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The Power of Retrieval Practice for Long-Term Learning - Teachers First/Traci Hedetniemi
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K to 12
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This blog post explains how retrieval practice strengthens memory by having students actively recall information rather than simply rereading or reviewing notes. The article describes...more
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This blog post explains how retrieval practice strengthens memory by having students actively recall information rather than simply rereading or reviewing notes. The article describes why retrieval works and offers practical ideas teachers can use throughout a lesson, including brain dumps, short quizzes, flashcards, and entrance and exit tickets. It also provides examples for different grade levels and subject areas, making the strategy easy to adapt. The article also emphasizes that retrieval practice should be a low-stakes learning activity, not another graded test. Teachers looking for simple ways to build review and reflection into daily instruction will find several ideas worth trying.
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Use this post to introduce retrieval practice to teachers or as a starting point for adding short recall activities to lessons. Try a two-minute brain dump at the start of class, a few questions about prior learning, or an exit ticket asking students to recall and summarize what they learned. Consider using Wayground (formerly Quizizz), reviewed here to create short retrieval quizzes for individual or whole-class review. Wordwall, reviewed here, provides another option for creating quick practice activities that students can revisit over time.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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20 Engaging Ways to Teach With Graffiti Walls - WeAreTeachers
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K to 12
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Turn an ordinary classroom wall, whiteboard, or sheet of butcher paper into an interactive space for thinking, sharing, and reviewing with these 20 ready-to-try graffiti wall ideas....more
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Turn an ordinary classroom wall, whiteboard, or sheet of butcher paper into an interactive space for thinking, sharing, and reviewing with these 20 ready-to-try graffiti wall ideas. Students can write, draw, respond to classmates, and visually organize their thinking in activities ranging from geography and math challenges to vocabulary practice, reading responses, discussion starters, weekly reflections, music appreciation, and art. Ideas include rotating through review questions before a test, collecting favorite book quotations and recommendations, responding to an image, recording important points during guided reading, and comparing students' prior knowledge with what they know after a unit. Most activities require little preparation and can be adapted to different subjects and ages.
tag(s): collaboration (146), critical thinking (194), Formative Assessment (50)
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Have students respond to a challenging question on chart paper before a class discussion, then invite classmates to add connections, questions, or supporting ideas as they read one another's responses. Ask students to create a digital version of a graffiti wall with Padlet, reviewed here, where the class can collect ideas, reflections, questions, or resources around a shared topic. Have students individually record what they already know about a new concept on a graffiti wall, save the responses, and revisit the same prompt after the unit to identify evidence of learning and changed thinking.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Girls' Globe - Girls' Globe
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9 to 12
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Girls' Globe amplifies female changemakers and organizations that advance gender equality, human rights, social justice, and sustainability. The site shares stories, opinions, news,...more
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Girls' Globe amplifies female changemakers and organizations that advance gender equality, human rights, social justice, and sustainability. The site shares stories, opinions, news, and research on current global issues ranging from digital media to sports. In addition, Girls' Globe offers three podcasts: Hey Changemaker!, The Power of Stories, and Rising Minds.
tag(s): climate change (116), media literacy (140), mental health (65), podcasts (189), poetry (196), politics (120), racism (85), sexuality (16), STEM (389), women (198), womenchangemaker (95)
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Note that this site includes articles on sex and relationships; vet all information for appropriateness before sharing it with students. Share stories with students when studying current events to help students understand the personal context of the events through individual stories. For example, if students are learning about the war in Ukraine, search for articles about women changemakers in Ukraine. Because this site is admittedly feminist-focused, choose an article to investigate perspectives and points of view in the media. Use thinking routines that develop perspective and global understanding from Project Zero's Thinking Routines Toolbox, reviewed here, to help students explore different perspectives on a topic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Adobe Aqua - Adobe
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K to 3
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Create and explore with the Adobe Aqua drawing and coloring tool, all without requiring registration. Choose Draw and Color Online to create drawings starting from a blank whiteboard...more
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Create and explore with the Adobe Aqua drawing and coloring tool, all without requiring registration. Choose Draw and Color Online to create drawings starting from a blank whiteboard using a crayon, paintbrush, pencil, and other drawing tools. When you're done, download it as a PNG file or an MP4 timelapse video. Alternatively, choose from many themed coloring pages, such as Coloring Coast and World Ocean Waters. Visit the Education link to find suggestions for classroom use.
tag(s): colors (64), DAT device agnostic tool (135), drawing (58), preK (354)
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Use Aqua activities to support and practice fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness. Replace paper-and-crayon drawings and ask students to use Aqua to retell stories or draw their favorite character. Have students practice drawing geometric shapes for math class or draw a story that illustrates a math problem (3 fish plus 2 whales equal...). Because this site doesn't require registration, it is an excellent resource to include with centers or computer station activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Test Prep Reimagined: Brain-Based Strategies That Improve Student Performance - Teachers First/Traci Hedetniemi
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This TeachersFirst blog post shares three research-supported approaches to help students prepare for high-stakes tests. The article explains how retrieval practice, concept mapping,...more
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This TeachersFirst blog post shares three research-supported approaches to help students prepare for high-stakes tests. The article explains how retrieval practice, concept mapping, and cognitive offloading can help students organize information and manage testing demands. Specific strategies include completing a five-minute memory dump before reviewing notes, creating concept maps from memory, identifying gaps in understanding, and writing important formulas or information on scratch paper before beginning a test. Other parts of the post address how stress and limited working memory affect testing. These practical strategies give teachers alternatives to traditional test review methods such as rereading notes or completing worksheets.
tag(s): concept mapping (16), Research (94), teaching strategies (92), thinking skills (138)
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Use the strategies throughout a unit rather than waiting until the days before a test. Have students complete a short memory dump at the beginning of a review session, check their responses against their notes, and use the results to identify what they still need to study. Students can also create concept maps that connect major ideas from a unit or semester. Share templates from Canva for Education, reviewed here to create mind maps that help organize concepts and show relationships that help to clarify information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Your Students' Brain Command Center - Teachers First/Traci Hedetniemi
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Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Your Students' Brain Command Center explains how executive functioning affects students' ability to manage learning tasks. The article describes...more
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Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Your Students' Brain Command Center explains how executive functioning affects students' ability to manage learning tasks. The article describes ten skills, including task initiation, planning, organization, working memory, information processing, self-monitoring, sustained attention, processing speed, impulse control, and cognitive flexibility. A classroom example shows how a seemingly simple digital assignment can require students to use several of these skills at once. It also describes connections between executive functioning and academic achievement, social-emotional learning, and learner agency. Examples throughout help teachers recognize how executive functioning challenges can appear during everyday classroom activities. This article offers a useful introduction for educators who want to understand these skills better and consider how classroom routines and expectations can support students.
tag(s): organizational skills (94), social and emotional learning (235), teaching strategies (92)
In the Classroom
Use ideas from the article to help teachers and students identify the executive functioning skills needed for common classroom tasks. Choose an assignment and have students break it into steps, identify where they might get stuck, and develop a strategy for getting started, staying focused, or checking their work. Share Magic ToDo, reviewed here, to help students break a large assignment or project into smaller steps. Have students use the tool to create a task list, estimate the time needed for each step, and check off completed tasks as they work.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Retrieval Practice to Boost Student Learning - TeachersFirst/Sharon Hall
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This blog post introduces retrieval practice as a simple strategy to help students recall and retain what they've learned. The article explains the connection between retrieval and...more
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This blog post introduces retrieval practice as a simple strategy to help students recall and retain what they've learned. The article explains the connection between retrieval and long-term learning and offers practical suggestions for using the strategy in daily instruction. Examples include brain dumps, Cops and Robbers, short quizzes, and other activities that ask students to recall information without looking at notes or other resources. The information also emphasizes that retrieval activities should be brief, low-stress, provide feedback, and occur regularly over time. Teachers can easily adapt the examples for different subjects and grade levels.
tag(s): assessment (144), teaching strategies (92)
In the Classroom
Use the ideas in this article to add short retrieval activities to existing lessons. Begin class with a two- or three-minute brain dump about yesterday's learning, or ask students to recall key ideas before introducing a related topic. Use short quizzes or partner activities to revisit learning from earlier in the week. Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM), reviewed here, can create quizzes and flashcards from teacher-provided materials for additional practice. Padlet Arcade, reviewed here, can turn review content into a game that gives students another way to practice recalling information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GradeWithAI - GradeWithAI
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Speed up grading while keeping the teacher in control with GradeWithAI, an AI-powered grading and feedback tool designed for educators. Teachers can import assignments from Canvas,...more
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Speed up grading while keeping the teacher in control with GradeWithAI, an AI-powered grading and feedback tool designed for educators. Teachers can import assignments from Canvas, Google Classroom, and Google Forms or upload digital and handwritten student work, including PDFs, Word documents, presentations, and images. Add an existing rubric or have the tool generate an editable rubric from assignment directions, then review the AI-generated scores and personalized feedback before returning results to students. GradeWithAI also includes tools for regrading, exporting results, identifying learning gaps, generating follow-up activities, and analyzing student performance. The free plan is limited to 25 AI requests per month.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (361), assessment (144), feedback (19), Formative Assessment (50), rubrics (40), Teacher Utilities (234)
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Have teachers upload a set of student essays with an existing rubric, then use the generated scores and comments as a first grading pass, carefully reviewing and editing all feedback before returning the work to students. Ask teachers to use Kleo, the built-in AI assistant, to identify common misconceptions after grading an assignment, then use those findings to plan a small-group reteaching activity or next-day warm-up. Have teachers grade a common assessment with GradeWithAI and review results across the class, then compare AI-generated patterns with classroom observations to determine which skills students have mastered and which need more practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth Day Timeline - HISTORY.com
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Trace the environmental movement from the events that inspired Earth Day to its development into a worldwide observance with this chronological overview from HISTORY. Beginning with...more
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Trace the environmental movement from the events that inspired Earth Day to its development into a worldwide observance with this chronological overview from HISTORY. Beginning with Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson's birth in 1916, the timeline highlights Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire, the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, major environmental legislation, Earth Day's international expansion, the Paris climate agreement, Greta Thunberg's climate protests, and the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in 2020. The combination of concise dated entries, photographs, related links, and a short video makes the resource useful for examining connections among environmental concerns, activism, government action, and changing public awareness. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
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tag(s): climate (100), conservation (110), earth day (68), environment (248)
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Ask students to create a cause-and-effect chart connecting events such as Silent Spring, the Cuyahoga River fire, the first Earth Day, the establishment of the EPA, and subsequent environmental legislation. Have students work in pairs to investigate one event from the timeline more deeply, then create a visual timeline using Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here, that adds historical context to the events before and after it. Ask students to write an evidence-based response to the question, "How much difference can one public movement make?" using at least three events from the Earth Day timeline to support their argument.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth Day Songs: Educational Music for Celebrating Our Planet and Our Environment - Songs for Teaching
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Add music to Earth Day lessons with this extensive collection of educational songs that celebrate the planet and the environment. Browse songs organized into categories including Earth...more
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Add music to Earth Day lessons with this extensive collection of educational songs that celebrate the planet and the environment. Browse songs organized into categories including Earth Day and Arbor Day, nature, conservation and recycling, alternative energy sources, full albums, and Earth Day musical plays. Topics range from biodiversity, habitats, seeds, trees, oceans, and the water cycle to pollution, sustainability, recycling, renewable energy, and caring for the environment. Individual entries identify the song and performing artist, and many link to pages with lyrics, audio samples, or related materials. The collection also provides links to related song collections about water, seasons, marine animals, science, biology, animals, and insects. Teachers should preview individual selections to determine their suitability and availability before using them with students.
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tag(s): conservation (110), earth day (68), pollution (59), recycling (51), sustainability (61), water cycle (26)
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Have students listen to a teacher-selected Earth Day song, identify its main environmental message, and list words and details that communicate it. Invite students to investigate one conservation action mentioned in a song, such as recycling, conserving resources, planting trees, or using renewable energy, then develop a realistic plan for putting that action into practice at school or home. Have students write an original verse or short song that teaches classmates about a science concept such as habitats, biodiversity, the water cycle, conservation, or renewable energy, then perform or read their work for the class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth Day - WWF-UK
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3 to 12
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Help students discover more about Earth Day, planet Earth, and the people working to protect it. WWF-UK brings together accessible facts, conservation stories, and hands-on Earth Day...more
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Help students discover more about Earth Day, planet Earth, and the people working to protect it. WWF-UK brings together accessible facts, conservation stories, and hands-on Earth Day activities focused on wildlife and the natural world. Students can explore facts about oceans and forests, read firsthand accounts from WWF conservationists, learn about projects involving tigers, rhinos, jaguars, pandas, penguins, and hawksbill turtles, and try activities such as creating a nature book or coloring a rainforest scene. The page also encourages spending time outdoors and links to additional games, live learning opportunities, and environmental resources. This collection works especially well as a starting point for Earth Day inquiry because teachers can select individual readings and activities rather than follow a prescribed sequence.
tag(s): biodiversity (45), conservation (110), earth day (68), ecosystems (117), forests (31), oceans (142), sustainability (61)
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Ask students to explore the ocean and forest facts, then work in pairs to sort their findings into categories such as biodiversity, human impact, ecosystem services, threats, and conservation solutions. Ask students to choose one issue they learned about from the Earth Day resources and write a persuasive Earth Day message explaining why others should care and one action individuals or communities could take. Have students conduct a biodiversity observation around the school grounds or another nearby outdoor area, tally the living things they observe, and propose one realistic change that could make the area more supportive of wildlife.
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Earth Day Lesson Plans for Science, ELA, and Social Studies - Newsela
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Bring Earth Day into science, ELA, and social studies with this collection of ready-to-use lesson ideas and resources for K-12 classrooms. Teachers can explore Earth's systems, environmental...more
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Bring Earth Day into science, ELA, and social studies with this collection of ready-to-use lesson ideas and resources for K-12 classrooms. Teachers can explore Earth's systems, environmental change, conservation, energy choices, recycling, environmental data, and ways students can help the planet. Literacy activities include environmental debates, argumentative writing, advocacy texts, and poetry, while social studies ideas connect environmental issues with civic responsibility and community action. Science resources include articles, infographics, data investigations, hands-on activities such as making seed balls, and videos accompanied by 5E lesson plans, vocabulary, and discussion questions. The page identifies resources for different grade bands, although access to some linked Newsela instructional content may depend on the user's Newsela access.
tag(s): climate change (116), conservation (110), earth day (68), ecosystems (117), environment (248), poetry (196), pollution (59), recycling (51), sustainability (61)
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Have students examine an infographic about Earth's biomes or four spheres, then sketch and label connections among Earth's systems, and then discuss how changes in one system can affect another. Have students examine environmental data about air quality, plastic waste, or energy consumption, identify patterns in the data, and write an evidence-based claim about what the information reveals about Earth's health. Ask students to develop an Earth Day action plan for their home, classroom, or school, then create a persuasive presentation using Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, which can be used to create flyers, presentations, social media posts, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth Month is Here: Simple Ways to Pitch In for the Planet - EarthShare Texas
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Looking for practical ways to turn Earth Month into everyday action? EarthShare Texas offers ten approachable categories of environmental actions, including using sustainable transportation,...more
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Looking for practical ways to turn Earth Month into everyday action? EarthShare Texas offers ten approachable categories of environmental actions, including using sustainable transportation, reducing and recycling waste, supporting environmentally conscious businesses, gardening, reducing paper use, advocating for environmental causes, choosing renewable energy, supporting wildlife conservation, conserving energy, and traveling responsibly. Each section provides specific suggestions students and families can consider, such as walking or biking, using reusable products, planting native plants, participating in community cleanups, and turning off unused electronics. Several suggestions link to outside organizations and resources for additional information. The article emphasizes that environmentally responsible choices can extend beyond Earth Month and become part of daily routines.
tag(s): conservation (110), earth day (68), recycling (51), sustainability (61)
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Have students choose three suggestions from the article and keep a one-week Earth Month action log, recording what they tried, challenges they encountered, and which action they think would be easiest to continue long-term. Invite pairs of students to select one recommendation, research evidence about its environmental impact, and create a persuasive poster with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, which can be used to create flyers, presentations, social media posts, and more. Have students conduct a classroom or school waste audit, record the types of disposable materials they find, and use the results to propose two realistic ways their class could reduce waste.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth Day Poster Templates - Adobe
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Turn Earth Day learning into an eye-catching visual with this collection of customizable Adobe Express poster templates. Choose from professionally designed templates featuring environmental...more
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Turn Earth Day learning into an eye-catching visual with this collection of customizable Adobe Express poster templates. Choose from professionally designed templates featuring environmental themes, then personalize the text, images, fonts, colors, and other design elements to communicate a message about topics such as conservation, recycling, sustainability, or community cleanups. Students can share designs digitally or print them for classroom, school, or community displays. The collection gives students a helpful starting point while still letting them make their own design and content choices.
tag(s): conservation (110), earth day (68), environment (248), recycling (51), sustainability (61)
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Have students research an environmental issue such as plastic pollution, habitat loss, water conservation, or climate change, then customize an Earth Day poster to communicate three evidence-based actions people can take. Assign students different environmental topics and have them create a coordinated set of posters for a whole-class Earth Day awareness campaign, then display the finished collection digitally or around the school. Ask students to conduct a gallery walk of classmates' posters, leave feedback about the strength of each message and supporting evidence, and revise their own poster based on the feedback.Edge Features:
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The Year of Greta - Superhero Cheesecake
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Follow Greta Thunberg's rapid rise as a climate activist through an immersive illustrated timeline centered on events from 2019. The Year of Greta combines a 3D representation of Thunberg...more
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Follow Greta Thunberg's rapid rise as a climate activist through an immersive illustrated timeline centered on events from 2019. The Year of Greta combines a 3D representation of Thunberg with animation, photographs, brief text, and interactive navigation to trace her movement from an individual school-strike campaigner to an internationally recognized figure in the climate movement. The site presents both positive and negative reactions to Thunberg, providing opportunities to examine differing perspectives about her activism. The visually rich format makes the resource useful for exploring chronology, climate activism, media representation, and digital storytelling while giving students a model for considering how design choices shape the presentation of a public figure.
tag(s): climate change (116), digital literacy (42), media literacy (140), womenchangemaker (95)
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Students can create a digital diary of Greta Thunberg's story since 2019 using Canva Docs, reviewed here. Invite small groups to research another environmental activist or climate-related movement and create an interactive digital story using Knight Lab, reviewed here. Assign students to map locations connected with major events in Thunberg's activism and add short factual annotations explaining each location's significance using Google My Maps, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Young People Respond to Climate Change - Facing History and Ourselves
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Young People Respond to Climate Change is a mini-lesson for grades 6-12 about sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg. The mini-lesson explores why young people are taking action on climate...more
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Young People Respond to Climate Change is a mini-lesson for grades 6-12 about sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg. The mini-lesson explores why young people are taking action on climate change and features strategies they can use to make a difference on an issue they care about. The activities include why young people are organizing against climate change, how young people can make a difference on climate change, and an extension activity on climate change and inequality.
tag(s): climate change (116), womenchangemaker (95)
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Students can create infographics using Mind Map Generator, reviewed here to teach about the impact of climate change. Have students create a public service announcement about something important to them using ScreenPal, reviewed here. Students can use Visme AI Presentation Creator, reviewed here to create a presentation on the issue that is important to them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wildfire Preparedness Guide for Children & Teens - Fire Help Center
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This age-specific preparedness guide helps children and teens understand what to do before, during, and after a wildfire. The resource organizes safety advice for ages 4-8, 9-12, and...more
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This age-specific preparedness guide helps children and teens understand what to do before, during, and after a wildfire. The resource organizes safety advice for ages 4-8, 9-12, and 13-18, gradually increasing students' responsibilities as they get older. Topics include creating and practicing an evacuation plan, assembling a wildfire go-bag, calling 911, recognizing evacuation routes and alerts, reducing smoke exposure, and supporting children's emotional well-being before and after a wildfire. A visual go-bag checklist provides a ready-to-use reference, and the page includes FAQs and sources from organizations such as the EPA, NASA, Children's Hospital Colorado, and the U.S. Congress.
tag(s): fire (29), fire safety (22), preK (354)
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Ask students to examine the wildfire go-bag checklist and create their own emergency-preparedness poster with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, which can be used to design flyers, presentations, social media-style posts, and other visuals. Ask students to sketch an evacuation plan for a hypothetical home, school, or classroom that includes two possible exits and a safe meeting location, then exchange plans with a partner who checks whether the route is clear and practical. The site specifically recommends practicing evacuation plans and routes regularly. Have older students analyze the section on wildfire smoke, identify claims about health effects and prevention, and create review questions using Wayground (formerly Quizizz), reviewed here. Use the student-created questions as a formative assessment after the safety unit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DiscoverE Engineering Activities - DiscoverE
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Turn everyday materials into engineering opportunities with DiscoverE's collection of free STEM activities. Search by keyword or filter by activity type, time, grade, topic, and engineering...more
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Turn everyday materials into engineering opportunities with DiscoverE's collection of free STEM activities. Search by keyword or filter by activity type, time, grade, topic, and engineering discipline. Challenges include building a paper bridge, designing an aqueduct, and creating a chain-reaction machine. Activity pages may include materials, directions, leader notes, student instructions, and connections to engineering careers. Some challenges also feature demonstration videos. If your district blocks YouTube, the video(s) may not be viewable.
tag(s): critical thinking (194), engineering (139), problem solving (286), STEM (389)
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Students can use Seesaw, reviewed here to take notes as they are doing the activity. Have students use Timeline Infographic Templates by Venngage, reviewed here to create step by step instructions. Students can use Microsoft PowerPoint Online, reviewed here to share their final product.
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STEM Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers - Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
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Looking for a ready-to-use STEM lesson? Explore hundreds of free ORISE activities, covering topics from elementary science and math to high school engineering, chemistry, and artificial...more
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Looking for a ready-to-use STEM lesson? Explore hundreds of free ORISE activities, covering topics from elementary science and math to high school engineering, chemistry, and artificial intelligence. Browse the lesson listings by title, grade, subject, and description, or visit the lesson plan library to search the collection. Most lessons are downloadable PDFs, and some include additional materials such as presentations or activity files. The page also offers review games and The Harnessed Atom, a collection of nuclear energy lessons with student and teacher editions.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (361), creativity (95), engineering (139), preK (354), problem solving (286), STEM (389)
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As students are learning about "Is Oobleck a solid or a liquid?", students can use Google Forms, reviewed here to make their prediction. Students can use ScreenPal, reviewed here to record their ping-pong ball in the Floating Ping Pong Ball activity. After students complete their Ozobot Meets 3-D Printing (Art Challenge) lesson, have a gallery walk.
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FIRST Free STEM Activities - FIRST
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Bring hands-on engineering challenges into your classroom with FIRST's collection of free STEM activities for learners from pre-kindergarten through high school. The activities are...more
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Bring hands-on engineering challenges into your classroom with FIRST's collection of free STEM activities for learners from pre-kindergarten through high school. The activities are organized by grade range and include teacher and student guides. Each challenge focuses on a specific skill or topic and guides students through the engineering design process. Use lessons independently or combine them into a longer series. The collection also includes activities focused on FIRST Core Values and social-emotional learning, plus STEM activity cards featuring familiar building materials. Some activities introduce coding, programming, and computer-aided design.
tag(s): coding (111), collaboration (146), creativity (95), critical thinking (194), engineering (139), preK (354), problem solving (286), social and emotional learning (235), STEM (389)
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Guide students through the activities on the site. Have students use Canva for Education, reviewed here to create blueprints for their designs. Ask students to keep an individual engineering journal with labeled drawings, test results, and reflections about what they would change.
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