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Inventing Tomorrow Lesson Plans

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The Teaching Curriculum for Inventing Tomorrow offers educators the opportunity to make science, technology, engineering, and math come alive by pairing screenings of the documentary with classroom learning. Each student story in the documentary lays the groundwork for one of the lessons in the curriculum.

An individual lesson, or the complete curriculum, can easily be incorporated into existing coursework in middle school Science and high school Biology and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Marine Biology/Oceanography, Earth and Environmental Science, Geography, Geology or supplement units on Sustainability, Media Literacy, Global Studies, Current Events, and more.

Download the Inventing Tomorrow Lesson Plans here (PDF).

The Teaching Curriculum for Inventing Tomorrow offers educators the opportunity to make science, technology, engineering, and math come alive by pairing screenings of the documentary with classroom learning. Each student story in the documentary lays the groundwork for one of the lessons in the curriculum.

An individual lesson, or the complete curriculum, can easily be incorporated into existing coursework in middle school Science and high school Biology and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Marine Biology/Oceanography, Earth and Environmental Science, Geography, Geology or supplement units on Sustainability, Media Literacy, Global Studies, Current Events, and more.

Download the Inventing Tomorrow Lesson Plans here (PDF).

About the authors

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Blueshift

Blueshift is a team of education specialists with background in environmental and social impact work. The team recognizes and builds on the power of documentary film in reaching broad audiences to spark energy for deep and lasting social change. The team works with filmmakers, photographers and writers to develop innovative educational strategies, experiences, tools and resources that bring stories off the screen and into viewers' lives.

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