Curated OER
Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 7, Lesson 36: DeSign Sampler
Second graders, in groups, write quilt reports.
USA Today
Usa Today Weather: Understanding Storms and Fronts
Discusses air pressure, fronts, and storm formation. Links on page to well-illustrated and animated additional information.
Read Works
Read Works: Morning Sunshine
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the tilt of the Earth on its axis affects sunrises and sunstes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
University of Michigan
American Verse Project: p.l. Dunbar: Sunshine and Shadow
Online text of Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow." Links to each of his texts for easy navigation.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Sunshine at Home by Review & Herald Publishing
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Sunshine at Home by Review & Herald Publishing (1883), a collection of illustrated passages forming a family portfolio of natural history, biography, and Bible...
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Sunshine Abc
"Sunshine ABC", written circa 1890 by Charles E. Graham & Co., has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 5 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Peeps the Really Truly Sunshine Fairy
"Peeps the Really Truly Sunshine Fairy", written in 1918 by Nancy Cox-McCormack, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 22 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Rays of Sunshine
"Rays of Sunshine", published in 1893 by McLoughlin Brothers , has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 71 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Martha's Home and How the Sunshine Came Into It by f.m.s.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Martha's Home and How the Sunshine Came into It by F.M.S. [1870], a Christian novel for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Martha's Home, and How the Sunshine Came Into It
A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of Martha's Home, and How the Sunshine Came into It by Mary Gotham Howitt, a book of stories for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Little Stories of Famous Places at Home and Abroad
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication Little Stories of Famous Places at Home and Abroad by Mercie Sunshine, a nonfiction book for children.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Solar Cookers and Easy Data
Students use a TI-84, Easy Temp and Easy Data to measure the quality of solar cookers. Hot dogs are heated under the May sunshine after students design, build and test their own solar cookers.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Stephen Leacock
This site features the author Stephen Leacock including the full text of five novels such as Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich and Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, as well as, the nonfiction work My Discovery of England.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Paul Laurence Dunbar
This Web English Teacher site compiled links to learn more about Paul Laurence Dunbar's work. Explore this informative resource to learn more about his poetry and life.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock
The full text of the novel Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Other
Terc: Catching Sunshine
A hands-on challenge to build a solar collector to investigate how much the air temperature inside the collector goes up. Site includes information for teachers and students. Teachers page include time requirement, materials needed, the...
BBC
Bbc Weather: Algiers, Algeria
Find out about the climate of Algiers, Algeria from this BBC Weather site where you will read about the climate regions, temperature variations, precipitation, and sunshine amounts. There is also a current 5-day forecast for Algiers.
State Library-Florida
Florida Memory: Florida During World War Ii
A history of Florida during World War II with primary documents, photos, quizzes and lesson plans based on the "Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies."
Other
The Confederation Poets: Bliss Carman (1861 1929)
A great resource on Confederation poet Bliss Carman. This site provides numerous primary texts and essays on Carman's writing style.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A New Angle on Pv Efficiency
Students examine how the orientation of a photovoltaic (PV) panel relative to the sun affects the efficiency of the panel. Using sunshine (or a lamp) and a small PV panel connected to a digital multimeter, students vary the angle of the...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Sunshine
A spectacular photo of the sun trying to fight its way through some thick cloud at the end of a day full of sunshine and good weather. The suns rays are visible around the edges of the cloud as it manages to sneak its way through and...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Tulip Gardens
Track tulip growth as the season changes from winter to spring. See how temperature, rainfall, and sunshine affect growth and help scientists look for patterns of climate change.
Other
Catching Sunshine
Teachers can enroll their class in this online 'Science-athon.' Students design and build a solar collector, and over a period of several days, collect data and enter it into an online database.