Curated OER
Dreidel Play
In this crossword puzzle learning exercise, students read the 11 clues that relate to a dreidel. Students then use the word box to help them complete the crossword puzzle.
Curated OER
Magic Mirror Box
Students observe a plywood box with mirrors. In this mirror and light lesson, students make informal, individual investigations with a plywood box that has been fitted with mirror squares. They use observation skills and investigate...
Curated OER
How Hot Is It?
Fourth graders practice estimating temperatures. They practice in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Curated OER
How Did That Get in My Lunch?
Students view "The Danger Zone" to learn about food poisoning and the bacterial causes and prevention. Students look at slides, use a worksheet, "Microbial Bugs"and the internet to identify and learn about each bacterium.
Curated OER
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
In these commas splices and fused sentences worksheets, students read the sentences that contain commas splices and fused sentences. Students then select from the options the correct way to finish the sentences.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: UN Appeals for More Pakistan Aid
In this ESL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to the passage, then complete a variety of warm up, before listening/reading, while reading/listening, listening, after reading, homework and discussion activities.
Curated OER
Applying the Lessons of the Soviet Union
Pupils use the economic lessons of the Soviet Union to analyze changes in the Post Office.
Curated OER
Traveling the Tokaido Road
Students investigate the significance of the Tokaido Road by studying Ando Hiroshige's woodblock illustrations of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido. This lesson plan includes a list of possible extensions.
Curated OER
Cloze Passage: The Ten Dollar Note
In this cloze worksheet, students read a passage and fill in blanks with words from a word list. The passage is a short fictions story, "The Ten Dollar Note."
Study Pad
Splash Learn: Partition Shapes: Halves and Fourths
[Free Registration/Login Required] Answer questions about the halves and fourths of circles and rectangles, and collect coins for each correct answer.
US Mint
U.s. Mint: Circulating Coins: Fifty Cent Coin (Half Dollar)
Read the complete history of the current circulating half-dollar. Find out about the symbols, size, and the metal composition of this coin.
US Mint
U.s. Mint: Coin Curricula: Half Dollar
Find out the history of the half dollar coin, then print a copy of the design. Links to games and other activities follow the information.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding the Equal Amount of Money Given
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This interactive resource is practice problems where students complete the table to determine how you would make a given amount of money using dimes, nickels,...
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Fdic)
Learn about the FDIC which insures deposit accounts at more than half of all federally and state-chartered banks and thrifts against failure.
Purple Math
Purplemath: "Coin" Word Problems
This site demonstrates how to solve 'coin' word problems, given relationships between the types of coins.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: A New Colonial System
Although some believe that the history of the American Revolution began long before the first shots were fired in 1775, England and America did not begin an overt parting of the ways until 1763, more than a century and a half after the...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Value of Coins
Use this interactive game to match the value of a coin with the name of the coin. The game lets you know when you answer an item correctly. Scroll down to view the game.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: It Is About Time
Second graders worked on telling time to the hour and half hour earlier in the year. Now they will apply their understanding of counting by 5s to telling time to the five minute interval.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Obama Pledges to Halve Deficit, Asks Governors Spend Responsibly
Read and watch President Obama's pledge to cut the U.S. deficit in half by the end of his first term in office by asking governors to spend their stimulus money responsibly.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Count the Fifty Cent Pieces
Find the total amount of money by counting the fifty cent coins. The quiz is multiple choice and your score is recorded. The questions are generated at random, so you can take the quiz over and over again!
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Change Due
This lesson explains what making change is, contains a game and other resources to help you practice this important skill.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Smiley Faces and Up
Automaticity with patterns that allow students to easily manipulate larger numbers is the aim of this lesson.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Osage "Reign of Terror" Murder Trials
The "Reign of Terror" that overtook the Osage Reservation in 1921 is just one chapter in the long story of mistreatment of Native Americans by whites, but is one of the most horrifying. Before the chapter ends, untold dozens of Osage...