Dive into December with resources from Discovery Education to honor December holidays, explore digital citizenship, and keep students engaged as you head toward winter break!
Pop of Professional Learning
How do you explain the mitochondria to English learners? DEN STAR and Pennsylvania high school science teacher Sean O’Brien has ideas that might help! In a new DE blog post, Sean offers his advice for helping students master domain-specific scientific vocabulary while they also learn the English language.
What's New
This December, Discovery Education has new resources to help students explore digital citizenship, career preparation, important moments in history, and more!
Endangered Species Series
Grades 3-5
Dive into our Endangered Species Series to explore engaging resources that inspire students to protect our planet’s precious wildlife. Perfect for bringing environmental science to life in the classroom. This series features content about a variety of species, including a newly launched activity about the Red Wolf!
On-Demand Virtual Field Trips
Grades K-12
Our newest Fall 2024 Virtual Field Trips are officially on-demand! From building financial literacy to visiting bat habitats, these Virtual Field Trips allow students to explore a wide variety of topics. Each of these experiences also includes an educator guide filled with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities.
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December is full of exciting moments to celebrate in your classroom, and Discovery Education has resources to help you make every learning moment count before winter break!
Magic Moment
Keep making magic in your classroom all the way until that final bell rings for winter break! An approaching school break brings celebrations, report cards, and anticipation for time with friends and family, but all of these can easily become distractions for your students. DEN STAR Leann Rains-Sharma shares her ideas for keeping students engaged in learning, even during exciting times like the weeks leading into winter break!
2024 is almost finished, and DE is here to help you keep the learning going until it’s time to turn the calendar to 2025!
