Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...

You'll C-E-R a difference in classroom achievement after using a helpful lesson plan. Designed for economics, civics, government, and US history classes, participants practice using the CER model to craft arguments about primary and...

The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...

Designed specifically for math instructors, the seventh workshop of a 15-part series allows time to explore Webb's DOK, ponder open-ended questions, and create lessons to apply what is learned. Teachers craft high-quality math problems...

What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

Article provides excellent tips and strategies for building comprehension and critical thinking skills in Social Studies. It describes some of the challenges students have with reading and understanding their textbooks.

Students will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes from the Houghton Mifflin science curriculum. Students will create a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials such as...

To give fellow teachers ideas for how they can teach Khan curriculum in a classroom setting, check out the case studies. Here's how software engineer-turned-teacher Jenny Oliver builds upon Khan's curriculum in her classroom.

To give fellow teachers ideas for how they can teach the KA curriculum in a classroom setting, they created case studies. Here's how software engineer-turned-teacher Jenny Oliver builds upon the curriculum in her classroom.

Learn how to build a robot that can mimic basic ant walking & running behavior.

Answer questions about ideas and topics shared across texts to extend your understanding of complex texts and build your knowledge of the effect of social media on the brain. This will help us evaluate claims across texts.

We will answer questions about ideas and topics shared across texts to extend our understanding of complex texts and build our knowledge of social media's effect on the teen brain . This will help us gain a deeper understanding of the...

Build your knowledge of the teen brain and its impact on behavior by demonstrating your level of agreement. This will help you prepare to read "The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction."

Students build their knowledge of a text's setting by reading background information and answering questions to prepare to read Romeo and Juliet.

Build your knowledge of what it means to be human by answering questions to help you prepare to read "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs."

Build our knowledge of the musical group Simon and Garfunkel by reading the background information. This will help you prepare to read "I Am a Rock."

We will build our knowledge of phrenology by reading a definition and answering a question. This will help us prepare to read A Lesson Before Dying.

In this comprehensive unit, students launch their learning about birds by using informational texts. As students read these texts, they build background knowledge and develop their skills as readers of informational texts. Included are...

In this lesson students will build and learn how to use three weather. They will use these instruments to collect weather data over a period of two weeks.

In this activity, students work in small groups to construct a tower that will support a book using everyday materials. The goal is to develop persistence in continuing with a task even when experiencing some failures. This is modeled...

Lead your students to understand how their existing interests relate to the content they learn in school by using this scripted activity. This 30-minute activity can have benefits across the curriculum. Printables and examples of...

Introduce students to physics concepts that engineers use when building a bridge. This curriculum unit includes concepts such as Newton's Third Law, stress on a material, vibration, and resonance. Unit includes lectures, lab activities,...

A lesson that looks at how to design a building so that it will withstand an earthquake and not sink or lean over.

The aim of this article relates the nature of science to our current understanding of the origin of life and describe the formation of the atoms which build the Earth and its life.