Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Peer Curricula: Cells Are Us

For Students 9th - 10th
Find five instructional units on cells: levels of organization, interacting with the outside world, creating energy for the cell, coding and translating instructions, and making protein "machinery" to do things. Each unit is broken down...
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Peer Curricula: Organ Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives five instructional units on organ systems: bodily defenses, digestion, detoxification, gas exchange, and coordination and control. Each unit is broken down into sections: "why does it matter," "how we know," "what we...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Literature: What Makes a Good Short Story?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive exhibit takes learners on a literary journey through the classic short story.
Website
Other

Saskatoon Public Schools: Instructional Strategies Online: Interactive Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Increase learning by encouraging students to interact with peers and teachers through interactive instruction strategies including debates, role playing, panels, brainstorming, and many more. Then click on some of the strategies to learn...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Nature Reflections: Interactive Language Practice for Ell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Detailed lesson plans and materials designed for ELL/ESL students that has them observing, discussion and writing about, and from the perspective of, plants and animals. Students create a book (may be bilingual) to be reviewed by peers....
Unit Plan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Grind Your Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This colorful site begins with an interactive quiz about peer pressure and then gives a lot of information on what peer pressure is and how to make smart choices.
Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Arbiter

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Determine your standards (logic, creativity, structure, etc.) when assessing student writing. Evaluate three essays using an analytic or holistic rubric and see how your standards compare with your peers.
Professional Doc
Other

Global Schoolhouse: Harnessing the Power of the Web

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This online tutorial shows K-12 teachers how to harness the power of the World Wide Web for classroom use, and in particular for interaction, collaboration, distance education, cultural understanding and cooperative research -- with...
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: General Science: The Scientific Method

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the scientific method as a process of investigation into the natural world rather than a linear collection of facts. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing & Writing About Non Fiction

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Introduce your students to the different types of non-fiction such as biographies, biographies, and informative books. Students will use graphic organizers, peer interaction, and hands-on experiences to further understanding of this lesson.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vid: Fractions and Scale

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students think about how fractional measurements relate to scale models, learn about alternate ways of expressing scale ratios, and demonstrate understanding of fractions and scale in this interactive from KET. After watching video...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beginning With the End in Mind

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will learn what goals are and why it is important to plan ahead. The students will interact with a story from The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey and use a blog to communicate their goals and plans with...
Website
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Choices & Consequences

For Students 3rd - 8th
We all have tough choices to make especially when it comes to peer pressure. Play this interactive game against other contestants to see how well you make good choices. Check out the links on the right to learn even more about peer...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Alcohol, Thinking About Drinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts straight about underage drinking. Take interactive quizzes, participate in virtual teen surveys, and read answers to current questions about alcohol abuse.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Body: Smoking: The Smoking Scene

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the facts straight about the hazards of smoking. Take interactive quizzes, participate in virtual teen surveys, and read answers to current questions about tobacco use.
Website
PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Drug Abuse, Getting It Straight

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts straight about illegal drug use and other substance abuse. Take interactive quizzes, participate in virtual teen surveys, and read answers to current questions about drug abuse.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Start Networking!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To get a better understanding of complex networks, students create their own, real social network example by interacting with their peers in the classroom and documenting the interactions. They represent the interaction data as a graph,...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Shakespeare Biography

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an interactive biography of Shakespeare; it features links to a Shakespeare timeline and an essay from one of Shakespeare's peer. It also includes questions for students to answer using the link to Shakespeare Biography WebQuest.
Article
Other

Texas Child Care Quarterly: Promoting Imagination in Preschool Classrooms

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Imagination is one of the most important ingredients of a creative mind. Because imagination is at its peak in early childhood, educators can continually cultivate it among preschoolers. By allowing children to experiment with life...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Literature: What Makes a Good Short Story?

For Students 9th - 10th
First this page asks students to read a short story called "A Jury of Her Peers." Then, this page asks students to "Read about the elements of a good short story and to take part in activities related to 'A Jury of Her Peers.'"
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Kid Vid: Dividing Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare a division problem with whole numbers to a similar problem about dividing fractions in this interactive from KET. Students watch a video of a peer talking about a fraction problem that involves equal groups, with the number of...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Kid Vid: Dividing Mixed Numbers and Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th
Critique a peer's thinking about two division word problems, one with whole and mixed numbers and one with two fractions, in this interactive from KET. Students watch a video of a student thinking through two word problems that involve...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vid: Multiplying Mixed Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Students watch a video that reveals a peer's thinking about multiplying mixed numbers and then demonstrate their understanding of the distributive property of multiplication in this interactive from KET. Students use the Notes tool to...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Kid Vid: Fractions and Scale

For Students 6th - 8th
Students think about how fractional measurements relate to scale models, learn about alternate ways of expressing scale ratios, and demonstrate understanding of fractions and scale in this interactive from KET. After watching video...