All Activities

Where are the Bees?

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Where are the Bees?

The Nature Conservancy

6 - 8

1 Hour

Youth play the role of scientists as they seek to uncover the cause(s) of the declining bee populations.

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Where are the Bees?

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Picture Me

Belonging and Community, Arts in Action

Picture Me

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

There are many ways for us to share information about our lives and what makes us who we are. This activity asks children to think about their lives and what makes them who they are today. They take these ideas and find pictures to create a collage that represents who they are and share these stories with their peers.

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Picture Me

Belonging and Community, Arts in Action

What Can be Done About Climate Change?

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, We The People

What Can be Done About Climate Change?

The Nature Conservancy

9 - 12

1 Hour

Students research ways of negating climate change. They share their discoveries through a social media campaign.

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What Can be Done About Climate Change?

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, We The People

Making Instruments for a Music Jamboree

Arts in Action, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Making Instruments for a Music Jamboree

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students investigate how musical sounds are produced, and then adapt everyday materials to create a unique musical instrument to play in a whole-group jamboree of a familiar song.

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Making Instruments for a Music Jamboree

Arts in Action, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Exploring the Colors of Mars

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Exploring the Colors of Mars

NASA

3 - 5

2 Hours

Students use satellite and rover images to learn about the various features and materials that cause color variation on the surface of Mars. They will then use their knowledge to color a line drawing of Mars and add relief features using glue and powdered minerals. Students explain their choice of colors and minerals based on Mars minerology.

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Exploring the Colors of Mars

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Pattern Exchange

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Stories and Perspectives

Pattern Exchange

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Recognizing patterns is a useful skill in mathematics and in real-world contexts. In this activity, students will generate patterns of their own, and then exchange their work to identify the patterns that others created.

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Pattern Exchange

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Stories and Perspectives

S.INQ Sound Introduction

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

S.INQ Sound Introduction

OregonASK

K - 5

30 Minutes

Students have an opportunity to learn about how sound is produced with simple hands-on materials.

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S.INQ Sound Introduction

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Untangle Our Hand Circle

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Untangle Our Hand Circle

OregonASK

6 - 8

15 Minutes

Students build teamwork and communication skills by working together to untangle themselves in this group activity.

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Untangle Our Hand Circle

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Picture Book in Pieces

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Picture Book in Pieces

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children explore the narrative structure of stories by ordering the pages of a picture book. This entertaining activity introduces children to the general principles of storytelling as well as to concepts that pertain to literature for all ages.

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Picture Book in Pieces

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Career Bingo (Grades 6-8)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Career Bingo (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

In this fun activity, students learn about a wide variety of careers as they play a version of bingo, the classic party game.

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Career Bingo (Grades 6-8)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Website Scavenger Hunt

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Digital Voices

Website Scavenger Hunt

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students use a scavenger hunt to evaluate a business's website. They will use the information they find to draw conclusions about why websites are important for businesses.

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Website Scavenger Hunt

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Digital Voices

State Jumps

We The People, Leadership and Teamwork

State Jumps

PowerUp Fitness

3 - 8

10 Minutes

PowerUp with Geography - practice states and identify their geographic location with this unique state jump game!

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State Jumps

We The People, Leadership and Teamwork

The Big Easy: Day 3 Lesson

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

The Big Easy: Day 3 Lesson

Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

Welcome to Lesson 3 of Jazz at Lincoln Center's module, "The Big Easy"! Dive into symbolism! Students decode and describe symbols in art, with the lesson culminating in students creating original symbols to represent concepts or objects.

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The Big Easy: Day 3 Lesson

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Improv Time!

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Improv Time!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students have fun practicing improvisation by acting out scenes for a given combination of character, setting, and motivation or conflict.

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Improv Time!

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Picture Description

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

Picture Description

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Being able to give descriptive instructions takes practice. This activity allows students to practice giving detailed instructions so that someone else can understand and follow them. Students also have the opportunity to follow simple 1-step and 2-step instructions.

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Picture Description

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

The Civil War

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

The Civil War

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students work together to learn about battles, personalities, or stories from the American Civil War and present what they learn. This activity builds research and cooperative learning skills as well as speaking and listening skills.

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The Civil War

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Animal Charades

The Natural World, Belonging and Community

Animal Charades

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

40 Minutes

Children are familiar with many wild animals, but only from picture books or other media or visits to zoos and aquariums. For this reason, animals help introduce children to the idea that the world is larger and more diverse than their own neighborhoods and communities. In this activity, children impersonate a variety of animals as they play a version of charades. In addition, they practice skills in movement and speech as they learn more about the animal kingdom.

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Animal Charades

The Natural World, Belonging and Community

Writing Abstracts, Summaries, and Backgrounds

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Writing Abstracts, Summaries, and Backgrounds

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students examine a wheelchair patent and learn how to write backgrounds, summaries, and abstracts for their own inventions.

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Writing Abstracts, Summaries, and Backgrounds

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Local Hero Walk

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Local Hero Walk

OregonASK

K - 5

1 Hour

Students have the opportunity to meet, thank, and honor the heroes in their community.

This activity is part 5 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 Walk

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice

We The People, Belonging and Community

Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice

Pulitzer Center

6 - 12

45 Minutes

Students reflect on how myths about history are perpetuated, analyze a timeline of racial (in)justice from The 1619 Project, and collaborate to build timelines that illustrate how the fight for racial justice continues in their own lifetimes.

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Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice

We The People, Belonging and Community

Introduction to Scientific Sketching

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Introduction to Scientific Sketching

California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

1 Hour

Students learn how to sketch like scientists. You can teach this even if you think you can't draw!

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Introduction to Scientific Sketching

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Superhero Capes (Team Building) Games

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Superhero Capes (Team Building) Games

!Mpact Players

3 - 12

25 Minutes

Be a superhero, throw on a cape, and take a sentimental moment to recognize your peers!

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Superhero Capes (Team Building) Games

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Employee Benefits

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Stories and Perspectives

Employee Benefits

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students explore the different types of paid and unpaid employee benefits offered by employers, as well as costs of those benefits. They begin by brainstorming the types of benefits that attract employees to jobs and consider how businesses use benefits to attract employees. Students learn about several kinds of benefits and the costs of providing them. They use this knowledge to create “benefits cards” and work in pairs to negotiate benefits packages.

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Employee Benefits

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Stories and Perspectives

Journey in Time: The 1970s

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Journey in Time: The 1970s

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students work together to read and investigate a topic from the 1970s, such as Watergate, Star Wars, early computers, or the end of the Vietnam War. Teams share their findings by creating a television news report. This activity builds skills in research, cooperative learning, and public speaking.

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Journey in Time: The 1970s

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Match the Program with Its Purpose

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, We The People

Match the Program with Its Purpose

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students analyze 1 or more computer programs in the BASIC language and then identify the statistics measurement it calculates. For students ready for a challenge, extend the activity by having them revise the programs to combine their functions effectively.

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Match the Program with Its Purpose

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, We The People

Design Floral Ceramic Tiles

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Design Floral Ceramic Tiles

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students sketch flowers and then turn those drawings into a painted square tile design. Students will learn that scientific illustration is a good career for those who love science and art.

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Design Floral Ceramic Tiles

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Hands-on Games Exploring Senses

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Hands-on Games Exploring Senses

OregonASK

3 - 8

1 Hour

These mini-activities all help students explore their senses.

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Hands-on Games Exploring Senses

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

The Truman Doctrine

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

The Truman Doctrine

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In a message to Congress in 1947, President Truman outlined a foreign policy designed to stop the spread of Communism. The policy became known as the Truman Doctrine. In this activity, students analyze the Truman Doctrine and the role this policy played in the Cold War. They practice critical thinking and collaboration skills as they explore the history of US foreign policy.

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The Truman Doctrine

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Factory Product and Promotional Material

Arts in Action, Digital Voices

Factory Product and Promotional Material

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs and small groups to come up with an idea for a factory and a product the factory can make. Then they choose 1 visual item to design: a logo, a storyboard for a video ad, a poster announcing job openings, a drawing of their product, etc.

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Factory Product and Promotional Material

Arts in Action, Digital Voices

Card Tricks

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Arts in Action

Card Tricks

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Children, teens, and adults are familiar with card tricks as entertainment for parties or stage shows. For educators, however, card tricks offer a novel way to teach skills in logic, reasoning, and problem-solving. In this activity, students will witness 4 card tricks and then attempt to explain and recreate them. They may discover that a card trick, like other illusions, is successful only when all of its details are mastered.

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Card Tricks

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Arts in Action

Olympic Games (Grades K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

Olympic Games (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children learn and play a series of Olympic-style games and then vote on their favorite. This activity builds listening, cooperative learning, and reasoning skills and improves physical health.

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Olympic Games (Grades K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

What Could the Animals Be Saying?

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

What Could the Animals Be Saying?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students write and rehearse their own narrations for video segments of interesting animal behavior. This enjoyable activity introduces students to an easy way of producing their own videos.

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What Could the Animals Be Saying?

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Appeal to the Consumer

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Appeal to the Consumer

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the role of consumers in the economy. They begin by discussing what consumers are and how entrepreneurs develop ideas for goods and services to meet consumer needs and wants. In teams, they brainstorm innovations to existing goods and services to appeal to specific consumers. They do so by querying their fellow consumers about the existing goods and services. They then use what they learn to write a proposal for their innovative good or service.

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Appeal to the Consumer

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Question Slips

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Question Slips

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Proficient readers often ask themselves questions to guide their comprehension. However, developing readers do not always pay attention to their internal thoughts as they read. In this activity, students jot down questions that come to mind about the vocabulary or ideas they encounter. This encourages authentic reader engagement with texts and helps students build comprehension at deeper levels.

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Question Slips

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Using the eBird App to Conduct a Bird Search

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Using the eBird App to Conduct a Bird Search

California Academy of Sciences

6 - 8

20 Minutes

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 Bird Search, youth will search for birds, identify them, and contribute observations to eBird, the world’s largest nature-based citizen science project.

By sharing their observations with the global community, eBirders help scientists around the world track the movement and needs of birds on a global scale and contribute to important conservation efforts. Scientists use many tools and strategies to identify and study birds. In this activity, youth learn and practice different bird identification techniques.

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Using the eBird App to Conduct a Bird Search

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Messages to the Future

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Messages to the Future

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

In this activity, students write letters to their own future child or another young relative, to be read by the child 30 years from now. Volunteers can share the content of the letters or their thoughts about their letters.

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Messages to the Future

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Functional Fitness Week 1: Day 2

Whole Body, Whole Self, Leadership and Teamwork

Functional Fitness Week 1: Day 2

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40 Minutes

Continue building week 1 skill of the week: Planks. In this activity, students challenge their planking skills in a relay race and game of crab walk soccer. Then, they make inquiries 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 1: Day 2

Whole Body, Whole Self, Leadership and Teamwork

S.INQ Up Careers Engineering & Manufacturing Part 2

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

S.INQ Up Careers Engineering & Manufacturing Part 2

OregonASK

6 - 8

30 Minutes

Students think about skills that go into manufacturing. Students work in teams to design, construct, test, and redesign an assembly line to manufacture a product as quickly and efficiently as possible to meet the quality control criteria.

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S.INQ Up Careers Engineering & Manufacturing Part 2

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs on an open script, which has dialogue but no indication of characters, plot, or setting. Students write and perform scenes for the open scripts, and the audience guesses what is happening.

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Open Scenes (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

State Capitals Freeze Tag

We The People, Leadership and Teamwork

State Capitals Freeze Tag

PowerUp Fitness

3 - 8

10 Minutes

PowerUp with Geography - practice state capital memorization with this fun freeze tag game.

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State Capitals Freeze Tag

We The People, Leadership and Teamwork

Storytelling Shipwreck

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

Storytelling Shipwreck

PowerUp Fitness

K - 5

15 Minutes

PowerUp Storytelling Skills - strengthen literacy skills with this creative fitness game connection

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Storytelling Shipwreck

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 2: Field Goal Percentages

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 2: Field Goal Percentages

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour

Understanding percentages is the first fundamental math skill in NBA Math Hoops. In this activity, students use basketball statistics to develop an understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percentages.

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NBA Math Hoops Lesson 2: Field Goal Percentages

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

One, Two, Three (Team Building) Game

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

One, Two, Three (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

3 - 12

10 Minutes

Having fun by connecting with others is literally as easy as one, two, three! Join other players as you learn to "count" on each other to do this challenge!

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One, Two, Three (Team Building) Game

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

What is a Pollinator?

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

What is a Pollinator?

National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50 Minutes

A pollinator is anything that helps carry pollen from the male part of the flower (stamen) to the female part of the same or another flower (stigma). Over 100,000 invertebrates—including bees, butterflies, beetles, moths, wasps, and flies — and more than a thousand mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians take on the job of pollinating plants. This biodiverse group of wildlife buzzes, flutters, and creeps from plant to plant, dining on protein-rich pollen and high-energy nectar. As they move, they transport and deposit pollen, fertilizing plants and allowing those plants to reproduce.

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What is a Pollinator?

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Zoo Day

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Zoo Day

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs to research an animal found in zoos and then create information cards about that animal to display.

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Zoo Day

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Genetically Modified Food Crops

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, We The People

Genetically Modified Food Crops

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students research various genetically modified (GM) food crops. Then they prepare and stage a debate about the values and ethics of using genetic technology for this purpose. Their research should show that there are both pros and cons to the issue and that not all GM crops should be evaluated equally.

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Genetically Modified Food Crops

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, We The People

Design an Ad

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

Design an Ad

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Advertisements are all around us and are a part of our everyday lives. Students will be looking at different advertisements to figure out their purpose, what message they send, and who the audience is. After analyzing different advertisements, students will design an advertisement for a product of their choice.

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Design an Ad

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

Benjamin Franklin

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Benjamin Franklin

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children learn about Benjamin Franklin by listening to the leader read a picture book. Then the work in small groups to create a poster about Franklin.

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Benjamin Franklin

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Job Interview Round Robin

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Stories and Perspectives

Job Interview Round Robin

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

1 Hour

In this activity, students will prepare and conduct mock interviews for a business of their choice. They will practice speaking skills and thinking on their feet—both important skills in the business world.

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Job Interview Round Robin

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Stories and Perspectives

How Have Cell Phones Improved?

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, We The People

How Have Cell Phones Improved?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

50 Minutes

The first mobile phones were more like walky-talkies and were used for communications in the military and emergency services. Steady improvements led to the first cellular phone in 1973. Now, 1 study reports that 90% of all adults in the United States own a cell phone. In this activity, students will explore the history of cell phones and the improvements in communications technology.

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How Have Cell Phones Improved?

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, We The People

Plan A Community Dance

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Plan A Community Dance

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students practice teamwork and collaboration as they work together to plan a mock event for the students in their school or community. This activity introduces students to an organizational model that is used in many businesses.

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Plan A Community Dance

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

The Big Easy: Day 6 Lesson

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

The Big Easy: Day 6 Lesson

Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

Welcome to Lesson 6 of Jazz at Lincoln Center's module, "The Big Easy"! Harness creativity as students utilize dance notation to choreograph expressive dances imbued with symbolic meanings.

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The Big Easy: Day 6 Lesson

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Our Tapestry of Belonging

Belonging and Community, Arts in Action

Our Tapestry of Belonging

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

1 Hour 15 Minutes

In this collaborative art experience, youth explore the relationship between identity and a sense of belonging. Each person receives a strip of canvas fabric and reflects on a word or short phrase that represents a part of their identity and what they bring to the community. After writing their identity word(s) and using paint to visually express their identity, all strips are tied to a large stick or branch to create a unified tapestry. The final artwork visually represents how each individual’s uniqueness strengthens the sense of belonging within the whole group.

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Our Tapestry of Belonging

Belonging and Community, Arts in Action

Human Rights: Meaning and Importance

We The People, Belonging and Community

Human Rights: Meaning and Importance

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students learn what constitutes a human right and become familiar with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, published by the United Nations. Students work in small groups to demonstrate 1 of the rights in the document using a format of their choice.

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Human Rights: Meaning and Importance

We The People, Belonging and Community

Escape Room (Grades 9-12)

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Leadership and Teamwork

Escape Room (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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 9-12)

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Leadership and Teamwork

Delivering a Persuasive Argument (Grades 6-8)

Stories and Perspectives, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Delivering a Persuasive Argument (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs to create a short, persuasive piece (either oral or visual), which they present to the whole group. This activity provides practice in persuasion, logic, and teambuilding, as well as builds speaking and listening skills.

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Delivering a Persuasive Argument (Grades 6-8)

Stories and Perspectives, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Put on your detective's hat as you and your group decode a series of emoji puzzles and translate them into everyday sayings!

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Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

First Frost, Last Frost, No Frost: Understanding Nature’s Garden Clock

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

First Frost, Last Frost, No Frost: Understanding Nature’s Garden Clock

Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1 Hour 10 Minutes

In this activity, students explore how understanding frost dates and using a seed-starting calculator can help them plan a successful school garden. Working in small groups and using data-driven tools, students will create a collaborative class-wide garden collage that reflects their local growing season, planting schedule, and the specific needs of different crops.

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

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First Frost, Last Frost, No Frost: Understanding Nature’s Garden Clock

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Answer This!

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Answer This!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

30 Minutes

Students form two concentric circles to discuss different topics and learn more about their peers.

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Answer This!

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Should the Electoral College Be Reformed? (Grades 6-8)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Should the Electoral College Be Reformed? (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

The electoral college has served the United States since the beginning of the nation. Is now the time to reform this method of electing the president? In this activity, students present arguments for or against this question based on the perspective of citizens from various states. They may reach the conclusion that replacing the electoral college may address only some of the complaints that people have leveled at it.

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Should the Electoral College Be Reformed? (Grades 6-8)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Persuade Me!

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

Persuade Me!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students develop a persuasive argument to convince you why a particular after-school activity should be chosen as tomorrow's activity.

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Persuade Me!

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnets & Circuits

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnets & Circuits

OregonASK

K - 5

30 Minutes

In this lesson, students experiment with objects to see which ones react to a magnet, becoming magnetized and capable of picking up other metal objects.

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S.INQ Invisible Forces Magnets & Circuits

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Cars and Ramps

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Cars and Ramps

OregonASK

K - 5

30 Minutes

Students design a car that will roll straight and far down a ramp. They learn about Mechanical Engineering as they test and modify cars to meet their goals.

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S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Cars and Ramps

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Dream Team

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork

Dream Team

VentureLab

6 - 12

45 Minutes

Students create their ultimate entrepreneurial "dream team" poster. Students first create an image of themselves as an entrepreneur (as creatively as they like), highlighting their entrepreneurial strengths, and then they will add team members to their poster (real or fictional), highlighting the mindsets and skills they will bring to the team to make up the ultimate entrepreneurial dream team - ready to take on any challenge!

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Dream Team

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork

Mindfulness (Grades K-2)

Whole Body, Whole Self, Belonging and Community

Mindfulness (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Teach mindfulness and strategies for focus as you lead students through slow and measured breathing techniques.

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Mindfulness (Grades K-2)

Whole Body, Whole Self, Belonging and Community

Team Work and Planning (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

Team Work and Planning (Student Reporting Labs)

PBS

6 - 12

45 Minutes

Working in groups can be challenging for even the best students and so helping kids learn how to work well together can be an invaluable activity not only in journalism but in life.

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

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Team Work and Planning (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

Jingle and Mingle

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Jingle and Mingle

kid-grit

K - 2

15 Minutes

In this closing, reflection activity, students are invited to share songs from their cultural backgrounds. The activity aims to explore both the richness of diversity and the common threads that bind us together. This cultural exploration isn't just a celebration of traditions—it's a strategic approach to fostering better cultural awareness and emotional connection, using music to explore perspectives and experiences of others.

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Jingle and Mingle

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Something-Is-Missing Stories

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Something-Is-Missing Stories

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Based on the popular Mad Libs activities, students write a story with a partner, leaving out key words but replacing them with the part of speech or a similar description. They exchange their stories with another pair to fill in the missing words.

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Something-Is-Missing Stories

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Bees

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Bees

National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50 Minutes

Like all insects, a bee’s body is divided into three parts: a head with two antennae, a thorax with six legs, and an abdomen. All bees have branched hairs somewhere on their bodies and two pairs of wings. Only female bees have stingers. Many bee species have black and yellow coloration, but many do not—they come in various colors, including green, blue, red, or black. Some are striped, and some even have a metallic sheen. They range in size from large carpenter bees and bumblebees to the tiny Perdita minima bee, which is less than two millimeters long.

There are over 20,000 bee species worldwide, including the honey bee, which originated in Eurasia and has been imported worldwide as a domesticated species. Wild bee species live on every continent except Antarctica. In North America, there are approximately 4,000 native bee species occupying ecosystems from forests to deserts to grasslands. Bees feed exclusively on sugary nectar and protein-rich pollen from flowering plants, unlike the predatory wasps from which they evolved. As they forage, bees perform the critical act of pollination. Bees pollinate a staggering 80 percent of all flowering plants, including approximately 75% percent of the fruits, nuts, and vegetables grown in the United States. Though all female bees can sting, they only do so when threatened.

Unlike the hive-forming domesticated honey bee or wild bumble bee species, most bees are solitary nesters. They don’t form hives, create honey, or live a communal lifestyle. Instead, they lay their eggs in a series of tiny chambers in tunnels in the ground, hollow plant stems, or decaying wood.

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Bees

The Natural World, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students play pricing games presented in a game-show style. This activity builds analytical and math skills, as well as collaboration skills.

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Model of the Seasons

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Model of the Seasons

OregonASK

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students make a model of the Earth demonstrating why we have seasons.

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Model of the Seasons

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Personal Information on the Internet (Grades 6-8)

Digital Voices, Belonging and Community

Personal Information on the Internet (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Maintaining privacy on the internet can be a challenging goal for anyone to achieve. In this activity, students will make and evaluate choices for a variety of online situations, including commenting on social media, instant chatting, and game playing.

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Personal Information on the Internet (Grades 6-8)

Digital Voices, Belonging and Community

How Can My College Major Lead to a Career?

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

How Can My College Major Lead to a Career?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

What potential career paths await students based on their choice of major in college? Students relate majors to subsequent careers and discuss their findings.

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How Can My College Major Lead to a Career?

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Building an Interview Set B

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

Building an Interview Set B

PBS

3 - 5

45 Minutes

It’s day two of building an interview set. Today, students will backgrounds, props, and furniture of their news sets.

This is lesson 25 of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs' second module, Building a News Hour.

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