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Washington Education Association

Preparing a More Useful Sub Plan for Your Substitute Teacher

For Teachers K - 12th
Make your substitute's life easier by using the prompts on a one-page resource to a craft a profile of your classes and your daily routines. A great-first page for a substitute teacher folder.
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American Psychological Association

Teaching Is Fundamental

For Teachers K - 12th
It's important for teachers to have a strong support system—especially in the first few years of their career. Help teachers' partners, spouses, and friends understand the most compassionate ways to provide emotional support with a...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 15

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...
Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Basic Skill

For Teachers 7th
Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second instructional activity in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign,...
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NASA

Nasa: Apollo Lunar Surface Journal: Portable Life Support System

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides detailed technical diagrams of space suit components and very detailed explanations of how the Apollo Moon suits worked. Detailed close-up photographs of parts of the space suit are provided. You could probably build...
Website
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Water: H2 O = Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition illuminates the concept of ecological balance and the challenge of managing the Earth's water supply. Its videos and images help explain just how important water is to sustaining life.
Activity
Channel 4 Learning

4 L: Science Essentials: Choose Life

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A great review for understanding life cycles and many aspects of living things. Find topics and their main ideas, vocabulary review, quizzes, and complementary activities for teachers to use.
Website
Other

Mars Society: Oregon Chapter: Controlled Ecological Mouse Support System

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a model environment which emulates the basic workings of a bio-regenerative system. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate advanced life support systems essential for future Mars self-sustaining environments.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding Character: The Life of Percy Julian

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills, students watch video dramatizations of Percy Julian's struggles with racism and how he refused to let it limit his possibilities in life.
Unit Plan
REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 3. My Digital Life

For Students 3rd - 5th
This tutorial will help you build an understanding of your different learning preferences and some strategies that support them. You will learn how to reflect on your learning goals and strategies to continually monitor and improve them...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: Life Expectancy: Finding Ratio Relationships

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive map, learn how life expectancy, obesity, hypertension, and physical activity rates have changed dramatically throughout the United States over the last three decades. The accompanying classroom activity supports...
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn and review the life cycle of a butterfly, with slides for taking notes. Includes a link to a great YouTube Video!
Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Life From Space: An Emerging Paradigm

For Students 9th - 10th
Recognize that some people believe that life on Earth came from outer space. Learn about the support for these ideas and what could happen if life would continue to arrive from space.
Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: East Asian History Sourcebook: Court Life in China

For Students 9th - 10th
The in depth story of the Empress Dowager Tsi-hsu who was a great supporter of the Boxers.
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: On Making Life Livable

For Students 9th - 10th
Being able to withstand heat and cold is a need shared by rich and poor alike. The author of this speech to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides an anecdotal history of climate...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Is There Life in Space?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this investigation, students will explore whether or not there can be life outside of Earth by using planet hunting models to discover how scientists find new planets. They will perform simulated spectroscopic measurements to...
Article
Read Works

Read Works: City Life and Country Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, differences between the "country" and the "city" environments are explained in an informational text. Visual cues are provided to...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Using Assistive Technology to Support Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Technology-and especially the subset of technology tools known as assistive technology-can be an effective element of the writing curriculum for students with disabilities. Assistive technology (AT) can be defined as a technology that...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 2.1 Elements and Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how basic elements form molecules to support life.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: My Moral Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This three-stanza poem shares a message about speaking out in support of issues to get people elected who will make a difference.
Handout
Other

Inspire My Kids: Arthur Ashe: A Life of Service and Impact!

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of Arthur Ashe, an American tennis player, and the legacy he left. Discusses the causes he supported and includes two videos paying tribute to him.
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NASA

Nasa Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Water Filtration Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This educator guide provides students with a challenge to design, build, and test a water filtration system, simulating what is used in a spacecraft. Includes background information, lesson plans, and extension activities.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life Stages Cards: Frog, Butterfly, and Dragonfly

For Students Pre-K - 1st
All animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this document undergo one of the most dramatic developmental processes known, metamorphosis. See if you can place the developmental stages in their proper order.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Butterfly Life Cycles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This unit introduces learners to a study of life cycles by having them examine the life cycle of a butterfly. The students will observe, record and describe the changes in caterpillars as they become butterflies. The teacher will...

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