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DE Updates for Classroom Teachers and School Leaders! 

Discovery Education is your daily hub of resources for your classroom with digital media and ready-to-use learning activities. Take some time to check out the new content and educator supports from Discovery Education Experience. This content is summarized from the full DE Summer School Leader Newsletter.

Be sure to log into your district's single sign-on link for Discovery Education before clicking on the links in this post.

Content Spotlights

• Grades K-2
  
  • 💙 Amazing Me by Dove - Build confidence, empathy, and self-awareness this summer with age-appropriate SEL lessons that spark meaningful conversations about identity and well-being.
    • 🔗 Explore the Resources

• Grades 3-5
  
  • 🦸 DC Super Stories - Celebrate DC Super Heroes with engaging educational activities for classrooms and families. These resources invite learners to explore heroic values like courage, problem‑solving, creativity, and hope through hands‑on challenges, thoughtful reflection, and real‑world connections inspired by iconic heroes. 
    
    • 🔗 Check out the Resources

• Grades 6-12
  
  • 💻 Dell | Tech Career Circuit- Keep students engaged with interactive career exploration in technology and innovation. Flexible resources that help students discover real-world pathways and build future-ready skills — anytime, anywhere.
    • 🔗 Explore the Learning Modules
  • 🚲 Honda Safety Driven - Spark meaningful conversations about road safety, awareness, and responsibility with standards-aligned resources students can carry for life.
    • 🔗 Explore the Program
  • ⚽ Soccer for Success - With the World Games coming to the U.S., press play on this virtual field trip exploring teamwork, confidence, and healthy habits. No travel required!
    • 🔗 Watch the Virtual Field Trip

For Educators

• 🌟 You're Invited: DEN Summer Institute - Join educators from across the country on July 14–15 for DENSI — two days of practical strategies, timely topics, and community connection all focused on student success. Bring a few colleagues along and return with ideas ready to drive impact at scale.
  • 🔗 Register Now

• 🥽 Verizon Immersive Learning | PD This Summer - Build your confidence with EdTech and immersion, earn microcredentials, and learn how to create immersive moments in your setting – create them safely and purposefully, and then use them to amplify learning. Discovery Education and Verizon are bringing EdTech and the principles of immersion to the professional development catalog.

  • 🔗 Check out the Catalog

• 🔭 Career Connect STEM Spotlights - Summer is the perfect time to explore what's possible. On-demand Career Connect Spotlights put students face to face with real scientists and professionals studying polar bears, space exploration, energy, robotics, and more — curiosity-driven learning available anytime, anywhere.
  •  🔗 Browse the Spotlights

ICYMI: Instructional Strategies Center - New for Back-to-School 2026 

• Everyday Teaching Essentials - Watch the Introduction Video

Information compiled in this update was provided by our partners at Discovery Education