Curated OER
World Geography: Who am I?
Students are able to provide a basic description of one country that has arsenic in its water supply. They are able to locate these countries on a map. Students explore the majors countries that have been affected by arsenic...
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Calendars
Second graders read books and discuss the names of the days of the week, months, and their holidays and seasons. They discover the concept of the days in order, practicing sequencing using a pocket chart and perform a matching activity...
Curated OER
Bon Voyage - Literature Travel Unit
Eighth graders locate and interpret information about the culture of another country using multi-media tools. Students read and interpret literature about characters and cultures from a foreign country. Students create a travel guide...
Curated OER
Hurricanes-Disasters In the Making
Sixth graders discover the proper methods for plotting hurricanes while developing their understanding of hurricanes by researching and gathering tracking data from technological sources. Students develop a newsletter about hurricanes,...
Curated OER
Environmental Risk Management
Middle schoolers investigate the concepts related to managing the environment. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students cite examples of different organisms that have been targeted to become endangered. They answer...
Curated OER
Eye Spy Science
Fourth graders identify the four kinds of violent storms. Using photographs, they create "eye spy" questions for each and mount them on construction paper. They write a brief summary for each photo and share the questions with the class...
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Shiny Shells on the Shore
Students investigate how: A single phoneme, which is a vocal gesture in spoken words, can be represented by more than one grapheme. Also how a digraph is the combination of two letters that make one sound (there are both vowel and...
Curated OER
The Spanish Belief in Justice and Values
Fifth graders study "justice" and "values" as illustrated through fables. The determine that some of the fables in the U.S. are relatively similar to those fables in other parts of the world. They write and illustrate their own fables.
Curated OER
Kindergarten Holocaust Unit
Students determine that we are the same. They discuss that we have differences and realize our differences make us special. They recall the ways in which human beings and Sesame Street characters are alike. They create a second...
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Horse and Toad
First graders identify key elements of folktales and the countries in which they are told. They compare and contrast folktales they have previously heard with the Haitian folktale Horse and Toad. Reading materials and maps are included.
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Nativity Play
Students participate in a play. In this Christmas lesson, students act out the Nativity. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
Curated OER
Discover the Planets
Third graders research the planets. For this science lesson, 3rd graders create PowerPoint presentations over a planet. Students present their findings.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Library Card
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Library Card" by Jerry Spinelli. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Other
State Library of North Carolina
The library provides a wealth of resources online: e.g., access to local libraries and their card catalogs, the "North Carolina Encyclopedia," genealogical research, and newspapers.
Other
University System of Georgia: What All Libraries Have
A good general look at the resources commonly available in most academic and public libraries, this site provides a framework for students to use in their own library research.
Other
Swan Catalog: Searching All Libraries
This System-Wide Automated Network serves 77 libraries in the Chicago suburbs. It's instructive in how a computer catalog of library materials works.
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Imperial Russia: Map
A collection of primary source materials linked to a map that showcase the state of the Russian Empire in the 1800s. Click on any numbered circle and a popup appears showing one or more thumbnails of cards that highlight the unique...
Library of Congress
Loc: Web Guides: Baseball Resources at the Library of Congress
Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd. Get the scoop on the history of baseball provided by the Library of Congress. View old baseball cards, historical baseball moments, and bibliographies for baseball researchers are...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Credit Card Debt
This Ask Dr. Math site contains a question about how long it will take to repay a credit card debt at a particular APR and particular amount per month.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Credit Card Calculations
At this site Dr. Math answers a question about credit card balance payoffs. An advanced algebraic solution is offered.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Library of Congress Solitaire
After viewing a tutorial of the Outline and Call Numbers of the LC Classification system, learners will create posters using a picture or graphic to identify the 21 general subject areas. Students then visit a college library online to...
Other
Cern Document Server Library Catalogue
Search the library catalogue for any term or subject. Provides multiple display search options and access to articles and preprints, books and conferences, periodicals, viedeotapes and more.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Library of Congress Classification System
Students will be introduced to the Library of Congress Classification System by viewing two online tutorials. The students will make flash cards in order to study the main classes of the Library of Congress Classification System. The...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: American Art: George Caleb Bingham: In a Quandary (1851)
A brief narrative of the content of the painting, In a Quandary, by George Caleb Bingham, which shows boatmen on the Mississippi River relaxing at a game of cards. Boatmen such as these were one of Bingham's main themes.