This resource is designed to support educators in fostering lifelong learning during Education Week and beyond, across various grade levels from Kindergarten to Grade 12. It includes engaging activities tailored to different age groups, focusing on themes of growth, exploration, and personal development.For younger students (K-2), activities like Learning Journey Maps and projects connecting Plants, Growth & Learning encourage them to visualize their educational milestones and understand the nurturing process. For Grades 3 to 6, resources such as Learning Timelines and Career Exploration projects help students reflect on their growth and investigate future career paths.In Grades 7 to 9, the Career Day Fair or Gallery Walk promotes collaboration and public speaking skills through research presentations. For older students (10-12), a PBL example project template offers a framework for project-based learning, while the Reflection Wall activity encourages meaningful self-reflection.Overall, this resource equips teachers with a variety of tools to engage students in their learning journeys, aligning with the theme of Education Week and empowering them to discover their passions and develop essential skills for the future.

For each question you get right, beans are donated to help fight hunger!

Categories include: What is This?, Times Tables, English Vocabulary, Spanish Vocabulary, World Capitals, ASL Alphabet, Periodic Table.

"A fun learning resource that engages, informs, and guides students through higher education and career options."

*courses
*daily quiz
*career education
*competitions

This tool has all of the features of jamboard and many MORE.

You will need to sign up to prove you are an educator or student to get a free account.

This works for collaboration, lessons, projects, assignments, etc.

"Figma and FigJam are design and collaboration software used by professional designers, engineers, and makers of all kinds. Use them to ideate, create, and share work—all free, as a student or teacher."

Ditch That Textbook has tons of great ideas to support teachers in their busy classrooms. One of the many resources offered are FREE templates that will save time and engage students in their learning.To access these free templates (Google Slides and PowerPoint) head on over to  https://ditchthattextbook.com/resources/templates or check out the individual sections included in this lesson. 

"This tool allows you to create presentations, infographics, video presentations, resumes, and more.

It includes many templates with access to photos, animations, and illustrations giving the user the ability to make any image or text interactive.

Content can be shared through a link or downloaded.

Teachers can make materials to share with students or other teachers, and students can use to build resumes or design a product for summative assessment." (AASL)

The gamification options look really good within this tool. You (or your students) can make a variety of different games to test content.

There are some great product choices in here to demonstrate learning.

This interactive notebook can walk teachers and students through the process of doing a Genius Hour project.

Students should download a copy and complete it with their own ideas.

This site hosts a "collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult."

This site can help you break down things you need to do at home, school or work into a manageable list of tasks using the "Magic ToDo" tab. The "Estimator" tab will help you know how long your tasks will take.

You can also use the "Formalizer" to improve writing; the "Judge" tab to help determine the tone of something; the "Professor" tab to give you a crash course on anything, the "Compiler" tab to take a brain dump and turn it into tasks and even the "Chef" tab to help you decide what to make for lunch.

This tool is free through the website (the app has a charge).

Are you trying to find your passion?

This Improvement Pill video unpacks 11 general life abilities to help guide kids' journey of self-discovery. From musical and logical to digital and visual, each skill and its related career path is broken down seamlessly, perfect for beginners and curious minds alike.

This site features over 300 videos of fireside chats with Indigenous leaders across Canada and their careers.
Many videos include reflection and discussion guides.
You can explore by Career, location or community. Click on the fire to get started.

Instructables is a website specializing in user-created and uploaded do-it-yourself projects, currently owned by Autodesk. It was created by Eric Wilhelm and Saul Griffith and launched in August 2005.

Instructables is dedicated to step-by-step collaboration among members to build a variety of projects.

"Kids can do anything, and Kize Bae is here to show them how. Tackling a new hobby in each video, her goal is simple: to show improvement in 30 days. Whether she's learning how to sing, play soccer, or solve a Rubik's Cube, her can-do attitude is bound to encourage viewers to try new things. Her tips on staying motivated and curious help promote life skills that teens can apply at home, in school, and in their relationships." (Common Sense Media)

*learn new hobbies
*learn new skills
*music challenge
*30 day challenge

This is an interactive simulation that immerses users in the challenges of living on a low income. Players make tough financial decisions over a month, reflecting real-life scenarios like medical emergencies and unexpected expenses.

Key Features:
Simulation Game: Navigate daily choices with limited resources.
Educational Insights: Learn about poverty, budgeting, and systemic issues.
Awareness Building: Fosters empathy and understanding of financial hardship.
Target Audience: Ideal for educators, students, and community organizations interested in economic disparity.

Benefits:
Enhances financial literacy.
Promotes discussions on social justice.
Provides a safe space to explore difficult choices.

This amazing toolbox organizes Thinking Routines into categories.

When you open a routine, go to the section for Resource Links to access an explanation/lesson on how to use this tool.

Tools or strategies are divided into these categories (a few examples are listed but there are many more):
*Core thinking routines (E.g., See, think, wonder, What makes you say that?)
*Digging Deeper Into Ideas (E.g., Outside in, Layers, Fact or fiction?)
*Introducing and exploring ideas (Lenses, Step in - step out - step back)
*Objects and systems (Creative hunt, Parts-people-interactions)
*Perspective taking (Options explosion, True for who?)
*Perspectives, controversies and Dilemmas (Tug for truth, Sticking points, 4Cs)
*Possibilities and analogies (3-2-1 bridge, Creative quesitons)
*Synthesizing and Organizing Ideas (+1 Routine, Take note, Headlines)
*With Art or Objects (Creative comparisons, Looking: 10x2, Thinking with images)

Canadian Kindergarten through Grade 12 Educators – Investigate the effects of outer space on seed germination with your class. Tomatosphere™ is a hands-on program that builds scientific inquiry and experimentation skills.