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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Symbols in Chemical Equations

For Students 3rd - 8th
Chem4Kids! provides an overview of the symbols representing numerical values in chemical equations. Each symbol is defined and described.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Brave Irene [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for William Steig's children's book, Brave Irene, is provided on these pages. Four character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Cinderella Bigfoot [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Mike Thaler's children's book, Cinderella Bigfoot, is provided on these pages. Fifteen character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Evil Lurks [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for a suspenseful piece, Evil Lurks, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Gary Paulsen's Lawn Boy [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Gary Paulsen's children's book, Lawn Boy, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Katie Speck's Maybelle in the Soup [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
A reader's theater script for Katie Speck's children's book, Maybelle in the Soup, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: What Do You Come For? [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This resource is a reader's theater script adaptation of Alvin Swartz "Someone Named Eva" from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Rump and Ugla [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A reader's theater script for the modern fairy tale, Rump and Ugla, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Science Rocks: Air Lift

For Students 3rd - 8th
Through this experiment, students are challenged to lift a book (and other items) with just air. Requires simple household items, gallon-size, zipper-lock plastic bag, book, pencil, drinking straw, and tape.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Balance Magic

For Students 3rd - 8th
See if you can balance a sculpture on the end of a toothpick!
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Invaders

For Students 2nd - 6th
This game is based on the PBS Kids' series, Plum Landing. Students will read various informational texts about invasive species. Then students will attempt to rid various regions of their invasive species.
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Website
US House of Representatives

Office of the Clerk: What Is Congress

For Students 3rd - 5th
Introduce Congress and it's main responsibility with these simple activities. Included is a simple explanation of Congress, worksheets, and an easy game.
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Website
Other

Official Robert Munsch Website

For Students 3rd - 5th
Delightful place to visit! Read a biography, listen to some of his stories, read some of his unpublished works, and look at art and stories by students who have written to Robert Munsch.
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Activity
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Prepositions of Direction: To, on (To), in (To)

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with prepositions of directions (to, on, onto, in, into).
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 4th
A reader's theater script for Dr. Seuss' young adult book, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, is provided on these pages. An entire class is needed in this activity.
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Lesson Plan
US Department of Energy

Need Project: Solar Oven [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
An introduction and activity to engage students in building a solar oven.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Mediterranean Sea: How Long Does It Take for the Earth to Go Around the Sun?

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn about the Earth's revolution and rotation in this module.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Yr 5 Poetry Unit 1 a Poetic Style

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module engages students in analyzing different poems. A poetry unit overview, a poetry checklist, figurative language notes, sixteen poems and graphic organizers are included to help...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Say Hello to the Giant Gorilla

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a family trip to the zoo and answer questions about comprehension, characterization, main idea, transition, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: What Did I Touch Today?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
For this lesson, students will assess what items in the classroom are touched the most. Students will investigate germs and distinguish between communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Atoms

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a detailed overview of atoms. Content explores an atom's structure, as well as what ions are, how atoms bond, what compounds are (including how to name compounds), and what isotopes are.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: How Many Valentines?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students look for patterns to determine how many valentines will be distributed in a class of 28 students. After trying the problem, they can look at several other methods that could be used and compare the answer they got. There is also...
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Lesson Plan
Education.com

Education.com: Lesson Plan: More Than One: Irregular Plural Nouns

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Irregular plural nouns are introduced in this multisensory lesson plan. Supplementary posters, a video, and practice pages accompany the lesson.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Proper Case of Pronouns | No Nonsense Grammar

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Pronoun case is determined by how we use the pronoun in a sentence. There are three ways: subjective, when the pronoun does something; objective, when something is done to our pronoun; and possessive, when our pronoun possesses something.