Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Issues in Public Education During the Kentucky Civil Rights Era

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct oral history interviews and research historical and contemporary media articles about multiculturalism and diversity.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where's the Beach?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use beach profile data to analyze how erosion and sediment transport changed seashore slopes. In this geology lesson, students plot the data provided and analyze erosion patterns. They also assess coastal erosion management...
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Curated OER

Site Robbers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interview a Native American and write a newspaper article or letter that expresses concern about robbing archaeological sites.
Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Asteroid Impacts May Have Sparked Life

For Students 4th - 7th
Article reports on a new study that claims that the energy released from asteroid collisions may have sparked life on Earth. Includes a list of key vocabulary.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: First Life

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the pressure-bomb experiments of Robert Hazen and the origins of life. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: The Arts and Crafts of Storytelling [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In the Arts and Crafts of Storytelling, American folk heroes come to life, help students expand their vocabulary and increase knowledge of figurative language. Students identify figurative language like similes, idioms and hyperboles....
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Learning Through the Duke

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Describe the life of Duke Ellington and his contributions to the field of jazz, write an original poem using a variety of popular vocabulary from the 1920's and respond to Ellington's composition "Mood Indigo" by creating a painting.