The Cha-ChingTM Money Smart Kids Contest enables communities to vote for their school to win $10,000 to use toward critical educator resources to teach kids how to earn, save, spend, and donate. This national contest encourages elementary school teachers, families, and community members to show their commitment to financial education by voting online daily for
Teaching 21st Century Skills Through Human Rights Education
Preparing students for their future success requires consistent application and reinforcement of the of the 4Cs of 21st Century skills – Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity. As educators work to incorporate these skills into all subjects, aligning lessons on key, timely topics can help ensure that students are developing knowledge that will both help them understand the world around them AND
Empowering Students to Use Data to Understand Election Trends
COVID-19. Climate crisis. Economic inequality. Racial justice. Immigration. These are just a few of the topics most important to voters in the United States leading up to the 2020 presidential election, according to the Pew Research Center. Every four years, we enter a new presidential election season that shapes the course of the country for decades
Build a Better World through STEM with Girls Leading the Way
Let’s Go Girls! Get Inspired with a Special Guest Blogger Meet Andrea Bastiani Archibald, Ph.D. and developmental psychologist, the Chief Girl and Family Engagement Officer for Girl Scouts of the USA. In this position, she helps develop and implement national strategic initiatives to effectively serve girls and their families. She serves as a national spokesperson
A High School Educator’s Take on The Facts about Food
Guest Blogger: Jessica Donaldson – Pre-engineering teacher, Berkeley County School District in Moncks Corner, SC There are times when my students have trouble grasping economic concepts. But when those topics are transformed into an independent, interactive, and relevant learning experience, things definitely get easier. That experience is what Econ Essentials and the Facts About
8 resources for teaching properties of shapes
Geometry has two sub-groups in the curriculum; properties of shape and position and direction. This post focusses on properties of shape — the main areas within that are: 2D and 3D shape and angles. I thought I’d quickly summarise the objectives: Y1 – recognising and naming 2D & 3D shapes Y2 – identify, describe &
Digital numeracy tips & tricks: Using footage of real life contexts to teach fractions and more
Videos on Discovery Education Espresso contain great real-life context. I’m going to demonstrate how to utilise this using an example from KS2 Maths. One of the videos is Fraction, decimal and percentage problem and is set on a space station. Play until just past the first minute and pause on the screen below It’s unlikely
Digital numeracy tips & tricks: Welcome!
Through talking to lots of teachers throughout the UK and other countries about Discovery Education Espresso common issues came up. Many didn’t know how much was on the service, or how to get to it. So on this and the other blog posts (see them all listed on our UK Community page) I will be