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title: "CERCA Now: Learning from Failure"
description: 3 Topic to Spark Courageous Thinking This Week!
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# [CERCA Now: Learning from Failure](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/learningfromfailure)

 Written by [ThinkCERCA Team](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/thinkcerca-team) | August 15, 2022

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## ELEMENTARY

Fail Better

[View Lesson](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/ARP_FailBetter_G3-5?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ByTXHiU3cFpl1GSv5JmsXae7dzN3-KdxxZdAsxcM0yYhbm0xOLLfg2eqk1jjKMQ0nva4B)

## MIDDLE

To really learn, fail — then fail again!

[View Lesson](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/ARP_Toreallylearnfailthenfailagain_G6-8?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ByTXHiU3cFpl1GSv5JmsXae7dzN3-KdxxZdAsxcM0yYhbm0xOLLfg2eqk1jjKMQ0nva4B)

## HIGH SCHOOL

To be a great innovator, learn to embrace and thrive in uncertainty

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#### ELEMENTARY

How can we learn from our failures?

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#### MIDDLE

How can we learn from our failures?

[Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQx39z99_Js&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ByTXHiU3cFpl1GSv5JmsXae7dzN3-KdxxZdAsxcM0yYhbm0xOLLfg2eqk1jjKMQ0nva4B)

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#### HIGH SCHOOL

How can a growth mindset shift how we approach failure?

[Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fnbAw5RI-k&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ByTXHiU3cFpl1GSv5JmsXae7dzN3-KdxxZdAsxcM0yYhbm0xOLLfg2eqk1jjKMQ0nva4B)

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# [Personal Identity](https://www.thinkcerca.com/cerca-personal-identity)

## GRADE LEVELS 3-12

Personal identity can be perplexing to understand for many of us. We wonder how we become the people we are and wonder about the role our families and others play in shaping it. These readings allow students to explore the concept of identity through a variety of lenses and reflect on their own identity formation, exploring important questions about the impact of how we define ourselves and others.

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