May the Fourth Be With You
May the Fourth Be With You
Engage your students this Star Wars Day by incorporating some Star Wars Day ideas into your classroom. Check out these resources for any subject.
Lessons and Idea Collections
Star Wars in the Classroom
Dedicated to teaching and learning with Star Wars, Star Wars in the Classroom has lessons and resources for ELA, Science, Social Studies, and more.
Teaching Star Wars with The New York Times
“From analyzing Yoda’s syntax to investigating the economic consequences of destroying the Death Star,” this collection has lessons for ELA, History, Science, Math, Economics, Art, and Journalism.
May the 4th Be With You: Real-World Connections in the Classroom and Beyond
The folks at PBS share some ideas for incorporating Star Wars into Music, Visual Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies.
Teaching with Star Wars
Great lesson ideas from the official Star Wars website, StarWars.com
Star Wars Day STEM Activities
Check out these 21 Star-Wars-themed STEM activities from Science Buddies.
A Few More Interesting Star Wars Lessons
Build A Galaxy with Code
Looking for a Star Wars coding activity? Code.org lets students build their own Star Wars game (ages 6+).
Not So Far Away – Latitude/Longitude
This geometry article for students from Scholasitc Math Magazine lets students discover where Star Wars scenes were filmed using latitude and longitude.
The Birth of the Lightsaber
A TED-Ed lesson featuring an engaging video that explains the concept and creation of the lightsaber. Don’t forget to click on the Think, Dig Deeper, and Discuss tabs.
Just for Fun
Star Wars Crawl Creator
Add some interest to your presentations. Create your own Star Wars-style opening crawl in just 3 steps. Check out the crawl I made to introduce a lesson a few years back.
Have fun translating any text to Yodish. Give it a try below.
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