Curated OER
Philanthropy is "Phun" Lesson 1: ABC's of Giving
Students investigate ways to practice philanthropic acts at home. They record the activities they choose to participate in and the accomplishments they experience.
Curated OER
Heritage: What Would YOU Take?
Fifth graders classify goods based on their value and decide what they would take with them if they were resettling to a new land. They write an essay defending their choices.
Curated OER
Homes Sweet Homes
Students analyze various paintings of houses by Robert Harris. They examine what home really means to themselves by drawing house designs, collecting artifacts and making a class museum, taking photos and conducting a guided tour of...
Language Guide
Language Guide: La Sala
Learn the contents of the living room in a house by seeing the object, hearing it in Spanish and seeing the correct spelling appear in a color coded box as you drag your mouse over each illustration.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Passive Solar Design
Young scholars are introduced to passive solar design for buildings--an approach that uses the sun's energy and the surrounding climate to provide natural heating and cooling. They learn about some of the disadvantage of conventional...
Other
Habitat for Humanity International
This site is the home page for Habitat for Humanity International. You can follow links for more information on this wonderful social program. Link topics include: "Get Involved," "Where We Build," "How it Works," and "True Stories."...
Other
U.s. Department of Housing and Urban Development
This homepage for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD)contains news releases, information about home buying, and links to information for various citizens and groups who would benefit from HUD services.
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: A Winter's Drive
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a literary text about a young man who returns to his childhood home and answer questions on comprehension, text evidence, main idea, vocabulary, and more. Links to a paired text and paired...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: A House for Me
Read about the different types of houses that people live in. Includes audio narration in 23 additional languages with text in English.
Popular Science
Popular Science
Popular Science is a monthly science magazine covering the latest in science, technology, electronics, computers, software, automotive, and home technology.
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Crazy Housing Prices
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Crazy Housing Prices" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed questions,...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Agencies Get Millions for Homeless
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Agencies Get Millions for Homeless" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords,...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Tenants Watch Building Burn
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Tenants Watch Building Burn" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed...
Other
Warmair.com: Attic Insulation Calculator
An online JavaScript application which allows visitors to investigate the relative amount of heat being lost from their homes due to insufficient insulation. The current R-value and a hypothetical R-value can be entered and the energy...
Other
The Atom's Family: Cooling the Mummy's Tomb
Help the Pharaoh design a better tomb by investigating insulation materials.
Other
Insurance Information Institute
The Insurance Information Institute provides answers to your everyday insurance questions. This site can also be viewed in Spanish.
Other
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation: Biography
A resource dedicated to Woodrow Wilson. Provides a brief biography.
Other
Texas Association for Bilingual Education (Tabe)
TABE "is a state advocacy organization for the rights of language minority children." Its site acquaints the viewer with the organization's mission and membership ("local school districts, university student groups, and Parent...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Home Appliances Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common appliances from the home. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct answers...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Home
A learning module that begins with "Home" by Gwendolyn Brooks, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Home
A learning module that begins with "Home" by Anton Chekhov, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 6-8) to pair with the nonfiction book "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago. Esmeralda Santiago, also known as Negi, describes her childhood growing up in Puerto Rico and her eventual...
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Vocabulary Training Exercises
This site contains multiple vocabulary tests of 100 words each that drill word sets from animals to words of the soul. It also contains grammar quizzes and a personalized test generator.
Other
Warmair.com: Insulation
The role of insulation in preventing heat loss is discussed. The concept of thermal resistance is introduced and explained. Understandable language but no graphics.