Resources for Teaching and Learning About Earth Day 2023
Next Saturday is Earth Day 2023. Here’s a handful of resources to consider using if you find yourself looking for some resources to help your students understand the origins of Earth Day, its significance, or celebrating Earth Day. Discovery Education has some new resources for Earth Day 2023. These include lesson plans about sustainable living, renewable […]
Fun Science Lessons for Students and Parents to do This Summer
Today is the first day of June and even though it was only 44F when I woke up this morning, summer is on my mind. I’m sure it’s on the minds of many of you, your students, and their parents as well. If you have students whose parents are asking for some things they can […]
A Handful of Resources for Teaching and Learning About Earth Day
This Friday is Earth Day. Here’s a handful of resources to consider using if you find yourself looking for some resources to help your students understand the origins of Earth Day, its significance, or celebrating Earth Day. CBC Kids News offers a good, concise overview of Earth Day. What I like about CBC Kids News […]
Take Your Students on the American Ideals Virtual Field Trip Hosted by Discovery Education
Disclosure: Discovery Education is an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com Discovery Education hosts some fantastic virtual field trips throughout the year. These are open to all teachers who want to have their classes attend them, not just those who subscribe to Discovery Education. I’ve featured many of Discovery Education’s virtual field trips over the course of the […]
Take Your Class On a NFL Virtual Field Trip
The Super Bowl is happening this weekend. If your students have an interest in football, you might be interested in a virtual field trip that the NFL and Discovery Education are hosting tomorrow. NFL Play 60 Kids Day Live is happening tomorrow at 12pm Eastern Time. The free virtual event will take kids on a […]
Manufacture Your Future – A Discovery Virtual Field Trip
Next Friday at 1pm EDT Discovery Education is a hosting a virtual field trip titled Manufacture Your Future. The virtual field trip will take students to the Arconic plant in Texas where they’ll learn about the 3D printing in the context of the aerospace industry. During the virtual field trip students will hear from engineers […]
Dig Into Mining – Virtual Field Labs and Field Trips About Copper Mining
Dig Into Mining is a free resource from Discovery Education and Freeport-McMoran (the world’s largest copper mining company). The purpose of Dig Into Mining is to help students understand how copper is mined and processed for use in products like pipes and wires. Dig Into Mining offers seven virtual labs and virtual tours that Discovery […]
Discovery Education Announces New Virtual Events for Students
This winter Discovery Education will be hosting a series of virtual events for students. The content of the events range from the Inauguration of a President to the Super Bowl to a Pi Day celebration. The event titles, dates, and classroom registration links are listed below. MLK Jr. Day Virtual Viewing Party January 13th at […]
Coming Soon – Discovery Education’s Annual Fall VirtCon
Every fall Discovery Education hosts a virtual conference that is open to the world. The DEN Fall VirtCon is a blended online and physical conference. This year’s event is happening on October 22nd. You can participate virtually as I did last year or attend one of the physical events organized in locations all over North […]
Expedition Earth Day – An Exploration of Coral Reefs
Next Friday is Earth Day 2016. Discovery Education has a great Earth Day resource for you to use with your elementary and middle school students. Expedition Earth Day is a free set of resources for teaching students about the world’s coral reefs. A 30 minute is the central aspect around which the lessons are designed. […]
Apply Soon for the Discovery Summer Institute
A few years ago I had the privilege to speak at Discovery Education Network’s Summer Institute. It was a great event and I have wholeheartedly recommended it to teachers ever since I attended. This week long event brings together educators from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This year’s event is being held […]