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Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to plants and pollination. Remind them that each plant adapts in its own way, and attracts different pollinators. Excerpted from
Explorers of North America Lesson
Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to the famous explorers of North America. Remind them that our lives are the way they are now because of these explorers. Excerpted from
Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to types of fossils and how they are formed. Remind them that our knowledge of the past continues to grow and change as new data is discovered. Excerpted from
Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to the natural world of mammals. Enhance their knowledge of the different anatomy and behaviors of a variety of animals. Included are kangaroos, dolphins, elephants, and more. Use the slideshow in this mammal mini-lesson to give students a general overview of this group of animals.
Help the Hero: Simple Machines
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson on force and motion and simple machines for grades 3-5 Science by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills.
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard Middle Ages/Medieval unit for 5th-7th grade Social Studies by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills. STUDENT/GROUP OUTPUT: Students will:
The Rise of Videogame Economies
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit Project is designed to supplement an upper-middle or high school unit on principles of economics (micro and macro) by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills.
Seed Keepers - Native American Agriculture
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson for 3rd-6th grade Social Studies by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills. STUDENT/GROUP OUTPUT: Students will:
Your Story, My Story: Resolving Conflict
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson for elementary Language Arts and Writing by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills.
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson on building background knowledge through informational text and literature and developing effective communication strategies for 3rd through 5th grade by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills.
Infobiographical - Autobiography and Character Traits
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson for middle school Elements of Biographies and Autobiographies by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills.
DNA and Your Dinner - Genetically Modified Foods
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson for 7th and 8th grade Life Science by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills.
Growth Hack Your Favorite Team
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit Project is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson for 5th-7th grade Mathematics by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts (displaying data with graphs and charts) with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century skills.
Outside the Box - Can We Cure Cancer?
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson for middle school Life Science by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century Skills.
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit Project is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson for 3rd-5th grade Physical Science by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts (states of matter and energy transfer) with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and 21st Century skills.
Spin Factory - Design a Fidget Device
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 day curriculum unit in 4th-grade Mathematics by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with FutureFit skills design thinking, entrepreneurial drive, idea generation, and data synthesis.
OVERVIEW: This FutureFit lesson is designed to supplement a standard 12-15 unit lesson for 6th, 7th or 8th-grade Earth Science by offering a unique project that ties together the core academic concepts with a set of FutureFit social-emotional and character education skills. STUDENT/GROUP OUTPUT: Students can choose one of 3 work products to submit or present:
