All Activities

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

Career and Future Readiness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

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

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

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

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

Career and Future Readiness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Video Games of Past and Present

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Video Games of Past and Present

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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

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Video Games of Past and Present

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Telling Fact From Opinion

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Telling Fact From Opinion

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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

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Telling Fact From Opinion

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Spelling Survivor

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Spelling Survivor

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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

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Spelling Survivor

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

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

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

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

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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

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

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Animal ABCs

Literacy • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades K - 2

Animal ABCs

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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

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Animal ABCs

Literacy • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades K - 2

Pitch Yourself

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

50m

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Grades 6 - 12

Pitch Yourself

By Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

50m

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

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Pitch Yourself

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

50m•Grades 6 - 12

S.INQ Up Human Impact

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

30m

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Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Human Impact

By OregonASK

6 - 8

30m

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

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S.INQ Up Human Impact

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

30m•Grades 6 - 8

Hidden Information: Mapping Our Digital Footprint

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Hidden Information: Mapping Our Digital Footprint

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

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

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Hidden Information: Mapping Our Digital Footprint

Digital Media and Communications • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

By OregonASK

3 - 12

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

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

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Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 12

Make a Hovercraft

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Make a Hovercraft

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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

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Make a Hovercraft

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Launcher (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m

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Grades 6 - 12

Video

Launcher (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

6 - 12

30m

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

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VIDEO

Launcher (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m•Grades 6 - 12

Stations of the Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga Philosophy

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Stations of the Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga Philosophy

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

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

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Stations of the Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga Philosophy

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Quiet on Set

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Quiet on Set

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

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

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

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Quiet on Set

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

A Good Hook (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

A Good Hook (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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

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A Good Hook (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Super Secret Handshake Society (Team Building) Game

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

15m

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All Grades

Video

Super Secret Handshake Society (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

All Grades

15m

Meet new friends while creating secret, custom handshakes that are guaranteed to impress an audience!

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VIDEO

Super Secret Handshake Society (Team Building) Game

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

15m•All Grades

What is an Entrepreneur?

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

25m

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Grades K - 2

What is an Entrepreneur?

By VentureLab

K - 2

25m

Entrepreneurship isn't just about starting companies; it's a skill set and way of thinking. In this activity, students will watch a video from Kid President on what it takes to be an inventor to get them thinking about and discussing what an entrepreneur is. Then, students will make a poster representing themselves as entrepreneurs to start cultivating the mindset and thinking that they, too, are entrepreneurs.

This activity was designed as Part 1 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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What is an Entrepreneur?

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

25m•Grades K - 2

20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students play a version of the popular game 20 Questions. First, students pair off, with 1 student thinking of something from a predetermined category while the other asks their partner up to 20 questions to determine what it is. Finally, students reconvene as a whole group for discussion.

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20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Global Intervention in the First Gulf War

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Global Intervention in the First Gulf War

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students read both primary and secondary source articles to explore the reasons for U.S. participation in the First Gulf War. They begin by considering a personal dilemma over conflict and discuss whether or not they think U.S. participation in the war was justified.

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Global Intervention in the First Gulf War

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Cell City

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 12

Cell City

By OregonASK

6 - 12

45m

Students learn about cells, including their functions in the body, by building models for themselves!

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Cell City

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 12

Gallery Walk

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

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Grades 6 - 12

Gallery Walk

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 12

30m

This teaching technique actively engages students in collaboration and creative problem-solving as they walk throughout a room together in small groups, sharing ideas and discussing questions while responding to images or texts.

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Gallery Walk

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

30m•Grades 6 - 12

Startup Survival

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

1h 40m

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Grades 6 - 12

Startup Survival

By Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

1h 40m

As an engaging way to introduce students to NFTE’s entrepreneurial mindset domains, students will either complete an interactive digital module or attempt to select the most important startup tools. Students finish the module by creating an EM Personal Growth Plan.

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

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Startup Survival

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

1h 40m•Grades 6 - 12

Fact-checking for Beginners (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

Grades 6 - 12

Fact-checking for Beginners (Student Reporting Labs)

By PBS

6 - 12

Students will learn the basics of fact-checking a news story, and the difference between primary and secondary sources.

This is activity 13 of 16 in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Module. Visit the Module to learn more before getting started.

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Fact-checking for Beginners (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

Grades 6 - 12

What is Causing the Current Climate Change? - Part 2

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 9 - 12

What is Causing the Current Climate Change? - Part 2

By The Nature Conservancy

9 - 12

Students conduct a short literature review to determine the leading cause of the current climate change.

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What is Causing the Current Climate Change? - Part 2

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 9 - 12

Modeling an Elbow

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Modeling an Elbow

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students use rubber bands and a foam board to construct a working model of an elbow joint. By experimenting with the model, students observe that muscles work in pairs to bend joints and move body parts. Flexing and extending the arm at the elbow joint is one example.

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Modeling an Elbow

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Who Is Marie Curie?

Literacy • History and Society

45m

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Grades K - 2

Who Is Marie Curie?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children learn about the famous scientist Marie Curie. They read a biography of Curie’s life and use what they have learned to write an acrostic poem about her.

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Who Is Marie Curie?

Literacy • History and Society

45m•Grades K - 2

Functional Fitness Week 11: Day 1

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 11: Day 1

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

In this activity, students revisit measuring their physical abilities by participating in hundred-meter runs. Then, they reinforce prior learning by brainstorming healthy breakfast ideas.

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 11: Day 1

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

Planning a 2-Person Presentation

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Planning a 2-Person Presentation

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students learn steps to follow when planning a presentation, and then they practice those steps with a partner. This activity builds organizational skills, as well as skills in collaboration, speaking, and listening.

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Planning a 2-Person Presentation

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Functional Fitness Week 6: Day 2

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 6: Day 2

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Continue building week 6 skill of the week: Squats. In this activity, students participate in strength and endurance relays, and a classic game of Capture the Flag. Then, they learn to identify the types of dairy products.

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Functional Fitness Week 6: Day 2

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m•Grades K - 8

Basics of Presenting (Grades K-2)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Basics of Presenting (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, children learn and practice useful rules for public speaking.

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Basics of Presenting (Grades K-2)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades K-2)

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children choose a meaningful and memorable scene from a favorite story and then work together to dramatize it. This activity introduces young children to dramatic storytelling.

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Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades K-2)

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Southern States Pen Pals

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Southern States Pen Pals

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students work in small groups to research the southern region of the United States and then write each other "pen pal" letters based on their research.

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Southern States Pen Pals

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Functional Fitness Week 2: Day 3

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 2: Day 3

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

45m

Finish week 2 with the skill of the week: Running. In this activity, students polish their stamina and speed with team sprints and game of Junkyard. Then, they challenge their fruit-focused learning in a summative game.

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Functional Fitness Week 2: Day 3

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades K - 8

EMI Pre-Survey Analysis

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

50m

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Grades 6 - 12

EMI Pre-Survey Analysis

By Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

50m

Students take the Pre-EMI survey to get a report of the current status of their own developing entrepreneurial mindset.

Note that the survey is designed to be completed by most students in less than one instructional period. However, depending on the reading levels and abilities of your students, it may take longer for many students. Adjust the discussion time appropriately to match the amount of time your students will need to complete the survey.

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EMI Pre-Survey Analysis

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

50m•Grades 6 - 12

Make a Straw Rocket

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades 3 - 8

Make a Straw Rocket

By NASA

3 - 8

30m

Create a paper rocket that can be launched from a soda straw – then, modify the design to make the rocket fly farther!

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Make a Straw Rocket

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades 3 - 8

Model a Computer Program

STEM • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Model a Computer Program

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

A computer will follow coded instructions nearly instantly-and with no mistakes! If an error occurs, the fault is with the code, or software, and not the computer circuitry. In this activity, students will model the instructions, variables, and calculations of a computer program, 1 line of code after another. The skills they practice will be useful for writing programs of their own, as well as debugging their programs. The activity also demonstrates the remarkable speed and accuracy at which computers complete tasks.

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Model a Computer Program

STEM • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 6 - 8

My Watershed

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m

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Grades 3 - 8

My Watershed

By National Wildlife Federation

3 - 8

50m

A watershed is an area of land that drains all the streams, rainfall, and snowmelt to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or ocean and consists of surface water, such as lakes, streams, reservoirs, and wetlands and all underlying groundwater. The word “watershed” is sometimes used interchangeably with drainage basin or catchment. Larger watersheds contain many smaller watersheds. Watersheds are critical because the water flowing over the land impacts habitat, and wildlife health supports various recreational activities and provides communities with drinking water.

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My Watershed

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m•Grades 3 - 8

Wacky Relay Race!

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 3 - 8

Wacky Relay Race!

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 8

45m

In this activity, students design and participate in a "wacky" relay race.

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Wacky Relay Race!

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 3 - 8

Freedom of the Press Blog Entry

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Freedom of the Press Blog Entry

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students explore protections for and limits on the freedom of the press in the United States. In teams, they watch a video summary on the history of the freedom of the press and read a news article about high school students’ efforts to protect their “right to write.” They use what they learn to prepare a team blog entry analyzing the freedom of the press.

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Freedom of the Press Blog Entry

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Tower of Power

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

1h 40m

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Grades 6 - 12

Tower of Power

By Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

1h 40m

As an engaging way to introduce students to NFTE’s entrepreneurial mindset domains, students will either complete an interactive digital module or engage in a team building activity that asks them to create the tallest possible tower using limited resources.

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Tower of Power

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

1h 40m•Grades 6 - 12

Singing and Rhythm

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Singing and Rhythm

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Familiar and favorite songs, such as "Row Row Row Your Boat" and "Rain Rain Go Away," are turned into rhythm and movement activities. Children clap and count the rhythm of syllables, and then stomp and march to the music.

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Singing and Rhythm

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Opposable Thumbs

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m

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Grades K - 5

Opposable Thumbs

By Go2Science

K - 5

50m

Animals have many adaptations that help them in their habitat. The monkeys Beth and Curtis saw playing in the trees had opposable thumbs and opposable big toes! Have you ever stopped to think about how useful your opposable thumbs are? Students play a game to test completing different tasks with and without opposable digits.

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Opposable Thumbs

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m•Grades K - 5

How to Look at Monuments

Arts • History and Society

1h 30m

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Grades 9 - 12

How to Look at Monuments

By ArtsConnection

9 - 12

1h 30m

Guide young people in observing, describing, and analyzing local or global monuments. Through multimedia research, writing, and discussion, respond to the questions: Who's history do they include and who do they exclude? Which monuments would you take down and what new monuments would you put up?

Monuments to individuals, historical events, or movements have been created throughout time and around the world, in cities and towns big and small. Sometimes we pass them by without even knowing who or what they depict, and other times they elicit anger, offense, and a call to remove them. This activity asks teens to weigh in on the global debate around how monuments reflect our society and what should be done when they no longer represent our communities.

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How to Look at Monuments

Arts • History and Society

1h 30m•Grades 9 - 12

Draw a Scientist

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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All Grades

Draw a Scientist

By California Academy of Sciences

All Grades

45m

Students draw their idea of "a scientist doing science." This exercise surfaces students' prior understandings of the nature of science and the demographics of scientists, serving as a launching point for discovering that students, in fact, can be scientists.

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Draw a Scientist

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•All Grades

State Report

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

State Report

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students work in small groups to learn about a state and then create a presentation to give in front of the group.

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State Report

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

World War II (Grades 3-5)

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

World War II (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students work together to learn about key people, battles, and events of World War II. Teams create a newsreel and present what they have learned to the whole group. This activity builds research and cooperative learning skills, while also developing speaking and listening skills.

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World War II (Grades 3-5)

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Rules of Discussion (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Rules of Discussion (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students develop rules for discussions to help them be thoughtful participants within a discussion.

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Rules of Discussion (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Sketching for Observation Exercises

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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All Grades

Sketching for Observation Exercises

By California Academy of Sciences

All Grades

Scientific sketching isn’t about making a pretty picture! It’s about looking at something so closely you notice something new. These exercises help students practice sketching for observation, data collection, and analysis during a science investigation.

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Sketching for Observation Exercises

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

3h•All Grades

Amazing Bodies! 1: Prototype Brainstorm

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

30m

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Grades 6 - 8

Amazing Bodies! 1: Prototype Brainstorm

By OregonASK

6 - 8

30m

Students brainstorm creative innovations to improve people's lives.

This activity is Part 1 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! 1: Prototype Brainstorm

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

30m•Grades 6 - 8

What Is Mindfulness?

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

What Is Mindfulness?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

People often walk along the street without really noticing what is around them. With so many of us using electronic devices around the clock, “mindlessness” is on the rise! This activity shows students how an active, engaged mindset, or mindfulness, can affect their daily experiences.

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What Is Mindfulness?

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

The Big Easy: Days 14-16 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 8

The Big Easy: Days 14-16 Lesson

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Welcome to Lesson 14-16 of Jazz at Lincoln Center's module, "The Big Easy"! Ignite imagination as students plan symbolic parties, designing dances and decorations that reflect stories, ideas, and emotions. Foster creativity and collaboration among students, all while having fun!

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The Big Easy: Days 14-16 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 8

City Hopper U.S.A.

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

City Hopper U.S.A.

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students act as virtual tour guides for an American city. They research the city using print and digital resources and create a slideshow to take the audience on a virtual tour, highlighting the area's geography, climate, landmarks, history, and culture.

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City Hopper U.S.A.

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

The Big Easy: Day 4 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 8

The Big Easy: Day 4 Lesson

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Welcome to Lesson 4 of Jazz at Lincoln Center's module, "The Big Easy"! Explore the art of deduction as students utilize background knowledge and research to decipher symbolism in artwork, uncovering the inspiration behind illustrations.

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The Big Easy: Day 4 Lesson

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Olympic Games (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Olympic Games (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students learn and play a series of Olympic games. Then they vote on their favorite game. This activity builds listening and cooperative learning skills. It also promotes physical fitness.

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Olympic Games (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 8: Maximizing Shot Options

STEM • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 8

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 8: Maximizing Shot Options

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

30m

In this activity, students learn the importance of division and rounding in the context of NBA Math Hoops, where certain division results can unlock valuable shot options. Students then work in teams, ensuring accuracy through collaboration. This activity aims to reinforce division and rounding skills while highlighting their strategic application in the game.

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NBA Math Hoops Lesson 8: Maximizing Shot Options

STEM • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 8

What Should I Feed My New Dog?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

What Should I Feed My New Dog?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In today’s activity, students analyze labels of different brands of dog food to determine the best food for a new dog. They compare and evaluate the ingredients and claims found on the labels, and they research the benefits of the main ingredients and the validity. Then students present their findings and conclusions to the group.

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What Should I Feed My New Dog?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Design Your Own Money (Grades K-2)

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Design Your Own Money (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children make their own models of money in order to build an understanding of money and its value.

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Design Your Own Money (Grades K-2)

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Wacky Cars

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Wacky Cars

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children design a wacky car and either draw or build it. They give their car an appropriate name and describe its features to the group. This activity builds visual arts and design skills.

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Wacky Cars

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Playing Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Leadership and Teamwork • History and Society

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Grades 6 - 12

Playing Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

In this culminating activity, learners use their completed Innovator Trading Cards to solve community-based challenges. Each challenge requires a balanced team of innovators, with one innovator from each theme. Learners must justify their team choices and explain how different kinds of contributions work together to address complex problems.

This is the second 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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Playing Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Leadership and Teamwork • History and Society

1h•Grades 6 - 12

Thoughts on Brands

Career and Future Readiness • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Thoughts on Brands

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Consumers often accept the brand of a product as a statement of its quality, value, or prestige. In this activity, students draw conclusions about the importance of branding in the marketplace by describing their opinions of familiar brands, identifying brands for specific products, and discussing how they use brands to evaluate and purchase products.

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Thoughts on Brands

Career and Future Readiness • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Stomp Rockets

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 30m

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Grades 3 - 12

Stomp Rockets

By NASA

3 - 12

1h 30m

Work individually or in teams of two to construct and launch paper rockets using a teacher-built PVC-pipe launcher.

Following the flight of their rocket, calculate the altitude their rocket achieved. Based on the flight performance of their rockets, analyze their rocket designs, modify or rebuild them, launch again, and calculate the altitude achieved to determine if their changes affected the performance of the rocket. Conclude the activity by writing a post-flight mission report.

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Stomp Rockets

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 30m•Grades 3 - 12

Our World Day of Play: Game Analysis and Plan

STEM • Arts

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Grades 3 - 5

Our World Day of Play: Game Analysis and Plan

By Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education

3 - 5

It’s time for youth to create their games for the Worldwide Day of Play! Youth collaborate as they analyze their collected data to discern which game elements ensure a FUN GAME. They independently brainstorm and design their games, sharing their designs with a peer to receive feedback.

This is activity 10 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Our World Day of Play: Game Analysis and Plan

STEM • Arts

1h•Grades 3 - 5

Blocking My News Hour

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Blocking My News Hour

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

It’s time for some master producing! In this lesson, students sharpen their production skills by categorizing news stories into the right blocks of a news hour show and establishing their news show teams.

This is lesson 4 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Blocking My News Hour

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Same as Me

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

30m

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Grades K - 2

Same as Me

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

30m

In this activity, children learn how they are similar to other members of the group. First, the adult gives prompts from the Similarities Sheet, such as “Find someone whose favorite color is the same as yours.” Next, the children walk around the room, asking each other questions to determine which traits they have in common. Then they write down a different child’s name next to each trait on the worksheet, just one name per trait. Finally, the children reconvene as a whole group for discussion.

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Same as Me

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

30m•Grades K - 2

Tarp Toss (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m

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All Grades

Video

Tarp Toss (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

All Grades

15m

Race down the field towards the finish line as your team transfers your ball by launching it and catching it from tarp to tarp!

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Tarp Toss (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m•All Grades

What is Carbon and the Carbon Cycle?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

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Grades 6 - 8

What is Carbon and the Carbon Cycle?

By The Nature Conservancy

6 - 8

By studying the life cycle of a tomato, youth connect the carbon cycle and food production. Youth demonstrate their learning through a mini-art project.

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What is Carbon and the Carbon Cycle?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h•Grades 6 - 8

The Art of the Campaign Yard Sign

History and Society • Arts

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

The Art of the Campaign Yard Sign

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

When an election is approaching, the signs of the campaigns (figuratively and literally) can take over the public life of a community. Candidates are promoted on billboards, posters, yard signs, and advertisements in all media. What qualities make these promotions effective? In this activity, students will compare and analyze the strategies that campaigns use to communicate their messages to the public—and to elect their candidate.

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The Art of the Campaign Yard Sign

History and Society • Arts

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Beyond the Headlines: Designing My Pitch

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

Beyond the Headlines: Designing My Pitch

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Ready to master the art of the pitch? Students learn how to craft a persuasive pitch by watching Shark Tank pitches, collaboratively developing key sentences, and creating their pitches for a News Hour show. They'll then pitch their ideas to peers, receiving valuable feedback and enhancing their pitching skills.

This is the culminating activity of SRL’s Headlines 4-part series. This short series is also the first 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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Beyond the Headlines: Designing My Pitch

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 9-12)

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Student teams work together to improve an existing product and then present their ideas to the group. This activity builds analytical thinking and cooperative learning skills while developing speaking and listening skills.

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Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 9-12)

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Inventor Trading Cards (Grades 3-5)

STEM • History and Society

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Inventor Trading Cards (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students learn about inventors and inventions by creating inventor cards and then sort and trade them to build sets of related cards.

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Inventor Trading Cards (Grades 3-5)

STEM • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Vitamins, Mineral Supplements, and You

Health and Wellness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Vitamins, Mineral Supplements, and You

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

How effective are vitamins and mineral supplements? Who benefits from these supplements, and how do they know which supplements to take? Students explore these and other questions as they read and discuss articles from journalists, experts, and critics.

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Vitamins, Mineral Supplements, and You

Health and Wellness • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

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 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Local Hero Scene Part 2

Arts • Literacy

1h 30m

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Grades K - 5

Local Hero Scene Part 2

By OregonASK

K - 5

1h 30m

Students continue to complete on their local heroes scenes and share their final products to the class.

This activity is part 3 of a 5 part series: Everyday Superheroes, Local Hero Scene Part 1, Local Hero Scene Part 2, Preparing for the Local Hero Walk, and Local Hero Walk.

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Local Hero Scene Part 2

Arts • Literacy

1h 30m•Grades K - 5

Kit Inventory

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades K - 8

Kit Inventory

By California Academy of Sciences

K - 8

Students learn to use the Windowpane technique to take stock of materials at the beginning of an investigative unit.

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Kit Inventory

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades K - 8

Strut Like an Animal

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 8

Strut Like an Animal

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

This activity introduces the concept of musical notation through animal footprints. Using cut-out animal footprints, students practice walking through musical bars to replicate how musicians play through them.

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Strut Like an Animal

Arts • Literacy

2h•Grades 3 - 8