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NASA At Home: Virtual Tours and Apps - NASA

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3 to 12
 
NASA At Home: Virtual Tours and Apps explores the solar system and beyond by uncovering worlds, stars, and cosmic mysteries near and far with their robust fleet of space and ...more
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NASA At Home: Virtual Tours and Apps explores the solar system and beyond by uncovering worlds, stars, and cosmic mysteries near and far with their robust fleet of space and ground-based missions. There are three sections of videos: The International Space Station, the Solar System, and NASA. Videos on the International Space Station include training the astronauts, exploring NASA's deep space network, payload Operations Integration Center, and Hubble Space Telescope. Solar System videos are on Perseverance and the Moon. NASA virtual tour videos showcase Goddard Space Flight Center and Wallops Flight Facility.

tag(s): planets (113), solar system (110), space (222), virtual field trips (128)

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Students can compare and contrast the different space centers and/or missions to space. Students can further learn about the solar system by creating a book with Book Creator, reviewed here or a presentation using Google Slides, reviewed here on the planets, stars, moon, or the sun.
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JSC Virtual Tours - NASA

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3 to 12
 
Johnson Virtual Tours are free 3-D tours inside the Johnson Space Center. Tours include the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, Christopher C. Kraft Mission Control Center, Flight Control...more
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Johnson Virtual Tours are free 3-D tours inside the Johnson Space Center. Tours include the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, Christopher C. Kraft Mission Control Center, Flight Control Room-1 (FCR-1), Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL), Ellington Field, and Lunar Sample Curation Laboratory. Questions and answers (Q&A) are also available to answer questions on Mission Control and Living in Space. When you are on the tour, you can watch videos, learn information, and see photographs.

tag(s): space (222), virtual field trips (128)

In the Classroom

Students can pick one of the tours and research more about it. They can also tour other space centers to compare and contrast them using Canva's Venn Diagram Creator, reviewed here. Students could also conduct a virtual interview with someone from that space center.
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NASA's Glenn Virtual Tours - NASA's Glenn Virtual Tours

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3 to 12
NASA's Glenn Virtual Tours are free 3-D tours inside the Glenn Research Facility. Tours include the Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Low Speed Wind Tunnel, Electric Propulsion and Power Laboratory,...more
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NASA's Glenn Virtual Tours are free 3-D tours inside the Glenn Research Facility. Tours include the Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Low Speed Wind Tunnel, Electric Propulsion and Power Laboratory, In-Space Propulsion Facility, Icing Research Tunnel, Ballistic Impact Lab, Flight Research Building, Propulsion Systems Laboratory, Simulated Lunar Operations Lab, Space Environments Complex, and Zero-Gravity Facility. When you are on the tour, you can watch videos, learn information, and see photographs.

tag(s): aeronautics (11), virtual field trips (128)

In the Classroom

Students can pick one of the tours and research it further. They can also tour other research facilities and compare and contrast them. Students could also conduct a virtual interview with someone from that facility. Have students create a podcast to share their interviews using Adobe Podcast reviewed here.
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Great Lakes Now - Great Lakes Now: Virtual Field Trips in the Great Lakes

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4 to 10
 
Great Lakes Now offers free five-minute virtual field trips to coastal wetlands, algae, and Lake Sturgeon. The website states that the videos are for grades 6-8 but could be shared...more
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Great Lakes Now offers free five-minute virtual field trips to coastal wetlands, algae, and Lake Sturgeon. The website states that the videos are for grades 6-8 but could be shared with other grades if they cover the topics in the curriculum.

tag(s): habitats (92), virtual field trips (128)

In the Classroom

Students can research more about the area(s) the videos reference. Students can compare and contrast the various usages of the Great Lakes in the United States. Compare using a tool such as ClassTools Interactive Venn Diagrams reviewed here. You can click on the right side to choose between a two or three-circle Venn diagram. Students can research the animals that live in the Great Lakes and are mentioned in the videos by creating a book in Book Creator, reviewed here or by creating a presentation using Google Slides, reviewed here.
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YouTube Kids - YouTube

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K to 5
 
The YouTube Kids platform provides teachers a safe, engaging tool to incorporate kid-friendly video content into the classroom. The site offers a simplified and safer experience for...more
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The YouTube Kids platform provides teachers a safe, engaging tool to incorporate kid-friendly video content into the classroom. The site offers a simplified and safer experience for children exploring videos, with customizable parental controls and personalized student profiles. There is also a free app available. Teachers can tailor content to specific age groups (4 and under, 5-8, or 9-12), ensuring that videos align with students' developmental levels. The platform also allows educators to share relevant content directly with students, manage screen time, and block inappropriate videos when necessary. With its smaller, curated content library and protections like automated filters and human reviews, YouTube Kids offers a secure way to enrich lessons with videos while fostering responsible media consumption habits in students.
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tag(s): enrichment (13), internet safety (114), personalized learning (10), playlists (8), video (266)

In the Classroom

Teachers can select age-appropriate educational videos for science, history, or art and share them with students to supplement lessons. Create individual profiles for students and set content levels based on their age. During independent study time, allow them to explore videos that align with a specific topic or theme, such as space exploration, environmental conservation, or creative arts. Set up an interactive learning station in classrooms with tablets or computers, where students can watch teacher-approved videos related to their current lessons. Assign specific videos from YouTube Kids for students to watch at home, along with questions or activities based on the content.
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NASA's Visual Universe - Google

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3 to 12
 
NASA's Visual Universe website, part of Google's Arts & Culture Experiments, offers an interactive and visually stunning exploration of NASA's extensive media archive. This platform...more
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NASA's Visual Universe website, part of Google's Arts & Culture Experiments, offers an interactive and visually stunning exploration of NASA's extensive media archive. This platform uses artificial intelligence designed to process large amounts of data, identify patterns, and group related content to analyze and organize over 150,000 NASA images, videos, and audio files into clusters of related content. Images of Mars rovers, audio from Apollo missions, and videos of spacewalks are organized into groups, making exploration more engaging. Teachers can guide students through activities such as exploring the visual history of space exploration, discovering thematic connections, and discussing the role of art and technology in science communication. The site is an excellent resource for integrating STEM with visual literacy and inspiring curiosity about space and innovation.

tag(s): artificial intelligence (177), space (222), STEM (297), visual literacy (3)

In the Classroom

Have students browse the website to select their favorite images and create a collage that represents their vision of space exploration. This can be done digitally using PhotoCollage reviewed here or on paper. Assign students to create a timeline of significant NASA missions or advancements, using images and videos from the site to illustrate key events. Students can use Class Tools, reviewed here Time Graphics Timeline Maker, reviewed here to created the timeline on a device. Students can keep a journal while exploring the website, noting interesting images, themes, or facts.
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Work it Out Wombat - PBS Kids

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K to 2
 
PBS Kids Work it Out Wombats contains games, videos, activities, and podcasts. One game featured, titled Road Repair, is an interactive game in which you repair a road with shapes....more
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PBS Kids Work it Out Wombats contains games, videos, activities, and podcasts. One game featured, titled Road Repair, is an interactive game in which you repair a road with shapes. The other game, Story Emporium, allows you to create a story to read. The story asks you to select a who, what, and where. The Toy Maker enables the creation of a toy. The site also features the Wombats video series, printable activities, and podcasts. The podcasts run about eleven minutes long and include topics like campout playdates, detective playdates, snout party playdates, and cloud ship playdates. English and Spanish are available for both the games and activities.

tag(s): game based learning (205), interactive stories (22), podcasts (108), video (266)

In the Classroom

Students can play the games on the site and watch the podcasts. After watching a podcast, students can write a story by dictating it in Book Creator, reviewed here and then finding pictures to add to it. Students can also make their toy come to life by creating a 3D version of it.
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Nature Conservatory: Youth Resources for Ages 14-18 - Nature Conservatory: Youth Resources for Ages 14-18

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9 to 12
  
The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change...more
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The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change for ages 14 through 18. Each of these topics has 1-5 lessons, including Gray, Green, Blue: Water Security and YOU!, Sustainable Fishing, and Urban Runoff: Stormwater Management. Each lesson has a teacher's guide that includes essential questions, an overview, materials and resources, videos, vocabulary, handouts, and an evaluation. Lessons are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core.

tag(s): climate (84), climate change (99), environment (252), oceans (149), sustainability (50)

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Students can create flyers using Canva Edu, reviewed here to write public service announcements to share the importance of keeping the environment clean. Share the lessons that are offered on the website. Students can document their experiences and learning using Elementari, reviewed here, Google Slides, reviewed here, or a podcast using Acast, reviewed here.
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Nature Conservatory Youth Education Resources for Ages 11-14 - Nature Conservatory Youth Education Resources for Ages 11-14

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6 to 8
  
The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change...more
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The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change for ages 11 through 14. Each of these topics has 1-5 lessons, including Reforestation: Impact on Climate, Fighting Fire with Fire, How Natural Areas Filter Water, and more. Each lesson comes with a teacher's guide that includes essential questions, a lesson overview, materials and resources, videos, vocabulary, handouts, and an evaluation. Lessons are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core.

tag(s): climate (84), climate change (99), environment (252), sustainability (50)

In the Classroom

Share the lessons offered on the website. Students can document their experiences and learning using Elementari, reviewed here, Google Slides, reviewed here, or a podcast using Acast, reviewed here. Have students create flyers (using Canva Edu, reviewed here) and public service announcements to share the importance of keeping the environment clean.
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Nature Conservatory: Youth Education Resources for Ages 5-11 - Nature Conservatory: Youth Education Resources for Ages 5-11

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K to 5
  
The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change...more
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The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change for ages 5 through 11. Each of these topics has 1-5 lessons. Each lesson comes with a teacher's guide that includes an essential question, lesson overview, materials and resources, videos, vocabulary, handouts, and an evaluation. Lessons are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core.

tag(s): climate change (99), environment (252), oceans (149), sustainability (50)

In the Classroom

Share the lessons offered on the website. Students can document their experiences and learning using Elementari, reviewed here, Google Slides, reviewed here, or creating a podcast using Acast, reviewed here. Students could also create flyers and public service announcements to share the importance of keeping the environment clean.
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Nature Conservatory Virtual Field Trips - Nature Conservatory

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3 to 12
  
The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers virtual field trips and teacher resources. There are over fifteen virtual field trips, including Nature at Extremes: Great Salt...more
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The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers virtual field trips and teacher resources. There are over fifteen virtual field trips, including Nature at Extremes: Great Salt Lake, Ocean Justice and Youth Advocacy, Working Trees: Reforestation and Responsible Forestry, Climate Heroes: The Power of Trees, You're the Scientist! Citizen Science, Frogs and Cicadas, Ridge to Reef: A Virtual Field Trip to Hong Kong, and more. Each teacher's guide highlights the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), materials, YouTube videos, suggested activities, questions for students, and websites to visit.

tag(s): conservation (102), environment (252), virtual field trips (128)

In the Classroom

Students could participate in the various virtual field trips offered. Students can track which Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) they are working with and look for commonalities and differences between each virtual field trip. In addition, students can create a journal entry of their field trip using Elementari, reviewed here or Google Slides, reviewed here. If students prefer, they could share their journal entry by creating a podcast using Acast, reviewed here.
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Nature Conservatory - Nature Conservatory

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K to 12
  
The Nature Conservatory is a free website that works to create a world where people and nature can thrive. The site offers free activities on exploring the natural world for ...more
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The Nature Conservatory is a free website that works to create a world where people and nature can thrive. The site offers free activities on exploring the natural world for each season, virtual field trips, a youth climate toolkit, resources for building a school garden, and a youth curriculum for ages 5-18. The youth curriculum is divided into sections: 5-11, 11-14, and 14-18.

tag(s): conservation (102), environment (252), virtual field trips (128)

In the Classroom

Students can explore the site and complete its activities. If students create a school garden, they can create a timeline of implementation steps, create a podcast about how they are working to create it (try Adobe Podcast reviewed here), and/or a schedule of who will be responsible for what aspect of the garden. If students participate in activities from the youth climate toolkit, they can advocate for the environment by creating podcasts, flyers, and public announcements reminding everyone to take care of the environment.
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Indigenous Rights and Controversy over Hawaii's Maunakea Telescope - Facing History & Ourselves

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6 to 12
 
Facing History & Ourselves Indigenous Rights and Controversy over Hawaii's Maunakea Telescope offers a free lesson on why the Native Hawaiians opposed its construction. The lesson...more
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Facing History & Ourselves Indigenous Rights and Controversy over Hawaii's Maunakea Telescope offers a free lesson on why the Native Hawaiians opposed its construction. The lesson gives a historical context for understanding the protests against constructing the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea. The site includes two activities, a handout, articles, and videos. The lesson itself is adaptable and can be shared on Google Classroom.

tag(s): hawaii (9), native americans (109), telescopes (11)

In the Classroom

Students can engage in the lesson as it is on the website. Students can create a timeline using Google Drawings, reviewed here. Students can debate these issues by providing reasons for or against them. Students can use an online debate tool like Kialo Edu reviewed here.
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Remini AI - Bending Spoons

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6 to 12
 
Remini AI is a photo and video enhancement tool that uses advanced AI technology to restore old or blurry images, sharpen details, and improve resolution. The website offers a free...more
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Remini AI is a photo and video enhancement tool that uses advanced AI technology to restore old or blurry images, sharpen details, and improve resolution. The website offers a free version where you can enhance photos by watching ads, making it accessible for occasional use or small projects. This platform can be a useful resource for educational projects involving historical photos or creative presentations.
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tag(s): artificial intelligence (177), photography (130), Teacher Utilities (198)

In the Classroom

Provide students with old, low-quality historical or family photos. Use Remini AI to restore the images and discuss the stories or history behind them or have them write a story about the photo. Have students use Remini AI to enhance famous artworks or historical photos. Compare the restored versions with the originals and discuss how AI can help preserve cultural artifacts. Incorporate Remini AI into a lesson about artificial intelligence. Explore how AI works in photo enhancement and connect it to broader discussions on AI's role in everyday life, technology, and careers.
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Online Escape Room Templates - Genially

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3 to 12
Genially's Escape Room Game Templates provide educators with interactive and customizable digital escape room experiences. These templates allow teachers to create engaging, gamified...more
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Genially's Escape Room Game Templates provide educators with interactive and customizable digital escape room experiences. These templates allow teachers to create engaging, gamified learning activities where students solve puzzles, answer questions, and unlock clues to progress. The platform supports multimedia elements such as images, animations, and clickable objects, making lessons more immersive. Teachers can use these escape rooms for review sessions, team-building exercises, or subject-specific challenges across various grade levels.

tag(s): digital escapes (15), game based learning (205), gamification (83), puzzles (149)

In the Classroom

Create an escape room where students solve riddles and match definitions to unlock clues. Use synonyms, antonyms, or context clues to reinforce vocabulary skills in a fun, interactive way. Design an escape room where students "travel" through different historical events, solving primary source analysis puzzles, decoding ciphers, and answering questions to unlock the next time period. Students must solve multi-step word problems or algebraic equations to advance through a mystery-themed escape room. Each correct answer reveals a key to "unlock" the final solution. Simulate a science experiment gone wrong! Students analyze data, interpret graphs, and solve scientific riddles to find the missing formula or save the lab before time runs out. After reading a novel or short story, students could navigate an escape room based on key events, themes, and character motivations. They solve puzzles related to symbolism, figurative language, or plot twists to escape.
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Save the Planet Breakout - Genially

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5 to 12
 
Can your students save the planet and break free from this escape room? Use this template to create an engaging and interactive activity that takes students through four missions to...more
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Can your students save the planet and break free from this escape room? Use this template to create an engaging and interactive activity that takes students through four missions to learn about sustainability using windmills, forests, animals, and pole fusion. Each slide includes a text box with information to guide you through personalizing the content. Share this escape room with students as a presentation on your interactive whiteboard, or turn over the controls to students by inviting them to participate on their devices.

tag(s): conservation (102), digital escapes (15), game based learning (205), gamification (83), sustainability (50)

In the Classroom

Customize this escape room to match your curriculum requirements, then share it with students as an in-class activity, homework assignment, or flipped learning activity to review content. Find resources for your escape room by visiting TeachersFirst Special Topics Page: Escape Room Resources, reviewed here. Include your completed breakout room as an option on a choice board; learn more about creating and using choice boards by watching the video archive of OK2Ask: Choice Boards for Differentiation, Part 1, reviewed here.
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Library of Congress Research Guides - Library of Congress

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4 to 12
Explore this valuable tool for educators; it offers curated collections of primary sources, historical documents, and research materials across a wide range of subjects. These guides...more
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Explore this valuable tool for educators; it offers curated collections of primary sources, historical documents, and research materials across a wide range of subjects. These guides help teachers incorporate authentic historical artifacts, government records, and literary works into their lessons, enhancing students' critical thinking and research skills. With ready-to-use teaching resources, topic guides, and bibliographies, this site supports interdisciplinary learning and provides rich content for inquiry-based projects in history, literature, civics, and more.

tag(s): african american (115), architecture (75), black history (133), branches of government (65), civil rights (209), civil war (139), conservation (102), energy (133), engineering (129), environment (252), foreign policy (13), hispanic (36), industrialization (12), jews (33), latin (23), literature (221), middle east (50), native americans (109), nutrition (140), photography (130), politics (118), population (51), religions (95), Research (87), sports (82), statistics (121), Teacher Utilities (198), women (151), womenchangemaker (37), womens suffrage (52)

In the Classroom

Assign students to explore a Library of Congress guide on a historical event (ex., Civil Rights Movement, World War II) and have them read and summarize a firsthand account or diary (or blog) entry. Students can then write a journal entry or letter from someone who lived through the event. Try a simple blogging tool like Telegra.ph reviewed here. Choose a literature-focused research guide related to a classic novel or author (such as To Kill a Mockingbird or The Great Gatsby) and have students create a timeline using Time Graphics Timeline Maker, reviewed here or a newspaper front page using a template from Canva Infographic Creator, reviewed here.
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NPR- Breaking News, Analysis, Music, Arts, and Podcasts - NPR

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K to 12
 
NPR (National Public Radio) is a valuable resource for educators, offering high-quality news, podcasts, and articles on current events, culture, science, and history. The site features...more
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NPR (National Public Radio) is a valuable resource for educators, offering high-quality news, podcasts, and articles on current events, culture, science, and history. The site features engaging audio stories, in-depth journalism, and educational content that can enhance classroom discussions and critical thinking skills. Teachers can use NPR's stories to connect lessons to real-world events, introduce students to diverse perspectives, and encourage media literacy. Additionally, NPR's student-friendly resources, such as NPR Ed and Student Podcast Challenge, provide interactive and project-based learning opportunities.

tag(s): civil rights (209), cultures (180), journalism (74), news (229), podcasts (108), scientists (67), space (222)

In the Classroom

Have students listen to NPR's Student Podcast Challenge winners for inspiration and assign them to create a short podcast episode on a topic related to your curriculum. Use free tools like NPR's podcast resources or Buzzsprout, reviewed hereto guide their scriptwriting and recording process. Choose an NPR article and a similar report from another news source and have students analyze the tone, word choice, and sources used. Use NPR's science and history archives to explore a key discovery or event. Have students present their findings through a timeline project using Timeline Infographic Templates, reviewed here or Turbo Timeline Generator, reviewed here.
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Home on the Range - Smithsonian Science Education

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K to 2
The Smithsonian Science Education Center's Home on the Range is an interactive simulation designed for younger life science students. Aligned with the "How Can We Find the Best Place...more
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The Smithsonian Science Education Center's Home on the Range is an interactive simulation designed for younger life science students. Aligned with the "How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?" module, this resource challenges students to answer questions about plant and animal habitats and their ranges. Accessible on desktops and laptops via web browsers, the simulation is also available for tablets and smartphones through the Amazon Apps & Games Store, Apple App Store, or Google Play Store. This engaging tool enhances students' understanding of ecosystems by allowing them to explore where various plants and animals live and how their habitats overlap.

tag(s): ecosystems (83), game based learning (205), habitats (92), simulations (19)

In the Classroom

Before using Home on the Range, students can participate in a matching game where they pair different plants and animals with their correct habitats (ex., cactus with desert, frog with wetland). Afterward, they test their knowledge using the simulation. Students could design a shoebox diorama or digital drawing using ABCYA Paint, reviewed here or Draw.to, reviewed here of an ecosystem featured in Home on the Range, including plants, animals, and important environmental features. Have students explain how living things interact in their chosen habitat. Challenge students to create an imaginary habitat with unique plants and animals. They must explain how living things in their ecosystem depend on each other and what conditions are necessary for survival.
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Light Up The Cave - Smithsonian Science Education

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K to 2
The Smithsonian Science Education Center's Light Up the Cave is an interactive simulation designed for primary physical science students. Aligned with the "How Can We Light Our Way...more
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The Smithsonian Science Education Center's Light Up the Cave is an interactive simulation designed for primary physical science students. Aligned with the "How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?" module, this resource allows students to explore various light sources within a dark cave environment, enhancing their understanding of illumination and visibility. Accessible on desktops and laptops via web browsers, the simulation is also available for tablets and smartphones through the Amazon Apps & Games Store, Apple App Store, or Google Play Store. This engaging tool provides a hands-on learning experience, enabling students to investigate how different objects can or cannot light up the cave.

tag(s): experiments (55), light (56), simulations (19)

In the Classroom

Before using the simulation, place different objects (flashlight, mirror, book, glow stick, etc.) inside a covered box. Let students reach inside and predict which objects will produce or reflect light. Then, discuss their predictions before testing the items. After using Light Up the Cave, students can explore how light interacts with objects by creating shadow puppets or using flashlights to test transparent, translucent, and opaque materials. Have students record observations about which objects block, pass, or scatter light. Provide students with picture cards of objects (ex., sun, candle, mirror, window, flashlight). They can work in pairs to sort the objects into "Light Source" and "Not a Light Source" categories and then discuss their reasoning. Students can research different real-world uses of light (ex., miners' headlamps, deep-sea bioluminescent animals, emergency glow sticks) and present their findings through a poster or mini-report.
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