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Check out these sites to find ideas for using movies to engage kids with STEM from DailyStem.com
This site is full of free (and paid) resources to help teachers and students.You can filter by age, grade, subject, and more.Search everything from back to school, orange shirt day, and subject specific topics to find great resources.
An amazing collection of video writing prompts!
Prompts for:
Creative thinking
Informational Text
Narrative/Story
Persuasion
& more!
Here is a list of 30 virtual field trips that students could enjoy, including:
San Diego Zoo - The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games.
Yellowstone National Park - including Mud Volcano, Mammoth Hot Springs, and so much more
MARS!!! - Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. They are updating from WEBVR to WEBXR now, but 360 Mode offers a digital view!
Animal Cameras - Live Cams at the San Diego Zoo
Monterey Bay Aquarium live cams
Panda Cam at Zoo Atlanta
6 Animal Cams at Houston Zoo
Georgia Aquarium has Jellyfish, Beluga Whales, and more
Virtual Farm Tour - This Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs
U.S. Space and Rocket Museum in Huntsville, AL - See the Saturn 5 Rocket on YouTube and more on this tour thanks to a real father/son outing
Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips - A few of the field trip topics include:
Polar Bears and the Tundra
Social Emotional Skills
STEM
manufacturing
The Louvre - Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip
The Great Wall of China - This Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and makes history come to life
Boston Children’s Museum - Walk through the Boston Children’s Museum thanks to Google Maps! This virtual tour allows kids to explore 3 floors of fun.
This site offers Intriguing Times images stripped of their captions -- and an invitation to students to discuss them live. The same images could also be used as writing prompts as well.
Looking for fun things to do in winter that students will love? Discover activities to help reflect, recharge, and get moving!
Winter Fun activities for all ages - preschool, k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.
Includes challenges, videos, games and all kinds of engaging activities.
A collection of writing prompts/ideas in a bingo card format.
"It’s important for students to keep their writing skills sharp with daily practice. To that end, we’re introducing our Quick Write Challenge to spark students’ creativity and encourage them to write at least 15 minutes every day."
Use these prompts online with NoRedInk
OR
Go old school and have students respond using pencil and paper.