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Funding & Recognition
Grant Recognizing a Student Making a Difference in Others’ Lives
Pilot Pen recognizes everyday student heroes through its annual G2 Overachievers Student Grant, awarded to an outstanding young scholar who is changing the world, their school, or their community through their selfless determination of giving back in a unique and impactful way.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Program That Develops Social and Emotional Competencies
Available at no cost, the Harmony SEL program is designed to foster communication, connection, and community, both inside and outside the classroom, and develop boys and girls into compassionate and caring adults.
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Mobile Learning
3D Puzzle Game with a Mysterious, Atmospheric Story
In the Machinika Museum, students will discover beautiful and mysterious machines of unknown origins through an atmospheric, galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game.
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Professional Growth
Library of Congress Online Open Houses
Educators are invited to join the first-ever online open house of the Library of Congress (LOC) to learn more about the collections of the library from the experts who work there.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
NASA Career Development Program
NASA internships for high school (grades 9–12) and college-level students leverage NASA’s unique missions and programs to enhance and increase the capability, diversity, and size of the nation’s future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce.
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Funding & Recognition
Sponsorship of a Financial Education Curriculum
This fall Jackson Charitable Foundation is supporting The University of Chicago Financial Education Initiative to provide 100 high school teachers and approximately 5,000 high school students free access to finEDge, a semester-long financial education curriculum designed by The University of Chicago.
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Professional Growth
Frameworks for Integrating Digital Tools into Classroom Activities
Teachers can explore different educational technology integration frameworks, such as TPACK, SAMR, and PICRAT, to zero-in on what works best for them and why.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Transportation-Inspired Robotics Season
Registration for the 2021–2022 season is now open for all FIRST programs—preK–grade 12. Project-based, hands-on FIRST programs introduce students to engineering and coding in an engaging, inclusive, and creative classroom or afterschool learning environment where students work collaboratively to solve an annual robotics challenge.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Mentorship Program Inspiring Social–Emotional Learning
The nonprofit Classroom Champions connects volunteer Olympians, Paralympians, Student Athletes, and Professional Athletes to K–8 classrooms through a social and emotional–based curriculum and mentorship experience.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Digital Reflection Tool to Help Students Feel Seen and Understood
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and nonprofit Gradient Learning have partnered to develop Along, a free digital reflection tool that lets students send quick video, audio, or text directly to their teacher so they can open up about who they are and what is really on their minds.
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Mobile Learning
Game Balancing Global Water Resources
Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game is a free iOS, Android, and web game offered by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Designed for students in upper elementary or middle school, the game teaches how clean water is distributed and what can be done to balance global water resources.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Hip-Hop Music That Teaches Computer Science
CodeScty is an interactive learning experience designed to introduce young people to computational thinking and coding concepts through a cultural lens that they are familiar with. CodeScty’s tech-forward music education platform includes original hip-hop music, videos, and experiential learning activities to teach computer science principles and computational thinking to seventh- and eighth-grade students who are underrepresented in STE(A)M.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Participation in Space-based Research
An internet-based education program for upper elementary, middle, and high school students, Orion’s Question (OQ) employs current NASA research to reach and inspire “the next generation of explorers.” OQ places students in the role of research assistant in their classrooms, supporting authentic research being conducted on the International Space Station.
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Mobile Learning
Reading Challenge Enriching African American History and Culture
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Summer Reading Challenge is a self-guided, digital program for students in grades 3–12 and their teachers to read suggested selections by NMAAHC educators and complete reading-related challenges.
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Funding & Recognition
Award to Encourage Black Leadership in Schools
The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) has launched a $10,000 Scholarship Award to improve representation of Black leaders in schools. The 2021 award, sponsored by Curriculum Associates, is open to all NABSE members who have been accepted to, or are currently enrolled in, an advanced degree program in educational leadership.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Tools Empowering Students to Be Informed Citizens
CIVIX digital information literacy initiative supports teachers in empowering students with the knowledge and skills required to locate trustworthy information so students can make informed choices in the best interests of themselves and their communities.
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