Nurturing Student Curiosity on Earth Day and Beyond With Resources From Discovery Education

CHARLOTTE, NC / ACCESSWIRE / April 18, 2024 / Discovery Education-the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital resources nurture student curiosity and drive deeper engagement in instruction-presents educators a wide array of new, free digital resources designed to nurture student curiosity about the natural world on Earth Day and beyond.

The Earth Day resources from Discovery Education and its partners have been curated to be easily integrated into existing lesson plans and planned observances.

The following resources are available to users of the award-winning Discovery Education Experience K-12 learning platform:

• Earth Day channel features on-demand events, videos, images, Virtual Field Trips, and fun activities that commemorate Earth Day and inspire student curiosity to drive deeper engagement in learning.
• The DEmystified channel, a DE Original Series, encourages students to explore the wonders of the world, including the difference between weather and climate and why different places experience different weather.
• Earth to Luna: So Much Water, Fishtronaut: The Case of the Underwater Desert, and Fishtronaut: A Case of the Missing River videos help students in grades PK-5 learn where water comes from and how to protect aquatic creatures.
• The Minecraft: Education channel includes a series of lesson plans, ready-to-use activities, and student-created artifacts designed for Minecraft's Sustainability City that encourage students to consider how human choices affect the environment.
• The Game Plan for the Future: A Virtual Field Trip with the NBA premieres on April 18, 2024, at 1 PM ET. Designed for students in grades 3-8, this event showcases how STEM concepts are helping the NBA think about sustainability in its arenas and offices and spark an individual's interest in sustainability to improve the communities in which they are located. Register here or watch the VFT on-demand.

In addition, users of the award-winning Mystery Science service can turn to the Celebrating Earth Day collection. Mystery Science by Discovery Education is an engaging standards-aligned science curriculum for grades K-5 designed to help students stay curious. In this collection of 45-minute engineering lessons, Mystery Guides lead no prep, open-and-go lessons with step-by-step hands-on activities exploring scientific phenomena using common classroom items.