Move into March with new, engaging resources from Discovery Education! Explore literacy topics, and find content to help you make your mark with exciting March lessons!
Pop of Professional Learning
Every teacher has thought, “How can I make this lesson more exciting for my students?”, and many are turning to interactive resources because they offer essential skills practice in a fun, exciting way. The DE team has gathered the most popular Interactives into a new blog post so you can easily see what resources other DE teachers love!
What's New
America 250
Grades 3-12
Students are invited to share what America means to them in celebration of the Semiquincentennial for a chance to win an unforgettable field trip to iconic historic and cultural landmarks.
Creative Visions Classroom
Grades 3-8
Invite your students to join the Spark Peace Project by Creative Visions. Use the ready-made lesson plans and resources to support students as they learn the concept of peace, and then choose a creative medium to express their ideas about it. Each artwork or engagement triggers donations from peacebuilding organizations around the world.
Junior Fire Marshal Training Academy
Grades K-3
Spring cleaning anyone? It’s also a good time to teach your students about fire alarm maintenance and the importance of fire safety all year long. Junior Fire Marshal Training Academy encourages K–3 students to explore the essentials of fire safety and earn their Junior Fire Marshal Certificate, through a collection of standards-aligned classroom resources.
Build the Change: Playful Schools Challenge
Grades K-12
Build the Change Playful Schools Challenge, created with Pharrell Williams and his non-profit YELLOW, encourages students to use creative play and imagination to envision their ideal learning environment. Incorporate the challenge into your lesson plan and submit student work to buildthechange@discoveryed.com.
Bring the Lab to Life
Grades 6-8
Embark on a journey to discover how humans and birds coexist in cities, in the wild, and in the places where we grow our food. Learn how we can work toward understanding avian needs. Build the Change as you immerse, create and share your solutions to build a better balance between human and birds.
Timely Moments
Discovery Education Experience is here to help you stay up-to-date with March’s timely moments!
- March 2 is Read Across America Day! Revamp your students’ reading habits with read-aloud resources from Vooks!
- Inspire scientific exploration for World Engineering Day on March 4 with resources from the STEM Careers Channel, the IF/THEN STEM Professionals Channel, and Science Fair Central.
- Prepare for a mathematics party on March 14 ― Pi Day! Check out the Pi Day Channel for videos, simulations, and articles related to this numerical holiday.
- March 21-27 marks National Agriculture Week! Dig into the exciting ways that the agricultural cooperative (co-op) business model connects communities and inspires everyday innovation nationwide with Cooperative Minds, created in partnership between CHS Foundation and Discovery Education.
Magic Moment
Make magic this March by bringing your students’ real-life interests into the classroom! This month on the DE Blog, DEN STAR Merek Chang shared his tips for using NBA and WNBA content to infuse his students’ interest in basketball into lessons on data science.
Discovery Education can help you make every moment in March count with new ideas, resources, and lessons—all in one place!