Birmingham Grid for Learning (UK)
Birmingham Grid for Learning: Story Telling: Cinderella
Click through a book to read and view illustrations of the story "Cinderella." Click the links below the book to open word documents with additional activities focusing on the characters, setting, sequencing, illustrations, line...
BBC
Bbc: Landscapes: Map Skills: Grid References
Young map readers will learn the idea of referring to the grid numbers to help find locations or to describe locations on a map.
NBC
Nbc: How the Grid Powers a Continent
Read here about "The Grid," the largest machine ever built by humans. The Grid is he giant network of high-voltage power transmission wires that covers the entire United States and much of Canada.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Alphabet Bingo
This is an interactive activity for children learning the alphabet. To play, children must listen for the animated character to say a letter and then click on the corresponding letter in the grid.
Other
The Lancashire Grid for Learning: "The Ugly Duckling"
Perfect to encourage elementary-aged independent reading, use this children's tale as a read along. Or for those who need assistance, listen in narrated audio.
Other
The Lancashire Grid for Learning: "Little Red Riding Hood"
Read this age-old fairy tale independently or with narrated assistance. A delightful read-along.
Other
The Lancashire Grid for Learning: "Jack and the Beanstalk"
Encourage independent reading with this age-old fairy tale. Read directly online or use audio narration for assistance.
Other
The Lancashire Grid for Learning: "The Gingerbread Man"
Encourage independent reading with this age-old tale. Use audio narration for added assistance.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Lost and Found Activity Plan
Gorillas, groceries, pirate treasure, and aardvark homes: these are just a few of the things children will search for and find in this week's Afterschool Adventure, Lost and Found. Children will use position words like above, below, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Power to the People
Students read and evaluate descriptions of how people live "off the grid" using solar power and come to understand better the degree to which that lifestyle is or is not truly independent of technological, economic and cultural...
Other
Lancashire Grid for Learning: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
Encourage independent reading with this age-old fairy tale. Read along with narrated audio or without assistance.
BBC
Bbc: Bitesize Geography: Os Map Skills
A short tutorial on mapping tools and how to read maps. Covers features of maps, symbols, the compass, scale, distance, how height is represented, and grid references. Includes multiple-choice quiz at the end.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Connect With Coordinates
Students will be involved in hands-on activities that will help them to learn to locate points on a grid. Students will also learn how to correctly read an ordered pair of numbers. Technology will be implemented through the use of a...
Harvard University
Harvard University: Maps and Mapping
This site is provided for by Harvard University. Students follow a map on a scavenger hunt, create a map of their classroom and their town, learn how to read topographic maps, and discover latitude and longitude in these inquiry activities.
Quia
Quia: What Does the Schwa Sound Mean? Concentration
This is a matching and memory game which requires students to not only match words with their vowel sounds, but also to remember their covered location on the grid of boxes.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Blackout!
Students read news reports and first-person accounts to imagine what it would be like to be in a blackout in a large city. They follow news reports as if the event were unfolding in real-time and keep weblogs or journals of their...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Taxicab Treasure Hunt
Find the treasure hidden at an intersection in the city. Use the clues. Read the instructions then scroll to the bottom and click "hide the treasure".
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Number Tic Tac Toe
Students will practice number recognition by trying to identify three numbers in a row to win Tic Tac Toe. They will also trace the number on their grid to practicing writing numerals. This is a perfect independent game for pairs or...
Other
The Lancaster Grid for Learning: Narrative Poem: The Highwayman
A complete text of the narrative poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.
City University of New York
Brooklyn College, Cuny: Latitude and Longitude
Students can read about how lines of latitude and longitude form a grid that makes it easy to pinpoint one's location on Earth. Then they can take an online quiz to check their understanding.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: Science: The Design of 'Through the Looking Glass'
Read about the inspiration of the chess board in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. It describes the chess moves that get Alice through her adventure and how they would work, or not, in a real chess game.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Great Ocean Conveyor Belt: Part I
This image from GRID-Arendal depicts the major circulation pattern of the ocean, illustrating interactions between temperature, salinity, and depth. Includes a background reading handout and several discussion questions.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Add Em Up
This is a demo version of the game with two modes of play. In one, you must place number tiles on a grid so that the tiles touching it add up to that number. In the second mode, you solve number puzzles. Be sure to read the instructions...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas in Conflict, 1900 1920 [Pdf]
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, students read a section on Texas history between 1900-1920 and find the answers...