Curated OER
Hurry Hurry!
First graders identify the fact that groups of phonemes form spoken and written words. They practice working with identifying words that have the letter "h" and point to its position in words.
Curated OER
Cat Nap
Students identify and interpret the concept of the vowel /a/ and recognize it in words and illustrations. They also practice writing both upper and lower case A on writing paper. Finally, students name pictures and circle the pictures...
Code.org
Code Studio: Picturing Data
Use a Play Lab project to collect data and make predictions. Use this unplugged activity to introduce data.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Number Tricks
Can you break the magic number code? Test your algebra aptitude in this challenge that explores number generalizations, symbols, and equations. Discover how algebraic procedures are used in everyday situations in this one page activity...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Currency
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on currency discusses the history and evolution of currency. It also discusses the code used to define currency, provides a list of currency names by country, and gives a listing of currency symbols.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Tzolk'in
The Tzolkin is another name for the Maya calendar. The meanings of the symbols on the Tzolk'in and various interpretations that are given to the calendar are outlined here.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Telegraph
The telegraph was an electronic means for the rapid and reliable transmission of coded information over extended distances. In time it was also perfected to interpret and print the electronic symbols into readable text. By 1848 a...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Periodic Table With Atomic Mass
Explains how Dmitri Mendeleev created the periodic table of elements, how it was organized, the changes made by Henry Moseley in 1931, some characteristics of element groups, and what the atomic mass, number, and abbreviation each...
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Songs and Oaths: The Pledge of Allegiance (3 5)
Includes the words to the Pledge of Allegiance with accompanying facts about its history and code of rules that is appropriate for younger students.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Persecution of Homosexuals in the Third Reich
Entry describes the Nazi persecution of gays. Includes information on the criminal code Paragraph 175 and the pink triangle symbol used to mark gay men in concentration camps.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Phonics and Decoding
This resource provides information and techniques for teaching phonics and decoding, which assist with early literacy.
Other
Us flag.org: Flag Etiquette
This website teaches how to properly treat your flag. It details what to do and what not to do with your flag. It also explains how to display the flag outdoors.
Other
Us flag.org: Evolution of the United States Flag
This is a guide to the evolution of the United States flag. It contains a timeline from 1777 when the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act to the Executive Order of President Eisenhower in 1959.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Encoding Information: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that information can be encoded in multiple ways during communication. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Encoding Information."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Communication Process 101: Lesson 3
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the general process underlying communication. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "The Communication Process 101."
Curated OER
[A Photo of Prince Charles With Some Vegetables]
National Union of Journalists stand on photo-manipulation. Article discusses the amended NUJ's Code of Conduct to include provisions that digitally-manipulated photos will be indicated with a symbol within the picture.