Discovery+Education

= Thing 30 - Discovery Education = =** Introduction **= Discovery Education Streaming Plus is a comprehensive digital service that motivates students to learn and helps teachers in every content area to transform their instruction. Containing thousands of standards-aligned resources, Streaming Plus provides you with the tools to teach your students to think critically about the content they use, see, and experience in their daily lives and to ask questions about the world around them.

Discovery Ed allows for student choice, there are 1000's of videos to choose from for students to deeply explore their passions.

In addition to Streaming Plus, Discovery Ed offers a Math, Science, and Social Studies Tech Book. The District currently subscribes to the Social Studies Techbook for grades 7-8. Besides their paid services, Discovery Ed offers free resources to students and parents, as well as provides many opportunities for educators to connect online or in person with the Discovery Education Network (DEN).


 * What is Discovery Education? **

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Discovery Education Board Builder media type="youtube" key="iXWEhHHJgmg" width="560" height="315"



[|50 Ways to Use Discovery Ed in your Classroom] Using Board Builder
 * Resources **

Task 1
> [] using the Google Integration- click the red button that says "Sign in with Google"
 * 1) Go to Discovery Ed- login
 * 1) Choose your District email address
 * 2) Under "My DE Services", choose Streaming Plus
 * 3) Use the Basic Search, Advanced Search or Standards Search to find something you could use with your students the first week of school- share the resource you found in your blog.


 * Task 2 **
 * 1) Go to[| Spotlight on Strategies-]
 * 2) Pick a strategy or two to explore
 * 3) In your blog post, share the .strategy you picked

Share the resources you found in Discovery Ed. Where do you think it will be easiest to integrate Discovery Ed. Be sure to include "Thing 30" in your blog post title.
 * Task 3 **
 * 1) Use Discovery Ed Resources to build a board for your students - topic of your choice
 * 2) Share your board in your blog post
 * Blog Post POST : Discovery Ed- Thing 30 **

=Stretch= Go on a virtual field trip- []