Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Retirement: Show Me the Money!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of retirement finances. In this retirement finances lesson, students discuss what it means to save, invest, risk, or the time value of money. Students play the stock market game. Students interview a parent...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning About Mammals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners study the mammal classification and forms of them living in the United States. In this mammal study lesson, students read through orders of mammals that exist in the United States. Learners also study the taxonomy of an eastern...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Irregular Verbs: Lay And Lie - Exercise 6

For Students 3rd - 12th
For this irregular verbs worksheet, students complete 20 multiple choice questions where they choose the correct forms of lay and lie to complete sentences.
Website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Scratch: Imagine, Program, Share

For Students 9th - 10th
Scratch is a programming language developed for students ages 8 and up. Students can use this free download to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. This...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Programming in Scratch

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students experience what is it like to be computer programmers through the children's computer coding game, Scratch, developed by MIT engineers.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Program Your Own Covid 19 Simulator With Scratch

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity uses the kid-friendly programming language Scratch to write a simulation that uses bouncing dots to represent healthy and sick people. The simulation will show how we can take measures to slow the spread of a transmissible...
Article
Other

Exploring Computer Science: Scratch: Programming for All [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of how the computer programming game, Scratch, has appealed to people who hadn't previously imagined themselves as programmers. It is an easy interactive activity for everyone of all ages, backgrounds, and interests, to program...
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Mineral Scratch Test: Mineral Identification

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website allows for a simulated scratch test to identify some unknown minerals. Site also includes a sort quiz on the topic.
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Scratch My Back: Children's Engineering Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson is based on the book Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup. In the book, a big, smelly bear has an itch in the middle of his back and can't scratch it. Nothing the bear tries works. Using the Engineering Design Process,...
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Scratch My Back

For Teachers K - 1st
Starting with the book Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup, students use the engineering design process to design a solution to the bear's problem of not being able to scratch an itchy back.
Article
Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Cuts, Scratches, and Abrasions

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you're wearing a bandage right now, chances are you have a cut, scratch, or abrasion. Find out more about them in this article for kids.
Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Checking Out Cuts, Scratches, and Abrasions

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article explains what to do when you get a cut or scratch and how it heals. Includes information on what to do if a cut will not stop bleeding.
Whiteboard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Scratch: Decimals and Fractions on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The interactive activity has students place decimals and fractions on the correct place on a number line.
Website
Harvard University

Scratch Ed: Computational Thinking With Scratch: What Is Computational Thinking?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A Computational Thinking curriculum guide which develops fluency with computational concepts, practices and perspectives.
Interactive
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Scratch: Animal Inequalities

For Students K - 1st Standards
Help Sharky and Ducky compare numbers in this inequalities game practicing greater than, less than, and equals.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: No Bites, No Scratches, No Problems

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about pet bites, how dangerous they can be, and how to avoid getting them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Designing From Scratch

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about using a design process to solve problems while building new buildings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Handout
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Scratch Addition

For Students 3rd - 4th
Demonstrates a method for easily adding long vertical columns of numbers. Includes two sample problems to try.
Website
Other

Reading From Scratch: dyslexia.org

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the Reading From Scratch program that is based on scientific research to help students with dyslexia. This site features helpful hints for teachers, a bibliographies, definitions and more.
Handout
Other

Reading From Scratch: Spelling Rules

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
The "Reading from Scratch" site provides a list of spelling rules with examples.
Article
Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 21 Homographs That'll Make Your Facebook Friends Scratch Their Heads

For Students 9th - 10th
This article features comical sentences that contain homographs.
Lesson Plan
Marilyn J. Brackney

Imagination Factory: Scratch Paper Sketch Pad

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Kids at Art emphasizes the importance of recycling and conservation with this simple way to reuse paper for drawing purposes.
Website
Scientific American

Scientific American: Scratch 'N Sniff: A Guide to Cats and Dogs: In Depth Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this report on the science of our very own pets, and sometimes our best friends, the cats and dogs. (June, 2009)
Professional Doc
Other

Reading From Scratch: Helpful Hints for Classroom Teacher

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features helpful hints for classroom teachers who suspect a student may be dyslexic. Learn more about some signs and ways to intervene to meet the needs of your students.

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