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Here are some "Timely & Relevant" resources from Discovery Education for the month of February 2023. Be sure to log into your instance of Discovery Education before clicking on the links below.

Timely Content for February

• Save time with the DE February Newsletter for a curated list of resources that support timely events like Black History Month, Groundhog Day, National Inventor’s Day, President’s Day, the Super Bowl, and much more!  Click on the image to access this month's newsletter. 
• Groundhog Day (2/2): Follow along as Lenzi traces the history of Groundhog Day, revealing its roots in the German holiday Candlemas.
• Rosa Parks Day (2/4): Explore the remarkable impact Rosa Parks made on the civil rights movement.
• National Inventor’s Day (2/11): Investigate inventors and their innovations with this collection of resources.
• Superbowl (2/12): The American Heart Association and the National Football League, working together with Discovery Education, have joined forces to amplify NFL PLAY 60’s reach and impact by inspiring physically active lifestyles in schools and homes nationwide.

Ready-to-Use-Activities

• Explore DE's ready-to-use activities These time-saving activities can be used as-is or modified to meet the needs of their classroom! From Background Builders to Sentence Fix-Its to Choice Boards and more – teachers can find quick grab and go resources to use anytime in the Instructional Activities Channel.

• There you’ll find the recent Activity Calendars, such as these for February, for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5. Use them as they are or make your own copy to edit and share.
  

#CelebrateWithDE: World Read Aloud Day 

• February 1, 2023 | All Day | Grades K-2
• Share your love of reading with students on World Read Aloud Day! Explore Discovery Education's ready-to-use activities and video quizzes that highlight the Vooks storybooks brought to life through animation. Each resource contains activities for your K-2 students to do throughout and after each story! Learn more!  

Manufacturing the Future of Aviation Virtual Field Trip 

• February 8, 2023 | 1pm EST | Grades 6-12
• Join Boeing and Discovery Education for a special tour of three Boeing manufacturing facilities in Renton, WA, Portland, OR, and Salt Lake City, Utah to see what game-changing innovations in aviation look like up close! At each location, students will learn how mechatronics, robotics, and ergonomics are shaping the future of aviation manufacturing and be introduced to skilled STEM professionals who use cutting-edge tech to solve real-world challenges. Learn more and register today! 

Behind the Scenes of Country Music's Biggest Night Virtual Field Trip

• February 16, 2023 | 1pm EST | Grades 6-12 
• Join us for a one-of-a-kind virtual field trip into the exciting inner-workings of Country Music’s biggest night of the year, as students are introduced to a variety of key STEAM professionals working behind-the-scenes at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards in Nashville, TN. Students will dive into the action with diverse Country Music professionals all working in harmony to create Country Music’s biggest night. Learn more and register today!

Free Professional Learning Series: DEN Workshop 

• Did you know we offer a free professional learning series for educators? Our spring cohort of DEN Workshop kicks off in February! Educators will be able to join this virtual cohort and learn from DE staff as well as connect with other educators on best practices in education! We'll make sure they leave with key points on using DE in the classroom. After each session, they'll have a task to complete in their classroom and then will have the chance to return the next session to share and reflect with other educators! Learn more and register today.  

Day of Discovery

• DE is launching a local Days of Discovery this Spring! Perhaps you are interested in participating person, and perhaps also interested in presenting to the group in one of our breakout sessions. The regional day will be on Saturday, March 11 in Downingtown, PA Register here.
• If you are up for presenting, please submit your proposal here.

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Here are some "Timely & Relevant" resources from Discovery Education for the month of January 2023. Be sure to log into your instance of Discovery Education before clicking on the links below.

Timely Content for January

• Give teachers the DE January 2023 Newsletter for resources that support timely events like MLK Day, Data Privacy Day, and much more! 
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (1/16): Dr. King advocated for peaceful resistance to unfair laws and called for jobs and freedom for all. To this day, he inspires people around the world to work for freedom and equality. Visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Channel for K-12 content – choice boards, background builders, video segments, historical images, and more.
• Data Privacy Day (1/28): Highlighting this channel because there are SO many cool activities to explore real-world data use + several career profiles that introduce students to professionals who use data in their roles with sports teams, television networks, and more.

Ready-to-Use-Activities

• Have your teachers explored our ready-to-use activities? These time-saving activities can be used as-is or modified to meet the needs of their classroom! From Background Builders to Sentence Fix-Its to Choice Boards and more – teachers can find quick grab and go resources to use anytime in the Instructional Activities Channel.

• There you’ll find the recent Activity Calendars, such as these for January, for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5. Use them as they are or make your own copy to edit and share.

Strategy of the Month: 3-2-1 Pyramid

• Students use a graphic organizer to capture their thinking while viewing a DE resource. This builds foundational knowledge that helps students produce a summary. This strategy provides a scaffolded framework that guides student practice as they master the process of summarizing information. View all strategies in the SOS Channel.

Day of Discovery

• DE is launching a local Days of Discovery this Spring! Perhaps you are interested in participating person, and perhaps also interested in presenting to the group in one of our breakout sessions. The regional day will be on Saturday, March 11 in Downingtown, PA Register here.
• If you are up for presenting, please submit your proposal here.

Here are some "Timely & Relevant" resources from Discovery Education for the month of December 2022. Be sure to log into your instance of Discovery Education before clicking on the links below.

Timely Content for December

• Already thinking ahead to December? Give teachers the DE December Newsletter for resources that support timely events like Winter Holiday Celebrations, World Soil Day, International Mountain Day, Wright Brothers Day, and much more! Also, if you're looking for resources for your students to do at home over the holiday breaks. Share these activities with your families to keep learning alive over break.
• Winter Holiday Celebrations include a Celebrations of Light Around the World Studio Board (Grades 3-8), Sentence Fix-It: December Holidays (Grades K-2) – capitalization rules for the beginning of sentences & proper nouns, and Grades K-12 DE Channels of resources for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. 

Ready-to-Use-Activities

• Have your teachers explored our ready-to-use activities? These time-saving activities can be used as-is or modified to meet the needs of their classroom! From Background Builders to Sentence Fix-Its to Choice Boards and more – teachers can find quick grab and go resources to use anytime in the Instructional Activities Channel.

• There you’ll find the recent Activity Calendars, such as these for December, for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5. Use them as they are or make your own copy to edit and share.

Play to Learn with LEGO Virtual Field Trip

• Discover how creativity, learning, and imagination all intersect as students learn to solve challenges using the power of play. From the Home of the Brick in Billund, Denmark students will meet real-life LEGO® play experts, and discover how important play can be. Then, we will travel to meet U.S. Sea Turtle Conservationists, as they introduce us to some big challenges facing our planet and learn alongside student peers as they play, collaborate, and create! Learn more and register today!  Learn more and register today!

Feature of the Month: Collaborative Studio Boards

• Did you know you can create a Studio board template and then assign it to groups of students? They can then all work on the board together for a collaborative project!  Check out DE's Quick Start Guide to Share and Collaborate with Studio!

Call for Questions: Discovery Education Virtual Field Trip to the International Space Station

• Through our partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Discovery Education has been given the exciting opportunity to host a Virtual Field Trip to the International Space Station! We are inviting students around the world to submit questions for a chance to have them answered by astronauts aboard the space station. For more information and to submit questions, visit our website.
• Please note that, due to the complicated and ever-shifting responsibilities of the space station crew, there is always a possibility that the Virtual Field Trip will be delayed or cancelled as a result of circumstances outside of our control. If this event does move forward, it will occur during the first half of the 2023 school year, with more information to follow once a specific date is selected.

The Sora Big Library Read is occurring this year from November 2 - 16!!!

• A Snake Falls to Earth is now available to all IMS Sora Readers at no cost to your school library. Readers have unlimited access to the ebook and audiobook until November 16 – with no waitlists or holds. It’s a great way to bring your school community together through reading and discussion. The Content Access Level for this title is set at "Young Adult (YA)."

Get readers talking

• Check out the discussion guide designed to encourage conversation and help students and teachers get the most from A Snake Falls to Earth.
  
  

Get even more from A Snake Falls to Earth

• Be sure to visit Teaching Books for additional resources including activities, lessons, interviews and more.

Book Trailer

This video book trailer is provided by RJ Julia Booksellers. 

Here are some "Timely & Relevant" resources from Discovery Education for the month of November 2022. Be sure to log into your instance of Discovery Education before clicking on the links below.

This Month at DE

• Already thinking ahead to November? Give teachers the DE November Newsletter for resources that support timely events like Native American Heritage Month, Election Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, and much more!

November 2022 Activity Calendar

• Explore ready-to-use activities for November that provide students with opportunities to explore their curiosity around a variety of topics. Looking for more? Explore the Instructional Activities Channel. There you’ll find the recent Activity Calendars for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5. Use them as they are or make your own copy to edit and share.

Supporting Families

• Have you checked out the Family Resources landing page yet? Families can find a video as well as flyers to support learning at home with DE. Also, be sure to check out and share the new Sesame Learning flyer, highlighting the PK-2 content that DE has recently added in collaboration with Sesame Workshop.

Tundra Connections Virtual Field Trip

• Travel to Churchill, Manitoba with DE to learn about the polar bear’s environment and the people who share it. On this live Virtual Field Trip, we’ll discover what enables this unique species to survive in the arctic tundra, explore different ways you can work with polar bears, and identify how you can protect polar bears and our planet. Learn more and register today!

Feature of the Month: Share Quizzes

• Did you create a video or standard quiz and want to share it with others in your grade or subject area? You can share it via a link to anyone for them to use with their students. Check out DE's Quick Start Guide to Quizzes!