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From the Michigan Department of Natural Resources -  Help design the 2020 wild turkey patch K-12 students, here’s a chance to make your mark by submitting the winning design for the 2020 wild turkey patch! All entries must be received by Dec. 31, 2018. Original, hand-completed designs should include an eastern wild turkey or components of a turkey (e.g., feathers, tracks). Drawings may be done in any medium (pencil, oil, pen and ink, chalk, crayon, etc.) and be color or black and white. If color, no more than 13 colors may be used. All entries must be submitted on 8.5-inch-by-11-inch paper, and submitted without mat, glass, frame or cover sheet (spray chalk with fixative). Each patch design entry must include the following phrases or elements: "Wild Turkey Management Cooperator" "2020" The DNR logo (or simply create a circular placeholder for the logo) The web URL " mi.gov/turkey " First-, second- and third-place winners will receive...

The 2018 Global Day of Design will be May 4th!  Sign your classroom up now From AJ Juliani - This year the  Global Day of Design  will take place on  5/4/18 . We will be sharing students designing, building, making, and tinkering on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the hashtag  #GDD18! Use the Hashtag #GDD18 on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Live stream if you can! *Note: If your school can't participate  on   5/4/18  pick a date that works for you and still use the hashtag to share out! Already we have over 75,000 students signed up to participate from 600+ schools, in over 14 countries and four different continents for the 2018 Global Day of Design. Go to the  GlobalDayOfDesign.com  and get access to 20+ FREE design challenges that you can use or tweak/modify. Enter your details into the form at the bottom of this post and receive a Design Challenge for FREE. You can also  fill out this Google Form ...

One of the few blogs I read with regularity is A.J. Juliani's Blog - it's one of only a couple I get delivered to my inbox! His newest blog post poses a challenge - one that is open to ANY teacher!  I encourage you to check it out and think about stepping up to the challenge with a group of your students.  I've included some highlights below - if you would like full details, check out the original blog post here: Creating a School (on Mars) from Scratch . The hashtag #MARSchallenge with be used to share out what students are designing, making, and building this month.  If nothing else - follow along to see what others are creating! Image from A.J. Juliani Blog - used with permission. From A.J. Juliani's blog: This challenge is open to any teacher and group of students in a K-12 education setting. We provide lesson plans, student notebooks, power point presentation for each lesson, and a framework (the LAUNCH Cycle) for your students to tackle this e...