Newsletters and Lessons
Below are some samples of materials for lessons or activities which I have created. All custom lessons and original illustrations are owned and copyright Panagiota Valkanas and are not to be shared, sold, or otherwise copied or distributed without written permission.
During virtual learning, newsletters were a key way to communicate with caregivers. We expanded our basic newsletter template to include more fun content and visually stimulating design.
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Virtual Newsletter
A previous organization with whom I worked purchased an incomplete science curriculum. To fill up the empty spaces, I developed a number of activities themed to the idea of flight, energy transfer, engineering, and other physics concepts.
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Mechanical Animals
Created as part of a spy-themed curriculum, this activity taught students how to create a simple circuit as well as information about the visible and invisible light spectrum.
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Invisible Flashlight
Rebel Comics
Facilitators were not always well-versed in the subjects which they were teaching the youth. To compensate for this, I created videos such as this on in a series in order to facilitate arts instruction by instructors without thoroughly developed artistic skills.
Videos have purposefully been created with slower pacing in order to allow the target audience of younger elementary school aged youth to keep up with the instructions.