In Episode 220, Shanna shares two of her favorite civics education resources: iCivics.org, which offers free lessons, games, and simulations about government, and the Center for Civic Education, which provides state-specific and national resources for teachers and communities.

• iCivics.org
• Center for Civic Education

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In Episode 219, we explore fun and free tools to help students practice and understand measurement. Try RulerGame.netfor ruler and temperature games, Mr. Nussbaum Measurement Games for hands-on math challenges, and Marble Runfor creative problem-solving with shapes and space.

• RulerGame.net
• Mr. Nussbaum Measurement Games
• Marble Run
• Related Episode: Episode 42 – Marble Run

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In Episode 218, we highlight two great poetry resources for teachers. Explore ShelSilverstein.com for videos, activities, and lesson ideas tied to Silverstein’s classic books, and Poetry4Kids.com for funny poems, a rhyming dictionary, writing lessons, and audio recordings. Both sites are fantastic for making poetry engaging and accessible for students.

• Shel Silverstein Official Site
• Poetry4Kids
• Related Episodes: Episode 78 | Episode 114

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In Episode 217, we dive into Pixar in a Box, a free collaboration between Pixar and Khan Academy that blends storytelling, math, computer science, and design. Explore educator guides, standards-aligned lessons, and interactive activities that help students understand how real animation pipelines work—from virtual cameras and rigging to lighting and rendering.

• Pixar in a Box (Pixar overview)
• Pixar in a Box (Khan Academy course)
• Throwback: Episode 32

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In Episode 216, we highlight two fun content review sites that also support charitable causes. Students can practice math, vocabulary, science, and more with BeanBeanBean while donating to U.S. food banks, or try Free Rice, which donates through the UN World Food Programme. Great for choice boards, stations, or quick classroom competitions!

• BeanBeanBean
• Free Rice

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In Episode 215, we dig into Khanmigo, Khan Academy’s free AI toolkit for teachers. Generate lesson hooks, chunk texts, build quizzes, write newsletters (with translation), create Blooket sets, review class snapshots, and adapt materials for UDL—all in one place and connected to your Khan Academy classes.

• Khanmigo
• Khan Academy Teacher Tools

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In Episode 214, we explore Hide & Seek World, a fun, interactive geography tool. Students use context clues and detailed visuals to identify global locations, boosting their observation skills, map knowledge, and problem-solving abilities.

• Hide & Seek World

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Episode 213 introduces fun and mindful brain break tools perfect for end-of-year restlessness. Discover Pixel Thoughts for quick mindfulness, Patatap for interactive creativity, and Thisissand for calming digital sand art.

• Pixel Thoughts
• Patatap
• This is sand

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