Curated OER
Traffic Watch with a Palm
Students, in groups, interpret data about traffic using Palm technology.
Curated OER
Pipe-Cleaner Stick Figures
Second graders create puppets out of pipe cleaners and, in groups, put on a puppet show based on a section of a story they have read from their readers.
Curated OER
Pick Life Goals
Fifth graders explore their life goals. They develop their own set of Life-Goals with teacher guidance. Students develop a list of good goals they have for school. They discuss the goals they developed.
Curated OER
Kidshealth: Teaching Your Child Self Control
In order for a child to be successful some degree of self control is necessary. This site looks at how children can develop self control and how an adult should react if a child is demonstrates a lack of control.
Other
Teachers and Families: Teaching Self Control
Self-control is something innate for some children, but for most it must be taught. This site relates self-control information regarding strategies, dealing with feelings, and being mad.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Guide to Getting Along
Learn how to handle situations and problems the right way without getting out of control, overly mad, or even violent. This sight teaches you the "Bam" plan, or tips "to keep your anger from boiling over".
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Pretend Play
In this set of resources, we will use videos and a song from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood to focus on ways in which you can encourage and show children and families that creative pretend play is valued and important. Watch the videos...
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 & Health Equity, Middle School Science
The unit focuses on the question How can people help end pandemics? It is designed to teach students about the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities.
Other
The Concord Principles: An Agenda for a New Democracy
Read Ralph Nader's views on taking back power from self-serving institutions and the political system. This article written in 1992 sets forth ten arguments of how democracy has been abused and the means by which citizens can regain...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: What's the Problem?
The aim of this unit is for learners to develop their persuasive writing and information gathering skills using various forms of information and communication technology. It is hoped that the context of 'teenage problems' will provide an...