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Big Deal Book, August 15, 2022

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with Digital Stories Tools, Shakespeare in VR, Make Space Challenge & More

 

Tools to Tell Stories in Innovative Ways

Northwestern University’s Knight Lab comprises a team of designers, developers, students, and educators who are working together to generate new ways to communicate digitally as a means to enhance journalism in the ever-changing digital age.
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Interactive Virtual Science Explorations

The EcoTarium offers interactive, educator-led programs aligned to current science standards. Children in prekindergarten through grade 8 can join an EcoTarium educator live on Zoom and engage in science explorations on topics such as Animal Adaptations and Understanding Weather.

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Data Analysis Investigations for Young Children
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The Oceans of Data Institute began as an initiative of the Learning and Teaching Division at Education Development Center (EDC). Over three years, the institute’s Preschool Data Collection and Analysis project created and tested problem-solving activities for young children.
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Big Book Deal, August 15 , 2022

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Big Deal Book, August 1st, 2022

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with  Virtual Expeditions, Extended Reality Tools, Climate Text Sets & More......

 

Open Online Courses Fostering Global Competence in STEM Fields

The US Department of State has announced STEM Innovations and Global Competence—a free, self-paced online course for US educators. The course focuses on the intersection of STEM subjects and global competence.

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Monetary and Product Support for Providing Inclusive, Engaging Music Education

The D’Addario Music Foundation awards grants and product donations to programs that bring music into communities and schools, and get children playing instruments as early and frequently as possible.
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Class Connections with Scientists Around the World
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Skype a Scientist’s mission is simple: to make science accessible and enjoyable through personal connections with scientists. The organization’s focus is on connecting the general public with scientific disciplines in engaging and meaningful ways, making science education available and enjoyable for everyone.
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Big Book Deal, August 1st , 2022

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Big Deal Book, June 15, 2022

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with  Social–Emotional Learning, STEM & More for All .......

 

 

Challenges to Inspire Girls to Become Cyber Defenders

In just three years, 30,000 high school girls have discovered the exciting world of cybersecurity through Girls Go CyberStart Challenges and are on track to become the next generation of cyber defenders.

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Making the Most of EdTech: Smart School-Tested Strategies That Make a Difference

Many of us have the tech, but we don’t always know how or where it makes sense to use it in the classroom. In this freely downloadable webinar recording, Edina Public Schools and Logitech discuss simple, school-tested ways to use technology to creatively enhance learning.
The panelists share creative ways to personalize learning in virtual, hybrid, and in-person classrooms. They suggest ways to connect students with unique career pathway experiences and virtual internships, and expand global exchange global exchange program possibilities.
You’ll come away with creative ways to personalize learning and specific school-tested strategies that you can use immediately.
Access the FREE webinar recording here to empower student expression, engagement, and connection today.

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Applications Fostering Social–Emotional, Intellectual, and Physical Skills
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The Lü platform transforms any space into an active and immersive educational environment where youth are engaged physically, intellectually, socially, and emotionally.

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Big Book Deal, June 15 , 2022

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Big Deal Book, June 1st, 2022

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with Math in the Modern World, Science and Literacy, Musical Diversity & More

 

Web Tool for Exploring the Predictive Power of Scientific Models

The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) has created an online version of its popular activity “Determining and Measuring Earth’s Layered Interior” to challenge students to use evidence in the form of earthquake data to understand the Earth’s interior layers.
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Tips for Talking to Children About Violence

High-profile acts of violence, particularly in schools, can confuse and frighten children who may feel in danger or worry that their friends or loved ones are at risk. They will look to adults for information and guidance on how to react. The National Association of School Psychologists offers guidelines for explaining violent events to children of different ages.

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Journey of Discovery into the Musical Diversity of the Planet
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Smithsonian Folkways Learning Pathways (SFLP) are in-depth curated journeys of discovery that place music at the heart of the educational experience. The free online resources provide a basis for K–13 teachers to explore a broad range of cultural, historical, social, and musical themes with their students.

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Big Book Deal, June 1st , 2022

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Big Deal Book, May 1st, 2022

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with  Civic Engagement & Leadership, Media & Social Awareness, and More.....

 

Scholarship for Uplifting Women in STEM

Evolving the world in which we live toward a more equitable future with uplifting women who will help shape it is the aim of the third annual Hyundai Women in STEM Scholarship.
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Journey Through the History of Art in Augmented Reality

Developed by Artebinaria, Artinside Museum offers users a visit in augmented reality to an imaginary museum in which 100 masterpieces from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries are exhibited in the space around them, in life size, within four collections and twenty exhibition rooms.
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Online Civic-Oriented Film Competition
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The Civic Life Project's Democracy 2022 Youth Film Challenge is a global film competition for youth under age 25 to generate civics-oriented videos that ultimately create a groundbreaking movement for young Americans to get engaged in our democracy and to vote..
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Big Book Deal, May 1st , 2022

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