Science for Texas Lunch & Learn with Discovery Education

Hosted by: Melissa Hampton

Join us as we explore how Discovery Education supports Texas educators with a Texas 2-Year Science Package that is fully aligned to TEKS and includes ready-to-use activities and new, easy-to-use lessons available through our partnership with Mystery Science. We don’t stop there. You won’t want to miss out as we also cast our vision for the future of Science in Texas, while at the same time soliciting your feedback as we inspire students and empower teachers.

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If you have any questions, please reach out to Raquel Gruver.

Social Studies for Texas Lunch & Learn with Discovery Education

Hosted by: Melissa Hampton, Raquel Gruver, and Stephen Ferrar

Discovery Education’s Social Studies Techbook is a TEKS-aligned, core-curricular resource that uses an inquiry-based approach to enhance literacy and critical thinking skills, allowing students to approach inquiry through the 5Es: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. From stories of ancient cultures to current events, this comprehensive digital textbook takes concepts off the pages and brings lessons to life. Join us as we preview this engaging resource for Texas!​

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If you have any questions, please reach out to Raquel Gruver.

10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Discovery Education

Hosted by: Melissa Hampton

The Discovery Education team invites you to dig deep into Discovery Education as we unveil ten things you didn’t know you could do to support your students with your FAVORITE learning platform!! Whether you have been using DE for years, are a first-time user looking for more, or just curious about how to take full advantage of DE in your district, we welcome you to join us for a deep dive into content, strategies, activities, and tools you can use with your students tomorrow and throughout the year!

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We Hear Your SOS!

Hosted by: Kristy Vincent

Spotlight on Strategies (SOS) is a series of creative, research-based instructional strategies, presented by teachers for teachers. These strategies incorporate digital media in meaningful, effective, and practical ways. Learn how to use these with your Discovery Education service and discover the high level of engagement that your students will experience.

Free Engaging Virtual Field Trips for Careers, STEM, and Wellness

Hosted by: Hall Davidson

What will be the spark that ignites passion for a career or a healthier sense of well-being? Did you know that global companies and foundations fund Virtual Field Trips with supporting curriculum to create no-cost classroom materials? Boeing (6-12), Manufacturing (3-12), Generation Beyond (6-12), Computational Thinking Careers (K-12), and many others build Virtual Field Trips (VFTs) with hands-on experiences, accompanying lesson plans, and standards-based alignments for grades 3-12. Take a deep dive into resources and leave ready to give students irreplaceable exposure to content and careers. They cannot BE what they cannot SEE, so offer them the chance to see wonderful new things!

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Coffee Chat with Mystery Science: Accessible, TEKS-Aligned Science for All Learners

Hosted by: Alex Porpora

Mystery Science Texas is a TEKS-aligned, Science and ELA resource available in both English and Spanish that helps students find the “wow” in the world around them. Join us to gain a deeper understanding of Mystery Science and how our open-and-go lessons support content areas like literacy in K-5. We’ll also share more about our TEKS-aligned planning guide and explore hands on activities that make science relevant and engaging!

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Discovery Education Escape Room

Hosted by: Kristy Vincent and Paula Taylor

Escape rooms are games that ask groups to think critically, problem solve, troubleshoot, and work collaboratively to “escape” a room before the clock runs out. Teams follow clues and work together to solve puzzles that lead them toward a successful escape. Come join Discovery Education to unlock your daily learning platform for use in your classroom every day!

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Ready for the Danger Zone: Phenomenal Phenomenon in the Classroom

Hosted by: Paula Taylor and Alex Porpora

This session will explore powerful instructional strategies to transform your ordinary anchor phenomena into extraordinary for all content areas. Take your instruction to Mach 10 with student-centered, inquiry-based learning opportunities from Discovery Education and Mystery Science that will activate background knowledge in the first 30 seconds of your lesson.

Build No-Cost AI Modules with Help from Google, Amazon, and STEM Coalition

Hosted by: Hall Davidson

Let’s explore resources to teach artificial intelligence, from templates to programming! Learn how to build Alexa Blueprints for elementary to high school, find resources for coding, and dive into web-based resources from Google to explain AI’s potential and impact. Learn strategies for integrating algorithmic and computational thinking into traditional subject area classrooms. We’ll build and test AI skills and explore AI games. AI is already ubiquitous now, but rarely taught. It’s certain that AI will touch every aspect of life in the world our students will inhabit. Be the teacher that opens understanding of AI for your students!

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Steal This Festival for Your Students!

Hosted by: Hall Davidson

This session will show district leaders, building administrators, and classroom teachers how to build an engaging and successful student media festival. Take away Google doc templates, rubrics, and web designs! The festival celebrates and promotes great work. Think speeches, red carpet, parent paparazzi, and an engaged community. Festivals promote PBL, authentic assessment, and community pride. Target specific curriculum, skills, or grades. Spur media literacy, environment awareness, or innovative new mediums like AR, VR, 3D printing, and AI.

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Beam Me Up DE! Transporting Your Social Studies Students Through AR

Hosted by: Hall Davidson

Amplify teaching and learning with Augmented Reality (AR). Students create, explore, and inhabit virtual worlds using historical inquiry as a starting point. See the power of AR supercharge learning experiences.

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