Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...

Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...

You'll C-E-R a difference in classroom achievement after using a helpful lesson. Designed for economics, civics, government, and US history classes, participants practice using the CER model to craft arguments about primary and secondary...

Are video games sports? Pupils investigate this question as well as various nonfiction selections to learn more about claims and the support that defines them. All of the selections mimic the rigor on state tests and encourage close...

Is a college education necessary for success in today's world? The class investigates the question, along with others at the end of the sixth workshop in a 15-part series. The lesson has four parts with multiple activities and...

How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...

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...

This TV 411 segment features a lesson from Question Man on how to informally calculate 15% tips at restaurants.

Use these teaching tips from the PBS Kids Lab to help children make sense of problems and persevere in solving them, determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equations, use addition and subtraction within 20 to...

This page offers some specifically targeted videos and tip sheets to help you develop several vital research skills. You may need to copy and paste the links provided in order to access the videos. W.11-12.7 Research

This article gives examples of how it looks when a child is experiencing sensory processing issues and gives tips on how to provide a sensory diet to "nourish" a child's nervous system. The examples and tips are categorized into groups...

Explains how cancer develops and spreads, some causes of cancer, different types, how it is diagnosed, signs and symptoms of cancer, treatments, and tips for preventing it.

This video lesson provides a tip to learn new vocabulary. Look up the word in online dictionary, and then create a short sentence using the word including context clues and a familiar topic. Real Player is required.

Four tip sheets on how to grow a rain garden, a pollinator garden, a native habitat garden, and a school garden. Includes links to lots of resources.

Use these tips to help kids understand asthma in this guide from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless."

These tips provide information on keeping children with food allergies safe. Learn more with this guide from Arthur: "Binky Goes Nuts."

Use these tips designed for adults to better understand your child's asthma in this guide from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless".

Learn tips to foster healthy behavior in children, in this guide from Arthur: "D.W. the Picky Eater."

This lesson plan will help learners understand that wage and tip income is taxable.

This lesson plan will help students understand that wage and tip income is taxable.

The Cornell University Ergonomics Web offers "10 Tips for Using a Computer Mouse," that are useful for the prevention of a mouse-related musculoskeletal injury.

Are you getting ready for a job interview? Learn how to interview like a pro using the Career City interview tips.

Do you understand how your tip income is taxed? This tutorial will explore the taxation of wages, salaries, bonuses, and tips.

All regions grow special plants naturally which attract specific creatures. This tip sheet will help guide planters to selecting native plants for an area.