This Nearpod resource allows students to explore the life and history of Shakespeare and helps them prepare to read the tragic play, Hamlet. This resource has interactive discussion boards, short assessments, matching games, virtual tours, and informative videos to help students learn about Shakespeare.
This resource can be completed in a class setting or assigned to individual students as a homework assignment. This resource will give them the needed background information to understand and enjoy reading Shakespeare.

In this French lesson, students will go on virtual reality field trips to different places across Senegal to discover its nature and to see potential camping areas. They will talk about how they might camp in Senegal and invent a camping story with their partner that they will present to the class. They will also reflect on the similarities differences they perceive between France and Senegal. They will engage their social and emotional skills by improving their self-confidence, learning to appreciate diversity, and communicating with others.

In this Nearpod lesson, students will have the opportunity to participate in activities that will expand their understanding of the concept of categorizing objects.

Students practice finding the main idea (what a text is mostly about) and supporting details found explicitly in the text.

This Nearpod teaches about animals' homes, also known as habitats. It gives examples of why animals live in their certain habitats based on their features.

In this lesson students learn about the 17 types of penguins. They will be able to explain where penguins live and how they survive. Students learn that penguins cannot fly, but they are excellent swimmers. This science lesson is appropriate for students in kindergarten and 1st grade. It takes approximately 30 minutes of class time to complete. By the end of this lesson, students will be able to describe different types of penguins, their living environment, and their survival skills. The lesson begins by asking students if they have ever watched a movie about penguins. After reviewing a slideshow about penguin’s identifying characteristics, students watch a video that demonstrates what penguins look like when they swim. The presentation features a slideshow of images of the various types of penguins. It also provides students information about penguins’ environment, mostly in the southern part of the world and mostly in the cold parts of the world. The lesson provides the exception of the Galapagos penguin, which lives on the equator. Students pair up with a partner to look at pictures of penguins and talk about how the penguins survive. The presentation provides information about penguin’s layers of feathers and blubber to protect themselves and their eggs. It also discusses how many penguins are endangered due to pollution, predators, and humans taking land and food. The lesson provides a map of where penguins live and a review about their essential traits. The lesson concludes with a quiz and open-ended question asking what students learned.

In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in a nature art therapy activity using natural materials like pebbles, twigs, and leaves.

This Nearpod is used to introduce students to writing an opinion essay. Majority of Collaboration Boards are used in order to spark the I do, We do and You do.

This is an Interactive Nearpod that introduces students to the Pythagorean Theorem. It helps students identify the legs and the hypotenuse of a right triangle. It also helps students understand how to find the length of the missing side.

In this SEL activity, students practice CASEL competency by strengthening their understanding of how counting breaths can help them get calm. This lesson can be used to easily infuse social and emotional learning into classroom schedules.

In this social studies skill builder, students will learn about the life and death of Anne Frank. Students will be able to recognize what it means to empathize with the experience of others after reading about Anne Frank's life. This skill builder is most appropriate for students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. It is estimated this lesson will take about 15-25 minutes to complete. Through virtual field trips, class collaboration, and independent practice, students use reading comprehension and observation skills to learn about Anne Frank and her family's life before and during World War II. They will also learn about the trials and hardships the Jewish people faced and the importance of empathizing with others.

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This is an edited Nearpod Lesson originally created by Common Sense Media. The essential question is: "Should a school or a government be allowed to monitor your social media account? Students are asked to review the social media policy of a local school district. Students are asked to review information about governments accessing private information. Students are asked to discuss the balance between privacy and safety.

This lesson reviews place value for ones, tens, and hundreds. It then works through a few examples as a whole class. Students then will be able to work out a few problems on their own. There are also a few fun activities including Time to Climb.

This Nearpod answers the essential question: What makes Utah's geography unique? It introduces the learners to the three major regions found in Utah. This lesson has the vocabulary needed to understand landforms, names the three regions, shows pictures of each region and takes the learners on a virtual fieldtrip to each region.

Easy to follow the discussion about the need for fractions and how we use them in real life. A short video about fractions including the components of fractions and a brief description of how we can learn more about them and why. D

Nearpod in a Minute Google site has examples and videos of accessing and using the many resources available in Nearpod for formative assessment.

On this nearpod students can review Standard 1.NBT.2 Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:

In this French lesson, students will watch a video about ordering in a bakery and explore a French restaurant to invent a dialogue in which they order food. They will witness a widespread cultural practice of France. They will engage their social and emotional skills by practicing how to appreciate diversity, how to evaluate, and how to communicate with others.