Students experience what is it like to be computer programmers through the children's computer coding game, Scratch, developed by MIT engineers.

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...

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...

[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.

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,...

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.

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.

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.

The interactive activity has students place decimals and fractions on the correct place on a number line.

A Computational Thinking curriculum guide which develops fluency with computational concepts, practices and perspectives.

Help Sharky and Ducky compare numbers in this inequalities game practicing greater than, less than, and equals.

[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.

[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.

Demonstrates a method for easily adding long vertical columns of numbers. Includes two sample problems to try.

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.

The "Reading from Scratch" site provides a list of spelling rules with examples.

This article features comical sentences that contain homographs.

Kids at Art emphasizes the importance of recycling and conservation with this simple way to reuse paper for drawing purposes.

Explore this report on the science of our very own pets, and sometimes our best friends, the cats and dogs. (June, 2009)

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.

A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...

Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students use characters from Cartoon Network's "The Amazing World of Gumball" to create an animated story.

A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...

Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students learn how to create animated waves in an ocean setting and then compose a high seas story.