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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 1d

👩‍🔬🌊These glass creatures became time capsules of ocean biodiversity, with some species now rare or extinct.

Discover more in our Sea Swindlers story ➡️ www.museumoflearning.org/stories/sea-...

#Science #Environment #Biodiversity #Oceans

Sea swindlers! Blue buttons and dragons?

The oceans are full of surprising life forms. Some of them are colorful, some camouflaged, and still others glow in the dark! Many of them, like the sea dragon, are tiny! Others, like the blue button ...

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 1d

🪼How do you preserve tiny creatures as fragile as jellyfish or sea slugs?

In the 1800s, scientists struggled - preserved specimens lost their color and form.

So Rudolph and Leopold Blaschka created lifelike glass models, capturing tiny marine life in extraordinary detail. 🐙

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 5d

✏️ Create free learning journeys tailored to your class activities: www.museumoflearning.org/teacher-zone/

Teacher Zone – The Digital Museum of Learning

A Digital Museum of Learning Teacher Zone account enables you to design learning experiences that fit the needs of your class.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 5d

👩‍🏫 At the Digital Museum of Learning, we support educators with free digital learning resources so that children around the world can discover better ways to learn and thrive, regardless of where they live.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 5d

From Oct 25-27, as leaders meet at the World Bank / IMF, we’re reminded how vital free and accessible educational resources are.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 5d

📚 According to the UNESCO-World Bank’s latest Education Finance Watch report, lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) spend $309 per child on education per year, whereas high income countries spend about 28 times that amount.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 7d

🔗 Discover the full story in "Colors of School Life": www.museumoflearning.org/stories/colo...

#BlackHistoryMonth #Education #History #Equality "

Colors of school life

From ancient Africa to now, learning has been a pathway for Black people to overcome tremendous obstacles in the pursuit of freedom, joy and community. Join the Tarpley family on a journey to expl...

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 7d

It’s #BlackHistoryMonth in the United Kingdom – a great time to talk about racial equality and social justice in the classroom.

Join the Tarpley family on a journey to explore key moments in the African American community’s fight to access education.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 9d

🌍 Creative Challenge: Design your own Perfect Globe. What makes your planet perfect?

🔗 Discover the story: www.museumoflearning.org/stories/what...

What is a perfect globe?

Élisée Reclus designed the Perfect Globe for the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900. He wanted to spark people’s interest in the Earth’s plants, animals, and people. Visitors could have walked arou...

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 9d

🎯 Engage your students with these prompts:
❓ What differences do you notice between Reclus’s Perfect Globe and the real Earth?
❓ Which of Reclus’s quotes do you think are still relevant today?
❓ Which quotes have changed? Why might that be?

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 9d

📝 Teaching Tip:
Explore the story “What is a Perfect Globe?” to help students reflect on their relationship with Planet Earth. Compare how we explore the world today with the journeys of explorers like Alexander von Humboldt and Élisée Reclus.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 12d

❓Which 21st-century competencies are reflected in your curricula?

Share your insights and learn more ➡️ boldscience.org/knowing-how-...

#Education #Learning #Teaching

“Knowing how to learn is key in the information age” – BOLD

UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education wants to prepare learners for the fourth industrial revolution. Mmantsetsa Marope, leading its global consultation, explains her vision.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 12d

❓What does it take to educate children for the future?
“We must develop people who know how to learn. That’s the most important competency, underpinning a person’s ability and agility to adapt to fast-changing contexts of the 21st century.”
— Mmantsetsa Marope

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 12d

“Knowing how to learn is key in the information age.”

🏫 In 2017, Mmantsetsa Marope, the leader of a global education initiative at UNESCO, warned that many children are still being educated for the past, not the future. She stressed that 21st-century competencies must be part of every curriculum.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 16d

Explore the story: www.museumoflearning.org/stories/the-...

#WorldMigratoryBirdDay #Learning #Education

Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 16d

🌍 Learn about the importance of conservation.

🕵️‍♀️ Play our interactive activity, which teaches children about birds and how to protect them.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 16d

Did you celebrate World Migratory Bird Day on October 11th?

🦅 Check out the beautiful birds featured in our story 'The Gould League of Bird Lovers of New South Wales'.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 19d

Explore the story here: www.museumoflearning.org/stories/clot...

#TeachingResources #CulturalDiversity

Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 19d

Through the lens of traditional clothing, children discover how culture, climate, and creativity shape what we wear - and how, no matter the outfit, play and friendship connect us all.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 19d

🌍 Wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same?

👚 Clothing and cultural diversity is a great way to spark classroom conversations about difference, identity, and belonging.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 20d

Explore the story 👉 www.museumoflearning.org/stories/legu...

#SlowLooking #Education #Art #AnimatedWithAI

Slow looking at nature

Truly looking at nature and art takes time. Highly rewarding for our well-being, slow looking with a curious eye allows us to make fascinating new discoveries. It also nurtures our imagination and cri...

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 20d

✨ In the paintings of Florentine & Alexandre Lamarche-Ovize, every leaf, insect, and figure tells a story waiting to be discovered. What might you find if you looked a little longer?

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 20d

Just like nature invites us to notice the changing leaves, “slow looking” at art helps us uncover hidden details, spark curiosity, and reconnect with the world around us.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 20d

🍂 As the pace of summer slows and autumn settles in, it’s the perfect time to pause and really look at our surroundings.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 22d

Whether you’re teaching in person or online, the Teacher Zone gives you the tools to support your classroom with ease.

Sign up today 👉 www.museumoflearning.org/teacher-zone...

Teacher Zone – The Digital Museum of Learning

A Digital Museum of Learning Teacher Zone account enables you to design learning experiences that fit the needs of your class.

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