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Bozeman Science
Using Game Design to Improve My Classroom
Paul Andersen explains how he is using elements of game design to improve his AP Biology class. The entire class revolves around Moodle. Students complete levels to acquire experience points and move up the leader board
Makematic
Weather or not game
"Families need to be ready for whatever weather is coming and to help children prepare for the unexpected.
In this activity, children aged 8-11 will design and play a game that helps them explore different types of weather....
In this activity, children aged 8-11 will design and play a game that helps them explore different types of weather....
Wonderscape
Adjectives in Action: Placement Matters
This video explores how adjectives function in sentences, focusing on their placement after verbs. Using examples like the colors of the American flag and the description of a hat, the lesson explains how adjectives can follow verbs to...
Curated Video
Comprehension Story Elements: Retelling
This video teaches how to retell a story. It shares how to first tell the setting/characters, then the problem, and finally the solution. It teaches how using three finger retell (beginning, middle, and end) helps keep us on track....
Curated Video
Problem & Solution {Reading Comprehension Story Elements}
New ReviewThis video give instruction and practice with finding the problem and solution with simple and more complex texts.
Curated Video
Action Verbs for Kids and Game
In this fun-filled educational adventure, kids will learn all about action verbs through interactive activities. The video is divided into three engaging parts: Talking Flashcards: Learn action verbs with our animated flashcards that...
Makematic
Do you see what I hear
"Understanding stories involves listening and visualising. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will create sketches based on a story they have heard or read.
Children will then make connections between their story sketches and...
Children will then make connections between their story sketches and...
Makematic
In my world
"Skills and mindsets that students cultivate today, including curiosity, imagination, open-mindedness, persistence and growth mindset, prepare them for STEAM careers.
In this activity, children aged 12-14 and parents will work...
In this activity, children aged 12-14 and parents will work...
Wonderscape
The Significance of Prefixes in Word Formation
Explore the role of prefixes in altering the meanings of root words. Understand how prefixes like un-, dis-, im-, in-, il-, pre-, mid-, post-, out-, over-, super-, re-, uni-, mono-, bi-, semi-, inter-, and trans- can significantly...
Let's Tute
Understanding Dyslexia: Signs and Symptoms
This video explains the signs and symptoms of dyslexia, a learning disability that affects a person's oral and written language skills. It covers difficulties with speech, reading, numbers, following instructions, and writing. The video...
Makematic
Story surprises
"Stories spark listeners’ curiosity and help children aged 3-7 understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Children become engaged when they use their creative ideas to change familiar stories.
In this activity,...
In this activity,...
Makematic
Steps to success
"Making visual connections between the present and the future helps to open gateways and expand possibilities.
Futurists predict that the majority of students will work in jobs that do not even exist today. In this activity,...
Futurists predict that the majority of students will work in jobs that do not even exist today. In this activity,...
Makematic
If I was there
"How do authors and illustrators weave information that they know into stories? Stories that are personally relevant help children understand the difference between fact and fiction.
In this activity, children aged 3-7 will...
In this activity, children aged 3-7 will...
Makematic
Late arrivals
Addressing time in stories helps children understand how sequence impacts the narrative of any story – personal, real or imagined.
In this activity, children aged 3-7 will create illustrations that reflect the beginning,...
In this activity, children aged 3-7 will create illustrations that reflect the beginning,...
Makematic
Design innovations
"Designers and engineers create new products by identifying unmet needs, then defining, exploring and assessing solutions.
In this activity, children aged 12-14 will use the IDEA Design Thinking Process to reimagine and...
In this activity, children aged 12-14 will use the IDEA Design Thinking Process to reimagine and...
Big Think
Jillian Michaels’ 12-hour rule: A guide to healthier headspace
- There's no shortage of good advice in the world. But how to actually follow it? - When it comes to your own wellbeing, learn to schedule your 'me time' with precision. - Only this way, says Jillian Michaels, can you center yourself and...
Big Think
Tweak your brain chemistry toward happiness, purpose, meaning | Jillian Michaels
The body influences the mind: physical activity changes our brain chemistry. - More activity in the body, and therefore in the brain, reorients us toward happiness, purpose, and meaning. - Neuroplasticity suggests we can program...
Curated OER
Read Me A Story
Big Bird and Zoe figure out how to get Maria to read them a story. In doing so, they list all of the reasons they love listening to stories. It can lead to a discussion of why reading is important.
Bierbaum Elementary School
Practicing Patience
As teachers, we have a lot of patience. Our scholars, on the other hand, may need some support. Give your pupils the emotional intelligence instruction they desire with a lesson designed to teach patience through grand conversation,...
TED-Ed
Why should you read “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan?
Amy Tan was surprised by the reception of her story of four Chinese families that immigrated to the San Francisco Bay area. The vignettes about the mothers who make up the Joy Luck Club, and their daughters, models the experiences of...
British Council
William Shakespeare
After watching a three-minute video detailing the life of William Shakespeare, scholars take part in several activities designed to show what they know about the famous writer. Learners read a series of eight sentences and put them in...
PhysEdGames
Gingerbread Man Tag
After choosing a chef, aka the tagger, have the rest of the class lay out on the previously set up exercise mats. These players are the gingerbread men. Players run to another mat on the chef's command, aiming not to get tagged. If a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Goldmine: K Is for Kite
Play a guessing game! This mime is pretending to hold something that starts with the letter "K." Use this guessing game to review letter "K" vocabulary. [0:30]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Uno Fitness
Using this interactive 2nd through 5th grade video, students use the popular game, UNO, to combine math, colors and psychomotor skills. [6:11]