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"How do we make Energy from Air? Cesar, Alejandro, Maynor explored that topic and the Sustainable Development Goal #7 (Affordable and Clean Energy). @AshleyShunk393 was one of many teachers who took their science fairs online! The main goal of a virtual science fair is to give students a way to showcase and share their science projects in an approach that adds more audience to the experience and extends the communication about their work. Take a moment and learn how to host a Virtual Science Fair in Wakelet. Students do not need accounts, you can create your own collection and invite students to be contributors. They can embed their own text and screen recorded videos from Flipgrid and links to their work.  @techieteacherZA   from   Steyn City School has a wonderful explanation of how they managed the process  in 2020, but you can look at some later efforts by searching Science Fair 2021 in the top search bar of Wakelet, to find more recent samples. 

Using 360 Cities, we can take a virtual field trip to the  Coral Reef in Panglao, Philippines . Thanks to the 4K video we can zoom in to catch a closer look, look up to see the sun shining down on the ocean water, and look down to see the reef below.  Created by Alexey Kormylyev, t here are multiple view options in the immersive video, which allow students to explore the reef in different ways.  Virtual field trips are a fantastic way to show students in the classroom different places they would never have a chance to visit. Keep them engaged and excited in class when they see the variety of areas they can visit.

International Children’s Digital Library , provides free books in the public domain for children that can be read online with the ICDL Reader.  The focus of this site is on forming a global community and exhibiting tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas. Easy for students to use, they click on the book list, and a huge list of books are available with descriptions. Books are sorted by language, color, shape, format, genre character, and true vs. make-believe. Hopefully, we will see accessibility features available in the future! 

National Geographic, has released an innovative educational tool that allows classrooms to connect with real-life explorers, scientists, researchers, and storytellers from all over the globe. This tool is called “Explorer Classroom”. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/tickets/explorer-classroom/ This interactive program is completely free!  Explorer Classroom includes hosted events for ages 4-8 on Mondays at 11am, and events for ages 9-14 on Thursdays at 10am & 2pm. During these events, students can interact live with the hosts, asking questions and more.  Past event recordings are open and free to the public. Join ocean explorers, Asha de Vos and Erin Spencer aboard the OceanXplorer–the most advanced ocean exploration vessel ever built.