Curated OER
History o the Husky
Young scholars discuss the types of dogs used in dog sledding. In this social science activity, students define mushing and begin to understand what the Iditarod race is. Young scholars also explore how to take care of the dogs.
EngageNY
Close Reading: “Dog Sleds” and “Kayak”
Visualize it! Scholars read pages 12–15 of The Inuit Thought of It and create a visual gist of the text. They then do a close read of the text and create a natural environment anchor chart before answering text-dependent questions.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Solar Energy
Warm up to the idea of solar energy. A instructional activity includes three activities that challenge scholars to apply knowledge in new ways. First, they learn to run an alarm clock without a battery by using solar energy. Next, they...