University of Alberta
Atlas of Alberta Railways: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the founding and development of The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The site also provides primary source resources in the the form of photographs, excerpts,...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Lesson Plan: Tony's Tiger Bites
In this lesson, students are given a marshmallow cereal bar recipe and are challenged to make equivalent fractions while following directions.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
A reader's theater script for Lenore Look's children's book, Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales
Using international folklore as subject matter, lead your students in a unit to research literary forms and foreign countries. There is a printout available for instruction and assessment.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Bio Bags Linking Literature and Life
Contains plans for five 30-40 minute lessons that ask students to create BioBags, a kind of literature autobiography. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Qa Rs + Tables = Successful Comprehension of Math Word Problems
Contains plans for two lessons that explain how to use the question-answer relationship (QAR) strategy to make word problems easier to understand. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists
This lesson has a new approach to vocabulary building where students generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! Class Book of Picturesque Poems
Contains plans for five lessons about haiku using "One Leaf Rides the Wind" by Celeste Davidson Mannis as an introduction and model. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the...
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Contextual Clues
Strategies to help students recognize the meaning of words through contextual clues provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as C(2)QU (See Two Cue You), PReP (Prereading Plan),...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Can You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing
Contains plans for four 40-minute lessons that teach persuasive writing to elementary students. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the...
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Children's Rights
A learning module on children's rights that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include how children's rights are defined,...
Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society: India: Pictures of the Past
View photographs and quotes about India's turbulent history, particularly Partition.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Dogs Copy Each Other's Emotions
Read about the ways in which dogs express basic empathy and engage in social bonding.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Flicking With Force
Balls of varying weights are used to discover the results of force applied to an object.
Library of Congress
Loc: Photo Analysis Presenting the Statue of Liberty
The ability to examine a primary source is a gateway to building critical thinking skills and constructing knowledge. This lesson provides the students an opportunity to observe similarities and differences between 2 visual images,...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Finding Factors
Activities are designed to give students practice in finding the factors of whole numbers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Life in a Native Kentucky Village
The scenes in this rollover interactive depict typical village life of Native American Indians of the Mississippian culture. The village was occupied from 1100 AD until about 1350 AD.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Air, Air, Everywhere Teacher's Activity Guide
This teaching guide includes 10 hands-on activities to teach about air quality and the importance of keeping our air clean. Young scholars will complete activities that include simple sensory experiments to discover the characteristics...
McGill University
Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Boreal Shield
The Boreal Shield runs from Alberta to Newfoundland. This is a brief, concise description of the location, climate, geology and flora and fauna. It includes a collection of images of the landscape as well as those of animals and birds...
McGill University
Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Pacific Maritime
The Pacific Maritime ecozone lies along the British Columbia coast and it's border with Alaska. This is a brief, concise description of the location, climate, geology and flora and fauna. It includes a collection of images of the...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Catastrophes of Apostrophic Proportions
An interactive exercise where students practice apostrophe use with plural nouns, singular and plural possessives, possessive pronouns, and irregular plural nouns. In each of the six sentences, students choose the correct apostrophe...
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy and Wildlife
Outlines some major threats to wildlife from human activities, and discusses the responsibility a power company has to protect wildlife.
University of Oregon
Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Cinquain Poems
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage learners in writing cinquain poems. Examples of cinquain poems are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: George Catlin
A succinct biographical sketch that examines the contributions of noted painter of Native American portraits and Pennsylvania native, George Catlin.