The What's So Cool About Manufacturing lesson collection features STEM-based lessons with supplemental videos from the What's So Cool About Manufacturing student video contest. There are twelve lessons designed for grades 3-5 featured including: Bottle Cap Art Activity, Design a Scale Model of Your Ideal Study Space, Engineering Building Activity, Engineer a Better Airplane, Communications in Manufacturing, English and Literacy Activity, History Exploration 1, History Exploration 2, Math Building, House Building, Play-Doh Activity, and Green Science Activity. The lesson plans include the learning objectives, supplies, videos, procedure, guiding questions, and culminating activity. This lesson addresses the Common Core Standards, College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education, and ISTE Standards.

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Communications in Manufacturing: Lesson Plan | What's So Cool About Manufacturing?" develops literacy skills while engaging students in reading, writing, and making connections. In the lesson, students watch the "What's So Cool about Manufacturing" video, use coding, build their communication skills, and journal their findings and questions. The lesson plan includes the learning objectives, supplies, videos, procedure, guiding questions, and culminating activity. Everything in the collection can be shared via Google Classroom, a link to students, and social sharing. Lessons can also be built upon once you log into the site. This lesson addresses the Common Core Standards, College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education, and ISTE Standards.

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Great Lakes Now Collection 2 is a free, standards-aligned resource that builds on the foundational concepts introduced in Collection 1. This collection explores both natural and human-made threats to the Great Lakes--the largest source of surface freshwater in the world. With a strong emphasis on environmental impact, students investigate topics such as invasive species, algal blooms, pollution, climate change, and ongoing restoration efforts. The eleven lessons are aligned with NGSS, Common Core, Earth Science, and SEP standards, and include engaging videos and hands-on or interactive activities. Each lesson is hosted on PBS LearningMedia, making it easy to share through platforms like Google Classroom.

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Learn Bright's Mayan Civilization contains lesson plans that introduce students to the Mayan Civilization and the events during its time in history. The lesson plans teach about the origins of the civilization, places, people, and things, beliefs, daily life, and more. You must sign up for a free account to access the lesson plans. The lessons are aligned to the Common Core Standards for ELA literacy.

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The Getty Museum's Exploring Photographs provides the tools to analyze photography and enhance learning on any theme, topic, or historical period expressed or documented in photographs. On the right side, "For the Classroom" links directly to lesson plans, image bank, analyzing photographs, CA State Standards Chart, and National Standards Chart. The three lessons featured are Visual Analysis Methods, A Closer Look, and Writing the Artist's Statement. Each lesson has a time allotted, overview, objectives, materials, steps, assessment, and extensions. The lessons are aligned with the Common Core Standards.

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The Getty Museum's Arts and Science: A Curriculum for K-12 teachers focuses on the science of art production and conservation and the scientific skills of investigation and experimentation; it supports student proficiency in science and visual art. On the right side, "For the Classroom" links directly to lesson plans, image banks, timeline, glossary, print and web resources, and standard charts. The featured lesson topics are titled: Insect Anatomy and the Scientist as Illustrator, Capturing Light: The Science of Photography, and Fighting Corrosion to Save an Ancient Greek Bronze. Each lesson has a time allotted, overview, objectives, materials, steps, assessment, and extensions. Each lesson is divided into beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. The lessons are aligned with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts.

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The Getty Center's Historical Witness, Social Messaging lessons explore how art can provoke dialogue regarding the costs and consequences of important events in U.S. and world history while simultaneously effecting social change and increasing awareness among individuals and governments. On the right side, "For the Classroom" links directly to lesson plans, image banks, related works of art, glossary, print and web resources, and standards charts. Click Lesson Plans from the menu on the right to find the eight lesson topics featured; they include: Breaking the Chains, Rising Out of Circumstances, Celebration and Satire, Depicting Women and Class in a Global Society, Flawed Democracies, Human Rights, Land Use and Lawmaking in California, The Many Different Sides of War, What Is Work and Who Are the Workers?, and Putting a Spin on Current Events. Each lesson has a time allotted, overview, objectives, materials, steps, assessment, and extensions. Each lesson is divided into beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. The lessons are aligned to the California Visual Arts Standards, History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, and the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts.

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The Getty Center's Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art? challenges students to discover how "traditional" works of art have inspired and informed contemporary artists. On the right side, "For the Classroom" links directly to lesson plans, image banks about contemporary art, and a glossary bank. The four lessons featured are titled A Bug's Journey, Chairs, Rooms, and Time Travel, Moving Pictures, Moving Stories, and Sculptural Space/s. Each lesson tells you the time allotted, an overview, the objectives, materials, steps, assessment, and extensions. The lessons are aligned with the California Visual Arts Standards and the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts.

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Great Lakes Now Collection 1 is a free website that offers introductory lessons on the science of the Great Lakes by introducing basic scientific and geographic concepts. Seventeen lessons are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core, Earth Science, and SEP standards. The lessons feature interactive or hands-on activities and videos on topics including the Great Lakes' physical features, the interconnectedness of the water system, and the geology and formation of the Great Lakes. The lessons link to PBS Learning Media, allowing posting on Google Classroom.

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Discover these free resources for students to investigate photojournalistic images from the 1940s through the 1970s. The featured photographs were used to illustrate stories in newspapers and magazines, providing visual accounts of events shaping 20th-century history. On the right side, "For the Classroom" links directly to lesson plans, image banks, photojournalism overviews, and questions for teaching. The four lessons featured include: Extra, Extra, Write all about it!, Newsworthy Images, Debating the Bomb, and Vietnam and the Long-term Effect of War. Each lesson has a time allotted, overview, objectives, materials, steps, assessment, and extensions. The lessons are aligned with the California Visual Arts Standards and the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts.

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The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change for ages 14 through 18. Each of these topics has 1-5 lessons, including Gray, Green, Blue: Water Security and YOU!, Sustainable Fishing, and Urban Runoff: Stormwater Management. Each lesson has a teacher's guide that includes essential questions, an overview, materials and resources, videos, vocabulary, handouts, and an evaluation. Lessons are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core.

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The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change for ages 11 through 14. Each of these topics has 1-5 lessons, including Reforestation: Impact on Climate, Fighting Fire with Fire, How Natural Areas Filter Water, and more. Each lesson comes with a teacher's guide that includes essential questions, a lesson overview, materials and resources, videos, vocabulary, handouts, and an evaluation. Lessons are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core.

tag(s): climate (85), climate change (100), environment (252), sustainability (51)

The Nature Conservatory is a free website that offers lesson plans on the following three topics: Protect Ocean, Land, and Freshwater, Provide Food and Water, and Tackle Climate Change for ages 5 through 11. Each of these topics has 1-5 lessons. Each lesson comes with a teacher's guide that includes an essential question, lesson overview, materials and resources, videos, vocabulary, handouts, and an evaluation. Lessons are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core.

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The Getty Center's Artful Women shares lessons of women artists who overcame a male-dominated discipline. On the right side, "For the Classroom" links directly to lesson plans on the themes of adornment, women as artists, and women's roles in the family. Each lesson has a time estimate, overview, objectives, materials, steps, assessment, and extensions. The lessons are aligned with the California State Content Standards for visual arts, English, History, and Common Core Standards.

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The Rick Riordan website's Teachers' Guides section offers a variety of free resources designed to help educators incorporate Riordan's popular books into their classrooms. These guides include discussion questions, reading comprehension activities, lesson plans tailored to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, The Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase, and more. The materials are aligned with Common Core standards and support subjects like English Language Arts, history, mythology, and cultural studies. Teachers can use these guides to inspire critical thinking, foster creativity, and deepen students' engagement with the stories. The resources are ideal for sparking interest in mythology and diverse cultures through engaging, student-centered activities.

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Cool Kindergarten offers a wealth of free site (with no advertisements or login required) that offers math and reading games, math YouTube videos, online audiobook videos, and games just for fun. The site also provides teacher notes and the Common Core Standards. Math topics include numbers, adding, subtracting, and problem-solving. Reading topics include ABCs, rhymes, letter sounds, making words, and more.

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The Mini Economic Business Portfolio is a project-based learning, free website that teaches what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur by engaging students in discussions and creating a classroom business. The website allows students of all grade levels (kindergarten through twelve) to share a scope and sequence, lesson ideas, summative assessments, and rubrics. Remote Learning Lessons (ideal for flipped and blended learning) are located under each of the following subtopics: grades K-5, grades 6-8, and grades 9-12. Remote Learning Lessons include saving or spending, what our business should produce, what price we should charge, why different countries produce different things, and more. Lessons come with videos, additional resources, and alignment with the National Financial Literacy and Common Core Standards. They can be uploaded to SmartBoard Notebook and Google Classroom.

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The Virtual Field Trip on Manufacturing the Future of Aviation is a free video series that shows three Boeing manufacturing facilities (Renton, WA, Portland, OR, and Salt Lake City, Utah) up close. The videos show how mechatronics, robotics, and ergonomics are shaping the future of aviation manufacturing. Additionally, various skilled STEM professionals share how they use cutting-edge tech to solve real-world challenges.

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ADL Education provides professional learning resources, educational programs, and strategies for building and sustaining equitable and inclusive environments. Program topics include Anti-Bias, Antisemitism, Holocaust Education, and Bullying and Cyberbullying Education. Browse all content or use the filters to find online learning, classroom, and family resources. The classroom resources include a booklist, lessons for K-12 classrooms, monthly featured books, and more. Most lesson plans correlate to Common Core and SEL Standards.

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This site provides a very informative article by National Geographic about the history of the Ides of March and why we still recognize it. The article is not only interesting but also a good resource for reading informational text per the Common Core Standards.

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