Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Little Red Hen [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"The Little Red Hen" is a one page fable about the other animals not helping the little red hen plant wheat, harvest it, or bake the bread, so they did not get to eat it either. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: The Teenage Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
Teens and adults have different brains. Find out what makes the teenage brain so unique.
Website
Other

Teachers and Families: Teaching Self Control

For Students 3rd - 8th
Self-control is something innate for some children, but for most it must be taught. This site relates self-control information regarding strategies, dealing with feelings, and being mad.
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Family Doctor: Why Exercise Is Wise

For Students 9th - 10th
In order to exercise we usually need to be motivated. This article may motivate you to find the benefits of physical fitness as well as provide some suggestions for its implementation. Links to related articles are also provided.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: News Debate Cash Courses

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether students should or should not get paid to attend class. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Investing (Introduction)

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to investing. Touches on basic topics - how to reduce risk, comparing investments, and the importance of diversification.
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Physical Activity and Health at a Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides notes on exercise, its health benefits, and its role in helping all people feel healthier and stronger. Learn about different types of exercises you can do to improve you health. Also, read facts about adults and...
Lesson Plan
California State University

Basket Making

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This fibers project goes cross-curricular to focus on Native American coil baskets. Techniques could be challenging. However, when completed, your students will feel so rewarded with a beautiful handmade craft.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Sugar Affects the Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation of your reward system is not unlike how bodies process addictive substances such as alcohol or nicotine -- an overload of...
Primary
PBS

Africans in America: Runaway Slave Ad From Colonial New Jersey

For Students 9th - 10th
Here from PBS is the original text of a runaway slave ad for a slave named Jem. His owner in Newark, New Jersey describes him and offers a reward.
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Other

The Milken Family Foundation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Milken Family Foundation believes that "The Future Belongs to the Educated" and attempts to strengthen the teaching profession by recognizing and rewarding outstanding educators and by expanding their professional leadership and...
Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 1983 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992 CE), who was rewarded "For her discovery of mobile genetic elements." This website includes both primary and secondary resources, including a...
eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Princess Azzurra and the Gluttonous Dragon [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
Sometimes it' hard to give up things we love, but often sharing them with someone else means to have a bigger reward! A new friend and new stories to live. Read the story of AZZURRA and solve the games!
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Strategies Increase Participation, Interest, Motivation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Strategies Increase Participation, Interest, Motivation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Autism Help: Disciplinary Techniques

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Classroom management techniques to use with students with autism in a classroom. These techniques are also effective for all students in a classroom and include Continuous Rewards, Dealing with Severe Behavior, and Top 8 Tips for Good...
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Other

The Poem Tree: X. J. Kennedy

For Students 6th - 8th
The Poem Tree, an anthology of metered poetry, provides a brief biographical note about Kennedy, and links to the text of some of his works.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Prize Board

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a How-to flipchart. You can use it to create prize boards, concentration games, and unlimited possibilities.
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Corona

For Students 9th - 10th
A crown, that is, a circular ornament of metal, leaves, or flowers, worn by the ancients round the head or neck, and used as a festive as well as funeral decoration, and as a reward of talent, military or naval prowess, and civil worth....
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Corona

For Students 9th - 10th
A crown, that is, a circular ornament of metal, leaves, or flowers, worn by the ancients round the head or neck, and used as a festive as well as funeral decoration, and as a reward of talent, military or naval prowess, and civil worth....

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