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How to Teach Effective and Comprehensive High School Senior Seminars

7/1/2025

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Teaching high school senior seminars and observing outcomes has been one of the highlights of my career as an educator. The benefits of high school senior seminars are out of this world.

I have witnessed and been a part of implementing a variety of senior seminars, which essentially consists of the facilitation of a year-long (or semester-long) senior project. There has been a lot of trial and error, and I have developed a comprehensive senior experience that incorporates the best parts of each of those senior project varieties.

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How to Teach Resume Writing and Building to High School Students with Ease

5/21/2025

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How can you teach resume writing and building to high school students who don't have experience? High schoolers are young, so understandably, may not have robust resumes yet. YET. But there's always time, especially with guidance from parents and teachers.

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11 Fun and Productive Summer Skill-Building Activities for Teens

5/20/2025

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Hey, there! Happy May, a great time for summer skill-building activities for teens!

For many of us, summer break is almost here, which has some of us parents of teenagers scrambling for ideas to fill the time in a fun a productive way. That’s where this blog post comes in! Keep reading for 10 awesome summer skill-building activities for teens.

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20 Citizen Science Projects for Students of All Ages

5/19/2025

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Spring is the perfect time of year for citizen science! It's warming up outside, students are getting antsy and exhausted, testing is underway, and breaks are badly needed.

​On top of that, things start to get active in the world of wildlife, especially in temperate regions like Minnesota. Animals emerge from hibernation, migrating species begin their long journeys to their summer sanctuaries, and it's breeding season for many organisms. 
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10 Benefits of a Project-Based Summer School Program for High Schoolers

5/17/2025

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If you were to ask me, "How can I make my high school summer school class fun, engaging, and personally meaningful?" (and not just for the kids), I would say to make personalized, self-directed project-based learning the foundation of your high school summer school class! Why? Let's take a look.

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100+ Design Thinking Project Ideas for Kids to Do This Summer

5/16/2025

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I love a good summer maker project! At the beginning of the design thinking process, sometimes kids need a little scaffolding. This blog post offers you and your kids 25 design thinking project ideas for the anytime of the year, but they are especially fun in the summer! 

Keep kids engaged and practicing awesome life skills all summer long!

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Experiential Education Books: 10 Great Reads for Innovative Teachers and Parents

5/14/2025

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Experiential education is taking the world by storm, especially our post-pandemic world. 

If you are an aspiring or even practicing experiential educator looking for more information about experiential learning or could use a boost of inspiration, I highly recommend that you start by reading some books about experiential education written by the experiential learning greats!

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14 Community Action Project Ideas to Wrap Up the School Year

5/13/2025

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Community action projects are student and personal learning experience favorites all times of year, but spring time is an especially great time for them for a variety of reasons.

Spring is here, the weather is warming, and students are getting antsy. The school year is wrapping up for many. Teachers want to end the year on a high note, but are also exhausted and don't know how much more they have left to give!

It's testing season, graduation season, grade report season. Ah! Spring is bonkers in the world of education. 

So what better way to cruise through the rest of the year than with a community action project (CAP)?

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How to Teach High School Entrepreneurs to Start and Run their Own Successful Businesses

5/6/2025

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Teaching high school entrepreneurs to start their own businesses is a great idea! Just reading this blog post is a great first step. But teaching students how to create their own high school businesses can be slightly overwhelming, and I get it.

​Let's talk high school entrepreneurship that is engaging, effective, and not overly complicated for anyone involved.

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Four Life Skills Example Projects for High School Students

4/25/2025

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What are some essential life skills and how can you as a teacher help your high school students build these essential skills? With experiential learning! This post offers some life skills example projects to inspire you! Let’s take a look!

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