Employment Spot
Employment Spot: A Day in the Life
Whether you're just entering the workforce or have been there for 30 years, it's not uncommon to wonder what it would be like to spend a day in someone else's shoes. Many career sites allow you to satisfy that curiosity without quitting...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Anticipation Guides
An Anticipation Guide is a strategy that is used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic. Before reading a selection, students respond to several statements that challenge or support...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: The Universe, an Introduction
Start with the questions all students ask: How big is the universe, how far away are the planets and stars, how did they form and when, how do they move and why? Build on their natural curiosity. The Smithsonian, in cooperation with...
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Canal Kids: Saude (Health for Kids in Portuguese)
A very informative and fun site children can use to learn about taking care of their health. In addition to information about the body, the senses, the brain, vaccines, and healthy habits, the site provides a brief history of medicine....
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Michael Faraday
A self-educated man with a brilliant mind, Michael Faraday was born in a hardscrabble neighborhood in London. Through the combination of insatiable curiosity and a powerful will to succeed, he transcended his austere beginnings to...
University of North Carolina
Carolina Alumni Review: Where the Colony Went: This Could Be a Big Clue
This article describes how the patches on a map drawn by John White, Governor of the lost Roanoke Colony, came to inspire someone's curiosity and were discovered to hide a location that the colony may have relocated to. This map is known...
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World Wide Words/exploring the English Language
"World Wide Words is devoted to the English language - its history, quirks, curiosities and evolution. The Words site is organized into sections, each with its own index to help you find your way about."
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Ascd: The Right Questions
Learn the Question Formulation Technique to help students express their thinking without having to depend on teacher questioning to peak their curiosity. There are 6 steps and examples of use in the classroom.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Devils Postpile National Monument
National Park Services offers a geological curiosity with Devils Postpile National Monument in Mammoth Lakes, California. Columnar basalt, Rainbow Falls, and Reds Meadow Valley are all part of this wonder just west of the crest of the...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Devils Postpile National Monument
National Park Services offers a geological curiosity with Devils Postpile National Monument in Mammoth Lakes, California. Columnar basalt, Rainbow Falls, and Reds Meadow Valley are all part of this wonder just west of the crest of the...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Drexel Math Forum: Adventures in Statistics
This lesson plan incorporates problem-solving and data collection to satisfy a fifth grade class's curiosity about the size of their classroom with respect to a sixth grade classroom.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Orville & Wilbur Wright
This article briefly summarizes the Wright Brothers' scientific curiosity and ambitions which fueled their desire to create the first flying machine.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Reading Through the Arts: How Theater & Visual Arts Can Engage Students in Reading
An important key to teaching children is engaging their attention and facilitating their wonder, curiosity, and interests. We all hope reading will become a passion for our students, and the arts can play a significant role in...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Honoring Indigenous Experiences: Pbs All Stars Lessons
Using resources from MOLLY OF DENALI and this lesson, students will begin to understand that Indigenous Peoples have a rich culture that continues to be practiced, and are working collectively to resist erasure and misconceptions. These...
Harvard University
Harvard Univ.: Project Zero: Agency by Design: Parts, Purposes, Complexities
This thinking routine helps learners slow down and make careful, detailed observations by encouraging them to look beyond the obvious features of an object or system. This thinking routine helps stimulate curiosity, raises questions, and...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Charles Dickens
Explore the life and work of Charles Dickens through this educational resource.
Read Works
Read Works: "Seven Minutes of Terror," Eight Years of Ingenuity
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about engineering the landing equipment on the Mars Rover. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Canal Kids: Ciencias (Science for Portuguese Speakers)
Colorful, engagingly written information about astronomy and biology for Portuguese-speaking English language learners. Both subjects are broken down into a broad array of related subtopics. The biology section is particularly helpful...
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Canal Kids: Grandes Ingenerates (Big Inventions)
An exploration of four defining scientific inventions/discoveries of recent history: plastic, laser technology, electricity, and bar codes. The history and development of these technologies, along with examples of their application and...
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Ciencia Divertida (Fun Science): Pequenos Cientistas
Fun Science is designed to teach scientific experiments to children ages 3 to 16 in an informal and entertaining way. Click on "pequenos cientistas" to watch animated experiments and to access scientific facts and quizzes. The games...
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Csicop: Field Guide to Critical Thinking
This article, originally published in Skeptical Inquirer, outlines some of the key components of the scientific problem-solving process while addressing the many reasons for the popularity of paranormal beliefs in the U.S. (Published in...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Jesse Chariton, "No Whiskey on St. Paddy's Day"
This article focuses on an expanded version of genealogy and historian studies. The genealogist tends to look inward, toward one's own family and identity, while the historian looks outward from the subject toward context and meaning....
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Science Museum: Total Darkness
When the power goes out, it's time for action in our brand new game. Venture into the dark, explore different locations and meet new characters - creating your own unique adventure as you play! Use your science skills to get the power...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Strategies to Build Engaging Digital Lessons for High School Students
In this blog, a teacher offers strategies for building engaging digital lessons as a result of the Covid Pandemic. My first task is to figure out how to make my lessons clear. I am working without the benefit of being able to circle the...
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