Creative digital projects in Wixie make a fun and engaging way for students to learn about Earth Science topics included in the Next Generation Science Standards. Wixie includes a range of standards-aligned templates that focus on geology, meteorology, oceanography, and astronomy. Use the seven creative project ideas below to engage students in meaningful work that will build upon their understanding of earth science skills and informational writing!

To save the following ideas to your personal Wixie account, select the link to the Wixie templates below to view the file. Then use the Log In button in the upper right side of the page, go to the File menu, and select Copy to My Projects.

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Wixie is an online tool for digital project work. Wixie lets students share knowledge, ideas and thinking through a combination of text, art, voice, and video. Wixie provides teachers with a range of tools to manage and evaluate student work. 

From math to music, science to social studies, writing to social-emotional learning, there are so many ways to use Wixie! Teachers can assign formative assessments for practice and evaluation, graphic organizers to support thinking, and let student creativity soar with open-ended, blank-canvas project work.

But that is what Wixie is and what it does. Here are 7 reasons why Wixie works for student learning.

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November provides so many opportunities to use Wixie to engage students in learning. While Thanksgiving is always a crowd favorite, use these ideas to celebrate other November holidays and inspire creative writing and project work in your classroom.

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National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) honors the accomplishments and contributions of Hispanics in the United States. Students can use the tools in Wixie to build essential digital age skills as they create projects that celebrate those who have influenced and enriched our nation.

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Wixie includes assessment tools, like rubrics and checklists, teachers can use to evaluate student work. Using Wixie’s assessment tools helps:

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