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Curiosity Cards

The PebbleGo Curiosity Cards can be used as a group activity with an entire class. You can have two or more teams and have them draw a card to see which module they will use to research the question.

You can also split the class into four groups and give each one of them a different PebbleGo module to focus on that day. They can be the PebbleGo Science, PebbleGo Biographies, PebbleGo Social Studies and PebbleGo Animals Teams!

With multiple packs, you can put the class into small groups and have them take turns playing and researching in PebbleGo to answer the questions and learn from each other.

Create an independent center where students randomly draw a cart or a preselected card for the day/week.  Student researches and shares with the class.

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Consider joining The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for  Inside the Vault on September 1 at 7 pm ET. The curators will discuss the 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico with Professor H. W. Brands of the University of Texas at Austin.

How did America get from the Revolution in 1776 to the Civil War in 1861?

Presenters will discuss the importance of studying the Declaration and how it both drew from the 1776 American Declaration of Independence and influenced South Carolina’s secession in 1861.  You will learn about the creation and background of the Declaration and take a deeper look into the language of the document.

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A perfect companion to the picture book I Walk with Vanessa, which Parents magazine named the Best Book of the Year about kindness, this story explores the difficult feelings that come with apologies and forgiveness. In a story that sees the perspective of both sides, Alex learns quickly that the right thing to do is say he’s sorry, leaving it up to his friend to find the compassion and empathy to accept it. (Publisher's summary)

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Little Mouse and Big Bear live on opposite ends of the same road, and they both would like a friend. But every morning, Little Mouse and Big Bear pass by each other, unnoticed. Until one day, their eyes meet!

It's a little awkward at first—as most new friendships can be—but soon enough they're sipping warm tea together in Big Bear's cozy home, and making plans to meet again the following Sunday.

When a nasty storm blows into town will it wreck everything they've built?

This tale of friendship and bravery will warm your hear (Publisher's summary)

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Educator, author, and innovator, A.J. Juliani is making one-minute (or so) PD videos and posting them on Instagram.

Take a look at a recent one on assessing GRIT!

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This Japanese Giant Salamander Can Weigh 50 Pounds!

jmartellino on May 06 2022

The aptly named Japanese giant salamander can grow up to five feet long and weigh over 50 pounds. But despite its primitive look, this amphibian is highly evolved. When it detects a threat, it excretes a pungent ooze that smells like a pepper. If left alone, the salamanders can live up to 80 years, but pollution and over-collection are threatening this fascinating creature. This is the Japanese giant salamander. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6Acb #Salamander #OnTheBrink #Japan Follow us behind the scenes on Instagram: http://goo.gl/2KABeX Make our acquaintance on Facebook: http://goo.gl/Vn0XIZ Give us a shout on Twitter: http://goo.gl/sY1GLY Come hang with us on Vimeo: http://goo.gl/T0OzjV Visit our world directly: http://www.greatbigstory.com Great Big Story is a video network dedicated to the untold, overlooked & flat-out amazing. Humans are capable of incredible things & we're here to tell their stories. When a rocket lands in your backyard, you get in.

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Fun Challenge to Keep Students Engaged and Active During the Final Days

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This stunningly beautiful jelly fish was seen during Dive 4 of the 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas expedition on April 24, 2016, while exploring the informally named "Enigma Seamount" at a depth of ~3,700 meters.

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Looking for math games for a center, additional practice, or an answer to the question "TEACHER, I'm done. What do I do now?" Below you will find a list of several math game sites that do not require downloading or an account. These websites work well in a regular old browser. The best of all? They are all FREE! Hopefully, you will find one or two that will meet your needs. Here we go: 3, 2, 1 ADD some fun. (MINUS the login and password headaches.)

Think Wordle, but for Math. This daily challenge gives you six tries to guess the hidden equation. The only hint you receive is for the value. Just like Wordle, a green number means it's in the correct spot. Yellow means you have the correct number/sign but not in the correct position. Black means the number/sign is not present. The equation follows the DMAS order of operations.

Mathszone is a website from the U.K. that has a variety of math games for students. Oodle is like Numble. This variety consists of using numbers 1-9 only one time each. Green, yellow, and gray give you hints to find the solution.

This website has tons of games. The Math Zone alone has over 75 choices. The best thing about these games, they are all labeled with the appropriate grade levels (K-1, 1-6, 2-8, all grades, etc.). Look for the tiny print in the lower left corner of the game graphic to locate the grade levels.

Scrub-A-Dub

The Fred Rogers Company produced an animated preschool series featuring Peg and Cat which ran from 2013 to 2018. Even though the tv series has been discontinued, the website houses games, stories, and videos that are just so darn cute. Games are centered around arithmetic and problem-solving skills. If you don't know which one to check out, I highly recommend Scrub-a-Dub. Your job is to match up the sizes of buckets, soap, and water for the cute little farm animals so they will be camera-ready.

Think Sudoku, but online! This site includes three levels of built-in puzzles:

Puzzler level - 3×3 or 5×5 puzzles with whole numbers only.

Explorer level - 4×4 to 6×6 puzzles with integers.

Master level- Up to 7×7 puzzles with fractions and algebraic equations.

You can also build your own MysteryGrid puzzles. Students do not need an account to play. But if an account is created, their progress is kept and players can also be logged in from another device. Players over 13 can enter an email address, but those under 13 can still create an account as this app follows COPPA.

On this website, you can find puzzles, games, worksheets, and an illustrated dictionary. The games are geared for K-12. Math Is Fun has several categories: Games, Numbers, Algebra, Money, etc. The site states "we may use cookies," and there is a button to hide ads.

Colleen King created this slick, colorful site in 2002 for students to practice math facts. And wow, has it grown to offer hundreds of free, online math games which include problem-solving, logic games, and number puzzles. The site is kidSAFE COPPA certified and does contain ads. Scroll down on the About page to find the categorization of all the games.

This site is so awesome! The activity engages your students in math-based conversations. They do the math and then justify their reasons. The questions are divided into four grade levels: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.

Here you've got a free website that makes math puzzles using emojis. There are ten levels of difficulty in classic, grid, or word types. You can create an account to join the leaderboard or just solve puzzles on the website. Solvemoji puzzles are great for Math warmups and bell ringers. You can also follow @solvemoji on Twitter. Note that there are ads throughout the website.

Math is Fun provides a website called Guess My Number. Choose a number between a range of two other numbers: 1-50, 100-200, etc. As you enter your number guess, the computer will let you know if you are too high or too low. Once you have guessed the correct number, the website will let you know how many guesses it took to correctly guess your number.

Tanya Khovanova has designed a website where students can type in a number and up pops all kinds of facts on that particular number. Just for fun, I typed in the 13. And here are two interesting facts on lucky number 13:

13 is the smallest emirp (yes, I had to look up the meaning of the word emirp.),

Irrational fear of the number 13 is termed triskaidekaphobia.

Looking for more math materials? Check out this TCEA blogfor digital math toolsand here for virtual manipulatives. If I missed a great math game site, please share in the comments below so we can add it to our list.

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Looking for math games for a center, additional practice, or an answer to the question "TEACHER, I'm done. What do I do now?" Below you will find a list of several math game sites that do not require downloading or an account. These websites work well in a regular old browser.

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Hippo Brushing Teeth

jmartellino on May 02 2022

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jmartellino on May 02 2022 Launched as a beta version in 2009, SafeShare has gained popularity as the safest way to watch and share YouTube and Vimeo videos, and is widely used all around the globe by educators so their students can watch educational material without the fear of inappropriate videos showing up.

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4.18.22 Turn any image into a coloring page.

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4.18.22 Turn any image into a coloring page.

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This could be a handy tool.  Generate coloring pages from an image with Google's Cloud Run.

The image below shows the before and after effect of using this web tool.

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Demo of a coloring page generator deployed with Cloud Run.

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Several animal cams enable K–12 teachers and learners to view live footage of popular zoo animals, such as giant pandas, cheetah cubs, naked mole rats, lions, and elephants. Web pages dedicated to each animal cam feature background information, fun facts, frequently asked questions about the animal, news, and a photo and video gallery with key moments from the animal cam’s feed.

Fun bingo cards to help students track observations.
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/sites/default/files/documents/webcam_bingo-final.pdf

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See elephants, lions and naked mole-rats on animal cams streaming live, 24/7 from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Download Animal Cam Bingo Cards (link opens in new window). These activities are designed to engage learners of all ages in looking closely and thinking deeply about animal behavior and habitats. Welcome to the wild side of learning!

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The Zoo's animal webcams are some of the most famous on the internet. Tune in to watch the Zoo's elephants, lions and naked mole-rats - live, 24/7!

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Who would have thought how fascinating the process of making balloons would be?

This video is a reminder of our God-given ability to be inventive. Ingenuity is displayed as you watch the multistep process in manufacturing something as basic as a balloon.

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BALLOONS | How It's Made

jmartellino on April 11 2022

Ever wondered how balloons are made? Get the full history and 'making of' right here! Subscribe to Discovery UK for more great clips: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=DiscoveryTV Follow Discovery UK on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DiscoveryUK

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jmartellino on April 11 2022 Ever wondered how balloons are made? Get the full history and 'making of' right here!

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Consider attending the Ruth Bader Ginsburg exhibit at the Houston Holocaust Museum.  It recently opened and is worth attending.  Be sure to view the copy of the school newspaper Ruth led when she was in middle school. Her article clearly shows that she was destined to be a Supreme Court Justice.

The Exclusive Texas viewing will run through July.

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Holocaust Museum Houston | Human Rights Exhibits & Education

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In a world filled with images, it is important to be visually literate. While exploring artworks that represent various time periods, styles, and mediums, students will: 1) build a visual vocabulary and learn how to form interpretations based on visual evidence, and 2) build visual literacy by examining the choices artists make in heir work and why.

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Explore the sweep of four centuries of the the American imagination at the nation's flagship museum for American art and craft. Dive into inspiring artworks, special exhibitions, and the reimagined collection - American Voices and Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art. Experience our offerings both online and in person at our two locations, including national educational programs, innovative research, video interviews with artists, virtual artist studio tours, lectures, and more. Admission is always free.

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The Smithsonian American Art Museum is home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art in the world.

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Once again, astronauts on the International Space Station dissolved an effervescent tablet in a floating ball of water, and captured images using a camera capable of recording four times the resolution of normal high-definition cameras. The higher resolution images and higher frame rate videos can reveal more information when used on science investigations, giving researchers a valuable new tool aboard the space station. This footage is one of the first of its kind. The cameras are being evaluated for capturing science data and vehicle operations by engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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4K Video of Colorful Liquid in Space

jmartellino on March 30 2022

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Every morning for a year, this man photographed the sun 10 minutes after it rose. Fascinating to watch how it changes position over time.

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A year's worth of sunrises (2015/2016)

jmartellino on March 28 2022

Pictures taken 10 minutes after local sunrise, each day, from 2015-03-21 to 2016-03-20. The camera is a Raspberry Pi with a wide-angle camera module mounted on my balcony, looking due east over Regensburg. Here's another version covering over 2000 sunrises, using older footage from my analog cameras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvuVAqQn9Zk

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Pictures taken 10 minutes after local sunrise, each day, from 2015-03-21 to 2016-03-20. The camera is a Raspberry Pi with a wide-angle camera module mounted on my balcony, looking due east over Regensburg. Here's another version covering over 2000 sunrises, using older footage from my analog cameras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvuVAqQn9Zk

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It is hard to represent our spherical world on flat piece of paper. Cartographers use something called a "projection" to morph the globe into 2D map. The most popular of these is the Mercator projection.

Every map projection introduces distortion, and each has its own set of problems. One of the most common criticisms of the Mercator map is that it exaggerates the size of countries nearer the poles (US, Russia, Europe), while downplaying the size of those near the equator (the African Continent). On the Mercator projection, Greenland appears to be roughly the same size as Africa. In reality, Greenland is 0.8 million sq. miles and Africa is 11.6 million sq. miles, nearly 14 and a half times larger.

The website True Size helps you to visualize the actual size of places! Pick a country (or state) and then drag it around the world to see how it compares. Note how dragging a place north and south dramatically changes how we perceive

its size.

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Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.

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Read Around The World (RATW) is a series of virtual events featuring authors, illustrators, and of course, books. These events use books and their creators as a medium to inspire your students to learn more about our world.

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Read Around The World | Author: Dawn Doig - Learn Around The World

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All times are in U.S. Eastern time zones (EST/EDT)* RATW Sponsor GEOquiz Prize Sponsor Dawn is the author (and sometimes illustrator) of 15 children's picture books. As a certified Canadian audiologist for 23 years, she was able to reach Kuwait, England, the far north of Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), and Saudi Arabia.

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3.29.22 Only God could have created this transformation!

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3.29.22 Only God could have created this transformation!

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Monarch Butterfly Metamorphosis time-lapse FYV

jmartellino on March 15 2022

Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Late instar caterpillar feeding to pupation to eclosing from a chrysalis as a Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Time-lapse video. FYV FrontYardVideo 1080 HD. Music "Smile Quiet Looking Up" by Puddle of Infinity SaveOurMonarchs distributes free Milkweed Seed Packets to anyone requesting them at our website, SaveOurMonarchs.org. In 2015, over 1 million Milkweed Seed Packets were distributed. In 2016, we expect to distribute over 2 million. Your support would be greatly appreciated.

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Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Late instar caterpillar feeding to pupation to eclosing from a chrysalis as a Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Time-lapse video. FYV FrontYardVideo 1080 HD. Music "Smile Quiet Looking Up" by Puddle of Infinity SaveOurMonarchs distributes free Milkweed Seed Packets to anyone requesting them at our website, SaveOurMonarchs.org.

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In this video series, you'll learn super cool writing tips from Adam Rubin (author of DRAGONS LOVE TACOS). Each of the 18 short episodes covers a different topic related to crafting a story. From inspiration to planning, to revising a final draft, Adam will guide you step-by-step through the personal process he used to create his debut middle-grade story collection THE ICE CREAM MACHINE.

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Story Writing Video Series with author Adam Rubin

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Get cool story writing tips from bestselling author Adam Rubin in this video series! Short episodes take you through characters, setting, dialog, coming up with a fun title, and more!

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A plethora of resources!

Consider utilizing  Google Expeditions, also known as Virtual Fieldtrips.

Start by reading through the tour to get an idea of what it's about. Check to see if it covers the subject you want to teach. Then decide if you want to use the whole thing or just pick out highlights.

You can search for a specific tour or browse through by subject: arts, natural history, science and technology, geography, or history.

Also, there are downloadable lesson plans that you can tweak to meet your instructional needs.

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Learn With Google Arts & Culture - Google Arts & Culture

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Ernest Shakleton's Endurance was discovered at the bottom of the Weddell Sea! Not only is this a historic find, but it's an incredible use of technology in one of the most remote and challenging places on the planet.

Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants provides some of the best virtual live experiences for students.  The sessions can be a bit lengthy but the opportunities are extraordinary.  You might enjoy the recording of this recent trip and the cue up a segment to share with students.

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Endurance22 | Live From South Georgia

jmartellino on March 12 2022

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Last week we shared new biographies on women in history.

This week we want to share with you and your students interesting female lead characters in children's literature.  We will put these titles in "Collections" in Destiny for your easy access.

In middle-grade fiction, we celebrate favorite characters:  Fern (Charlotte's Web) ,  Jasmine Toguchi  (series) Beatrice Zinker Upside-Down Thinker,  Ruby Lu (series), Bernice Buttman Model Citizen, Suzy (TheThing About Jellyfish), Amari and the Night Brother,  Merci Suarez Changes Gears, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, Cat (Caterpillar Summer), Mia (Front Desk), Aven (The Insignificant Events in the Life of  Cactus), Amal Unbound, Meloday (Out of My MInd), Mya (The Magnificent Mya Tibbs:  Spirit Week Showdown), Zita the Spacegirl (series)  or Nisha (The Night Diary).

Lert's not forget a few classics such as Anne of Green Gables, Pippi Longstocking, or Ramona (series),  A Wrinkle in Time,  A Little Princess, Harriet the Spy, Matilda, and  The Secret Garden.

In early chapters, we love  Dory Fantsamagory (series), Princess Pulverizer (series), Ivy and Bean (series), Zoey and Sassafras (series), Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters,  Katie Woo (series), Bink and Gollie (series), and Daisy Dawson (series), Gooney Bird Greene (series), Princess in Black (series), and Lulu (series).

Don't forget the abundance of strong female characters in picture books such as Ada Twist Scientist,  Unhei (The Name Jar), Amazing Grace, Me ...Jane,  The Most Magnificent Thing, Brilliant Bea, The Dot, Elena's Serenade, Players in Pigtails,  Cece Loves Science, Doll-e 1.0, Made by Maxine, Izy Gizmo,  Thank You , Omu, I am Enough, Eyes that Kiss in the Corner, My Name is Yoon, Alma and How She Got Her Name,, and  The Water Princess.

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Do you have football fans in your class?

The Football Hall of Fame in Ohio is offering a session called "Women and the NFL."

This program looks at how women This program examines the influence women have had on the NFL – America’s favorite game. From CEO’s to coaches to players, your students will learn about a multitude of women who have had a significant impact on and off the football field. (Grades 1 and up)

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Do your students have an understanding of Women's Suffrage?

The Virginia Museum of History and Culture is offering a session on  the movement and  how different groups came together for a common cause.

This program looks at how women in the twentieth century had varying perspectives about gaining suffrage. Students will explore the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia through primary sources like broadsides and photographs. They will leave with a better understanding of why women's suffrage was important, and who who benefited from the 19th amendment. (Grades 4 and up)

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Do you want to get your students excited about history...specifically women in the U.S.  Army?  The Army Women's Museum at Fort  Lee, VA  offers phenomenal FREE Zoom sesions.

A sampling of topics:

Where in the World Were They? American Women in WWII - Geography/History Program (Grades 3 and up)

Spies & Disguise: American Women During the American Revolution  (Grades 2 and up)

WWI: Inventions: How inventions during WW1 Changed America  (Grades 5 and up)

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An alternate to a Venn Diagram which will push students to go deeper.

Use when comparing and contrasting multiple pieces of text (Poetry, stories, news articles, info text).

After reading the texts, students dissect the text to find the easily noticeable and hidden similarities and differences.

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Use the "Headline Summary" strategy when you want students to summarize a single text or multiple pieces of informational text.

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A Big Mac is the signature hamburger at McDonald’s, and might be one of the most iconic foods on earth. In fact, in America along over 1.5 million Big Macs are sold each day.

How much does a Big Mac cost around the world? You’d be surprised by how much the price varies depending on where you are on the globe.

Where can you buy the cheapest one?  The most expensive?

What surprises you about the data?

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Upper elementary through middle school students might enjoy examining primary source documents related to presidential inaugurations.

Included in the collection are diaries, letters, photographs, programs, and sheet music that document the ceremonial aspects of presidential inaugurations. The handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses provide a glimpse at how these speeches were crafted.

https://guides.loc.gov/presidential-inaugurations

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Alexander Gardner, photographer. Lincoln's second inaugural. 1865. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

The Library of Congress digital collections include a wide variety of primary source materials documenting presidential inaugurations. This guide includes diaries and letters written by presidents and those who witnessed the inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.

A key objective is providing access to many treasures and other important primary source materials held by the Library of Congress. The collection has been organized chronologically by presidential inauguration.

This guide is adapted from the retired American Memory collection 'I Do Solemnly Swear...': Presidential Inaugurations, which debuted on the Library of Congress's website in November 2000. Selections are drawn from the Manuscript Division, the Prints and Photographs Division, the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, the Music Division, and the general collections of the Library of Congress. Additional photographs were provided by the Architect of the Capitol, the White House, and the United States Senate Office of the Sergeant at Arms.

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Research Guides: U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: A Resource Guide: Introduction

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Hail to the Chief” has been officially used as the music announcing the president since 1954. Although most are familiar with the music, few people know the lyrics to the song.

First,  listen to the music as played by the United States Marine Band. Discuss how the tempo and beat make them feel.

Then, pass out the lyrics. After reading the lyrics, discuss what message is delivered through the lyrics.  Explain that a personal anthem such as this one, honors thr position of president.

Compare and contrast to a favorite hymn sung at chapel.

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Did you know that Gale In Context: Elementary has short articles on "Plot," "Main Idea," "Point of View," and more.  The articles might be handy for readers' and writers' workshops?

You can share the link with students and/or parents for independent viewing or share the articles on your interactive board for whole-class instruction.

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Theme is the main idea in a story. The purpose of the theme is to tie all the parts of a story together. The main parts of a story are characters, plot, setting, and conflict.

Common themes include love, friendship, and war. Themes may also be courage, loyalty, or perseverance (never giving up).

1. Theme is the main idea of a story.

2. Love, courage, and good versus evil are all common themes.

3. One of the themes of Cinderella is the importance of kindness.

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The Cornell Lab Bird Cams connects viewers worldwide to the diverse and intimate world of birds. We work to make watching an active experience, sparking awareness and inspiration that can lead to conservation, education, and engagement with birds.

Our viewers tell us that watching the cams is a life changing experience: an unprecedented learning experience that they liken to virtual field trips or field biology in their living room. We're excited to continue sharing and learning with the community as we watch the world of birds together.

Bird Cams is a free resource

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Mesmerizing Migration: Watch 118 Bird Species Migrate Across a Map of the Western Hemisphere

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Starting February 21, 2022, you will be required to sign in to Grants.gov with Login.gov credentials. Create and link your account now.

NEH-funded institutes are professional development programs that convene K-12 educators from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enhance their capacity for effective teaching and scholarship.
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What's New for 2022

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This program no longer requests reference letters for new projects

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Gabriel Dawe, a Mexican artist,  created the Rainbow.  It is part of the "Wonder" exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, which explores humans’ connection to nature. it is currently exhibited at the National Museum.

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Mexican artist Gabriel Dawe created a rainbow sculpture from 60 miles of thread. Entitled “Plexus A1”, the sculpture forms part of the “Wonder” exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, which explores humans’ connection to nature. The rainbow was made from embroidery threa…

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K-12 students worldwide are invited to give engineering a try with the annual Fluor Engineering Challenge. Announced every January, the Fluor Engineering Challenge lets students use their problem-solving skills to design, build, and test contraptions. The challenges use simple materials and are free for all to participate. Try this year's challenge, and you may win a cash prize for your school or nonprofit or your choice!

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Build a Ball Run with The Longest Path Time

The 2022 competition is over, but you can still try this challenge for fun! Can you build a ball ramp out of just paper and tape? How can you make the ball's path take as many seconds as possible to complete?

Congratulation to All Participants

During the 2022 Fluor Engineering Challenge window, over 11,000 students from 26 countries built a range of paper ball runs. We were impressed to see the range of designs students, ages 6 to 18, came up with. Using up to 30 sheets of paper and tape, some student teams built twisty paths, others opted for elements that added friction or flippers to pass through, and others tried out long, gently sloping runs. The goal was to create a ball run with the longest travel time and there were some truly innovative designs including an awesome use of a pulley system to bring the ping-pong ball up to the top of again and double the run time. What we were most impressed with though, is the effort and learning put in by so many students. Building a self-supporting structure out of just paper and tape can be difficult and we applaud every team for sticking with the task and problem-solving through the problems that arose.

"I loved this challenge because my students were really engaged in this activity. I learned that some of them love building things like this, they loved the challenges they faced each day with it. One student told me he could not sleep one night because he was so excited about working on his paper ball run the next day. Thank you for this wonderful challenge and opportunity for my students to think like engineers!"
-Clara Potts, Teacher

Drawing Winners

All eligible team entries were placed into random prize drawings based on their geographic location. Congratulations to the ten winning teams listed in Table 1 whose names were drawn from the eligible pools! Each of these teams earned $1,000 USD from Fluor for their school.

Top Ten Scores Overall

The Fluor Challenge is open to students in grades K-12. The top 10 scores, overall, for the 2022 Fluor Challenge are shown in Table 2. All scores are validated by Science Buddies staff based on submission photos and the Challenge rules. Regardless of score, all entries that met the geographic requirements were entered in the random drawings.

Top Scores by Age

To recognize the hard work students did creating and testing their solutions and to give students a better sense of how their solutions and scores compare to other students of similar age, the tables and graphs below show the top scores and score distribution for submissions from ages up to age 10, 11-14, and 15-18. (Note: The age used for each team is the average age of all members on the team.)

"We really liked this challenge. We worked together and our ball run got better and better. It was hard but fun. We want to do more contests like this!"
-Students from team The Mighty Snails, age 10

"I think that my favorite part about the 2022 Fluor challenge was the part where we actually got to build the paper contraption that we would roll our ping pong ball down. Designing the system and doing the hands-on work was really enjoyable and fun. I would definitely like to do more of this kind of project in the future."
-Student from team Plinko, age 13

"We loved the simplicity of this year's challenge in terms of materials. Our students had a GREAT time designing, planning, building, and revising their Paper Ball Runs! We found that this challenge worked very well across all levels of science, from "on-grade level" to honors. We appreciate the introductory video and handout as springboards to launch the project; everything was classroom ready and required very little additional prep for the teachers. My students were engaged and worked really took pride in the work that they did together. Most importantly, this challenge gave my students an authentic team-building experience right before spring break. Thank you to Fluor and Science Buddies for organizing this every year."
-Dela Cruz, Teacher

Try the Challenge

Want to try your hand at the challenge? Full details, including the building, testing, and scoring procedures, can be found in these four formats:

Meet the Team of Fluor Engineers who Inspired the 2022 Fluor Engineering Challenge

Fluor holds a Friendly Competition between its engineers every year. The winning team then gets the honor of devising the company challenge for the next year. Emeric Naseman, Tom Wooley, Linh Nguyen, and David Glasscock, four engineers from Fluor's Houston, Texas office, are the inspiration behind the 2022 Fluor Engineering Challenge. For their fellow engineers they designed a challenge to build a device that accurately measured one minute. After watching some of the great solutions, Science Buddies' staff scientists realized that a subset of the solutions involved giving an object a set path to travel along for a minute. From this, the idea of trying to create a ball run that took the longest time to complete was born and made into the 2022 Fluor Engineering Challenge for K-12 students. [Fun fact: Tom and Linh were also part of the winning team that inspired the 2018 Fluor Engineering Challenge.]

Curious what it is like to be an engineer? Read our interviews with Emeric, Tom, Linh, and David to learn how they became engineers, what they love about their jobs, and their recommendations for students interested in engineering.

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Pose the question to your students:  What were the "hot" toys of this holiday season?

Which of those toys will be remembered 5, 10, 20 years from now?

As a class explore the Toy Hall of Fame to see which toys have been inducted. Or give students the name of a toy to research and compile information to add to a class timeline of the history of toys.

Students could create opinion pieces on which toy they think should be added to the Toy Hall of Fame. Then. take a class vote and submit a nominee for induction to the Toy Hall of Fame.

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Sand

Inducted Year: 2021 Sand may be the most universal toy in the world. From a geologist's perspective, sand is a dry, gritty material consisting of small, loose pieces of rock, soil, minerals, and gemstones. [...]

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Inducted Toys - The Strong National Museum of Play

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Launch a study of light with this engaging video.

Watch the colors. How many do you see? If you watch a bubble for a few minutes, do the colors change? What colors do you see right before the bubble pops? Do you ever see black and white polka dots?

Explore the science behind these rainbow soap bubbles!

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Soap Bubbles look like Distant Galaxies

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Launched as a beta version in 2009, SafeShare has gained popularity as the safest way to watch and share YouTube and Vimeo videos, and is widely used all around the globe by educators so their students can watch educational material without the fear of inappropriate videos showing up.

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Soap Bubbles look like Distant Galaxies... - SafeShare

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jmartellino on January 10 2022 Launched as a beta version in 2009, SafeShare has gained popularity as the safest way to watch and share YouTube and Vimeo videos, and is widely used all around the globe by educators so their students can watch educational material without the fear of inappropriate videos showing up.