All Activities

Where Do Doctors and Nurses Work?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Where Do Doctors and Nurses Work?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students explore less-traditional medical workplaces such as rural hospital facilities, the military medical corps, and mobile health clinics and learn about the types of experiences medical professionals may have there.

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Where Do Doctors and Nurses Work?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Jobs on the Move!

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Jobs on the Move!

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children read and discuss picture books to learn about a variety of vehicles and the people who operate them.

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Jobs on the Move!

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Revolving Door Cardboard Art Technique

Arts • Literacy

25m

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Grades 3 - 8

Revolving Door Cardboard Art Technique

By Rediscover Center

3 - 8

25m

In this activity, makers will learn how to make artwork using the Revolving Door Tiny Technique. This technique uses a skewer as an axis and allows the cardboard to flip over while still being attached to the base cardboard.

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Revolving Door Cardboard Art Technique

Arts • Literacy

25m•Grades 3 - 8

Where Do I Stand? Leadership Exploration

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m

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Grades 6 - 12

Where Do I Stand? Leadership Exploration

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

30m

In this interactive movement and discussion-based group activity, youth reflect on the personal traits that guide how they lead, build relationships, and make decisions.

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Where Do I Stand? Leadership Exploration

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m•Grades 6 - 12

Make 3-D Paint

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Make 3-D Paint

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, student pairs use flour and baking powder to make 3-D paint. Students paint words or pictures with the paint and then heat the paintings. The heat causes carbon dioxide to form, which makes the paint rise and get bubbly. This activity builds understanding of how heat promotes chemical reactions, and how flour and baking powder react to form carbon dioxide.

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Make 3-D Paint

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

S.INQ Up Earth Sciences

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

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Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Earth Sciences

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students learn about the water cycle, detailing the ways that water changes states as it supports life on earth.

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S.INQ Up Earth Sciences

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Careers in Education

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Careers in Education

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students will learn about education as a career by speaking with a teacher who has been invited to discuss their career with the group. Then, students will view a website to compare education to other possible careers.

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Careers in Education

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 6 - 8

My Life: Highlights Reel

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

My Life: Highlights Reel

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Think of your life as an ongoing motion picture. There is so much to see, and every day is different. If you had to put together a highlights reel for your life, what would you include? In this activity, students decide just that as they make a slideshow "highlights reel" of their lives.

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My Life: Highlights Reel

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Who Could My Customers Be?

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Who Could My Customers Be?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students work together to design an online marketing plan to reach international customers. This activity builds research and problem-solving skills while also developing speaking and listening skills.

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Who Could My Customers Be?

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Escape Room (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Escape Room (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Teams work together to solve clues and puzzles to escape from a room. This activity builds collaboration, creative thinking, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

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Escape Room (Grades 3-5)

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Highlighting Underreported Stories About Black Innovators

History and Society • Literacy

1h 30m

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Grades 6 - 12

Highlighting Underreported Stories About Black Innovators

By Pulitzer Center

6 - 12

1h 30m

Students explore the meaning of the word innovator, analyze two stories about Black American innovators from The 1619 Project, and conduct their own research on underreported stories about Black American innovators. This activity is designed for two 45-minute periods or one 90-minute period.

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Highlighting Underreported Stories About Black Innovators

History and Society • Literacy

1h 30m•Grades 6 - 12

How Can I Successfully Complete My College Major? (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

How Can I Successfully Complete My College Major? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students research college majors by identifying their own skill sets and personal attributes and exploring how their traits connect to a variety of college majors.

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How Can I Successfully Complete My College Major? (Grades 9-12)

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Helping Underwater Animals and Plants (Grades 3-5)

Nature and Wildlife • History and Society

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Helping Underwater Animals and Plants (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students learn about the importance of oceans to the health of the planet. They work together to promote ideas that protect underwater plants and animals in oceans while also helping to reduce global poverty. This activity builds research and cooperative learning skills. It also develops empathy and global awareness.

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Helping Underwater Animals and Plants (Grades 3-5)

Nature and Wildlife • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Build a Business Logo

Career and Future Readiness • Arts

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Build a Business Logo

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Lemonade stands, lawn service, and dog walking. These are all business ideas that most of us had at one point. Students collaborate to develop their own age-appropriate small business, designing an attractive and memorable logo for their business.

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Build a Business Logo

Career and Future Readiness • Arts

45m•Grades 3 - 5

What Is Pi?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

What Is Pi?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students will measure the diameters and circumferences of circles and then calculate their ratios, discovering that the ratio between the circumference and diameter is always the same.

The constant ratio is named after the Greek letter π, or pi. For most students, pi is their first example of an irrational number, or a number that is expressed as a non-repeating decimal. The value of pi is 3.1415926…and the digits continue without end.

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What Is Pi?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Memory and Place-Making

History and Society • Social and Emotional Awareness

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Grades K - 8

Memory and Place-Making

By Pulitzer Center

K - 8

In this activity, students explore how enslaved people worked to stay connected to their cultures and homelands. They will read a short text illustrating this idea from The 1619 Project and discuss the importance of commemorating one's own cultural background, as well as learning about other cultures.

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Memory and Place-Making

History and Society • Social and Emotional Awareness

1h•Grades K - 8

Amazing Bodies! 2: Prototype Selection

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

15m

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Grades 6 - 8

Amazing Bodies! 2: Prototype Selection

By OregonASK

6 - 8

15m

Students brainstorm the pros and cons of their inventions, and how they can fix them.

This activity is Part 2 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! 2: Prototype Selection

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

15m•Grades 6 - 8

Many Businesses, Many Models

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Many Businesses, Many Models

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students explore different business models and apply them to real-life examples. They begin by drawing a simple model of their own to understand the similarities and differences in business structures. They then break into teams to learn about a business started by a young entrepreneur. Using a worksheet describing the different types of business models, they match the appropriate model to the business they studied. Finally, they create a visual to explain the business model they studied and use it to share what they learned with the rest of the group.

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Many Businesses, Many Models

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Speak and Listen (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Speak and Listen (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students share details of their lives with one another, as well as stories, ideas, and plans for the future. Then they try to recall those details. This simple but effective activity builds speaking and listening skills while helping students learn more about their group.

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Speak and Listen (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!

Arts • Literacy

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Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!

By OregonASK

3 - 12

Students use the skills they learned in Making Comics Parts 1-6 and begin a brand new comic book made up of multiple pages.

This activity is part 7 of 7 in a series. Provide students with context by facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-6.

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Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 12

Whom Do You Hire? (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Whom Do You Hire? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students role-play a job interview by taking on the role of either the applicant or the hiring committee. Students will develop key critical-thinking and analysis skills, as well as collaboration skills.

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Whom Do You Hire? (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

The New Hieroglyphics? Communicating in Textspeak

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

The New Hieroglyphics? Communicating in Textspeak

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students examine modern "textspeak," an abbreviated and symbol-laden language, to communicate in electronic media. They read aloud "An Emoji Tale," a traditional fairy tale retold in textspeak, and practice writing in textspeak and interpreting one another's work.

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The New Hieroglyphics? Communicating in Textspeak

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Likes, Skills, and College Majors

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Likes, Skills, and College Majors

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students learn how people’s likes and skills relate to college majors. First, they brainstorm likes and skills as a group. Then, using index cards, they post likes and skills near various college majors displayed around the room. Finally, students reconvene as a whole group for discussion.

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Likes, Skills, and College Majors

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Meet the Interns

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Meet the Interns

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Internships are a popular way for teens and young adults to learn about a business. They also let the business community support the next generation of workers and leaders, and provide them with valuable workers for a few months at a time. In this activity, students meet peers or older students who have completed an internship and learn about the various experiences that an internship may offer.

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Meet the Interns

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

MLS STEM Goals: Data in Action

STEM

1h 30m

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Grades 3 - 8

MLS STEM Goals: Data in Action

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1h 30m

In this activity, students track and analyze their performance in MLS STEM Goals across three games. As they play, students record key statistics including shots made and missed by player position, question card accuracy, possessions, and movement on offense. Using the completed tracking charts, students calculate four performance metrics to understand how their data can be used to gain insights into their gameplay strategy. To conclude the lesson, students reflect on their calculations and consider how that data can guide their strategy in future games.

This is activity 4 of 8 in the MSL STEM Goals Collection from Learn Fresh. To view all activities and Quality Instructional Practices for planning and facilitation, visit the MLS STEM Goals Collection page.

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MLS STEM Goals: Data in Action

STEM

1h 30m•Grades 3 - 8

Classic Games

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Classic Games

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

There are classic games that children have played for generations. Children will have an opportunity to play some of these classic games including Captain, May I? (also known as Mother, May I?); Sharks and Minnows; Red Rover; and Red Light, Green Light. They will rotate through 4 game stations, playing a different game at each.

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Classic Games

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Arts

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students experience ways to dramatize any story and increase their fluency and enjoyment by presenting “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Anderson in a reader's theater format.

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Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Arts

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Educational Pathways to Careers in Advanced Manufacturing and Automation

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

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Grades 6 - 8

Educational Pathways to Careers in Advanced Manufacturing and Automation

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 8

Students synthesize what they learned about various types of manufacturing, what kinds of jobs are needed in those sectors of manufacturing, and what types of jobs they might want to pursue.

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Educational Pathways to Careers in Advanced Manufacturing and Automation

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Learn a New Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Learn a New Game

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students teach one another their favorite board games or card games.

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Learn a New Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Zip Line

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m

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Grades K - 5

Zip Line

By Go2Science

K - 5

50m

Zip and zoom through this activity just like Beth and Curtis zip lined through the treetops of the rainforest! Teams create their own zip lines and test if they can transport Beth and Curtis from the highest point they can reach to the ground safely, stopping at platforms along the way.

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Zip Line

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m•Grades K - 5

Bucket Race

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Bucket Race

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, teams compete against each other to carry a bucket of tennis balls from one end of a course to another. This activity builds teamwork and collaboration skills.

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Bucket Race

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Write Postcards From Planets

Literacy • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Write Postcards From Planets

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students conduct research about a planet, then use those facts to write a postcard telling of their journey to that planet.

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Write Postcards From Planets

Literacy • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Should the Electoral College Be Reformed? (Grades 9-12)

History and Society • Literacy

55m

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Grades 9 - 12

Should the Electoral College Be Reformed? (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

55m

The Founding Fathers established the electoral college in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the president by a vote in Congress and the election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Every state gets at least 3 electoral votes because a state's number of electors is identical to the total number of its senators and representatives in Congress. Seven states have the minimum 3 electors. Washington, D.C., also has 3 electoral votes because of the 23rd Amendment, which gave the nation's capital as many electors as the state with the fewest electoral votes. California has the most electoral votes with 55. Texas is next with 38. New York and Florida have 29 apiece. The founders were concerned that average Americans would lack enough information about the candidates to make intelligent choices. So informed "electors" would stand in for them. Has the electoral college become obsolete in the age of mass communication and a more educated citizenry? We will look at that question in this lesson.

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Should the Electoral College Be Reformed? (Grades 9-12)

History and Society • Literacy

55m•Grades 9 - 12

From Bud to Bloom: How to Organically Care For & Harvest Dahlias

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 20m

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Grades 3 - 8

From Bud to Bloom: How to Organically Care For & Harvest Dahlias

By Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1h 20m

Now that your dahlias are planted and thriving, it’s time to learn how to care for them as they grow—and how to harvest them at their peak! In this hands-on lesson, students will explore supporting healthy dahlia plants through watering, pest monitoring, pinching, and staking. Then they’ll learn when and how to harvest dahlias to enjoy long-lasting, vibrant blooms.

This activity is 3 of 5 in the "How to Grow Dahlias" module from Farm to Table Kids. Visit the module to view the full set of learning resource and learn more about Part 1 of the module series, "Things to Know Before You Grow."

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From Bud to Bloom: How to Organically Care For & Harvest Dahlias

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 20m•Grades 3 - 8

Africa from A to Z

History and Society • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Africa from A to Z

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students "tour" Africa by learning about the geography, landmarks, and countries of the world's second-largest continent!

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Africa from A to Z

History and Society • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 6 - 8

You’re the Expert

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

You’re the Expert

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Universities and academic conferences often sponsor panels in which experts discuss their opinions, debate ideas, or propose solutions to problems. In this activity, students will apply their own knowledge to participate in expert panels for the group.

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You’re the Expert

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Elevator Pitch Practice: Cookie Pitch

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

30m

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All Grades

Elevator Pitch Practice: Cookie Pitch

By Young Entrepreneur Institute

All Grades

30m

In this activity, students learn about and consider unique product attributes then create and present a pitch about a cookie. The goals are to become more comfortable presenting to a group; start to establish a safe space by practicing constructive feedback with peers; develop or refine presentation skills such as pace, volume, tone, eye contact and confidence.

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Elevator Pitch Practice: Cookie Pitch

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

30m•All Grades

Hot Potato (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Hot Potato (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

This version of the classic game Hot Potato is a fun way for students to quiz one another on various topics. Students pass an object (the potato) and attempt to avoid holding it when the timer goes off.

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Hot Potato (Grades 3-5)

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Book Design (Grades 3-5)

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Book Design (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students look at and discuss art depicting food and then illustrate a foldable book presenting their favorite foods and how to make them.

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Book Design (Grades 3-5)

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

Arts • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Teams collaborate to design and make chess pieces. This activity encourages creative thinking and builds upon design and collaboration skills.

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Make Your Own Chess Pieces

Arts • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Story, Story, and More Story

Literacy • Arts

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Story, Story, and More Story

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students write a story as a group. First, they use one of three starter paragraphs to begin the story independently. Then, the story is passed from one student to another to build on what was already written. Finally, students reconvene as a group to read and discuss the stories.

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Story, Story, and More Story

Literacy • Arts

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Making a Constellation

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Making a Constellation

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students craft projectors that display constellations. Learning about what constellations are and what they mean.

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Making a Constellation

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Job Interview

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Job Interview

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

As an entrepreneur, it can be hard to decide who to hire and bring on board for your new business venture. Asking good interview questions can help make this process a little easier. Students will be working in groups to come up with interview questions for their peers. They will then go through the process of interviewing one another.

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Job Interview

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Model Eardrum Experiment

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Model Eardrum Experiment

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students make a model eardrum and see how sound travels through air.

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Model Eardrum Experiment

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Improve Your Community

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Improve Your Community

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students work together to design a service project that fills a need in their community.

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Improve Your Community

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Designing with Purpose

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Designing with Purpose

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Students explore the fascinating world of spatial and visual design as it relates to journalism. They learn how set designers create compelling news station sets, focusing on the importance of visual elements, colors, props, and the arrangement of furniture

This is lesson 18 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Designing with Purpose

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5