Another challenge awaits us on September 8. Like the past few weeks, I know you'll find a way to make things work for you and your students. Below are a few resources to help you get started with hybrid teaching. As always, give yourself and your students as much grace as you can while starting with this new approach.

Emily Kenyon at Ruth Hill Elementary has put together a website with resources and "how to" videos for just about every major tech tool available to Coweta County teachers. From Go Guardian to Digital Assessments to Google Extensions, you find everything you need to be successful with hybrid learning.

Daily Dos are sensemaking tasks teachers and parents can use to engage their students in authentic, relevant science learning. Students actively try to figure out how the world works (science) or how to design solutions to problems (engineering) using science and engineering practices. Engaging in these practices requires that students be part of a learning community, of classmates or family, to be able to share and evaluate ideas, give and receive critique, and reach consensus.

GPB Education has partnered with Challenge Island, a popular STEM/STEAM program for kids, to bring fun and engaging (and free!) challenges to students to kick off the new school year.

During the month of September, a new challenge will be posted each week (beginning August 31) that encourages students to use their imagination and engineering skills to complete a STEAM challenge. The best part? No fancy or expensive materials are required! Each challenge uses common household or classroom items, so anyone can participate.

Teachers and parents are encouraged to share students' creations with GPB Education by sending an email to education@gpb.org or tagging us on Twitter or Facebook using @gpbeducation. Submissions may be featured on gpb.org!

Since 1989 the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) has hosted the International Aviation Art Contest to challenge young people to illustrate the importance of aviation through art. Demonstrating the impact of aeronautics through an interactive, fun medium such as art motivates youth of all ages to become more familiar with aeronautics, engineering and science. The U.S. portion of the contest is conducted by NASAO and the NASAO Center for Aviation Research and Education. The U.S. contest is sanctioned by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), and supported by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Prescott, Ken Cook Co., the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education with additional support from NASAO State Members.

Children between the ages of 6 and 17 may participate. Entries will be judged in three classes, according to age and at least in part for its creative use of the theme in relation to the aviation world. Each FAI member country sponsors the contest in their country, and submits national winners to the International Jury each year.

Enrollment is now open; Aviation for Girls App to Launch on September 26

Women in Aviation International’s 6 th Annual Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) will deliver a free, year-round experience for girls ages 8-17 around the world through the launch of a new Aviation for Girls (AFG) App, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force.

Available to all interested in aviation/aerospace and STEM, the AFG App is the tool WAI will provide to deliver valuable content and resources including career videos, virtual museum tours, scholarship information, hands-on activities, book readings in multiple languages, as well as digital issues of Aviation for Girls magazine. And despite the name, girls and boys are both welcome to participate.

The Aviation for Girls App is available now to download, but the content will be launched on our official Girls in Aviation Day – September 26, 2020. Visit the App Store or Google Play and search for WAI Events. For other devices, including Blackberry and Windows, point your mobile browser to: https://bit.ly/AviationforGirlsApp

(7-12) Get clues, analyze data, solve the scenario, and save lives! In this fun app, you get to be the Disease Detective.

Do you quarantine the village? Talk to people who are sick? Ask for more lab results? The better your answers, the higher your score and the more quickly you'll save lives. You'll start out as a Trainee and can earn badges by solving scenarios with the goal of earning the top rank of "Disease Detective".

New outbreaks happen every day and CDC's Disease Detectives are on the front lines working 24/7 to save lives and protect people. In this app, you get to

• Solve the Outbreak!
• Learn about diseases and outbreaks in an engaging way
• See how CDC's Disease Detectives save lives around the world

Below are the codes for the Coweta Science Google Classrooms. Be sure to join for the latest info and update. Google Classroom will be the primary manner I communicate with teachers in Coweta County.

Help me to help you! Let me know who you are, where and what you teach. I'll share the directory with everyone so you can form your own learning communities. Just click on this link. Easy-peasy!

Looking for help in teaching online (or in person)? Want to master Google Classroom? Want to know how to make a Bitmoji interactive page like all of your friends? Look no further than the CCSS Professional Learning Website. Its your one stop shop for professional learning!

During the spring and summer of 2020 teachers from around Coweta County School System worked to develop a set of lessons appropriate for teaching online. Each grade level has 3 lessons per week that you can use with your students during the 1st 9 Week grading period. If you have questions, please contact me at donald.white@cowetaschools.net

Please contact Dr. Donald White with any questions or comments.

Email: donald.white@cowetaschools.net
Website: https://sites.google.com/cowetaschools.net/coweta-science/home
Location: 167 Werz Industrial Boulevard, Newnan, GA 30263
Phone: 770-254-2800
Twitter: @dwhitesciguy