Watch 2nd grade teacher Katie Holt from Dallas, Texas, introduce a lesson on the life cycle of plants. To capture her students’ attention, she opens the lesson with a discussion of why it might be important to know about this phenomenon. As you watch, consider how you would frame this lesson to hook student engagement. To learn more strategies for fostering engagement, read Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey’s column “Moving Past ‘You’ll Need This Someday’” in the November 2026 issue of EL magazine.