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Funding & Recognition
3D Pin Design Challenge to Celebrate US Veterans
The “We [Heart] Veterans Pin Design” Challenge is back for its second year, inviting students in grades 4–12 to put their 3D design skills to the test to show their appreciation for US veterans.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Multimedia United States History Collection
GBH, a public broadcasting media platform in Boston, has launched a collection of free digital resources to support teachers covering US history in their classrooms. The new US History Collection, housed on the PBS LearningMedia platform, capitalizes on GBH’s portfolio of acclaimed historical documentaries.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
SPOTLIGHT! On Meaningful Discussion About Thanksgiving
As Thanksgiving approaches, teachers have the opportunity to engage their students in meaningful discourse about history and how it is remembered. Here are some resources to embrace a new approach to Thanksgiving.
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Mobile Learning
Gaming App to Improve Literacy
The Barbara Bush Foundation has worked with the Dollar General Foundation and Southern Methodist University’s game lab for the last few years to develop an app to transform literacy skills with engaging, puzzle-solving gameplay.
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Professional Growth
Podcast on How Climate Change Is Taught in America
Award-winning journalist Katie Worth wanted to know what children learn about climate change in America. As part of her research, she visited several states, talked to teachers, scoured textbooks, and spoke to students and their families.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Virtual Access to Museums Where Every Visit Is an Adventure
Museums are a vital part of the American landscape, showcasing the greatest achievements of the human experience—past, present, and future. Visitors remember, discover, and learn in these museums that present the best of our country’s culture, accomplishments, and heritage.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
James Webb Space Telescope Toolkit
Teachers can bring the excitement of the James Webb Space Telescope into their classroom. The James Webb Space Telescope STEM toolkit provides resources, activities, videos, and more for students to learn about NASA’s newest space observatory.
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STEM Education, Outreach, and Workforce Development
The US Department of Defense (also known as DoD) provides STEM education, outreach, and workforce development opportunities to students of all ages and educators throughout the country.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Media Literacy Resources for Making Sense of the News
On November 8, 2022, people across the country voted in the nation’s midterm elections. Facing History has created a collection of short, easily digestible resources to help teachers and their students enhance their media literacy skills.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
STEM Video Series Uncovering the World of Biomimicry
Nature Knows Best, a video series from Xploration Station, looks at the clever ways scientists and innovators are copying nature to create some of the world’s most amazing advancements.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
STEM-Friendly Adventure Tale Integrating Foundational Coding Concepts
Coding Capers: Luci and the Missing Robot is an empowering picture book from the National Center for Youth Issues that inspires children to dream big and harness the power of computer science in their own lives.
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Funding & Recognition
Get the Funds You Need Just in Time for Your Special Projects
GetEdFunding is a free grant-finding resource sponsored by CDW•G that is dedicated to helping educators, schools, and other educational institutions identify the funding they need in budget-tight times. Experience the depth, breadth, and ease of use of GetEdFunding. Visit the Deadlines Alert page frequently to learn about funding opportunities with deadlines coming up soon. If you’re looking for the latest funding opportunities, check out the Just In page to see opportunities that were recently added to GetEdFunding. Start uncovering funds now and stay updated on fast-approaching deadlines and new opportunities.
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Funding & Recognition
USS Constitution Museum Essay Contest
The USS Constitution Museum invites students in grades 9–12 to celebrate the spirit of “Old Ironsides” and describe in their own words how its mission as America’s “Ship of State” can apply to their lives. The first-prize winner of the USS Constitution Essay Contest will have the chance to join USS Constitution on a cruise in Boston Harbor in 2023.
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Professional Growth
Online Tools to Help Students Get “Unstuck” and “On Target”
A free online resource, created by Children’s Hospital Colorado, offers resources and training materials for the Unstuck and On Target book and program to help students—particularly those who have autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder—learn how to better manage daily tasks.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
STEM Curricula Combining Physical Activity and Cognitive Thinking
STEM Sports provides turnkey K–8 supplemental curricula that use sports as the real-life application to drive STEM-based, hands-on learning in classrooms, afterschool programs, and camps across the United States.
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