Curated OER
The Air Up There
Learners engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the average daily weather patterns. They collect data over a five day period and then write a summary of the observations made from it. Students record the mean and graph it on a...
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Using several learning modalities to teach about the Periodic Table.
Students identify how to relate the position of an element in the periodic table to its atomic number and atomic mass. They identify how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and halogens, and also,...
Curated OER
Eat and Be Merry - Planning a Mexican Posada
Students plan their own fiesta. They study information about a "posada"
and explain the significance of a pi??ata. Afterwards, they construct a pi??ata to be used for end-of-unit party. in addition, they read a story and answer questions...
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Collecting Fossils
In this fossils worksheet, students will read about the hobby of fossil collecting and the tools needed for collecting fossils. Students will complete 3 short answer questions based on their reading.
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Ads Are Everywhere
In this advertisements worksheet, students read a list of 25 specific forms of advertising. Students then answer 2 essay questions. This worksheet directs students to read an article not provided here.
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Fairytale Cake
Learners recreate characters from the story, "The Fairytale Cake." In this fairy tale characterization lesson, students first listen to fairy tales read aloud. They then use play dough and plastic bowls as pretend "cakes and icing", and...
Curated OER
Pendemonium: The Italian Job
Students identify prefixes, roots, and suffixes. In this grammar rules lesson, students analyze word parts to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
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Evolution
Students create a timeline on the history of evolution. In this biology instructional activity, students research their assigned scientist's contribution to evolution theory. They write a three-paragraph analysis about the timeline.
Curated OER
Letter Combination Fluency, Student-led
Student leaders direct students to pronounce letter combinations. In this letter combination letter students build fluency by correctly sounding the words. Students who have difficulty record the words in their activity log.
Quia
Quia: Flash Cards: Spanish Numbers
Improve your memory of Spanish numbers 1-100 by playing the flashcard game. On one side of the card is a number in Spanish and when you click the card it turns over and displays the number in English. Review the numbers the first time...
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental Periodic Table of Elements
This page displays the Periodic Table of Elements and allows you to click each individual element for a page that displays in-depth information about that particular element. There are also links to many different games and learning...
Language Guide
Language Guide: El Dinero
These interactive vocabulary words pertain to words one would need to know in dealing with money. Pop-ups play audio with Spanish pronunciation and display correct spelling when the mouse is moved over each illustration.
CPALMS
Cpalms: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students will use What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page to identify the main topic and key details using the illustrations and text. Students will work...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Fantastic Pictures
Check out this interdisciplinary lesson plan. Students have an opportunity to draw a card with an adjective word and another card with a noun word and then make a drawing of the object.
Other
Cern Document Server Library Catalogue
Search the library catalogue for any term or subject. Provides multiple display search options and access to articles and preprints, books and conferences, periodicals, viedeotapes and more.
Quia
Quia: What's My Meaning
These virtual vocabulary flashcards display the root words on one side and their meanings on the other.
Quia
Quia: Basic Spanish Vocabulary Flashcards
Use this site to improve your memory of basic Spanish vocabulary words by playing the flashcard game. On one side of the card is a word in Spanish covering topics of greetings, numbers, colors, family members, etc. When you click the...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Isabel Bishop
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Isabel Bishop in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
Curated OER
Language Guide: El Dinero
These interactive vocabulary words pertain to words one would need to know in dealing with money. Pop-ups play audio with Spanish pronunciation and display correct spelling when the mouse is moved over each illustration.
Computer History Museum
Computer History Museum: Magnetic Tapes
A brief history covering Magnetic Tapes, initially used in the 1950s to replace punched cards, and used primarily today as a backup device. The artifact is on display at the Computer History Museum. This site provides a glimpse into the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Who Am I? Plant and Animal Life in a Pond
After learning about pond life, students play a game where they must ask questions to discover the name of an animal or a plant displayed on a card placed on their backs. A set of images, a questioning sheet, and a list of vocabulary...
British Council
British Council: Quiz O Saurus
This is a short, challenging game where students study the fact cards for ten different dinosaurs on display, then answer quiz questions. If they answer all ten correctly, they get a certificate.
Other
Karbos Guide: An Illustrated Guide to Monitors
The video system (of which the monitor is a part) is one of the most important components in the PC. This site is a must see if you are interested in learning about this system.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Element Concentration
The computer will display a number of cards with the names and symbols of the elements. After you have had time to study the cards, the computer will flip them over and ask you to find a particular element. Click on the card that...