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A News Show Structure: Block C and Headlines

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

A News Show Structure: Block C and Headlines

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Extra! Extra! Dive into the world of headline writing in our exciting lesson! Students learn the art of crafting captivating headlines that tell the story at a glance. Get ready to make headlines that shine!

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 C and Headlines

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

Garden Eyes Open! How to Garden Journal Like a Pro

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 15m

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Grades 3 - 8

Garden Eyes Open! How to Garden Journal Like a Pro

By Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1h 15m

In this engaging and interactive activity, students will practice mindful garden walks and document their observations in both personal and class-wide garden journals. They will learn to record their findings on plant growth, soil health, pollinators, weather, and more by using visual cues, sketches, and sensory reflections. The journal will serve as both a scientific tool and a narrative for the garden!

This activity is 3 of 4 in the "Things to Know Before You Grow" collection from Farm to Table Kids. Visit the collection to view the full set of learning resource and learn more about Part 2 of the collection series, "How to Grow Dahlias."

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Garden Eyes Open! How to Garden Journal Like a Pro

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 15m•Grades 3 - 8

Fight or Flight

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

30m

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Grades 3 - 12

Fight or Flight

By kid-grit

3 - 12

30m

We all react differently when stressful events occur. In this activity students reflect on how their minds and bodies react to stress. After identifying how we react, students will practice how to use breath and breathing to de-escalate stressful situations.

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Fight or Flight

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

30m•Grades 3 - 12

Sentence Put Together and Break Apart

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades K - 2

Sentence Put Together and Break Apart

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Writing “super silly sentences” puts a fun twist on writing practice. In this activity, children become engaged in writing sentences, deconstructing sentences, and then reconstructing sentences that others have taken apart.

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Sentence Put Together and Break Apart

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades K - 2

What's Your Vibe

History and Society • Arts

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Grades 3 - 8

What's Your Vibe

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students act as ‘sound detectives’ analyzing both their own unique locations and those important to jazz. They apply their learnings to the creation of an Instagram Story.

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What's Your Vibe

History and Society • Arts

4h•Grades 3 - 8

Be Wary of Fraud (Grades 6-8)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Be Wary of Fraud (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Each year, unsuspecting people are tricked into sharing personal information online. Students learn about common types of scams, why they are effective, and how to detect them.

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Be Wary of Fraud (Grades 6-8)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 3

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 3

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

In this final program activity, students conclude and celebrate their training with free play and smoothies. Then, they they reflect on what they have learned about nutrition and healthy eating.

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 12: Day 3

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

Tuning Up

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

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Grades 3 - 8

Tuning Up

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students are introduced to several musical instruments through various hands-on activities. They begin to connect instruments to their sound. Students put this knowledge into practice by creating an album cover which matches a jazz style.

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Tuning Up

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

3h•Grades 3 - 8

Music and Rhythm (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Music and Rhythm (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students sit in a circle on the floor and use their hands on the floor in front of them to tap out rhythms. Students start with slow two-beat rhythms, then add a finger snap, percussion from found objects like pencils, rulers, books, or brooms. Then they will add vocal percussive sounds and additional beats. In small groups, students will use found objects to create percussive performances.

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Music and Rhythm (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

In the Groove

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

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Grades 3 - 8

In the Groove

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students design obstacle courses as if they are jazz musicians playing in the groove. They must complete the course together while taking time to perform an improvisational solo.

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In the Groove

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

1h•Grades 3 - 8

All Aboard! (Grades K-2)

STEM • Arts

45m

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Grades K - 2

All Aboard! (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children use creativity, engineering, and planning, as they work in pairs to create trains and buildings for a model railroad.

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All Aboard! (Grades K-2)

STEM • Arts

45m•Grades K - 2

Who Writes the Laws?

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Who Writes the Laws?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students learn about the people who make the laws for their community, state, and nation. They distinguish the 3 branches of the U.S. government and define the legislative branch as the lawmaking branch. Students split into teams to research the people who make the laws at each level of government and who must follow those laws. They work together to make a chart and present what they learn.

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Who Writes the Laws?

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Adapting to Urbanization

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m

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Grades K - 8

Adapting to Urbanization

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50m

Biodiversity is defined as the variety of life in the world or within a habitat or ecosystem. Biodiversity loss is happening at an alarming rate. The conversion of natural areas for homes, offices, and shopping centers has become one of the most serious threats to America’s native plant and animal species. The pace of land covered by urban and suburban development has been accelerating decade by decade since the 1950s.

Critical to survival, wildlife requires food, water, shelter, and places to raise their young, free from polluted air, soils, water, food, and acoustics. Citizens are best positioned to support biodiversity and combat urbanization by building and maintaining habitat for wildlife, changing consumption habits, participating in environment-related events, such as community clean-ups, and advocating for policies and laws that support healthy wildlife populations and habitat.

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Adapting to Urbanization

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m•Grades K - 8

I’ve Got a Question for You (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

I’ve Got a Question for You (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students form two concentric circles to discuss various topics. Every few minutes, the inner circle rotates one place to the left, and students begin a discussion on another topic. Students then reconvene as a whole group to discuss what they have learned about others.

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I’ve Got a Question for You (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Literacy • History and Society

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Grades 6 - 12

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

In this activity, learners examine the lives and contributions of lesser-known Black American innovators—past and present—through close reading, discussion, and synthesis. Each week introduces a new theme that highlights a different way people shape communities and history. Learners create Innovator Trading Cards that capture key details about each innovator and prepare those cards for use in a collaborative, challenge-based game later in the playlist. This activity supports historical understanding, literacy skills, and critical thinking by asking learners to connect individual contributions to broader themes of innovation, culture, and community impact.

This is the first of two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1 focuses on the theme of the week, learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.
Activity 2 focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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Designing Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Literacy • History and Society

1h•Grades 6 - 12

Functional Fitness Week 9: Day 3

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 9: Day 3

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Finish week 9 with the skill of the week: Walking Lunges. In this activity, students participate in a relay challenge and game of Tricky Twosome Tag. Then, they reinforce prior learning about nutrition labels and ingredient lists.

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Functional Fitness Week 9: Day 3

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

School Start Time Debate

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

School Start Time Debate

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students debate whether their school starts too early, discussing research on the effects of school start times and articulating why school should begin earlier or later.

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School Start Time Debate

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

The Bill of Rights: What Is Freedom of Religion?

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

The Bill of Rights: What Is Freedom of Religion?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students may have heard of the First Amendment. They also may know that 1 part of this amendment focuses on freedom of speech or the right to assemble. But they might not know that the amendment also protects freedom of religion. In this activity, students will learn about different religions and why freedom to practice one’s religion in the United States is an important right. Students will develop some key skills, such as decision-making, collaboration, and advocacy.

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The Bill of Rights: What Is Freedom of Religion?

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

The Big Easy: Day 2 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 8

The Big Easy: Day 2 Lesson

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Welcome to Lesson 2 of Jazz at Lincoln Center's module, "The Big Easy"! Delve deeper into the world of artistic expression as students uncover the tools artists use to convey stories, emotions, and experiences. Discover the power of color, movement, and sound in evoking emotions.

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The Big Easy: Day 2 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Rainforest Biodiversity Game

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m

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Grades K - 5

Video

Rainforest Biodiversity Game

By Go2Science

K - 5

50m

From the rainforests and pastures of Panama, Beth and Curtis observe a variety of animals in their habitats. What might happen if habitats change? Students play a game about biodiversity in changing habitats to learn more.

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Rainforest Biodiversity Game

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m•Grades K - 5

Invasion (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m

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Grades 3 - 12

Video

Invasion (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

15m

Invade your opponents territory by quickly tossing poker chips into a bucket before your opponent invades your territory!

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VIDEO

Invasion (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m•Grades 3 - 12

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 1: Demonstrating Sportsmanship

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 3 - 8

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 1: Demonstrating Sportsmanship

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

45m

As the MLB STEM League experience begins, all student participants are asked to sign a Sportsmanship Contract. Just like a professional MLB player, this affirms their commitment to their teammates and peers, setting the foundation for a fun, fair, and respectful season.

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MLB Players STEM League Lesson 1: Demonstrating Sportsmanship

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 3 - 8

Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Follow the Leader

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Follow the Leader is a classic activity that many generations of children have enjoyed. In this activity, children take turns acting as leaders and followers. Children practice motor skills and following directions.

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Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 4: Choosing a Shooter

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

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Grades 3 - 8

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 4: Choosing a Shooter

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

In this interactive NBA Math Hoops activity, students act as coaches, utilizing the "Shot Planner" as their canvas for their basketball plays. Students will create "plays" by performing the correct mathematical operation, ultimately allowing them to unlock shots on the NBA Math Hoops game board.

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NBA Math Hoops Lesson 4: Choosing a Shooter

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Social Responsibility and Popular Brands

History and Society • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Social Responsibility and Popular Brands

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Companies are in business to make a profit, and they must continue to be profitable to stay viable. Nevertheless, many companies at least claim to act responsibly for the greater good of society. In this activity, students will evaluate claims of social responsibility from 3 companies. Are these claims accurate and reasonable, or are they attempts to distract consumers or the government from other agendas?

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Social Responsibility and Popular Brands

History and Society • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Using the iNaturalist App to Conduct a Bug Safari

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

30m

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Grades 3 - 8

Using the iNaturalist App to Conduct a Bug Safari

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 8

30m

Community science, also called citizen science, is a global effort in which scientists and the public work together to help gather data on the earth’s biodiversity. In this activity, your students will practice using scientific collection tools and conduct a Bug Safari observation. They will gently collect arthropods, take photos, and record their findings in iNaturalist, a citizen and community science project and online social network for nature research.

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Using the iNaturalist App to Conduct a Bug Safari

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

30m•Grades 3 - 8

Color Vision Genetics Evolution Simulation

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 3 - 8

Color Vision Genetics Evolution Simulation

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 8

Students participate in a natural selection simulation, flipping pennies to mimic the probability of passing on certain traits. The traits are the three genes for color-vision, found on the X chromosome. In the simulation, students simulate six generations of primates and track how the gene pool changes over time.

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Color Vision Genetics Evolution Simulation

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 3 - 8

People, Places, and Things (Grades 6-8)

Literacy • Arts

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

People, Places, and Things (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students create story ideas by considering random people, places, and things. Then, they share their work with the group.

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People, Places, and Things (Grades 6-8)

Literacy • Arts

45m•Grades 6 - 8

I Want to Be a Producer

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

I Want to Be a Producer

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students explore the role of producers in the economy. They begin by identifying examples of producers and the goods and services that they provide. They then connect the role of producer to the role of entrepreneur by discussing how entrepreneurs develop ideas to produce specific goods and services. The group brainstorms and votes on a good or service to mock produce. They then split into teams to identify and discuss specific economic factors influencing their product.

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I Want to Be a Producer

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Functional Fitness Week 8: Day 3

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 8: Day 3

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Finish week 8 with the skill of the week: Jumps. In this culminating activity, students wrap-up their jumping skills in partnered skill practice and a game of Good-Witch, Bad-Witch Sandwich. Then, they learn how to identify and analyze the serving sizes included in nutritional labels.

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Functional Fitness Week 8: Day 3

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

How to Cut Back, Dig Up, Divide & Store Dahlia Tubers Part 2: Split & Save – Divide and Store Tubers

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 20m

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Grades 3 - 8

Video

How to Cut Back, Dig Up, Divide & Store Dahlia Tubers Part 2: Split & Save – Divide and Store Tubers

By Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1h 20m

In this activity, students will learn about tuber anatomy after drying and practice safe division techniques. Then, they will examine and document the tubers' healthy eyes, necks, and bodies. Finally, they will prepare the tubers for proper storage based on the climate. This is the second part of a two-part activity.

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

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VIDEO

How to Cut Back, Dig Up, Divide & Store Dahlia Tubers Part 2: Split & Save – Divide and Store Tubers

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 20m•Grades 3 - 8

Organizing Your Science Notebook

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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All Grades

Organizing Your Science Notebook

By California Academy of Sciences

All Grades

45m

Students pop open their science notebooks and get them ready for learning by inserting a Table of Contents, numbering the pages, and completing their first reflective entry.

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Organizing Your Science Notebook

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•All Grades

Business Skills: Job Interview

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Business Skills: Job Interview

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students will explore the role of interviewing in business. They will begin by identifying the purpose of an interview and brainstorming a list of properties or characteristics of interviews in the business world. Next, working in teams, student will develop a job description and interview questions. They then pair up to take turns role-playing an interviewer and an applicant.

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Business Skills: Job Interview

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Evaluating Websites (Grades 6-8)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Evaluating Websites (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students explore and evaluate a variety of websites for accuracy, reliability, and usefulness. This activity demonstrates the important differences between related websites, and how to select the best website for your needs.

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Evaluating Websites (Grades 6-8)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students learn about the different types of intellectual property and work in small groups to brainstorm examples of each.

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Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

New Sports Jigsaw

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

New Sports Jigsaw

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students create a new sport based on the characteristics of sports that they know.

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New Sports Jigsaw

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Story Wheel

Literacy • Arts

45m

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Grades K - 2

Story Wheel

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children love listening to stories. Having them recall the plot is a critical comprehension skill. In this activity, children will listen to a story and then recall the main character and what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. They demonstrate their comprehension through pictures drawn on a story wheel.

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Story Wheel

Literacy • Arts

45m•Grades K - 2

Our 50 States

History and Society • Arts

45m

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Grades K - 2

Our 50 States

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children are assigned an outline map of 1 of the 50 states. They label the map with the state's name and nickname and decorate it with an appropriate image. The group puts together the individual state map they created to make an artistic map of the United States.

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Our 50 States

History and Society • Arts

45m•Grades K - 2

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM • Arts

35m

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Grades 3 - 5

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

By VentureLab

3 - 5

35m

Students work in teams to complete a challenge to build the tallest free-standing structure out of paper that can support a 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, teamwork, and prototyping.

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Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM • Arts

35m•Grades 3 - 5

Balanced Mobile

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades K - 2

Balanced Mobile

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children explore balanced forces as they create a mobile using a hanger and various objects. Then, they test their skills by attaching a second hanger with more objects.

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Balanced Mobile

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades K - 2

Plants and Animals in My Community

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m

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Grades K - 8

Plants and Animals in My Community

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50m

Plants and animals in your neighborhood or community are essential to its health and resilience. There are numerous benefits from beautification to critical habitat for migratory birds. Taking time to observe and work with nature gives an appreciation for the role they play in a healthy ecosystem - an ecosystem we impact with our actions. As a part of a community, it’s important to know what wildlife and plant life need for survival and learn from local agencies and non-profit organizations how to protect wildlife and become a better nature steward. Remember each action we take has an impact on the environment. Our small actions add up and have a ripple effect on the delicate web of life.

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Plants and Animals in My Community

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m•Grades K - 8

Mind Mapping Business Success

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Mind Mapping Business Success

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Business success often involves the ability to think about ideas and concepts in creative ways. Students will merge concepts with creativity as they use the notetaking technique of mind mapping to show how some well-known internet-based companies continue to experience success.

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Mind Mapping Business Success

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Promote Your Business

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Promote Your Business

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students brainstorm and share ideas for promoting or marketing a small business.

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Promote Your Business

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Gardening for Wildlife

Nature and Wildlife • Health and Wellness

50m

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Grades K - 8

Gardening for Wildlife

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50m

In this activity, children will be assessing the green space or garden area(s) to see if they meet the criteria for certification from the National Wildlife Federation’s Garden for Wildlife™ program.

Wildlife habitat gardens are a haven for local birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. Still, as the urban, suburban, and rural landscapes change, it is increasingly important citizens provide wildlife habitats of any size. By gardening for wildlife, not only are you creating a beautiful space and getting to play in the soil, but you are providing critical places for wildlife to thrive. The network of gardens around the country (over 230,000 gardens and over 7 million people), certified habitats, has committed to wildlife. They represent schools, backyards and patios, parks, churches, businesses, and entire communities.

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Gardening for Wildlife

Nature and Wildlife • Health and Wellness

50m•Grades K - 8

Who Saw It

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Who Saw It

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Today's adventure is about expanding student knowledge and uncovering the vast web of people connected to the groundbreaking historical moment, the world’s first cell phone call. Students collaborate, brainstorm, and create a comprehensive list of witnesses and critical figures surrounding the iconic event.

This is lesson 2 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Who Saw It

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Dodgeball

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Dodgeball

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students learn and play dodgeball. This activity builds cooperative learning skills and hand-eye coordination and promotes physical fitness.

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Dodgeball

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

The Secret to Successful Social Distancing

Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications

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Grades 3 - 12

The Secret to Successful Social Distancing

By kid-grit

3 - 12

Our social interactions have changed as a result of COVID-19. In this activity, students will role-play to explore how they will follow social distancing guidelines in different settings. After the role-playing, students will share their thoughts and observations.

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The Secret to Successful Social Distancing

Social and Emotional Awareness • Digital Media and Communications

1h•Grades 3 - 12

The Big Easy: Day 12 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 8

The Big Easy: Day 12 Lesson

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Welcome to Lesson 12 of Jazz at Lincoln Center's module, "The Big Easy!" Students bring their designs to life by transforming fabric squares into vibrant tributes with beads and sewing. Students experience the joy of celebrating community and connection through artistic fabric.

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The Big Easy: Day 12 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 8

The Big Easy: Day 8 Lesson

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

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Grades 3 - 8

The Big Easy: Day 8 Lesson

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Welcome to Lesson 8 of Jazz at Lincoln Center's module, "The Big Easy"! Delve into the fundamentals of drumming as students learn pitch and volume control, constructing their own drums before joining a vibrant drum circle.

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The Big Easy: Day 8 Lesson

Arts • Digital Media and Communications

1h•Grades 3 - 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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Functional Fitness Week 9: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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A News Show Structure: Run-of-Shows

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5