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NEW Farming Spotlight
Explore lesson plans, grab-and-go STEM activities, and interactives to teach your students where our food comes from today!
IWitness Challenge Now Open!
In partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation, students, teachers and schools can win cash prizes for creating positive change in their communities after viewing survivor testimony. Check out the self guided activity designed to lead students through the challenge.
Get Your Students Moving!
The American Heart Association and the National Football League, working with Discovery Education, have joined forces to encourage physically active lifestyles in schools and homes nationwide. View lessons, activities, and videos for in school or at home use today!
Godzilla Brings STEM to Your Classroom!
Learn how cars are made, sneak a peek at a giant robot, and take a test drive on the safety track in this virtual field trip— now available on demand!
Meet the 2016 Finalists
Discovery Education and 3M are excited to announce that the top 10 national finalists have been chosen in the award-winning Young Scientist Challenge! Each of the 10 finalists will now go on to compete for the grand prize of $25,000 and the title of America’s Top Young Scientist at 3M’s World Headquarters this October.
Second Annual Let it Grow Contest is Now Open!
Vote daily for your school for a chance to win up to $10k in agriculture grants, a celebratory assembly and more!
Virtual Field Trip During Red Ribbon Week
Get the facts on the opioid epidemic from the experts at the DEA. Agents and scientists will answer your students' questions LIVE in a town hall forum to kickstart lifesaving conversations in your classroom.
Celebrate October with Decoding Cancer
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Decoding Cancer is dedicated to the families that are affected by this disease. Access free, NGSS-aligned lessons today & inspire the next generation of breast cancer researchers.
On Demand VFT Archive Now Available!
Celebrate Space Week with your students by introducing them to the latest in space exploration technology and meet the team of STEM professionals designing missions to an asteroid, Jupiter, and Mars!
Underground turbulence
Q: How many geothermal features does Yellowstone have?
A: Yellowstone's 300 geysers make up two thirds of those found on earth.
word scramble
FRUIT GROUP
Capture your students attention and get them ready to learn with these worksheets. Try this word scramble on types of fruit at the beginning of a class session as a warm-up.
How Dirt Works
Students will:
- Learn about the value of soil as a natural resource.
- Learn why it is important to monitor and maintain the health of soil.
- Hear from Sophie Parker, soil ecologist for The Nature Conservancy.
- Explore strategies used to improve and maintain the health of soil.
Computer Technology
Students will:
- Inventions can change the way we live
- Many inventions start out with design flaws and are refined later by subsequent inventors and designers
- The computer, invented in 1834 by Charles Babbage and still being refined, is an example of such an invention
Comparing Sparta and Athens
Students will understand the following:
- The differences between totalitarianism and democracy
- The historical roots of the democratic tradition
Understanding Probability
Students will:
- Learn what probability is
- Learn different ways to express probability numerically: as a ratio, a decimal, and a percentage
- Learn how to solve problems based on probability
Lord of the Flies
Students will understand the following:
- On a literal level, Lord of the Flies deals with what happens to a group of boys stranded on an island with no adult supervision
- On a symbolic level, Lord of the Flies investigates what happens to civilized people when the structures of civilization disappear
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