Curated OER
ESOL Health and Nutrition
Students brainstorm and discuss vocabulary words which identify various health care providers and facilities. They work in pairs and share their own health care experiences and write sentences about them.
Curated OER
Science: Water Quiz
In this science: water quiz activity, students answer twenty questions, not interactively about the properties of water, then scroll down to check their answers.
Curated OER
Water Quality
Students examine water quality and how to improve it, how to measure it and how it relates to human activities. For this water quality lesson students sample water from different sources, and test the samples.
Curated OER
Instructional Software Resources for Grades K-3
Students become familiar with teh selection, evaluation, and use of instructional software for 4-8 classroom. They download software demos from the web and discuss critiquing software. Students browse software evaluations on web sites.
Curated OER
ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2-- Telephone Communication
Pupils, after reviewing an extensive vocabulary list on the board, practice, after seeing the teacher model an example of dialogue, requesting operator assistance or 911 with a partner.
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ESOL Telephone Communication
Students discuss the importance of leaving an appropriate message on an answering machine or voice mail system. They write a message for a friend and in pairs take turns reading their message while their partner writes it down.
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ESOL Transportation and Travel
Students identify required documents related to transportation (driver's license, insurance card, registration, passport). They discuss and categorize the following documents needed for local and or international travel; driver's...
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Communtiy Medical Facilities
Students describe various medical facilities and the services they provide. Working in pairs, students research and list the location and telephone number of community medical facilities and the services they provide. Independently,...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Family and Parenting
Students explore all the specific requirements that must be followed in order to enroll children in school/day care aged 6-16. In addition, they review the importance of regular school attendance.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Sound
This simulation lets you see sound waves. Adjust the frequency or volume and you can see and hear how the wave changes. Move the listener around and hear what she hears.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ph, Gh Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ph"or "gh" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ph, Gh Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "ph" or "gh" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ph, gh" lesson.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Wave Interference
Make waves with a dripping faucet, audio speaker, or laser. Add a second source or a pair of slits to create an interference pattern.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Digraphs Gh, Ph, Kn, Wr
This Quizlet study set provides six different ways for students to master the digraphs gh, ph, kn, and wr. Flashcards, games, and a test focus on fifteen words which contain these letter combinations.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Wave Interference
Conduct virtual experiments with water, sound, and light waves to determine the sine wave and patterns created in each.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Hooway for Wodney Wat [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Helen Lester's children's book, Hooway for Wodney Wat, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Doreen Cronin's early childhood book, CLICK, CLACK, MOO: Cows That Type, is provided on these pages. Seven (or more) character roles are needed in this activity.
Other
Free Phonics Lessons: Digraphs ( Ph, Gh) as in "Alphabet," and "Laugh"
This lesson teaches the ph and gh digraphs through examples and practice.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Between the Lions: Letter Songs
This a collection of music videos focused on teaching the ABCs, upper and lower case, and sounds such as AR, ING, PH, etc. QuickTime is required.
MadSci Network
Mad Sci Network: Measuring the Speed of Sound
Can you measure the speed of sound? Find out for yourself using this site's question and answer format.
Other
Guide to Psychology and Its Practice: Adolescent Violence
Why are some kids prone to violence? This site by R. Richmond, Ph.D. offers some sound reasons and is very informative. Is it money? Is it media? is it more?