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Most of us know that Discovery Education Streaming is an awesome resource for classroom video... but did you know that there's SO much more than video?!? Interactives, ebooks, online creation tools, interactive writing activities, current events, instructional strategies, and the list goes on and on!!! This weekly newsletter spotlights Discovery's wide variety of outstanding digital resources, classroom ideas, and instructional strategies for classrooms across Texas. Sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/hB1bzrZrixsXGe6p2.

Discovery SKILL BUILDERS offer students an engaging interactive learning experience in a wide variety of topics across the curriculum. The MY FOUR SEASONS Skill Builder helps young students learn about the calendar and the four seasons as they explore the months, weather, nature aspects, and seasonal clothing in a fun drag and drop interactive activity. Skill Builders are great for individual exploration, small group interaction, and even whole group activity using interactive white boards and touch screens.

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(Discovery login required - contact Kayla Steiner at ksteiner@esc11.net if you need assistance)

Operation Prevention is an engaging, self-paced INTERACTIVE INVESTIGATION unit for students in grades 6-12 that helps them explore the science of addiction through an understanding of today's opioid epidemic in the United States.

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Are you looking for new strategies to help engage students in new and relevant ways? Discovery's Spotlight on Strategies series (SOS) offers hundreds of instructional strategies relevant for today's classroom in short 3-5 min video tutorials created by teachers just like you.

This week's featured SOS is Half the Story...

Have you ever struggled to initiate student conversation around a particular topic? If pictures are worth a thousand words, why not use images as a springboard to encourage discussion? Whether we are trying to show students that we need the whole picture to make an opinion or we are trying to encourage their minds to begin processing and making connections, images provide a quick and easy way to build a foundation for learning - and Discovery offers tens of thousands of awesome images including high resolution photos, historical images, maps, charts, diagrams, and more. (DiscoveryEd)

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Did you know that Discovery Ed posts current event videos almost DAILY tailored specifically for both elementary and secondary students ... right on the My DE Home page for both teachers AND students ?!?

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I'd LOVE to start spotlighting Texas classrooms in future newsletters to share ways that teachers all across the area are using DiscoveryEd Streaming in fun and engaging ways - but I need your help. Please take just a few moments to share your story!

Digital Resources Specialist, Team Lead

Education Service Center Region 11

STAR Discovery Educator

Email: ksteiner@esc11.net
Website: www.esc11.net/discovery
Location: 1451 S Cherry Ln, White Settlement, TX, United States
Phone: 817-740-7659
Twitter: @ksteiner4