Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna Interactive: Teacher Guide
Teacher resource page provides links to additional teacher materials, the six units, student worksheets and templates that can be used as teachers and students work through the DNA Interactive site.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Does Temperature Affect Dissolving?
Students identify and control variables to design an experiment to see whether the temperature of a solvent affects the speed at which a solute dissolves.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Temperature Changes in Dissolving
Media-rich lesson in which students discover that it takes energy to break bonds, and that energy is released when bonds are formed during the process of dissolving. They also determine whether dissolving is either exothermic or...
Library of Congress
Loc: Port of Entry
Through this activity students become historical detectives and use documents to trace the impact of immigration on the US.
Indiana University
Ensi: Comparison of Human: Chimpanzee Chromosomes Lesson
This is a great lesson plan that combines Karoytypes and evolution. Students will recognize that the chromosomes of chimpanzees and humans are remarkably similar, then correlate that to their evolutionary relationship.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson Plan: Arabic Poetry
This online lesson plan introduces information about the Arabic poetic art form known as the ghazal. It includes Educational Objectives, classroom activities and projects, examples, and a list of the relevant national educational standards.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: George Orwell's Essay on Life in Burma: "Shooting an Elephant"
This is a lesson plan for George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma: "Shooting An Elephant." It provides five detailed activities for use with the essay. Other links to parts of the lesson plan including an introduction, guiding...
PBS
The Math of Bicycles: Wheel Figure This Out (Grades 4 7)
Several good activities here. Look particularly at Wheel Figure It Out (which is the opening page) and Gearing Up. There are answers to the very good questions at the bottom of each.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Using Proportions and Go Fish!
Students "go fishing" and use proportions to learn how estimating is used to determine the size of a population.
University of Virginia
Uva: Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture
This site contains extensive information about the text of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and the historical context in which it was written. Includes three different modes of browsing the site.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Message From Eisenhower to Marshall
This lesson takes a close look at a primary document written by General Eisenhower to General Marshall. The document reflects a lack of information about the invasion that was underway. There are activities and worksheets included.
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.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Find the Rhyme: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words
A game in which students are given a word and must hunt around the classroom for a word that rhymes with it.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Make a Big Book of Rhymes: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words
In this teacher-led activity on this site, students work together in the classroom creating a book full of rhymes.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Memory Game: Identifying and Generating Rhming Words
A game of "Memory" where the students flip over two cards at a time to try and match rhyming words. This site includes links to Rhyming Pictures to use to make the Memory cards.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Rhyme Rally Game: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words
A teacher-led activity teaching students to identify whether it contains rhyming words. This site also contains links to Rhyming Books.
Free Reading
Free Reading: The Ship Is Loaded With: A Game Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words
A fun classroom game that helps students come up with words that rhyme with a word given to them by the teacher. Students sit in a circle, the instructor gives them a sentence and asks what word rhymes with the last word. Students raise...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Finish My Sentence: Oral Blending Accuracy Activity
In this classroom activity, the instructor creates a list of simple sentences that include a three or four letter word that the students are asked to blend. The instructor says the sentence and asks the student to help blend the letters...
Other
Northpole: Santa's Classroom
Visit Santa's classroom where you will find fun-filled and engaging activities, printable worksheets, interactive games, and more. A great resource for parents and teachers.
Other
Urban Debate Leagues: Learn to Debate
Wide, broad site offering a wealth of resources for beginning debaters. Includes links to videos (requiring RealPlayer). There is a link to the basics of argumentation as well.
Other
Mathematics K 1 Math Games Counting
This engaging lesson plan allows students to practice counting forward and backward and complete sequences. Teachers can create a free Sumdog account and usernames for their students to practice the skills through online learning games.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Laws of Exponents
This lesson plan walks middle schoolers through understanding and applying laws of exponents. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Investigating Integers
This lesson plan provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of real-world integers and create a PowerPoint presentation. It contains an assessment rubric as well as ideas for grouping students and managing...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
This lesson is a great way to teach students about rhymes and word recognition. This plan includes suggest nursery rhymes for you to use, and several supplementary sites to help you out.