AP Test Prep
College Board

AP® Psychology: Teaching Statistics and Research Methodology

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Psychologists use statistics? Scholars investigate the research behind the methodology of statistical analysis. Using hands-on practice, case-studies, and scatterplots, they complete various tasks to understand the very roots of high...
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Indiana Department of Education

Social Emotional Toolkit

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Looking for some tools to help you incorporate social and emotional learning into your curriculum? Then check out this 79-page kit packed with ideas for developing social-emotional learning competencies. The first section provides...
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Other

Robert J. Marzano: Marzano's Framework Learning Map [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a two-page PDF of Marzano's Art and Science of Teaching Framework Learning Map. This chart includes the four Domains: Classroom Strategies and Behaviors, Planning and Preparing, Reflecting on Teaching, and Collegielity and...
Website
LD Online

Ld Online: Teaching Expressive Writing to Ld Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Author provides a research-based instructional essay on three components that consistently led to improved outcomes: adhering to a basic framework, teaching critical steps in the writing process, and providing feedback.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Our Bodies Have Computers and Sensors

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn about the human body's system components, specifically its sensory systems, nervous system and brain, while comparing them to robot system components, such as sensors and computers. The unit's life sciences-to-engineering...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: That's Hot! Robot Brain Programming

For Teachers 5th - 8th
With the challenge to program computers to mimic the human reaction after touching a hot object, students program LEGO robots to "react" and move back quickly once their touch sensors bump into something. By relating human senses to...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Pupillary Response & Test Your Reaction Time

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe and test their reflexes, including the (involuntary) pupillary response and (voluntary) reaction times using their dominant and non-dominant hands, as a way to further explore how reflexes occur in humans. They gain...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Brain Is a Computer

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn about the similarities between the human brain and its engineering counterpart, the computer. Since students work with computers routinely, this comparison strengthens their understanding of both how the brain works and...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Reflecting on Human Reflexes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn about human reflexes, how our bodies react to stimuli and how some body reactions and movements are controlled automatically, without thinking consciously about the movement or responses. In the associated activity,...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Passing the Bug

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students apply concepts of disease transmission to analyze infection data, either provided or created using Bluetooth-enabled Android devices. This data collection may include several cases, such as small static groups (representing...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Projections and Coordinates: Turning a 3 D Earth Into Flatlands

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Projections and coordinates are key advancements in the geographic sciences that allow us to better understand the nature of the Earth and how to describe location. These innovations in describing the Earth are the basis for everything...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Nanotechnology as a Whole

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are given a general overview of nanotechnology principles and applications, as well as nanomaterials engineering. Beginning with an introductory presentation, they learn about the nano-scale concept and a framework for the...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Programming Case Study: Teaching an Elementary School Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To give fellow teachers an idea for how they can teach our curriculum in a classroom setting, we are creating case studies. Here's one case study of how Feltwell Elementary School in the United Kingdom is using our curriculum in their...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Teaching Students How to Ask Productive Questions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article gives insight into how to improve engagement, comprehension, and critical thinking by teaching students the process of asking insightful questions. Included is a comprehensive, metacognitive framework of questioning skills...
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Other

Cleanapple.com: Teach Students How to Ask Their Own Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A blog entry where a teacher discusses how to guide students in learning how to ask the right questions. Includes a video of Noam Chomsky talking about the purpose of education, and a framework listing four steps students can follow in...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Strategies Increase Participation, Interest, Motivation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Strategies Increase Participation, Interest, Motivation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
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Other

Literacy Coach:key to Improving Teaching & Learning in Secondary Schools [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This report offers information about the role of teachers identified as literacy coaches as they interact with students and with colleagues. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Handout
University of California

Teaching Guide for Graduate Student Instructors: Cognitive Constructivism

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide will provide information on the different aspects of cognitive constructivism.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
American Library Association

Aasl: Standards for the 21st Century Learner

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This document contains the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner published by the American Library Association. The standards provide a conceptual framework and broad guidelines for describing the information-literate student. These...