Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Colonial Rhode Island

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
An interactive focuses on Colonial Rhode Island. Scholars read a brief informational text, then answer 10 questions. Feedback appears immediately and comes with a final progress report.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Campaigns and Gas Pains

For Students 9th - 12th
Even before they are driving, your scholars have heard the ups and downs of gas prices. Assess the political turmoil behind rising prices using this analysis handout, which features a political cartoon from 2006. Background information...
Printables
Jolly Learning Ltd

Jolly Phonics Actions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A fun worksheet from Jolly Phonics is a great way to teach kids about the alphabet and blended sounds. The worksheet prompts kids to move and make sounds according to the letters, such as puffing out candles for the letter P, or...
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PHET

CME Plotting

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young scientists build on their previous knowledge and apply it to coronal mass ejections. By plotting the path of two different coronal mass ejections, they develop an understanding of why most don't collide with Earth.
Activity
The New York Times

Perspective and Leonardo’s “Perspectograph”

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Filippo Brunelleschi's invention of linear perspective during the Renaissance was further developed by his apprentice, a young artist named Leonardo da Vinci. Now modern artists can give da Vinci's famous perspectograph a try...
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ReadWriteThink

Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Boost observational skills with an inquiry-based lesson that takes scholars on a virtual field trip. With help from webcams, learners observe animals in a zoo or aquarium. Observations go into a journal and a discussion is held to review...
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Curated OER

Interactions Among Living Things

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role play predators and prey, classify organisms as predator or prey, and describe factors that affect population growth and size.
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Curated OER

Leaf - It's What's for Dinner

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover correlations in food preferences of invertebrates, and assess stream health through use of kicknets, invertebrate keys, CBL systems and probes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Famous Locations- Crossword Grid

For Students 7th - 8th
In this famous locations crossword grid learning exercise, learners use a word bank located at the bottom of the page to fill in the 25 word grid. They enter the names of famous locations which include Niagara Falls, the Great Pyramid,...
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Teach Engineering

Discovering Phi: The Golden Ratio

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Fe, phi, fo, fum. This activity leads pairs to find the ratio of consecutive terms of the Fibonacci sequence. The pairs find that the Fibonacci sequence can be found in many places. A discussion with the class shows that the ratios...
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Curated OER

Ancient American Art and Geometry

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the relationship between geometry and ancient American art. They see how to recognize geometric properties in specific works and explain how these properties contribute to their meaning and artistic merit.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solar System Multiple Choice Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this solar system learning exercise, students complete a ten question multiple choice page pertaining to the solar system. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Curated OER

The Shape of Things

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders develop their writing skills. In this paragraph structure instructional activity, 4th graders research natural disasters, compile their findings, create mobiles and write stories based on the mobiles.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solar System Vocabulary 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this solar system worksheet, students write vocabulary words describing the solar system next to their definitions. Students write 12 vocabulary words.
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Curated OER

The Call of the Wild: Differences Between a Book and a Movie Adaptation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Fling your class members “into the heart of things primordial” with a Venn diagram activity that highlights how the same themes are treated in the film and book versions of The Call of the Wild. Consider extending the exercise by having...
Handout
International Technology Education Association

Telescope as Time Machine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides an explanation of NASA's GALEX mission and how the space-based telescope can view distant galaxies as they were billions of years ago. The resource also discusses the other aspects of galaxies that GALEX...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Researching Orca Whales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research orca whales as they begin to create a research report. Guidelines for research are provided, as well as photos, websites, etc.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Research, Writing, and the 'Isms'

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research an art style. They create an original short story, poem, or personal essay and illustrate the written work with the style of art they researched.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Draw the Line: Public Safety v. Amenability to Treatment A Juvenile Case

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students role play a case that involves a decision as to whether an action was a juvenile prank or an act of vandalism. They investigate the workings of determining certification of a juvenile to adult court.
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Curated OER

Introducing the Classroom Economy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the definition of economics and study how current and historic societies have had economic systems. They determine necessary classroom jobs and attach ddaily or weekly salaries to those positions. Students are introduced...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Viruses and Bacteria

For Students 10th - 11th
A series of questions about archaebacteria and eubacteria reinforce a chapter on viruses and bacteria. This worksheet is from chapter 18 of an unspecified textbook, but could work with your biology lecture as well. High schoolers...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Weather Crossword

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this weather crossword puzzle activity, students use the 16 clues and the word bank to fill in the blanks in this crossword puzzle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Discussing Poetry In Class

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners investigate syllabic metre and rhyming techniques by analyzing poetry.  In this language arts lesson, students read the poem Considering the Snail and discuss the nature and mood of the poem with their classmates....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 18-20 Venn Diagram

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Well into Catcher in the Rye, when things are looking bleak and your readers may be needing some levity, read the picture book The Perfect Square by Michael Hall. Then use the Venn diagram included to compare how Holden Caulfield and the...

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