A series of five lessons teach high schoolers how to set realistic yet challenging goals for themselves. Participants learn how to identify and access the help they need, how to set priorities, and how a positive attitude, visualization,...

Social-emotion learning has become even more critical in post-COVID classrooms as learners readjust to in-person instruction. A course in Overcoming Obstacles begins with an overview of the skills participants will learn in the course....

Engineering design-based activities make learning science fun. Young engineers design dams, lifeguard chairs, musical instruments, candy bags, and much more. They also use measurement skills to solve the mystery of the missing pin. Each...

As part of their study of the history of the Channel Islands, class members watch Dark Water, a documentary about a traditional Chumash ceremony. The documentary launches a series of lessons about this tribal nation that inhabited the...

A series of five worksheets and a PowerPoint presentation gives readers a chance to practice making predictions and develop higher-level critical thinking skills. Scholars read short text that ends abruptly and gather textual evidence to...

A four-lesson collection has scholars collecting data to determine how climate affects phenology. The unit begins with class embers collecting life-cycle data on their campus. They then collect, graph, and analyze data on trees to show...

Use the energy and excitement of the 2014 Winter Olympics to motivate your class to research and write.

Build comprehension, inference, and conclusion skills by encouraging learners to see the importance of reading between the lines.

Building inquiry into your science lessons will make science concepts more concrete for your class.