Role play is a great way to get kids thinking about a wide variety of topics. Have them explore   making good choices. Here, they are presented with several scenarios and then must work in groups to develop a short role-play...

What a brilliant way to present this topic! This presentation uses counters and an interactive techniques to show young mathematicians how to add numbers by creating groups of ten. The graphics make it easy to understand this concept....

Designed to be included in the fourth lesson in the "Learning and Teaching of Critical Thinking Skills" series, this presentation models for viewers how to use the Decision Making worksheet to weight factors.

Excite the class with a mathematical trick, a calculator, and a good number sense. They use the directions provided on each slide to make a list of numbers, use their calculator to divide, and find the golden mean. A little history on...

Practice making inferences about fiction with a language arts slide show presentation. After kids read a few tips about ways to predict the next event in a story, they read several passages and try to find out what will happen next based...

Don't let the number of slides here overwhelm you! This presentation is packed with accurate, detailed and clear explanations. It has several opportunities for practice, but make sure you run through the presentation a few times to feel...

A fun rhyming song written out on these slides help learners comprehend what word families consist of in order to make their own new words! For example, they first see tan, can, fan, and ran with the initial different letters in a...

Make the number 11 as many ways as you can. That is the task associated with this slide-show. Learners can make 11 various ways and then check their answers against the different ways 11 was made on each slide.

Whether it's the first day of school, or there's a new kid in the class, it's always great to talk about ways we make new friends and be a good friend. Younger learners are presented with several scenarios to discuss and think about....

Tongue Twisters?!  Create scatter plot graphs based on timing fellow classmates saying tongue twisters.  Then investigate, display, and analyze the relationships based on functions.  Wrap up this activity by making a...

The concept of counting money is reinforced for 2nd graders through visual representations in this slide show. This interactive presentation includes slides that ask for a specific money amount, students then must click on how many coins...

A 31-slide presentation demonstrates how to properly add the letter /s/ to words to make them plural. Learners get to practice all sorts of scenarios where adding /s/ makes a word into a plural. They get instant feedback as they attempt...

Each slide gives learners four numbers to use. They order the numbers into three boxes, in attempts at making the biggest number. This age-old place value game is fun, easy to play, and now ready to use in slide-show format. 

Have your learners become reading detectives using this resource. In a step-by-step manner, they are led through an exploration of how to use inference, deduction and prediction skills to analyze a text. There are examples and prompts to...

Good readers have internalized a system of strategies to understand text. While most reading programs explicitly teach these strategies, this presentation could be used as a discussion starter to help students understand such things as...

For a plant unit in your biology curriculum, here is a slide show that bestows the basics of plant structure, reproduction, and classification. The information is general. The main point of the lesson is to highlight what characterizes...

Focus on writing directions using this resource. Learners can read this description of how to make mashed potatoes, and use it as a template for their own instructions. This is a great way to give learners a clear idea of what it takes...

By viewing and reading these slides, your precious paleontologists learn what makes a fossil and what scientists can learn by studying them. Consider giving the website to pupils as homework. They can read the slides, take an assessment...

Connections or "links that readers can make between what they are reading and things they already know. . ." are the focus of a persentation that looks at how to make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world links.

By fourth grade, most students are able to construct fairly well-thought-out sentences. Make sure your class is on the right track by frequently introducing concepts of proper punctuation. Each slide contains rules and examples...

The first golf balls were made of wood and would only last for a few games. Modern golf balls last a lot longer but they don't float. The presentation provides the directions for a lab to determine the minimum amount of salt needed to...

Critical to responsible decision making is becoming aware pre-conceived notions and biases that influence our perceptions. A colorful slide presentations asks viewers to consider these mental models that factor into their assumptions and...

This presentation starts with safety warnings for an experiment. Students will be introduced to the reaction that happens when magnesium is burned, the chemical background and the energy changes. Excellent examples and labeled reactions...

What is it that makes Mentos candy and cola such an explosive combination? Find out through scientific inquiry and experimentation. This presentation walks learners through the scientific process and allows them to speculate whether it...