Malala Yousafzai is the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Peace prize. As an activitist for girl's education in Pakistan, she was targeted and shot by the Taliban. She survived, and came back stronger than ever to begin a crusade for human rights and global justice. Here, Malala introduces the United Nations' Global Goals program, an ambitious program to combat the world's most pressing problems. This lesson allows students to think about which goals they are inspired by and what they can do about it! Visit the lesson Here.
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Thinking of moving to Mars? This TED-Ed Lesson provides a tour of the planet and what makes it a challenging landscape for humans. Mars actually has some elements that are similar to planet Earth, for instance the sand dunes are like those in our deserts, but can be twice the size! NASA is currently working on getting people to the planet Mars, not to live but to explore. Some shots of Mars look like the Grand Canyon, and scientists estimate there was once water running across the planet. What do you think life was like on Mars 4 billion years ago? Learn about what Mars would like if it had water on it. This lesson helps illustrate the Mars environment and how hospitable (or not) it will be for our first human visitors! Explore the lesson Here! GATE students at Green Acres Middle, Jones Valley Middle, Arrington Middle, and Ossie Ware Middle Schools began a Project-Based Learning journey with Cardboard2Code. Cardboard2Code is an innovative process produced by CBiS Education to teach students all about Innovation, Engineering & Computing. These pictures capture students engaged during the INNOVATION (students to collaborate with their partner(s) to generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, and annotated sketches of a cardboard arm) and ENGINEERING (emphasized realizing their ideas through the use of cardboard, scissors, a tape measure, various types of tape, and split pins) components. Cardboard2Code in these middle schools fits in with our STEAM themes for this school year! Students are communicating, collaborating, critical thinking and creating using all of the 21st century skills in this project. Mrs. Green has brought learning to life with Cardboard2Code. Can't wait to see the finished projects!
What happens when you get a bunch of gifted & talented education teachers doing science experiments and science-related art projects with Dynamic Education Adventures' Jan Mattingly? Lots of fun! On Friday afternoon October 9 Jan Mattingly conducted a workshop on doing STEAM in the classroom with inexpensive materials. Jan Mattingly, aka "The Science Lady" does lots of shows for out kids but we wanted to equip her strategies to engage students and light them up for learning! Here the GATE teachers are competing to see who ca build the tallest tower out of marshmallows and toothpicks. They are using critical and creative thinking skills and collaborating. Try this with your students! At the end, measure to see who has the tallest marshmallow structure. Can you guess who won? The afternoon was filled with interesting experiments. We made catapults, UV sensitive bracelets, magnetized artwork, and a scribbling robot. Each activity dealt with a discrete scientific topic that we use in K-8 standards and were fun and engaging. Professional learning should be fun and engaging, and should equip teachers with tools they can use in the classroom. Dynamic Education Adventures has allowed GATE teachers many ways to incorporate hands-on learning in to the classroom. The Science Lady will continue to visit and amaze GATE classrooms and schools throughout the remainder of the year. THANK YOU so much! To learn more about Dynamic Education Adventures, visit their site Here! Today's TED-Ed lesson was created by TED-Ed Innovative Educator Shannon Brake! Shannon has been experimenting with class maker spaces so it is only fitting that she would create this wonderful lesson, which combines poetry, design, art, and creativity! You'll recognize this as the iconic illustration for the cover of Shel Silverstein's famous book of poems. In Shannon's TED-Ed Lesson she allows students to analyze the poem. When asked to dig deeper, Shannon invites students to illustrate their own poem in LEGO and create a video similar to the one highlighted in this TED-Ed Lesson! Check out Shannon's TED-Ed Lesson Here! The lesson is based on the following video by JK Brickworks: |
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