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Functional Fitness Week 4: Day 1

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

A News Show Structure: Closing

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

A News Show Structure: Closing

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Get ready to master the art of powerful conclusions! Students learn the secrets of crafting engaging conclusion sentences for their fictional news shows. Join us and discover your signature signoff!

This lesson can be completed independently. It is also lesson 15 in SRL’s A News Show Structure Series and is the 15th lesson in SRL’s Module From Concept to Screen: Building Your News Hour.

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A News Show Structure: Closing

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

A News Show Structure: Block F and Celebrities

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

A News Show Structure: Block F and Celebrities

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Are you ready to produce some celebrity news? This lesson dives into "Block F" of a New Show, where celebrity stories are spotlighted!

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: Block F and Celebrities

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

Superhero Comics

Literacy • Arts

45m

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Grades K - 5

Superhero Comics

By OregonASK

K - 5

45m

Students read superheros books and create their own superhero comic book story.

This activity is part 5 of a 5 activity series: Creating a Superhero, Creating Superhero Suits, Superhero Lair Part 1, Superhero Lair Part 2, and Superhero Comics.

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Superhero Comics

Literacy • Arts

45m•Grades K - 5

Where's the Light

Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Where's the Light

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

“Where’s the Light” dives into the captivating world of lighting and how it impacts interviews. In a partially darkened room, students explore how moving light or changing the color of the light impacts an audience’s thoughts and feelings.

This is lesson 21 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Where's the Light

Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Mission to Mars

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Mission to Mars

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students work in groups to plan a mission to Mars. This activity builds teamwork, speaking and listening skills, and problem-solving skills.

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Mission to Mars

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

A Navigation Experiment

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

A Navigation Experiment

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this tech-centric activity, students play a web navigation game to discover strategies many webmasters implement to keep users on their sites.

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A Navigation Experiment

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this jigsaw activity, students assemble and follow instructions to meet a specific goal, or target. Following the instructions and meeting the target rely on measurement, computational skills, and cooperation.

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Target Quest (Grades 9-12)

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Belonging Poetry Postcards

Social and Emotional Awareness • Arts

1h 15m

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Grades 6 - 8

Belonging Poetry Postcards

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

1h 15m

In this activity, youth explore the concept of belonging through reading, discussion, creative expression, and poetry. Using the book Daniel Finds a Poem as inspiration, young people understand how poetry can be found in everyday life through the practice of noticing, listening, and reflecting. Learning these practices and skills are building blocks for shaping and contributing to belonging in their communities. Youth then identify a place where they personally feel belonging and transform that feeling into art and words by creating their own Belonging Poetry Postcard.

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Belonging Poetry Postcards

Social and Emotional Awareness • Arts

1h 15m•Grades 6 - 8

Network Scheduling

Digital Media and Communications • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Network Scheduling

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Students create a recording schedule that works for everyone in the news teams. Like the pros, they’ll make sure every news team can capture their story and that the story finds its perfect spot on the airwaves.

This is lesson 34 of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs' second module, Building a News Hour.

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Network Scheduling

Digital Media and Communications • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Arm & Belt Accessories

Arts • STEM

1h 30m

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Grades 3 - 8

Arm & Belt Accessories

By Rediscover Center

3 - 8

1h 30m

In this activity, students will be challenged to create a wearable glove, shoulder attachment, wrist or belt attachment using cardboard and crafting techniques. They will be able to explore and/or combine materials to make a unique costume that represents themselves!

This is part 3 of the Cardboard Costumes series from reDiscover Center.

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Arm & Belt Accessories

Arts • STEM

1h 30m•Grades 3 - 8

S.INQ Invisible Forces Relay

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Invisible Forces Relay

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

In this lesson, students compete with each other to move objects from one place to another using magnets.

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S.INQ Invisible Forces Relay

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades K - 5

New Lyrics for Old Songs

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

New Lyrics for Old Songs

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Writing singable and memorable song lyrics might be a more challenging task than students imagine. In this fun activity, students compose new lyrics to a familiar song of their choice, and may choose to perform their new song for the group!

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New Lyrics for Old Songs

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

When I Grow Up

Career and Future Readiness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

When I Grow Up

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

The answer to the age-old question “What do you want to do when you grow up?” is one that can change many times in a youth’s life. Today children will be thinking about their strengths, skills, and interests to help them decide what they might want to be when they grow up.

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When I Grow Up

Career and Future Readiness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Be an Assignment Editor: Multiple Sources

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

Be an Assignment Editor: Multiple Sources

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Learn why journalists always seek multiple sources and the critical role of fact verification in reporting the truth.

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: Multiple Sources

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

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Grades 6 - 8

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students design and build their medical inventions.

This activity is Part 3 of 6 in the Amazing Bodies! series, with activities designed to build upon each another:

Amazing Bodies! 1: Prototype Brainstorm

Amazing Bodies! 2: Prototype Selection

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

Amazing Bodies! 4: Prototype Test & Modify

Amazing Bodies! 5: Prototype Naming

Amazing Bodies! 6: Prototype Presentations

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Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

1h•Grades 6 - 8