Students will reflect on the following question and record their responses - How would learning a new skill make your life better or more interesting?

A screencast [5:40] demonstrating how to write a sentence in active voice or in passive voice, followed by a downloadable nine-page PDF describing passive voice and its appropriate uses.

Students compare and contrast passive and active transport by playing a game to model this phenomenon. Movement through cell membranes is also modeled, as well as the structure and movement typical of the fluid mosaic model of the cell...

For this lesson, young scholars use their science knowledge and apply it using physical activity! Learning about the stages of matter, solid, liquid and gas, students perform an exercise for each as the teacher calls out an object such...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn how to listen effectively, take good notes, and ask critical questions.

What exactly is inquiry-based learning? Use this website to learn more about this unique learning style.

Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.

Through interactive activities in a module format, students learn about kinetics, collision theory, reaction rates, and rate laws. They will calculate rate laws from experimental data, concentration and time, and half-life of a reaction....

Public media stations across California have banded together to package a comprehensive set of broadcast and digital resources for teachers, students, and families for at-home learning. Drawing on our most popular offerings to teachers...

Explore how people are alike and different in these ARTHUR activities. From interviewing classmates to establishing local pen pals to creating neighborhood maps, the activities will help children understand and appreciate what we share...

These games and activities will help your first grader master important academic skills while having fun.

This site has multiple activities for early language learners. Students can Sing and Learn- At the Zoo, Read and learn the names of different animals, Look at the letters and make words about the body with them, Read and learn new words...

Using GeoMap software, students learn how to read topographic maps, and the rules for using contour lines on a map. Detailed teacher and student handouts are provided. (GeoMap software can be downloaded at: http://www.geomapapp.org/.)

Here, read statistics from the US Department of Health and Human Services concerning exercise and its key role in preventing chronic illness and premature death. Use these findings from medical studies in which diseases were studied in...

Help your students learn the skill of dimensional analysis and the importance of mastering that skill. In this activity, students will work on their critical thinking by solving dimensional analysis problems. The lesson is formatted on...

During this activity, students will be introduced to the concepts of the challenge. They will generate ideas for solving the grand challenge first independently, then in small groups. Finally, as a class, students will compile their...

This activity guide accompanies the exhibition America on the Move and provides documents and activities that students can use to build a deeper understanding of how transportation shaped American commerce, communities, landscapes, and...

Read playing cards so the suit determines the type of physical activity, and the face value determines the number of repetitions.

These bilingual, weekly Learn Along Bingo packets (one for PreK & K, one for Grades 1 & 2) will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventures. Emphasis will be on the PBS...

An activity to introduce the periodic table and the trends. Students will understand the organization of the periodic table with this game.

Videos, interactive activities, and articles explaining the influences that cause parts of the genome to be turned on and off. Learn how nutrition, behavior, stress and other factors determine gene expression.

The Genetic Science Learning Center presents the world of heredity and traits including activities to better comprehend the science, clear explanations of aspects of heredity, and an interactive opportunity.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Ida B. Wells and anti-lynching activism.

In this activity, you'll learn how to interpret images and maps in order to extract information about Darwin's trip to the Galapagos Islands. Links provided for a gallery of images and a worksheet.