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Net Match

STEM • Arts

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Net Match

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

A net is a 2-dimensional representation of the surface of a 3-dimensional object. In this activity, students fold nets to form 3-D objects and then compete to match each object with its net.

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Net Match

STEM • Arts

45m•Grades 6 - 8

The Puppet Version of Me

Social and Emotional Awareness • Arts

45m

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Grades K - 2

The Puppet Version of Me

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, students use a variety of materials to create paper-bag puppets that represent their looks and interests. Then they use their puppets to give a presentation about themselves to the group, puppet-show style.

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The Puppet Version of Me

Social and Emotional Awareness • Arts

45m•Grades K - 2

Satisfying a Client: Finding Cover Photos

Arts

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Satisfying a Client: Finding Cover Photos

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students in grades 3-5 are familiar with completing school assignments of varying difficulty and complexity. They recognize that some assignments are easy to complete, others take an extra effort or revision to get right, and some involve many trials and failures before finally achieving success. In this activity, students discover that the same range of efforts are necessary in the business world, too. They model the job of finding cover photos for 3 books, each to satisfy a different client ,and discover how the opinions and feedback of a client affect a task.

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Satisfying a Client: Finding Cover Photos

Arts

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Meet a Journalist: Preparing for and Hosting a Guest Speaker, Grades 2-6

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

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Grades K - 8

Meet a Journalist: Preparing for and Hosting a Guest Speaker, Grades 2-6

By Pulitzer Center

K - 8

In this activity, students prepare for and then host a guest speaker through the Pulitzer Center’s free virtual journalist visit program. The Pulitzer Center works with thousands of journalists, making the visit customizable: students can learn about career pathways, journalism skills, interrupting bias and misinformation, and/or content areas that the journalist covers.

In the first 60-minute activity period, students consider how to prepare for a guest speaker so that the students feel comfortable and the guest feels welcome. In the second activity period, students welcome their guest speaker and ask their prepared questions.

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Meet a Journalist: Preparing for and Hosting a Guest Speaker, Grades 2-6

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

2h•Grades K - 8

Intro to Advanced Manufacturing and Automation

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

20m

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Grades 6 - 8

Intro to Advanced Manufacturing and Automation

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 8

20m

This mini-lesson introduces the Advanced Manufacturing and Automation Career Exploration Course. Students explore various aspects of this exciting field, including learning how technological advances increase efficiency in producing goods and services.

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Intro to Advanced Manufacturing and Automation

STEM • Career and Future Readiness

20m•Grades 6 - 8

Controlling the Light

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Controlling the Light

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Imagine recording an interview outside. You can’t simply move the sun, but you can certainly manipulate it! Students learn how to build and use DIY reflectors to ensure natural, even lighting.

This is lesson 22 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Controlling the Light

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

In My Shoes (Grades 9-12)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

In My Shoes (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students write a fictional first-person narrative from someone else's perspective. Students may choose someone they know personally or research a subject from the past or present.

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In My Shoes (Grades 9-12)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Target Quest (Grades 6-8)

STEM • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Target Quest (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students work in small groups to measure and construct 2-dimensional figures to match a target shape.

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Target Quest (Grades 6-8)

STEM • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

What Is Media? (Grades 3-5)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

What Is Media? (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students identify the different ways that media impacts their daily lives. After learning about the definition of media and some familiar examples, students reflect on the role and influence of media in their own lives. Next, students brainstorm different media inventions that they find useful or helpful.

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What Is Media? (Grades 3-5)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Writing the News

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Writing the News

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Youth learn the process of writing for a newspaper by learning about types of articles, exploring article elements, and writing their own articles.

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Writing the News

Literacy • Digital Media and Communications

45m•Grades 6 - 8

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 4: Building Your Lineup

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

1h 30m

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Grades 3 - 8

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 4: Building Your Lineup

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1h 30m

In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of baseball to build their batting lineup. This lesson encourages students to pay attention to player statistics before deciding the best lineup. Once their lineups have been set, it’s time for students to play their first MLB Players STEM League game! A bonus activity on Integrity is also included, encouraging students to reflect on the importance of honesty and fairness in sports and beyond.

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MLB Players STEM League Lesson 4: Building Your Lineup

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

1h 30m•Grades 3 - 8

Storybook Yoga

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m

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Grades K - 5

Storybook Yoga

By PowerUp Fitness

K - 5

15m

PowerUp with Storytime Yoga - flow through characters and scenes to stretch literacy skills with this yoga activity.

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Storybook Yoga

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m•Grades K - 5

What Does the Design Tell Us?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 9 - 12

What Does the Design Tell Us?

By The Nature Conservancy

9 - 12

Youth test various outside areas to determine the spaces creating the most runoff.

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What Does the Design Tell Us?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 9 - 12

A News Show Structure: Design My News Hour

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m

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Grades 3 - 5

A News Show Structure: Design My News Hour

By PBS

3 - 5

30m

Students take on the role of Executive Producers for a new News Show, immersing themselves in the art of structuring a compelling news hour. Leveraging everything they learned thus far in the From Concept to Screen: Building Your News Hour Module, your young news architects will map out the blueprint of their 60-minute news broadcasts.

This activity is a culmination of SRL’s The News Show Structure series. This series is also the second section of SRL’s First Module From Concept to Screen: Building Your News Hour. The module is broken into three sections. The first two contain lessons that can be completed as standalone activities or as part of a series. All three sections converge to provide a powerful and fun introduction to producing and hosting news shows. The module is followed by a second that deepens student knowledge and skills.

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A News Show Structure: Design My News Hour

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

30m•Grades 3 - 5

2D Articulated Puppets

Arts

25m

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All Grades

2D Articulated Puppets

By Rediscover Center

All Grades

25m

Make puppets of Halloween creatures and characters as a fun holiday craft!

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2D Articulated Puppets

Arts

25m•All Grades

Functional Fitness Week 10: Day 3

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 10: Day 3

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Finish week 10 with the skill of the week: Donkey Kicks. In this culminating activity, students continue sharpening their agility and endurance with donkey kicks and game of Fishy, Fishy, Cross My Ocean. Then, they revisit discourse about healthy eating and nutrition.

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 10: Day 3

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m•Grades K - 8

MLS STEM Goals: Probability and Strategy

STEM

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Grades 3 - 8

MLS STEM Goals: Probability and Strategy

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

In this activity, students examine how probability affects decision-making in MLS STEM Goals. Using shooting percentages from sample team cards, students review a set of game scenarios and determine whether taking a shot or attempting to move to a different shot spot offers the better chance of scoring. Students compare percentages, evaluate risk, and explain their reasoning as they consider how probability influences in-game choices. This lesson serves as a transition into the postseason, giving teams an opportunity to refine their decision-making strategies before playoff gameplay begins.

This is activity 7 of 8 in the MSL STEM Goals Collection from Learn Fresh. To view all activities and Quality Instructional Practices for planning and facilitation, visit the MLS STEM Goals Collection page.

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MLS STEM Goals: Probability and Strategy

STEM

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Back-to-Back Drawings

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

10m

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Grades 6 - 8

Back-to-Back Drawings

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 8

10m

This drawing and communication activity gets students practicing interpreting what others mean and articulating their own thoughts.

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Back-to-Back Drawings

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

10m•Grades 6 - 8

What Is Bias?

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

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Grades K - 8

What Is Bias?

By Pulitzer Center

K - 8

In this activity, students learn about bias and use mind mapping strategies to unpack their biases. Through a series of small group and whole group discussions, students consider why we have bias and how biases can affect our attitudes and behaviors in response to people, places, events, or ideas. Finally, students challenge bias and stereotypes by exploring multiple news stories that help them see a fuller picture of a place.

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What Is Bias?

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

1h•Grades K - 8

Children in World War II

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Children in World War II

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students work in small groups to research children’s experiences during World War II. Each group focuses on a different aspect of the experience to develop a short play that they perform for the larger group.

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Children in World War II

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Floating STEM Platforms (Team Building) Game

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

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Grades 6 - 12

Video

Floating STEM Platforms (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

6 - 12

30m

Compete to be the best engineer by building a free floating, weight bearing platform with everyday classroom supplies!

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VIDEO

Floating STEM Platforms (Team Building) Game

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

30m•Grades 6 - 12

Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming

Arts • Career and Future Readiness

30m

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Grades 6 - 8

Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming

By OregonASK

6 - 8

30m

In this activity, students brainstorm names and logos for their developed prototypes.

This activity is part 5 of 6 in a series. Start with “Farm to Table 1: Prototype Brainstorm”, “Farm to Table 2: Prototype Selection”, “Farm to Table 3: Prototype Build”, “Farm to Table 4: Prototype Test & Modify”. To take this activity one step further, continue on to“Farm to Table 6: Prototype Presentation.”

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Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming

Arts • Career and Future Readiness

30m•Grades 6 - 8

Professional Habits

Career and Future Readiness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Professional Habits

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Acting professionally is an important part of a successful career. Having an education does not guarantee one understands the distinction between polite, appropriate behavior and behavior that may be questionable. Students identify and classify the behaviors and habits of a professional worker and practice writing promotion and demotion letters that reflect these behaviors.

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Professional Habits

Career and Future Readiness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Communicating at Work

Leadership and Teamwork • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Communicating at Work

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Large companies are organized so that staff can communicate with one another and make decisions effectively. In this activity, students model the staff of a large company and learn how to communicate within an established structure.

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Communicating at Work

Leadership and Teamwork • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Create Your Own Ending

Literacy • Arts

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Create Your Own Ending

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this creative and imaginative activity, students will be reading a story together, pausing before the ending, and writing their own of the story. Then, students will hear the author's ending of the story.

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Create Your Own Ending

Literacy • Arts

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Two Truths and a Lie (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

Two Truths and a Lie (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

As students complete this activity, they may be surprised to have an “adult-sanctioned” opportunity to compose lies! In this game, students describe themselves using 2 true statements and 1 untrue statement. Then, group members guess which statement is the lie.

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Two Truths and a Lie (Grades 6-8)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

What’s the Big Deal About Fake News?

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

55m

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Grades 9 - 12

What’s the Big Deal About Fake News?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

55m

In recent years, news that is invented and untrue, often called fake news, has been spreading widely across the internet and social-media platforms. This news is a threat to democracy when it confuses or tricks a voter into believing false information about a candidate. In this activity, students explore the legitimacy of news stories and learn to recognize and confirm that a story has been invented or deeply exaggerated, especially in an attempt to manipulate the reader or viewer.

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What’s the Big Deal About Fake News?

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

55m•Grades 9 - 12

Round and Round We Go: A Model of the Solar System

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Round and Round We Go: A Model of the Solar System

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

The movement of planets around the Sun is an example of a system that is too large to observe directly, but can be well understood with models. In this activity, students work together to develop a human-sized, functional model of the 8 planets (plus dwarf planet Pluto) and the Sun.

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Round and Round We Go: A Model of the Solar System

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Finding Underreported Stories

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

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Grades K - 8

Finding Underreported Stories

By Pulitzer Center

K - 8

In this activity, students explore the idea of underreported stories and consider why some news stories don’t get as much attention as others. After considering what news stories in their own community are underreported, students propose at least one story they think should get more attention.

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Finding Underreported Stories

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

1h•Grades K - 8

Park Design Project

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 25m

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Grades 6 - 8

Park Design Project

By City Parks Foundation

6 - 8

1h 25m

In this lesson, students will combine their knowledge of how urban forests, biodiversity, and climate change influence themselves and their communities to create an action plan to improve or create green space. Students will be able to see that they can make change within their community through actively identifying a site to beautify, designing possible solutions to improve it. In this lesson, it will be key to take into account how climate change is affecting your city.

This is activity 3 of 3 in the "Design a Park" module from City Parks Foundation.

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Park Design Project

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h 25m•Grades 6 - 8

Foot Maps

STEM • History and Society

45m

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Grades K - 2

Foot Maps

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, children will create their own simple maps in the shape of their foot. They will develop map skills by naming the map and including features such as a compass rose, map key, and simple pictorial symbols.

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Foot Maps

STEM • History and Society

45m•Grades K - 2

We’re Sending Mail!

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

We’re Sending Mail!

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Elementary-school students generally are able to identify abstract emotional concepts, but may not fully understand the value of emotional support to others. This activity will allow students to explore encouragement, kindness, gratitude, and positivity within the context of writing friendly letters or creating drawings for older people.

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We’re Sending Mail!

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Improve Your Focus

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Improve Your Focus

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Because of the internet, digital music players, and other sources of sound and noise, many students pass an entire day without any moments of silence. In this activity, students learn techniques to shut out distractions and focus their attention on worthy subjects or ideas.

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Improve Your Focus

Health and Wellness • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students research ideas for service projects, choose a service project, and present it to the group, explaining why it is worthy of their time. Students then vote to determine which service project they will potentially do.

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A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 5

A Close Look at Mission Statements

Leadership and Teamwork • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

A Close Look at Mission Statements

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

A mission statement is a sentence or short paragraph that identifies the goals and purpose of a company, charity, religious group, or other institution or organization. In this activity, students analyze real-life examples of mission statements and then suggest a mission statement for their school or another organization of interest.

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A Close Look at Mission Statements

Leadership and Teamwork • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Career Match Exploration

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Career Match Exploration

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

High school students have many options when they enter the next stage of their lives. Many students choose to enroll in college, either locally or far away, while others enroll in a vocational-technical school or enlist in the military. In this activity, students research an institution of interest for their lives after high school and share their findings with the group.

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Career Match Exploration

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Food Label Match

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Food Label Match

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students match the front of a food package, which generally includes marketing slogans, with the nutrition facts that accompany the food. The activity demonstrates that the nutritional content of foods is not always what packages proclaim it to be.

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Food Label Match

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Space and Time

STEM • Arts

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Grades 3 - 8

Space and Time

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students practice moving through a subdivided space, a space which simultaneously represents fractions and musical notes. This practice allows students to witness firsthand both equivalent fractions and rhythm. Students then create their own unique rhythmic patterns.

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Space and Time

STEM • Arts

1h•Grades 3 - 8

The Constitutional Convention

History and Society • Literacy

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

The Constitutional Convention

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students act out debates that took place during the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to gain a better understanding of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Students learn U.S. history while developing key critical-thinking and analysis skills, as well as collaboration and debate skills.

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The Constitutional Convention

History and Society • Literacy

45m•Grades 6 - 8

The Animal Spin

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

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Grades 3 - 8

The Animal Spin

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students experience collective improvisation through everyday conversations and vocalizing like animals.

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The Animal Spin

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

2h•Grades 3 - 8

Questions and Answers

Literacy • History and Society

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Questions and Answers

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students learn reading comprehension and analysis skills, writing down questions that come to mind about ideas and concepts in assigned texts. After reading, students discuss and work through the most challenging questions together.

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Questions and Answers

Literacy • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In the game show The Price Is Right, contestants guess the price of various items with the goal of not overestimating the price. Today's activity has students playing a game called The Price Is Close. Each team leads a round of the game.

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Inventions (Team Building) Game

Arts • STEM

30m

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Grades 3 - 12

Video

Inventions (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

30m

With only minutes on the clock, your team must create, sketch, and present a hilarious invention to solve an odd-ball problem!

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VIDEO

Inventions (Team Building) Game

Arts • STEM

30m•Grades 3 - 12

Drafting My Interview Questions

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Drafting My Interview Questions

By PBS

3 - 5

45m

Ready to put your question-asking skills to the test? In this lesson, we're diving deep into question types! Practice makes perfect, so let's craft the right questions for our news story interviews.

This is lesson 12 in “Building a News Hour,” the second module from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ module series.

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Drafting My Interview Questions

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Creating Games & Puzzles

Arts • STEM

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Grades 6 - 8

Creating Games & Puzzles

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students create their own board games, while giving and receiving feedback from others.

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Creating Games & Puzzles

Arts • STEM

2h•Grades 6 - 8

Skip Counting Hip Hops

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

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Grades K - 2

Skip Counting Hip Hops

By PowerUp Fitness

K - 2

PowerUp Skip Counting Hip Hops - increase knowledge of multiples through movement and math integration.

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Skip Counting Hip Hops

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

5m•Grades K - 2

Plan an International Business Trip

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Plan an International Business Trip

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students work together to create a realistic plan and budget for an overseas business trip. They learn general principles about business travel, budgets, and managing cultural differences. Each team presents its plans to the whole group for approval to travel.

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Plan an International Business Trip

Career and Future Readiness • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Soccer Skills and Drills

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

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Grades 3 - 5

Soccer Skills and Drills

By Nickelodeon x Mizzen Education

3 - 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module! This session kicks off with youth creating a "Funologist Energize Routine" to get everyone excited and ready to play each day. Youth then focus on mastering soccer skills through creative drills like Crab Soccer and Volcanoes. Each activity is designed to improve footwork and teamwork while having a blast.

This is activity 5 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Soccer Skills and Drills

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

1h•Grades 3 - 5

Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

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Grades 3 - 5

Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

By Nickelodeon x Mizzen Education

3 - 5

Youth explore their personal game preferences by examining patterns in their Play Preference Sheet. They'll reflect on the types of games they consistently enjoy or dislike and consider why. The activities involve observation and active play, allowing youth to analyze games based on universal fun criteria and their preferences. This reflective process helps them understand their tastes and hone their data analysis skills, making it a valuable and engaging activity for young learners.

This is activity 4 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

1h•Grades 3 - 5

S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

This activity helps students test various objects to see which are affected by an electrically charged balloon.

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S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades K - 5

Speak and Listen (Grades K-2)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Speak and Listen (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children share details of their lives with one another and then try to recall those details. This simple but effective activity builds speaking and listening skills while helping children learn more about their group.

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Speak and Listen (Grades K-2)

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Prototype Playground (Grades K-2)

STEM

30m

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Grades K - 2

Prototype Playground (Grades K-2)

By Nickelodeon x Mizzen Education

K - 2

30m

In this activity, youth build prototypes to test ideas and discover how to make them even better. As Junior Funologists in Nickelodeon's Our World Design Lab, youth will think like engineers, merging science and fun in unique design challenges.

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Prototype Playground (Grades K-2)

STEM

30m•Grades K - 2

Innovation, Stagnation, and Decline: What Happened to the Blackberry Phone?

History and Society • STEM

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Innovation, Stagnation, and Decline: What Happened to the Blackberry Phone?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

The once-innovative BlackBerry was left behind in the wake of its more forward-thinking competition. Students discuss the history of the BlackBerry and explain its innovation, stagnation, and decline.

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Innovation, Stagnation, and Decline: What Happened to the Blackberry Phone?

History and Society • STEM

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Continue building week 5 skill of the week: Push-ups. In this activity, students revisit their push-up abilities in a relay challenge and game of Tricky Twosome Tag. Then, they learn that proteins can come from animal or plant sources.

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Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

Should Hate Speech Be Protected by the First Amendment?

History and Society • Digital Media and Communications

55m

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Grades 9 - 12

Should Hate Speech Be Protected by the First Amendment?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

55m

Many scholars cite the First Amendment of the United States Constitution as the most important set of rights in any functioning democracy. Students should understand these basic rights and how they have been challenged, and continue to be, throughout our history. The censorship of hate speech is 1 example of how the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, relates and helps inform the debates in which Americans engage today. This activity will help students consider some of the arguments both in favor of and against the censorship of hate speech.

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Should Hate Speech Be Protected by the First Amendment?

History and Society • Digital Media and Communications

55m•Grades 9 - 12

Motor Day

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Motor Day

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students make a motor from a kit or from individual parts. After they build the motor and observe how it runs, they explore the science principles that explain how motors work.

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Motor Day

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students learn yoga positions and breathing techniques to help alleviate worry and anxiety and build confidence.

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Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Let’s Learn About Careers

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Let’s Learn About Careers

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

In this activity, children learn about a variety of careers through age-appropriate books. First, the children listen while the adult reads a book about a career. Then, the children form smaller groups, reading and listening to each other. Finally, the children reconvene as a whole group for discussion.

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Let’s Learn About Careers

Career and Future Readiness • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Masquerade Masks

Arts • Literacy

35m

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Grades K - 5

Masquerade Masks

By Rediscover Center

K - 5

35m

In this activity, students will learn how to make Masquerade Masks using materials collected from their home or outside in their neighborhood. This is a simple but versatile activity to really liven up a story your class is currently reading or celebrate a special day. Get creative with colors or patterns as you see fit!

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Masquerade Masks

Arts • Literacy

35m•Grades K - 5

Top 10

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Top 10

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students work in a group to come up with a top 10 list of their choice, and deliver a speech explaining their choices.

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Top 10

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Picture This Riddle

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Picture This Riddle

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children go on a riddle scavenger hunt, solving riddles with clues hidden in pictures around the room.

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Picture This Riddle

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Group Picasso (Team Building) Game

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

20m

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Grades 3 - 12

Video

Group Picasso (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

20m

Rotate self-portraits and try to create artistic masterpieces within seconds before time is called!

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Group Picasso (Team Building) Game

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

20m•Grades 3 - 12

Shakespeare Scene Work

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Shakespeare Scene Work

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students collaborate to plan and perform a short scene from Shakespeare. In order to decide how the scene will be played, students will briefly analyze and discuss the characters, motive, plot, setting, and how the language expresses the underlying meaning in the scene.

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Shakespeare Scene Work

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Pitch Your Story (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m

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Grades 6 - 12

Pitch Your Story (Student Reporting Labs)

By PBS

6 - 12

50m

Students will learn to turn their story ideas into fully developed pitches. A pitch enables students to explain their story succinctly and also keep their story focused during the production process.

This is activity 9 of 16 in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Module. Visit the Module to learn more before getting started.

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Pitch Your Story (Student Reporting Labs)

Digital Media and Communications • Literacy

50m•Grades 6 - 12

Geometry Jumps

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

15m

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Grades 3 - 8

Geometry Jumps

By PowerUp Fitness

3 - 8

15m

PowerUp Geometry Jumps - discover geometry concepts through jumping and visualization!

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Geometry Jumps

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

15m•Grades 3 - 8

Skills for 21st-Century Workers

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Skills for 21st-Century Workers

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students research the skills that 21st-century workers need. First, they pick 3 careers from the included handout—a liberal arts career, a STEM career, and a vo-tech career. Then, they research those careers and take notes on the necessary skills.

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Skills for 21st-Century Workers

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Literacy

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students practice presenting short stories and poems in a flexible Reader's Theater format.

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Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 9-12)

Arts • Literacy

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Telephone

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

Telephone

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

The old-fashioned telephone game is a fun way for children to improve their listening skills. In this activity, children will play telephone and then add a few fun variations.

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Telephone

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2

Economic Concepts: What Is Supply and Demand?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 3 - 8

Economic Concepts: What Is Supply and Demand?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 8

45m

Students participate in a simulated silent auction for items of varying interest. Students are given a spending limit for bidding and offer bids for the items. The instructor collects the bids and determines the winner, or highest bidder, of each item. Then, group discussion focuses on how students’ interest in various items and their availability affected their willingness to pay.

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Economic Concepts: What Is Supply and Demand?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 8

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

In this activity, students test their strength, stamina, and speed in an Olympic adventure. Then, they put their nutritional knowledge to the test in a guessing game.

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Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

40m•Grades K - 8

How Has Technology Changed the Way Businesses Operate?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

How Has Technology Changed the Way Businesses Operate?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Technology and the economy are constantly affecting each other. In this activity, students evaluate how technology has changed the nature of work for a selected assortment of jobs. They write job ads to recruit employees for those jobs.

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How Has Technology Changed the Way Businesses Operate?

Career and Future Readiness • History and Society

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Memory Card Game (Grades K-2)

STEM • Literacy

45m

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Grades K - 2

Memory Card Game (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children make and play a card game to work on their memory skills using addition facts. Since this activity helps children practice basic math facts, it is a great game to play often.

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Memory Card Game (Grades K-2)

STEM • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

To Panama

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m

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Grades K - 5

Video

To Panama

By Go2Science

K - 5

50m

With so many questions in science, where does research begin? The hypothesis! Students learn about the hypothesis from entomologist, Dr. Mitra. Then, follow along as Beth and Curtis travel to their field location. Students will then use interactive maps and satellite images to virtually compare locations related to the mission.

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To Panama

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m•Grades K - 5

MLS STEM Goals: Road to the Championship

STEM

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Grades 3 - 8

MLS STEM Goals: Road to the Championship

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

In this activity, students explore how tournament brackets are structured in sports and how math is used to create fair and balanced competitions. Students examine examples of single-elimination brackets, identify how powers of two shape tournament design, and analyze how the number of teams affects each round. Using the MLS playoff format as a real-world model, students consider how wild card games and uneven team counts influence bracket construction.

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

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MLS STEM Goals: Road to the Championship

STEM

1h•Grades 3 - 8

What Happens Next?

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades K - 2

What Happens Next?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

When reading a story, we often ask ourselves the question, "I wonder what will happen next?" Children will listen to the story Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig. Throughout the story, the reader will stop and ask a multiple-choice question to get the children to predict what will happen next.

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What Happens Next?

Literacy • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades K - 2