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Check out these new tools from Google collaborative developers for lesson ideas, research projects or classroom assignments.   Google Lit Tours -  http://www.googlelittrips.org/ Check out the titles available Sign up for free Request these curated resources that map the book geographically and give students a sense of the places each character inhabits. Materials are sent via email to the teacher for use. Google Tour Builder -  https://tourbuilder.withgoogle.com/ Integrate text, video, images and maps from Google Earth to create a story of a place. This product is beta (testing). Choose from premade tours to share with your students or create tours with your students about the people, places, and issues facing our world today. Please let me know if you would like to collaborate trying out any aspect of these tools.

The technology team has just finished integrating Discovery Streaming with your Google sign in.  This means that now all staff and students have individual accounts on Discovery Streaming.  Using the link on the BMMS library page, you can use your Google email credentials and password to sign in to Discovery Streaming. Discovery streaming provides video and image content K-12 across all subject areas.  You can also set up classes and assign video content to your students.  If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the features Discovery Streaming offers, please drop by the library and I would be happy to show you how this resource can benefit your students. Happy searching.

Another Earth? https://newsela.com/read/alien-air-exoplanet/id/26064# https://newsela.com/read/earth-next-door/id/21052 https://newsela.com/read/scientists-discover-dwarf-planet/id/37867 https://newsela.com/read/earthlike-planets/id/27305 What are some new challenges for NASA? https://newsela.com/text-sets/52

Check out this article on quality of life indicators and how this measure is made in countries throughout the world. https://newsela.com/read/lib-quality-of-life-indicators/id/37936/