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Animation is a powerful way to connect students more deeply with the content they are learning. The popularity of animation, combined with its highly visual nature, appeals to students who don’t respond to more traditional forms of school. This motivates them to push through the hard work of planning, sequencing, teamwork, and both writing and visual communication.

Use these ideas for student-created animations in STEM subjects and beyond.

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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 makes it easy to use your favorite picture books to turn your first-grade readers into writers! Read a story aloud to your students and assign a sentence stem they can use to support their writing.

Wixie’s Templates library includes a range of book adaptation activities you can assign to students immediately. You can also use Wixie’s authoring tools to craft your own sentence starters, making the perfect project for your learners.

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A key component of sixth grade mathematical instruction involves the use of ratio and rate. This includes extending equivalent ratio and rates as well as analyzing simple scale drawings.

Editor's Note: This blog is part of a series of posts from former math specialist Scott Loomis on the real world math templates he has created for Wixie and how you can use and modify them for your own awesome performance tasks. You can read the backstory on his experience and expertise below. 

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