Curated OER
Watershed Investigations
Students find maps of the region to show rock formations and soil types and use GIS to compare radon levels. They describe three types of radioactive decay, interpret graphs, and follow steps to develop a nuclear bomb or energy.
Curated OER
Keys To Our House-the White House
Students explore the history of the White House from four different perspectives: as a symbol, a public and private place, technological advances, and changing needs. They take a virtual tour of the White House and explore its history....
Curated OER
Our Nebraska Story
Young scholars research and use their discoveries to create a computer presentation and a quilt block on Nebraska. They will tell the story of Nebraska in an oral presentation using each piece of the quilt.
Curated OER
Rice Wreaths
Pupils create rice and glue holiday wreaths in this Art instructional activity ideal for the 1st or 2nd grade. The instructional activity can be adapted for older or younger students and includes an ingredient list and step-by-step...
Curated OER
Toilet Paper Tube Snowman
Learners create "toilet paper tube" snowmen using toilet paper rolls, paints, pipecleaners, construtcion paper, wiggly eyes, and markers in this winter-time activity. The lesson is intended for the early elementary classroom.
Curated OER
Causes and Effects of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Tenth graders discuss the techniques and tools scientists use to study about the earth, including techniques used to determine geological time scales. They share their personal experiences of earthquakes and volcanoes.
Curated OER
Tread Lightly
Students investigate the use of carbon fuels and how they effect the environment. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used from the reading to calculate one's personal influence upon the environment.
Curated OER
Variables That Can Affect Making Schedule
Pupils study the variables that affect transportation of shipments and the factors that affect deterioration of a perishable product. For this transportation lesson students discuss the pros and cons of team driving.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Community Garden
Orville Edwards describes how community gardens help improve the quality of life in the city in this video segment from WILD TV.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Who Is in Your Online Community?
[Free Registration/Login Required] By learning the Rings of Responsibility, 2nd graders explore how the Internet connects us to people in our community and throughout the world. Help students to think critically about the different ways...
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: I Belong, You Belong, We Belong [Pdf]
The students begin with sharing their attributes. The students then work on their family diary, which is a home/school connection. Students will then learn about their city and state. Students will draw a map of their community first and...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Community Projects and School Projects
Teachers have the opportunity to guide students of ways to develop or expand community and school projects through a series of informative and explorative lessons.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Community Progress? [Pdf]
"Community Progress?" is a one page, nonfiction passage about three community projects in Chicago; each group saw a problem, decided on a solution, and implemented it. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom Workshop: Making Family and Community Connections
Creating partnerships among schools, parents and local communities can lead to increased learning for students, strengthening their decision making skills, collaboration skills, and overall learning.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Animal Communities
At this site click on the pictures to find out about an animal community in Africa. Think about how animal communities are like your community. Think about how are they different.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Health Community Project
Use these resources and create a project identifying an issue with the health of people in the community and working out actions that could be taken to reduce the problem.
Other
Points of Light
The mission of the organization is to instill compassion and the idea of service and philanthropy in school children. Find out how to start a Care Club and what projects the children can participate in.
Other
Evergreen
A national charity created to turn schools into green space that celebrate the environment, as well as preserve natural outdoor spaces within Canadian cities, Evergreen has core programs: Learning Grounds - transforming school grounds,...
Other
Point of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center: Home Page
Are you interested in exploring volunteer work? The Point of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center provides resources to investigate volunteer work.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: A Prairie Mountain Promenade
The Prairie Mountain Regional Museum is a group of historic buildings that portray the history of southwestern Manitoba. You'll find here a one-room school, a Ukrainian Catholic church and an Anglican church, a police museum, settler...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Fourth of July Celebration Plan
Get the creative juices flowing while students work on activities for a community Fourth of July celebration.
Other
Cottage Elementary Wide Pbs Lesson Plans Expectation: I Am Respectful
This resource provides a plan to directly teach students how to respect others' personal space. A formula is directly taught and must be repeated throughout all school settings.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Building Trust With Schools and Diverse Families
While increased family involvement is linked to improved student performance, it is not always fully understood and examined within schools. Different types of involvement may include parenting, communicating with schools, volunteering...
Other
Streetlaw: Rights in the Community
This website provides several links and introductory information on the Constitution, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, expression in special places, freedom of religion, due process, the right to privacy, discrimination, and...