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Tech Tools in Education Webinar
All Grades
Looking for tips and strategies to launch your teaching into the digital age? Curious about how to bring teaching to life with the latest and greatest gadgets and apps? Join renowned ed tech expert Leslie Fisher for a dynamic, show-and-tell session about the latest tech tools making a splash in education on October 14. Learn More
This Week's Featured Resources:
Recycling and Composting
Grades K-5
Students learn about the value renewable resources hold for our society and the broader community of living things. They expand their understanding of two important conservation activities we can engage in recycling and composting. Learn More
Climate of the Future Is in Our Hands
Grades K-8
We already know that rapid climate change is happening, but how bad could it get? The answer lies with us, human beings. That's because the decisions we make now will determine if the effects of rapid climate change are mild or extreme. Scientists who study the climate tell us that if we continue to add carbon to the atmosphere at the current rate, the Earth will get a lot warmer in the coming years and decades. They use big, brainy computers to simulate what the climate will look like in the future. Learn More
Interactive Recycling Game: Garbage Dreams
Grades 9-13+
On the outskirts of Cairo lies the world's largest garbage village, where 60,000 Zaballeen - Arabic for "garbage people" - have survived for centuries by recycling nearly 80 percent of Cairo's waste. Could you build a recycling business as efficient as theirs? Take on the role of the Zaballeen. Start with one neighborhood, one factory, and one hungry goat. You have 8 months to build your recycling empire and get Cairo's total recycling as high as you can. Can you be as eco-savvy as the Zaballeen? Learn More
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