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Discovery Education offers a wide variety of exciting challenges and sweepstakes that give schools a go-to framework for continuous student inspiration and engagement. Get students involved in making their lives and communities better with one good idea in a Discovery Education student challenge. From community improvement to STEM innovation, there are many exciting ways for students to turn simple problem-solving into real-world success.

Upcoming Social Impact Student & Community Challenges:

• Innovation Generation Trade Champions Challenge, Grades 9-12, Open until April 15, 2022
• Siemans STEM Day Possibility Grant Sweepstakes, Ages 13-18, Open until April 22, 2022
• 3M Young Scientist Challenge, Grades 5-8, Open until April 26, 2022
• Stronger than Hate Challenge, Ages 13-18, Open until May 26, 2022
• Innovation Ignition Student Challenge, Grades K-12, Open all year

For more information, view the Discovery Education - Spring 2022 Student & Community Challenges Flyer. 

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

This Month at DE

• Explore and share the March 2022 Month at Discovery Education Studio Board and/or the full Discovery Education March 2022 Newsletter to learn about all the timely, relevant and featured resources happening this month!

Daily Ready-to-use Activities

• This month's activity calendars have ready-to-use activities for every day of the month to engage students with a variety of science, social studies, math, and ELA content. The ready-to-useactivities combine the best of the SOS Strategies with high-quality content, giving you that magic formula for constructive, engaging activities that save teachers time. DE continues to release a new calendar each month with timely and relevant content, so be sure to subscribe to the Activity Center channel in DE.

• March 2022:
  • K-2 Activity Calendar 
  • 3-5 Activity Calendar 
  • 6-8 Activity Calendar 

Vooks

• "Enjoy this delightful collection from Vooks with storybooks brought to life through animation and voice narration. From space adventures to courageous changemakers, holiday tales to counting songs, discover a whole new way of reading and ignite students' curiosity."  Celebrate the 2022 Read Across America Day with:

• Virtual Read-Aloud: Sweet People Are Everywhere
  • For Grades K-5 on March 2, 2022
  • Join DE for a virtual read-aloud of Sweet People Are Everywhere by Alice Walker
  • After the read aloud, Alice Walker and Quim Torres will share their processes for writing and illustrating the book.
    
    
• Check out the entire Vooks DE Channel for more interactive storybooks. 

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

This Month at DE

• Explore and share the February 2022 Month at Discovery Education Studio Board and/or the full Discovery Education February 2022 Newsletter to learn about all the timely, relevant and featured resources happening this month!

Daily Ready-to-use Activities

• This month's activity calendars have ready-to-use activities for every day of the month to engage students with a variety of science, social studies, math, and ELA content. The ready-to-use activities combine the best of the SOS Strategies with high-quality content, giving you that magic formula for constructive, engaging activities that save teachers time. DE continues to release a new calendar each month with timely and relevant content, so be sure to subscribe to the Activity Center channel in DE. 
  
  
• February 2022:
  • K-2 Activity Calendar 
  • 3-5 Activity Calendar 
  • 6-8 Activity Calendar 

Sandbox AR

• Sandbox AR is an augmented reality ‘maker’ app that allows students and teachers to create, share, and even inhabit virtual environments. By placing a stage on a flat surface and adding models to create a sandbox, students create a virtual world they can experience and share.
• To learn more and to view the Sandbox AR app in action, visit www.discoveryeducation.com/programs/augmented-reality/ 

Content Filtering Tools Launched January 23

As of January 23, every BrainPOP school and district administrator can access Content Management Tools directly by clicking the "Manage Content" link in the Administrator Dashboard. 

Here are some "Timely & Relevant" January resources from Discovery Education to kick off the new year. Be sure to log into your instance of Discovery Education before clicking on the links below.

Daily Ready-to-use Activities

• This month's calendar has ready-to-use activities for every day of the month to engage students with a variety of science, social studies, math, and ELA content. The ready-to-use activities combine the best of the SOS Strategies with high-quality content, giving you that magic formula for constructive, engaging activities that save teachers time. DE will release a new calendar each month with timely and relevant content, so be sure to subscribe to the Activity Center. 

• January 2022:
  • K-2 Activity Calendar 
  • 3-5 Activity Calendar 
  • 6-8 Activity Calendar 

This Month at DE

• Explore and share the January 2022 Month at Discovery Education Studio Board and/or the full Discovery Education January 2022 Newsletter to learn about all the timely and relevant resources happening this month!

Featured January Resources

• National Science Fiction Day (Grades 6-12) - Share this podcast with students to learn about Octavia Butler, an author who forever changed the science fiction game. Explore other podcasts like this in the Encyclopedia Womannica Channel.
  
  
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day (All Grades) - Meet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a pastor who led and inspired African Americans to demand equal rights. Dr. King advocated peaceful methods of resistance to unfair laws, such as boycotting buses that forced African Americans to ride separately and leading a march to Washington, D.C., to call for jobs and freedom for all.
  
  
• National Thesaurus Day (Grades K-5) - Follow the adventures of WordGirl as she fights off evil villains with superhuman powers and learns new vocabulary words every day.
  
  
• National Holocaust Remembrance Day (All Grades) - USC Shoah Foundation is dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides a compelling voice for education and action. Explore the newly developed and innovative assets on The Willesden Project—learn the impact of a powerful narrative that we hold within ourselves the power to overcome hatred.