Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry: Serve Warmly and More Often

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the mood and theme associated with the language of poetry. They discuss personal interpretation in small groups, and as a class and * experiment with language and rhythm.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is It Hog Wash, or Not?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate pathogens that can be present in pork products and summarize the responsibilities of pork farmers in ensuring the safety of their products. They also investigate the affects of hog farming on the environment and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Sentence Completion 6

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
For this ESL worksheet, students read 12 sentences with a missing adjective or adverb. From five choices, students choose the best word to complete each sentence.
Interactive
Curated OER

Advanced Sentence Completion: 16

For Students 6th - 8th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete sentences by filling in the blanks for 2 words in each sentence. Students complete 10 sentences.
Interactive
Curated OER

Restating Infinitive Phrases

For Students 6th - 12th
In this infinitive phrases learning exercise, students change the sentence around so that the infinitive phrase is now a gerund phrase. Students complete 10 sentences.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers rebuild the a portion of the text of Twelfth Night by reordering lines of text to create meaning thereby gaining confidence when in their ability to gain meaning when reading Shakespeare.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Only Superstitious Person Is Huck Finn

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interview people from three different age groups about superstition including what they believe and why they believe it. This instructional activity goes along with the classic book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cancer City USA

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate a phenomenon known as the cancer cluster. Students determine potential cancer clusters given real data and support their findings using mathematical calculations. Students Create a graphical representation of the...
Website
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Species With Status

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about the different status designations for animal and plant species. Explains what is meant by Endangered, Threatened, Special Concern, Alien Invaders, Locally Common, Common but Declining, Common, Abundant, Uncommon, and...
Professional Doc
Other

Gdrc: Collaborative Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a thorough introduction to collaborative learning including terms and definitions, benefits of collaborative learning, strategies, tools, methods and making collaborative learning work.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Affixes

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on affixes; prefixes, suffixes, and the uncommon affixes, interfix and duplifix. It defines prefix and suffix and gives examples, provides a list of common prefixes and suffixes, and then defines and gives...
Handout
Other

Microbworld: Discover Unseen Life on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this terrific site "to find out all about the world of microbes from your own hands to the mighty Himalayas, landfills to oil spills, common colds to uncommon cures, under microscopes and in the news."
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
What can one say about what many average American citizens and American historians consider to be the finest president we have ever had? Abraham Lincoln has long been endeared in the hearts of all of humankind-including those southerners...
Online Course
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Flu Vaccine Risks and Benefits

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of some of the common and uncommon risks and benefits associate with the flu vaccine. Also spotlighted is herd immunity.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Long Tailed Shrew

For Students 4th - 8th
The Long-tailed Shrew probably uses its long tail for balance when it is climbing among the rocks or boulders that are always present where it lives. It spends almost all its time underground, and was, until recently, thought to be...
Website
NASA

Nasa: Heliophysics: New Science of the Sun Solar System Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA lists common and uncommon misconceptions about Sun-Earth Science. Site also provides links to activities and lesson plans as well as background reading.