TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Is It Bad to Hold Your Pee?
Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life force us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? Heba Shaheed takes us inside the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Are Food Preservatives Bad for You?
Food doesn't last. In days, sometimes hours, bread goes moldy, apple slices turn brown, and bacteria multiply in mayonnaise. But you can find all of these foods out on the shelf at the grocery store thanks to preservatives. But what...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Bad Hair Day" Poetry Theater
In "Bad-Hair Day," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Linda Knaus in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about how one child's messy hair interrupts the class.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Don't Get Burned: Uv Index Throughout the Day
Sun tanning has a bad rap right now. Use a personal ultraviolet monitor to measure the UV index to prevent getting a sunburn. With this science fair project you will create a chart showing the UV ray measurement at different times of the...
Curated OER
Writing Fix: Terrible, Horrible Days: Alexander and the Terrible...day
Front cover of the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.
Other
Chris Van Allsburg
This is the official website for the children's author, Chris Van Allsburg. Includes a biography, interviews, timeline, and many interactive activities. Click on one of his works to take a sneak peek at the book. Winner of the Caldecott...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Hot Summer Days Ozone Action
Easy to read and understand site from Environmental Education for Kids. Good and bad ozone explained and illustrated. Complete with glossary and Quizzler at the end.
Other
Worksheetsplus: 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension: Bad Hair Day
Read a short literary text titled "Bad Hair Day," and answer the multiple choice reading comprehension questions that follow.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Chris Van Allsburg Lesson Plans
Explore the informative links found within this site to gain an insight into the life and work of Chris Van Allsburg. This site provides lesson plans, teaching ideas and activities for several of his works.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Chris Van Allsburg: Houghton Mifflin Books
Provides a brief biography, a bibliography with synopses, the text of his two Caldecott Medal acceptance speeches, and three audio samples of Vans Allsburg's works.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal 1932 1941: The First New Deal
Examines the legislation enacted under Roosevelt's First New Deal; what was good, bad, and effective under this New Deal; and what the scope of Roosevelt's plan was for fixing the U.S. economy.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Cause and Effect With "A Bad Case of Stripes" Day One
Learners will really be writing to sources with this lesson. They will write about cause and effects in a multi-flow map and then write sentences to explain the cause and effect relationships in this story.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Biorhythms and Sinusoidal Functions
In order to see an application of sinusoidal curves that has relevance to themselves students will compute their biorhythm information, find the sinusoidal function that fits the information and graph them on the graphing calculator....
Utah Education Network
Uen: Expressing Thoughts & Feelings
Students will practice using vocabulary associated with feelings. Students will investigate discovery topics with the following categories: bad day discovery bucket, flannel board discovery bucket, dramatic discovery bucket, name...
A&E Television
History.com: 7 Latin American Holiday Traditions
Holidays in Latin America celebrate faith, family and community in a festive, sometimes whimsical, style. Traditions range from waking people up with Christmas songs in the middle of the night to sculpting massive radishes to burning...
Can Teach
Can Teach: Novel and Picture Book Ideas (Lesson Plans)
Novels and picture books are great ways to teach across the curriculum. This site lists about 75 novels and picture books around which CanTeach has constructed lesson ideas and plans. All grade levels indicated.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Donald Trump Might Be in Real Trouble This Time
Let's take a step back from the news of the past few days and ask a fundamental question: Why does everything suddenly seem different? Donald Trump, the unsinkable candidate who seemed immune to political consequences while winning...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Ozone in the Troposphere
A detailed overview of the ground-level ozone, tropospheric ozone, with explanations about how it is called the bad ozone and how it varies day to day. All information is reinforced through pictures, graphs, and learning activities....
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters
In " A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters" the author is making a visit to the Asylum where old punsters go to live out their days. The punsters basically sit around and take every opportunity to make bad puns. Read the...
Other
Family Gentle: Pop and Cavities
Why is pop bad for teeth? This site from Family Gentle Dentistry provides facts that everyone should know about the dangers of drinking too much soda pop. "Sip all day and get decay," and other things is the overriding message.
BBC
Bbc: Copenhagen Deal: Key Points
After many days of disputes and bad tempers, here are the most important points of the 2009 accord reached between the US, China, India, Brazil and South Africa. However, no legally binding agreements or deadlines were worked out. Video...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Black Hawk War, 1832
A map of the Illinois and Michigan territory (present day Illinois and Wisconsin) showing the battle sites of the Black Hawk War of 1832. The map shows Black Hawk's Village (Saukenuk) near Rock Island on the Mississippi, Prophetstown,...