From The New York Times:    How do you navigate all this with students? In a history class, it might be natural to construct a full unit on Ukraine, but teachers across the curriculum may also want to address questions and emotions about this conflict or teach aspects of it suited to their subject areas. We hope this collection can help.
We’ve sifted through many of the thousands of news items, including articles, Opinion essays, maps, photos, graphics, videos and more, that have appeared on nytimes.com since the invasion began, looking for what we thought might be best suited for classrooms. Because The Learning Network and everything we link to is accessible without a Times digital subscription, teachers clicking on these resources from our site can use them with their students free of charge.

Places to Start

• Where to Begin, No Matter What You Teach
• Background and Historical Context
• Military Developments
• Zelensky and Putin
• The Global Response and Its Implications
• The Role of China
• The Humanitarian Crisis
• Understanding the Russian Experience
• The Information War: Media Literacy
• War and Literature
• How to Help
• Tell Us How You’re Teaching About This Conflict

Start with our lesson plan.
In this lesson plan, published just after the invasion, we use a range of Times resources, including articles, videos, maps, photos and podcasts, to help students answer these questions and understand what is at stake.

Greetings,
NASA Glenn Research Center is reaching out to administrators, educators, libraries, youth-serving organizations, parents, and students to inform you of two exciting summer opportunities for elementary and middle school students to explore NASA and STEM careers – TECH Day and the NASA STEM Kids Virtual Event!
​TECH Day – We are currently accepting registrations for TECH Day a one day event for middle school students that will be held virtually on May 12, 2022. TECH stands for: Tours of NASA, Engineering challenge, Career exploration, and Hands-on activity. This engaging event will include a virtual tour of a NASA Glenn facility, a student engineering design challenge, and a career exploration Q&A session with NASA subject matter experts. During the event students will have an opportunity to complete the engineering design challenge and display their solutions to NASA. Registration for this event closes on April 14, 2022. (Flyer attached)
NASA STEM Kids Virtual Event – We are currently accepting registrations for one of NASA STEM Kids Virtual Events Airplane: Flight Expedition which will be held virtually on May 14, 2022. This event will engage Kindergarten through fourth grade (K-4) students in the excitement of NASA’s missions of exploration and discovery through virtual tours, conversations with NASA experts, and hands-on activities related to aeronautics. Registration for this event closes on April 14, 2022. (Flyer attached)
Please help us to circulate the attached flyers to students or groups who may be interested in participating in TECH Day or the NASA STEM Kids Virtual Event about Airplanes: Flight Expedition.
Information about these and other inspiring educational opportunities are available on the NASA Glenn’s STEM Engagement web page.
If you have any questions, please contact us at: [email protected]
We hope to see your students at NASA STEM engagement opportunities!
Thank you and best regards,
GRC’s Office of STEM Engagement

Teachers LOVE showing new movies in class as a reward or a break.  Disney/Pixar's new movie Turning Red might not be the right movie for your classroom.........  It is geared toward teens and is probably not what you want to show in your elementary classroom.

Please use a resource such as Common Sense Media anytime you want to check the content or the rating of a movie.

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/turning-red


What Parents Need to Know
​Parents need to know that Turning Red is Pixar's coming-of-age adventure set in early-2000s Toronto about Meilin "Mei" Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), a Chinese Canadian teen who unleashes a literal red panda when she starts going through puberty. The panda transformation -- which can sometimes be intense and leads to both unintended and purposeful damage/destruction -- is definitely a metaphor for adolescence, and the movie skews more toward an older tween/early teen audience than many of Pixar's other films. The story centers the city's Chinatown community where Mei lives and features an authentically diverse cast. With puberty/adolescence at the heart of the action, expect references to periods and celebrity crushes, discussions of "hotness," and descriptions of the attractiveness of popular singers (as well as another older teen) and their gyrating dance moves. Occasional mild/insult language includes "crap," "freak," "jerkwad," "butthead," etc. The film encourages curiosity, compassion, courage, self-control, and teamwork, and families who watch together can discuss lots of issues afterward, from the importance of having honest conversations about puberty to the dangers of lying and keeping secrets and the need for both close friends and trusted adults.

It is almost SPRING BREAK! Our schools are about to let out for that precious week before the preparations for end-of-year testing begins. That means your students are probably about to be at home for the week.
Often families take this time to go on vacation, do cleaning projects, or just lounge around. The great news is that your students can still keep up their reading during this time, too. Here are some suggestions to give to your students and their parents to keep them reading during the entire week of Spring Break.
For Parents:
Make a library date
At the beginning of Spring Break, take your child to the library, and let them choose some books for the week. Now, remember: let the child choose. She wants to read comic books? Absolutely. He wants to read a book from his younger reading days? Why not? Make sure they know they can choose anything that gets them excited. The important thing is that your child wants to keep reading. Encourage them to choose whatever suits their fancy and, before you know it, your child will have a stack of books so high they’ll probably exceed their checkout limit…and that’s a great thing.
Read with them
One of the things that makes kids excited about reading is when parents get involved. Having an adult who reads with them helps children get more involved in the reading process and feel more confident. The children love it…and they will love it even more if that adult is a family member. It takes only 15 minutes of your day to keep your child on their reading schedule. This will reinforce what they are learning in school. Best yet, reading with your child creates a special bond that neither of you will forget.
Give them a challenge
Just because the little ones are on vacation, doesn’t mean there can’t be challenges. Set a minimum page limit for the week, or set a minimum time amount for them to read each day. Make the challenges attainable, and wherever possible, make them fun! Your children will even love it if you can participate with them in their challenges. Then for each challenge they meet, reward them with a trip to the library or bookstore to get a new book, a trip to the park, or more quality time with you.
Get excited with them
When your child talks incessantly about a book they’ve read, that is the best thing you can hope for. Encourage that. Get excited with them! Ask them questions about the characters, the story, and what makes it special for them. Knowing you can get excited with them keeps them excited. It keeps them reading.
And that’s what it’s all about.