Tom Richey
Slide Share: Why Do Writers Write?
A slide show with nine slides explaining the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Cognitive Learning Theory
This presentation deals with the factors that impact on the learning process as posited by Piaget, Bloom, Bruner, and Ausubel.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Webb's Depth of Knowledge
This slideshow presentation is designed to provide basic information concerning Webb's Depth of Knowledge.
CNN
Cnn: Gallery: Lunar New Year 2017: The Year of the Rooster
Fire, fireworks, chickens, roosters and dancing lions filled streets around the world celebrating the Chinese New Year. 2017 is the Year of the Rooster.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Information Literacy Models
This slideshow, created by Mary May Porto, provides a comprehensive look at 3 major informational literacy models.
Other
Seattlepi: Hadiah Baby Sumatran Tiger
This resource offers a short video of the baby Sumatran tiger at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. Good listening practice because you hear the spontaneous comments of young and old, as they watch the tiger cub.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Halloween Pumpkin Treats for Animals
View many photographs of animals enjoying Halloween treats at a zoo in England.
The Washington Post
Kids Post: Fifty Years of Super Bowls Have Led to Some Super Moments
Super Bowl Sundays provide many memorable plays and celebrations of football's biggest game. View a slideshow of some of the best moments so far in the big game's history.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
View a slideshow of spectacular images from the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Moon in the Sky
Students observe representational images and use as evidence to describe how the Moon is visible in the day and night sky. The digital slideshow is used to provide students with the opportunity to observe and describe how the Moon can be...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fast and Slow Changes on Earth's Surface
Observe fast and slow events that change the face of Earth's surface with this slideshow. Students will use evidence from videos and images to describe how changes on Earth's surface can happen quickly or slowly. Students will have the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Severe Weather
Observe various severe weather phenomena in this image gallery from WGBH. Weather is the combination of factors -- temperature, wind, snow or rain, and sunlight and clouds -- that happen in a specific place at a specific time. Sometimes...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Snowstorm Clues
Explore how weather can change during snowstorms in this slideshow produced by WGBH. The images show the progression of snowstorms from a light flurry to a steady snow to a blizzard to conditions after a storm ends. Students can use the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Water Bodies
This slideshow offers students opportunities to observe, identify, and describe various characteristics of water bodies and compare near-ground-level and aerial views of each water body.
Primary Resources
English: A Alphabet [Pdf]
This is a slide show type alphabet "Book," that begins with a photograph, but then depends heavily on clip art. Fine for an alternative type alphabet practice, but instruction would be necessary to show how to move from slide to slide.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Gallery of Air
A photo collection containing images of air pollution and other related air concerns.
Oregon State University
Volcano World: Mount St. Helens by Helicopter!
Explore these photos taken by a volcanologist as he traveled to the crater of Mount St. Helens.
TES Global
Tes: Onomatopoeia: Poetic Devices Activity
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Power Point presentation provides thorough definitions and examples of onomatopoeia.
Tom Richey
Slideshare: Creative Brainstorming
This slide presentation provides a background of why the process of brainstorming is important as well as elements and tools you can use to get your creative juices flowing.
Tom Richey
Slideshare: Information Literacy
A slideshow regarding the ins and outs of information literacy for the 21st-century classroom.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Green Tips: Conserve Resources
Here are some quick tips to help you conserve our natural resources. Make sure you check the related content on the right side of the page.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: One of World's Rarest Sheep Born in the Uk
A slideshow of images and captions present information about the birth of a rare breed of sheep.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: 2nd Grade Point of View
A slide show with seven slides on point of view in a literary text.
Starfall
Starfall: Robert Louis Stevenson: My Shadow
An online storybook based on Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, My Shadow. The reading level is at about Grade 2.