Change the World in 5 Minutes - Everyday at School

Small Acts That Change the World Dear Friends, The overwhelming response to September's 21-Day Kindness Challenge surpassed our wildest dreams! 6000 people, from 98 countries participated and lit up the world with thousands of kind acts and stories. This surge of energy, enthusiasm and connection left us wondering -- what do we do next?!? It didn't take long to arrive at the perfect answer. Inspired by YOU, we've decided to step it up and launch the 21-Day Gratitude Challenge. Reading Exercise - Organic Foods level: intermediate Are organic foods really more nutritious than non-organic foods? Read about this issue in the reading practice exercise below. You can find the meaning of the words in bold in the vocabulary list under the text, and you can check your understanding by doing the Organic Foods Quiz. Organic food is very popular these days.

If You’ve Never Failed, You’ve Never Lived — An Inspirational Video About Famous Failures April 25th, 2008 I was lucky to be taught by an exceptional teacher in school. No, she was not exceptionally good. In fact, she was the direct opposite. For some reasons, I was always one of the few people she constantly picked on, but that day was the culmination of her greatness. In a fit of madness, she decided to read my mid-year exam grades – subject by subject, pointed her finger at me, announced to the class that I was a fine example of someone who’ll never make it to the top, and then proceeded to cackle with satisfaction.

Summer PD: How Project-Based Learning Can Fit (or Not) in an Elementary School Program In today's world of standards, testing, scripted literacy models, and the use of strictly-followed commercial programs for teaching math, many teachers and principals in elementary schools do not think project-based learning is possible. They may be right, if every hour of the school day is devoted to a literacy model and a math program that must be followed "with fidelity." A program like this leaves little time for other subjects or activities. And adapting the models to accommodate a project requires a lot of skill -- and bravery, if the publisher claims you won't get the promised test score gains if you monkey around with their sequence and instructional methods!

The Question Formulation Technique in Action We’ve been at work for more than 20 years teaching a strategy that helps people in low-income communities learn to advocate for themselves and their families. We have seen people use the strategy to advocate for their children at school, participate in decisions that affect them at the welfare office, secure better job training opportunities, and partner more effectively with their healthcare providers. We’ve also seen that the same strategy has universal value and has been used by college and graduate school students, professors, and professionals in various fields.

The rise of fake news In December 2016 Edgar M. Welch drove six hours from his home to Washington DC, where he opened fire in a pizzeria with an assault rifle. He had previously read an online news story about the restaurant being the headquarters of a group of child abusers run by Hillary Clinton. He decided to investigate for himself; fortunately, no one was hurt. The story about Hillary Clinton is one of the most famous examples of the growing phenomenon dubbed ‘fake news’. The conspiracy theory about the pizzeria began to appear on websites and social networks in late October, before the US election.

Free Resources and Tools for Replicating Project-Based Learning Educators from High Tech High in San Diego, California, and the Whitfield Career Academy's 21st Century Learning Academy in Dalton, Georgia, have provided these resources for you to use in your own school. Students in Whitfield County take on a range of multidisciplinary projects. A middle school science student (left) identifies the parts of a fish before painting it to make a Japanese-style gyotaku print, and students (right) learn math and physics while building an outdoor classroom. Credit: Grace Rubenstein (left); David Markus (right) Creating Classrooms We Need: 8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning If kids can access information from sources other than school, and if school is no longer the only place where information lives, what, then happens to the role of this institution? “Our whole reason for showing up for school has changed, but infrastructure has stayed behind,” said Diana Laufenberg, who taught history at the progressive public school Science Leadership Academy for many years. Laufenberg provided some insight into how she guided students to find their own learning paths at school, and enumerated some of these ideas at SXSWEdu last week.

Reading Exercise - The Disappearing Honeybee level: pre-intermediate Did you know that the honeybee is disappearing? This reading tells us how this problem could change the world and affect our future. Lesson Plans: Hooray for Heroes Theme Unit By Jacqueline Clarke | 2000 Children hear the word hero used today more than ever. Yet what does it mean to be a hero? Explore this concept in depth with students, then host a special day to celebrate and honor the heroes in their lives. What Is a Hero?Kick off your hero studies by inviting children to create dictionary entries for the word.

Teaching Strategies: Stimulate Through Effective Questioning If you’re looking to improve the effectiveness of your teaching strategies, it’s best to start by improving your questions. Questioning students is the foundation of teaching, and when done effectively, it can transform a traditional teacher-led classroom into one where the students lead. Oftentimes teachers ask questions in an attempt to “fish” for the right answer. When doing this, teachers are missing out on giving all students the opportunity to participate in the class discussion.

Worksheets Home > Teachers > Support Materials > Energy Worksheets Energy Worksheets Key Stage 2 Mission 1 - What is EnergyPDF 709K Mission 2 - ElectricityPDF 647K Mission 3 - Electrical SafetyPDF 813K Teaching Children About Heroes by Using Drama Games and Exercises Creative dramatics is a way to use the natural energy of children to explore a learning subject and to engage them actively in the learning process. In this lesson plan, children explore the idea of what a hero is and how they can be heroes in their acting and daily life. Lesson begins with circle time