This document was developed to help middle school parents and other family members understand the essential components of RTI (screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making), ask questions...

Solution Shop is a counseling and study skills program designed to address the academic needs of struggling middle school students. In this program, the school counselor serves the critical role of developing and providing appropriate...

A website that contains resources for science teachers in middle school and elementary school. Resources are online resources as well as book suggestions.

Students see a demonstration of a color change using universal pH indicator and then change the concentrations of an acid and a base using a universal indicator to test the pH of the resulting solutions. Through an animation, they see...

Students will use citric acid and sodium carbonate solutions to see that adding a base to an acidic solution makes the solution less acidic. Students will then use a base to help them identify which of two acidic solutions is more...

See how temperature changes affect dissolving and the molecular bonds in a water molecule.

Students will conduct two chemical reactions: endothermic and exothermic. They will see an animation that shows that it takes energy to break bonds and that energy is released when new bonds are formed, and use that animation to explain...

This lesson begins with a story about rescuing reptile eggs from a new construction site. Using the story as motivation, students are presented with an engineering design challenge: Build a portable device which can warm, support, and...

The unit focuses on the question How can people help end pandemics? It is designed to teach students about the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities.

What are the characteristics of middle schools in which Latino students from low-income families make substantial achievement gains?

ACT has developed this list of activities to help middle-school students improve their reading ability. Parents and educators can use this information to help ensure that these students are on target for college and career readiness.

Get a quick overview of the Periodic Table of Elements basics.

A quick look into how to control the amount of products in chemical reactions.

Use these demostration video clips to help understand the energy changes in some chemical reactions.

Learn about color change and pH as it relates to chemical changes.

Find out how molecular bonding is represented by Lewis dot diagrams.

Numerous resources are provided to support the instruction of the argument essay.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The passage "First Day Folly" focuses on a pre-teen who is nervous about the first day of middle school. It is followed by a comprehension question set and answer key and a vocabulary worksheet for the...

A helpful article discussing the language barriers seen in middle school and secondary school. Included in the article are descriptions of common language barriers in secondary school, and a list of strategies and accommodations to help...

A six-part learning module with links to images, videos, texts, and websites to use while learning the elements and types of drama.

Information about summer programs at the School of Cinema and Performing Arts for middle and high school students interested in careers in filmmaking, acting, urban dance, music video production, or photography. Browse the school's site...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Here one can generate several reading comprehension activities for middle or high school students with material ranging from biographies to non-fictional content.

Here's a good starting point for anyone undertaking an adolescent literacy initiative in his or her school. The 50 page report offers background on the importance of the issue, research findings, and practical information about school...

Great lesson plan in which students read various examples of "leads," or attention-grabbing introductions, in literature. Students then contemplate and develop their own interesting "lead" for a short story and share it with the class....