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20 Innovative Mental Health Awareness Month Activities for Students

4/2/2025

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Awareness around mental health has evolved significantly over recent years. The stigma around mental health has changed dramatically between now and when I was a child, but there's still more work to be done, especially as it relates to teen mental health. Inside this post, you'll find 20 mental health awareness activities for students!

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How to Help Students Build 21st-Century Skills with Inquiry-Based Learning Strategies

3/17/2025

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Creating opportunities in the classroom for students to build 21st-century skills should be a priority for today's educators. ALL of them.

How do you infuse 21st-century skills seamlessly into the curriculum or learning day? I like to promote 21st-century skill-building with inquiry-based learning strategies.

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What are 21st-Century Skills in Education and Why are They So Important to Teach?

3/11/2025

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What are 21st century skills in education? Teaching 21st-century skills to 21st-century learners is essential and this blog post shares why.
What are 21st-century skills in education and why are they so darn important to teach to our kids and teens? In short, these skills are essential for modern day life and the workplace. Therefore, teaching 21st- century skills, in my experience, is as important, if not more (unpopular opinion) than teaching content.

But why? Let me paint you a little picture...

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How To Scaffold Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom with One Super Simple Question

3/10/2025

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Do your students often look for the easy way out, asking you for answers instead of searching for them? That mindset contradicts the essence of classroom inquiry-based learning.

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Top 12 Young Adult Books for High School Women's Studies Units

3/4/2025

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About ten years ago I picked up a book called "Half the Sky". Within the first chapter I read this quote: "More than 100 million women are missing..." at any given time. This is because of trafficking, gendercide, domestic violence, etc. This quote, and this book, really struck me. I mentioned it, and the PBS documentary that goes along with it, to a few of my high school students.

​They were interested, largely because many of the issues resonated with them personally. These students led project-based learning experiences on some of the issues and shared their final products with the school community. 
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10 Inspiring Women's History Project Based Learning Ideas to Celebrate Women's History Month

2/22/2025

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So you’re looking for activities for women’s history month, but wonder how you can make them experiential? Women’s history project based learning is the way to go! 

There are so many history project based learning activities for Women’s History Month, and I will offer some of those ideas right here in this blog post.

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10 Quality Nutrition and Health Project Ideas for High School Students

2/21/2025

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Happy National Nutrition Awareness Month, friends! Well, very shortly (March). 

It’s always a fantastic time to have your students work on a meaningful and impactful health project, but National Nutrition Awareness Month is a great excuse to take that plunge.

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5 Real and Inspiring Examples of High School Senior Projects in Action

1/28/2025

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High school senior projects are a powerful and life-changing way to send your high schoolers off into the world of college, careers, and adulthood. But what do you do? How do you start? What is a powerful high school senior project example?

This post highlights examples of some life-changing high school senior projects done by my own students. I hope they can at least offer some ideas and inspiration for senior projects with your own students.

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20 High School Black History Month Project-Based Learning Driving Question Ideas

1/14/2025

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When I hear the phrase Black History Month project, I immediately think of opportunities to create meaningful, student-led experiences that celebrate Black history, achievements, culture, and contributions. That is the gist of this blog post - Black History Month Project-Based Learning ideas. But what about the rest of the year? 

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4 PBL Culture-Building Techniques to Create a Passionate and Collaborative Learning Community

1/7/2025

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One of the most important aspects of project-based learning, especially when student-led, is PBL culture-building.

​Developing an amazing project-based learning experience is an achievement and feels good, for sure, but that PBL design is only a dream if PBL culture isn’t part of the equation. 

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