Here we go for roundup number three. Hope you're finding them useful, and if you have something that should be on my radar, please send it my way!
PIRATE MEDICINE
Occasionally I read something that makes me wish I were still teaching a literature class where I had space to get the kids to argue about things on paper and out loud. This article went straight into that folder.
The short version: A collective of benevolent deviants (for lack of a better term) is creating a movement dedicated to giving individuals the power to create their own medicine. Let me warn you: you're going to have some sort of strong opinion one way or the other on this one. It's not really a topic (or article) that's conducive to neutrality.
If you teach science, government, history, ethics, philosophy, or law, you should be able to find something in here that could drive a classroom discussion. And, since it was an article about people pirating chemical processes, I figured they couldn't really get mad at me for yanking the content and putting it into this nice, neat reader-friendly format.
RADIOACTIVE BANANAS
We can gripe all we want about the TikTokification of the modern attention span (and we should! Or shouldn't! Time will tell!), but that shouldn't stop us from marveling at a masterpiece of the genre, like this 60-second video on radioactivity in your kitchen.
Tons more from the creator here.
EARTH'S ELECTRICAL FIELD
Scientists have confirmed the existence of earth's electrical field, first hypothesized last century. Seems important-ish.
FIRST PHILOSOPHICAL ANIMATED FILM
"The Idea" (1932) was the first animated film to tackle philosophical ideas. I can't decide what I think about it, but I know it's interesting, and I've been running the soundtrack in the library as background music this week.
NEED A TECH-BASED HISTORY PROJECT?
Why not have your students leverage AI to make interactive maps of historically significant sites?
Sample map based on Revolutionary War here.
HOW ONE TEACHER MAKES FREE READING FRIDAYS WORK FOR HER
The trick? They don't actually read on Free Reading Fridays.
I found her explanation and methodical, systematic approach very interesting.
Link here.
ANIMATED MAP OF U.S. RACE / ETHNICITY SHIFTS
Might be useful as a driver for discussion in history, government, or sociology — though I wish they'd chosen a slightly less ominous-sounding musical score.
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