All Activities

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Super ME! Part 2

Arts in Action, Belonging and Community

Super ME! Part 2

OregonASK

K - 5

1 Hour

Students continue to work on and complete their Super ME! pop-up books and share their hard work with each other.

This activity is part 5 of a 5 part activity series: A Hero Among Heroes, The Hero Inside, My Talents, Interests, and Strengths, Super ME Part 1, and Super ME Part 2

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Ecosystem Services

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

Ecosystem Services

City Parks Foundation

6 - 8

1 Hour

This activity will introduce students to the concept of ecosystem services. Students will discuss each of the four ecosystem services and spend time researching how each of these ecosystem services supports our wellbeing and the wellbeing of others. This activity will culminate with a poster design project where students will consider examples of ecosystem services within their communities.

This is activity 1 of 3 in the "Urban Forests" module from City Parks Foundation.

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Paper Train

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

Paper Train

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children cut simple geometric shapes from construction paper and join them together to represent the locomotive and other cars of a train. Then the teacher joins the cars together to make a train.

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Current Issues Debate

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Current Issues Debate

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Teach research and debate skills with this activity where students debate topics that are appropriate for and of interest to high school students.

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Paper Sculptures (Grades K-2)

Arts in Action, Belonging and Community

Paper Sculptures (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children create different shapes out of paper and glue or tape them together to make a sculpture. As they create, they learn different ways to manipulate paper and discuss how colors and shapes can affect feelings and even represent the people in their lives.

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What is that Tone

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

What is that Tone

PBS

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Uncover the Power of Vocal Tone! In this engaging lesson, students delve into the fascinating world of vocal communication. They learn to alter their vocal tone to convey a specific meaning.

This is lesson 15 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Weather and Climate

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

Weather and Climate

National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50 Minutes

In this activity, we focus on weather and climate. Children commonly misinterpret these words as interchangeable terms. These terms, while related, are different.

Weather is what we experience on a daily basis. It helps us decide what we should wear the next day or bring on an upcoming getaway next week. Weather is a prediction based on various data collected in multiple ways, from ground stations to radars. Weather maps are created to help us understand what to expect based on meteorologists’ evidence (people who study weather).

On the other hand, the climate allows us to see long-term patterns in weather data collected over time — a long period of time. A long time concerning climate is a minimum of thirty years. Climate can tell us many things, from seasonal information and planting zones to increases in global temperatures or carbon dioxide.

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Youth Climate Leaders

We The People, The Natural World

Youth Climate Leaders

PBS

6 - 12

50 Minutes

Young people are changing the conversation around climate change. Over past few years, youth movements have made global headlines and gotten the attention of political leaders.

Scientists warn that without major, rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the world faces crises including food shortages, extreme weather, wildfires, and a mass die-off of coral reefs as early as 2040. While the effects of man-made warming are already being felt, the most serious impact would be experienced by today’s youth and future generations.

In August 2018, 15-year-old Swedish teen Greta Thunberg began striking from school. She sat outside her country’s parliament with a sign that read, “School strike for climate.”

The images went viral--sparking student strikes around the world, with many young people joining the #FridaysforFuture movement. Thunberg recently spent two weeks taking a sailboat from Europe to the U.S. to attend an upcoming United Nations climate summit in New York City. Her journey was meant to draw attention to the greenhouse gas impact of air travel. The UN hosted a Youth Climate Summit, calling it, “a platform for young leaders who are driving climate action to showcase their solutions at the United Nations, and to meaningfully engage with decision-makers on the defining issue of our time.”

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Measuring Earthquakes

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

Measuring Earthquakes

California Academy of Sciences

3 - 8

35 Minutes

Students make their own seismograph and learn how scientists measure earthquake intensity.

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Around the World in 45 Minutes

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Around the World in 45 Minutes

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Each of the world’s continents has distinguishing features and landmarks. Students write clues and then play a game to practice identifying and locating the seven continents.

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High Five!

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

High Five!

After-School All-Stars

K - 8

5 Minutes

Build connection and energy by getting students to affirm and acknowledge each other's contributions.

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Does That Fit?

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

Does That Fit?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children practice spatial reasoning skills as they predict which objects will fit through various holes. They test their predictions and reach conclusions about 2-dimensional shapes and 3-dimensional spaces.

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My Favorite Number

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

My Favorite Number

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Almost every person has a favorite number. Maybe it is their birthday or their favorite sports player’s number, but either way it is a number that they use often in their life. Children will be creating posters that tell others about their favorite numbers in creative ways while also incorporating addition and subtraction facts.

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Two Truths and a Lie

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Two Truths and a Lie

Foundations, Inc.

6 - 12

10 Minutes

Participants bring a wealth of experience and fun to the class in this fun icebreaker.

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Schedule an International Meeting

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

Schedule an International Meeting

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the challenges and benefits of online meetings between participants located all over the world. In the process, they learn about time zones and practice applying them, and they explore translation software.

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Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

VentureLab

K - 2

15 Minutes

Deepen students' understanding of themselves as entrepreneurs by creating Idea Journals, where they can freely express themselves and jot down thoughts, questions, and drawings as they collect ideas for changing the world. After exploring their Idea Journals, students will listen to and practice singing the Entrepreneur song, which reviews and emphasizes key points about the entrepreneurial mindset.

This activity was designed as Part 2 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Networking on LinkedIn

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Networking on LinkedIn

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students discover the use of the website LinkedIn for career and business networking. As a group, they model the interactions on the website among employers and job-seekers.

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Two Truths and a Lie (Grades 9-12)

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Two Truths and a Lie (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In this game, called Two Truths and a Lie, students read statements about one another and then try to distinguish the facts from the falsehoods. This classic icebreaker game helps build a cohesive group.

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Interview Skills

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Stories and Perspectives

Interview Skills

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students practice being interviewed for a job as well as evaluating job applicants. This activity builds interviewing skills and provides practice in speaking and listening.

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Stop the Show (Grades 9-12)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Stop the Show (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Small groups of actors plan scenarios that have concrete starting points and a conflict, obstacle, or problem the characters have to solve. At certain points, the teacher stops the scene and asks the audience to vote on the next thing that will happen or on a certain character's next response or action. The audience becomes a kind of writer’s room, in which actors are asked to try out different ideas as they perform.

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This is Me: Online Profiles

Digital Voices, Belonging and Community

This is Me: Online Profiles

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students in this age range may just be discovering social media websites, as well as both the benefits and drawbacks of social media. In this activity, done entirely offline, students complete a simple profile for themselves. The group tries to match the profile to its owner.

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Quote Match (Grades 6-8)

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Quote Match (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students find quotes from popular middle school literature and then pool their quotes to play and compete in a quote matching game. This activity may inspire students to read new books.

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Ready, Set, Goals! (Grades 3-5)

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Ready, Set, Goals! (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Setting goals is an important part of growing as a person. In today's activity, students set goals in 3 different areas of their lives: school, family, and self.

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Scientific Sketching Practice

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

Scientific Sketching Practice

California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

45 Minutes

Conducting science involves both careful observation and drawing what you see. Most students won’t know where to start if you ask them to sketch a crayfish, a beaker, or even a rock. Lay the foundation for sketching by explicitly teaching drawing techniques so students can build the confidence and skills they need to sketch during science investigations.

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Recycling

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

Recycling

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students discuss the 3R's: reducing, reusing, and recycling and evaluate the programs in their homes, school, and community.

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Slot Construction Animals

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Slot Construction Animals

Rediscover Center

K - 8

1 Hour

In this activity, students will use a cardboard construction technique called Slot Construction to make model animals. This technique allows them to build almost instantly without any glue or adhesives so they can explore how to make fun sculptures without always using reinforcements.

This is part 2 of 2 in the Slot Construction Activities by reDiscover Center.

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Improvise, Write, and Perform Scenes

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Improvise, Write, and Perform Scenes

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

1 Hour

In small groups, students will plan, rehearse, and act out a story, using pantomime. Other students will guess where the performers are and what they are doing.

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The Bees Knees

Arts in Action, Leadership and Teamwork

The Bees Knees

Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students learn four basic Charleston steps through an instructional video. Then as a group, students add their own twist on this classic dance.

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Alphabet Book

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

Alphabet Book

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Knowledge of the alphabet is the foundation for reading. In this literacy activity, children share their knowledge of the names of letters, the sounds letters make, and words that start with each letter as they work together to create a group alphabet book.

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What Walked?

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

What Walked?

Foundations, Inc.

K - 12

30 Minutes

Kids enjoy challenging themselves, and testing their memory is one way for them to do this. Build recall and observation abilities to help kids succeed in school and beyond! Connecting a memory activity to a new topic or skill is a great way to introduce a new subject area and make this area meaningful to the student experience.

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Bats

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

Bats

National Wildlife Federation

3 - 8

50 Minutes

Most of the world’s bats eat insects, and in areas with cold winters, that is all they eat. Many tropical bats eat fruit and nectar, and a few are carnivores that eat other animals, including rats and mice, small birds, frogs, lizards, or even fish. Only three out of more than 1,000 species drink blood.

Most experienced bat scientists can guess what a bat eats by looking closely at its adaptations. Each species of bat is adapted for the food it eats. Some bats specialize in eating just one or a few kinds of food, but others are generalists who eat various foods. Special adaptations, such as wings, feet, eyes, nose structure, and mouth structure, allow bats to find and eat certain kinds of food with little or no competition from other species. This is very successful as long as their unique food source is abundant, but such specialization is risky because the kinds of prey, fruit, flowers a bat eats might die out, leaving the bat to starve. Animals that eat various foods can switch types if one disappears, but they cannot compete well with specialized animals for any one food.

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Word Hunt (Grades K-2)

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Word Hunt (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

In this game, children search for words hidden around the schoolyard. When time is up, children work together to combine their words into meaningful sentences. This game builds collaborative learning and literacy skills.

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Chip Hunt (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Chip Hunt (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

K - 12

15 Minutes

Hide and hunt colored poker chips in this highly active game as the clock ticks away!

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Let’s Plan a Presentation!

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

Let’s Plan a Presentation!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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

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Sensational Seaweed

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

Sensational Seaweed

California Academy of Sciences

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students learn the parts of algae, compare them to land plants, and rotate through exploration stations to investigate seaweed close up with their different senses.

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Design Your Garden, Define Your Season: How to Draw Your Garden Layout

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

Design Your Garden, Define Your Season: How to Draw Your Garden Layout

Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1 Hour 25 Minutes

In this foundational garden planning lesson, students will explore the art and science of designing a functional and beautiful garden layout. First, they will create a “Garden Vision Board Classroom Collage” to spark their imagination. Then, they will draw their own garden layouts based on real dimensions and plant spacing. Students will begin their growing season with creativity, purpose, and intention.

This activity is 4 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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School Time Debate

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

School Time Debate

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Does your school start classes too early, too late, or at the ideal time? In this activity, students will participate in a debate of this question. They will identify facts in support of their arguments, respond to critiques and questions, and if possible, agree on a resolution.

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S.INQ Sound Telephones Part 2

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

S.INQ Sound Telephones Part 2

OregonASK

K - 5

45 Minutes

Students investigate which simple telephone device makes our voices the loudest when they travel from one person to another. Students explore and test various materials to act as the earpiece of the phone, amplifying the vibration of sound.

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Building an Interview Set A

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

Building an Interview Set A

PBS

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students bring their interviews to life through puppets and miniature sets. They begin by building puppets to represent the interviewer and interviewee. This lesson, the first of three, provides time for students to build the sets designed in Lesson 20.

This is lesson 24 of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs' second module, Building a News Hour.

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Thinking in Opposites: Optimism and Pessimism

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Thinking in Opposites: Optimism and Pessimism

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students will evaluate optimism and pessimism and also practice empathy to recognize and appreciate these different points of view.

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The Meaning of Music

Arts in Action, Digital Voices

The Meaning of Music

Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

Through improvisational games, students identify music's ability to transcend language barriers when conveying emotion and experience. Students use this insight to create Sound Skits - or stories told only through sound.

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Vacation On!

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Vacation On!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Who doesn’t like a vacation? Students brainstorm places in the United States to take their next vacation and create a visual representation of their responses in an affinity map.

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Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 6-8)

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students improvise skits to show how fictional characters might respond to everyday situations and challenges. This activity demonstrates how fiction can differ from real life.

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Should You Always Tell the Truth? (Grades 6-8)

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Should You Always Tell the Truth? (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students discuss examples of lying in the course of daily life, and whether the lie was ultimately the best choice.

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Rollercoasters (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Rollercoasters (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

3 - 12

20 Minutes

Quickly compete and create a make-shift rollercoaster to successfully deliver a ball to its location!

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Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 1

Whole Body, Whole Self, Leadership and Teamwork

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 1

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40 Minutes

In this activity, students wrap-up their training with end of session reviews and free play. Then, they put their nutritional knowledge to the test in a game of true or false.

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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MLB Players STEM League Lesson 8: The Playoffs

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

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 8: The Playoffs

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour

Now that students have made it through the regular season and the trade deadline, it’s time for the playoffs! All professional sports leagues hold end-of-the-year playoffs, culminating in a championship game (or series). This activity demonstrates an actual playoff bracket from a prior professional baseball season and provides instructions on constructing a playoff bracket for your classroom.

This activity contains a bonus lesson on Resilience. Students will need to explain what resilience means to them, how they have seen resilience in teams, and reflect on how someone they know has demonstrated it in the past.

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Functional Fitness Week 7: Day 2

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

Functional Fitness Week 7: Day 2

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40 Minutes

Continue building week 7 skill of the week: Burpees. In this activity, students partner-up for a relay challenge and free play. Then, they learn to discern which beverages are best to consume while exercising.

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The Power of Persuasion

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

The Power of Persuasion

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

The ability to persuade someone to do or believe something is a powerful skill. Students will give a speech trying to persuade others about a topic of their choice.

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What is Lift?

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

What is Lift?

OregonASK

K - 5

30 Minutes

Students explore and learn about lift and see how it affects aircraft.

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Card Tricks

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

Card Tricks

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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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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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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Journey in Time: The 1970s

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Journey in Time: The 1970s

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Employee Benefits

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Stories and Perspectives

Employee Benefits

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

The Civil War

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

The Civil War

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Picture Description

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

Picture Description

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

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

Discover Activity

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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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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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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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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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

Discover Activity

Animal Charades

The Natural World, Belonging and Community

Animal Charades

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

40 Minutes

Discover Activity

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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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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Pattern Exchange

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

Pattern Exchange

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Exploring the Colors of Mars

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

Exploring the Colors of Mars

NASA

3 - 5

2 Hours

Discover Activity

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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Picture Book in Pieces

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Picture Book in Pieces

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

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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Picture Me

Belonging and Community, Arts in Action

Picture Me

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

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.

Discover Activity

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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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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Super ME! Part 2

Arts in Action, Belonging and Community

Super ME! Part 2

OregonASK

K - 5

1 Hour

Students continue to work on and complete their Super ME! pop-up books and share their hard work with each other.

This activity is part 5 of a 5 part activity series: A Hero Among Heroes, The Hero Inside, My Talents, Interests, and Strengths, Super ME Part 1, and Super ME Part 2

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Ecosystem Services

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

Ecosystem Services

City Parks Foundation

6 - 8

1 Hour

This is activity 1 of 3 in the "Urban Forests" module from City Parks Foundation.

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Paper Train

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

Paper Train

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children cut simple geometric shapes from construction paper and join them together to represent the locomotive and other cars of a train. Then the teacher joins the cars together to make a train.

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Current Issues Debate

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Current Issues Debate

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Teach research and debate skills with this activity where students debate topics that are appropriate for and of interest to high school students.

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Paper Sculptures (Grades K-2)

Arts in Action, Belonging and Community

Paper Sculptures (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

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What is that Tone

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

What is that Tone

PBS

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Uncover the Power of Vocal Tone! In this engaging lesson, students delve into the fascinating world of vocal communication. They learn to alter their vocal tone to convey a specific meaning.

This is lesson 15 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Weather and Climate

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

Weather and Climate

National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50 Minutes

In this activity, we focus on weather and climate. Children commonly misinterpret these words as interchangeable terms. These terms, while related, are different.

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Youth Climate Leaders

We The People, The Natural World

Youth Climate Leaders

PBS

6 - 12

50 Minutes

Young people are changing the conversation around climate change. Over past few years, youth movements have made global headlines and gotten the attention of political leaders.

In August 2018, 15-year-old Swedish teen Greta Thunberg began striking from school. She sat outside her country’s parliament with a sign that read, “School strike for climate.”

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Measuring Earthquakes

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

Measuring Earthquakes

California Academy of Sciences

3 - 8

35 Minutes

Students make their own seismograph and learn how scientists measure earthquake intensity.

Discover Activity

Around the World in 45 Minutes

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Around the World in 45 Minutes

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Each of the world’s continents has distinguishing features and landmarks. Students write clues and then play a game to practice identifying and locating the seven continents.

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High Five!

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

High Five!

After-School All-Stars

K - 8

5 Minutes

Build connection and energy by getting students to affirm and acknowledge each other's contributions.

Discover Activity

Does That Fit?

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

Does That Fit?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

My Favorite Number

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

My Favorite Number

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Two Truths and a Lie

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Two Truths and a Lie

Foundations, Inc.

6 - 12

10 Minutes

Participants bring a wealth of experience and fun to the class in this fun icebreaker.

Discover Activity

Schedule an International Meeting

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

Schedule an International Meeting

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

VentureLab

K - 2

15 Minutes

This activity was designed as Part 2 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Networking on LinkedIn

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Networking on LinkedIn

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students discover the use of the website LinkedIn for career and business networking. As a group, they model the interactions on the website among employers and job-seekers.

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Two Truths and a Lie (Grades 9-12)

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Two Truths and a Lie (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Interview Skills

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Stories and Perspectives

Interview Skills

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students practice being interviewed for a job as well as evaluating job applicants. This activity builds interviewing skills and provides practice in speaking and listening.

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Stop the Show (Grades 9-12)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Stop the Show (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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This is Me: Online Profiles

Digital Voices, Belonging and Community

This is Me: Online Profiles

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Quote Match (Grades 6-8)

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Quote Match (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students find quotes from popular middle school literature and then pool their quotes to play and compete in a quote matching game. This activity may inspire students to read new books.

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Ready, Set, Goals! (Grades 3-5)

Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork

Ready, Set, Goals! (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Setting goals is an important part of growing as a person. In today's activity, students set goals in 3 different areas of their lives: school, family, and self.

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Scientific Sketching Practice

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

Scientific Sketching Practice

California Academy of Sciences

3 - 12

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Recycling

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

Recycling

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students discuss the 3R's: reducing, reusing, and recycling and evaluate the programs in their homes, school, and community.

Discover Activity

Slot Construction Animals

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Slot Construction Animals

Rediscover Center

K - 8

1 Hour

This is part 2 of 2 in the Slot Construction Activities by reDiscover Center.

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Improvise, Write, and Perform Scenes

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Improvise, Write, and Perform Scenes

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

1 Hour

In small groups, students will plan, rehearse, and act out a story, using pantomime. Other students will guess where the performers are and what they are doing.

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The Bees Knees

Arts in Action, Leadership and Teamwork

The Bees Knees

Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students learn four basic Charleston steps through an instructional video. Then as a group, students add their own twist on this classic dance.

Discover Activity

Alphabet Book

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

Alphabet Book

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

What Walked?

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

What Walked?

Foundations, Inc.

K - 12

30 Minutes

Discover Activity

Bats

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

Bats

National Wildlife Federation

3 - 8

50 Minutes

Discover Activity

Word Hunt (Grades K-2)

Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices

Word Hunt (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

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Chip Hunt (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Chip Hunt (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

K - 12

15 Minutes

Hide and hunt colored poker chips in this highly active game as the clock ticks away!

Discover Activity

Let’s Plan a Presentation!

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

Let’s Plan a Presentation!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Sensational Seaweed

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

Sensational Seaweed

California Academy of Sciences

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students learn the parts of algae, compare them to land plants, and rotate through exploration stations to investigate seaweed close up with their different senses.

Discover Activity

Design Your Garden, Define Your Season: How to Draw Your Garden Layout

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

Design Your Garden, Define Your Season: How to Draw Your Garden Layout

Farm to Table Kids

3 - 8

1 Hour 25 Minutes

Discover Activity

School Time Debate

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

School Time Debate

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

S.INQ Sound Telephones Part 2

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

S.INQ Sound Telephones Part 2

OregonASK

K - 5

45 Minutes

Discover Activity

Building an Interview Set A

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives

Building an Interview Set A

PBS

3 - 5

45 Minutes

This is lesson 24 of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs' second module, Building a News Hour.

Discover Activity

Thinking in Opposites: Optimism and Pessimism

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Thinking in Opposites: Optimism and Pessimism

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students will evaluate optimism and pessimism and also practice empathy to recognize and appreciate these different points of view.

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The Meaning of Music

Arts in Action, Digital Voices

The Meaning of Music

Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

1 Hour

Discover Activity

Vacation On!

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

Vacation On!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Who doesn’t like a vacation? Students brainstorm places in the United States to take their next vacation and create a visual representation of their responses in an affinity map.

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Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 6-8)

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students improvise skits to show how fictional characters might respond to everyday situations and challenges. This activity demonstrates how fiction can differ from real life.

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Should You Always Tell the Truth? (Grades 6-8)

Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives

Should You Always Tell the Truth? (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students discuss examples of lying in the course of daily life, and whether the lie was ultimately the best choice.

Discover Activity

Rollercoasters (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Rollercoasters (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

3 - 12

20 Minutes

Quickly compete and create a make-shift rollercoaster to successfully deliver a ball to its location!

Discover Activity

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 1

Whole Body, Whole Self, Leadership and Teamwork

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 1

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40 Minutes

In this activity, students wrap-up their training with end of session reviews and free play. Then, they put their nutritional knowledge to the test in a game of true or false.

Discover Activity

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 8: The Playoffs

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

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 8: The Playoffs

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour

Discover Activity

Functional Fitness Week 7: Day 2

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

Functional Fitness Week 7: Day 2

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40 Minutes

Discover Activity

The Power of Persuasion

Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community

The Power of Persuasion

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

The ability to persuade someone to do or believe something is a powerful skill. Students will give a speech trying to persuade others about a topic of their choice.

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What is Lift?

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

What is Lift?

OregonASK

K - 5

30 Minutes

Students explore and learn about lift and see how it affects aircraft.

Discover Activity