Real-world math, science, and social studies are unfolding right outside our students’ doors.  The resources below are about just that:  keeping it real and encouraging students to lean in intellectually.  

Dr. Rick Jetter just posted “Creating a COVID-19 Business Plan.”  Using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, students engage in a few simple activities that help them create a business plan…and help their communities.  Thanks, Rick!  https://bit.ly/39Jvgv5

Empowerment can be gained by solving problems.  Suzy Pepper Rollins just posted a mini-project in which student create a healthier school environment.  Students tackle social distancing, personal hygiene, surface contamination, and attendance policies.
https://myedexpert.com/item/mission-create-a-healthier-school/

Or, they can argue the merits and legalities of limiting domestic travel to stop the spread of COVID-19: https://bit.ly/2RaWlRk

“19 Ways to Enrich Students During COVID 19,” by Todd Stanley has great ideas to keep the engagement level high…while learning at home.   https://bit.ly/2JD8MBi

Todd also provides an opportunity for students to “Contain the Pandemic” at this link: https://myedexpert.com/item/containing-the-pandemic/

STEM author/expert Ann Kaiser‘s view: ” When life give you lemons, engineer lemonade!” She just posted a module on engineering in our daily lives aptly entitled: “Engineering Lemonade.”
https://myedexpert.com/item/engineering-lemonade-designed-world-module-1/

This article by Suzy Pepper Rollins about encouraging students to lean in intellectually to this historic pandemic  includes a litany of real-world learning tasks that students can do at home:  https://www.edcircuit.com/helping-learners-lean-in/

Thank you for all that you do…and stay well…and six feet apart!

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