How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...

A resource not to be missed if you care anything about diversity, culture, and cultural understanding. This page of the much larger Pavilion site, provides a list classroom activities: learn about where names come from, take a...

Celebrate your family in this collection of activities from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood! From sharing favorite memories to writing down a cherished recipe, these printable resources will help make the time you share even more special.

This comprehensive site presents the concept of collaborative learning, which encourages active student participation in the learning process. There are five sections: Stories (from teachers describing how they implemented collaborative...

There are multiple activities for students who are at an introductory level to English as a second language. Students can Look and find the correct number to answer the question, Choose from pictures of clothes to answer questions, Look...

Use this Field Guide to Birds from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali to identify and learn more about birds in your neighborhood. Then seek out additional information and create your own pages to add to Molly's guide.

Students will examine patterns between volcanic activity and seafloor features. NASA tracked volcanic activity for 15 years and created an animated map from their data. Compare this map to a map of seafloor features to reveal interesting...

Patterns are everywhere! In this week-long learning adventure, children will discover what a pattern is and explore patterns in different ways. Children will learn that patterns consist of a "core" or "unit" that repeats as they identify...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Great activities for you and your little ones! Extreme Hopscotch, Taste Test Science, Build Writing Muscles, and much, much more! Links to worksheets and education-related articles.

Students learn about cardiac muscles and the electrical activity that helps them function to pump blood throughout the body.

Through a simple online model, students learn about the relationship between average global temperature and carbon dioxide emissions while predicting temperature change over the 21st Century.

Counting and cardinality, measurement, and measureable attributes are all discovered in this activity from Peg + Cat. Your child can earn badges as they complete a morning routine with Peg and her best friend Cat.

In this computer-based virtual lab, students will learn about the layers of Earth's atmosphere by launching virtual balloons to collect temperature and pressure data at various altitudes. Given a limited number of balloon flights,...

In this instructional activity students learn how the garden provides habitat for a variety of different animal species. They make observations and collect data to determine which species inhabit the garden. They will investigate...

What molecules were involved in the origin of life? This series explores the roles of RNA, DNA, and protein. Special attention is given to RNA because of its ability to perform several tasks necessary for life processes. All of the...

Get your spy glasses ready! In this weeklong adventure, children will explore shapes and their attributes and use this knowledge to decode a secret message. Children will learn about two-dimensional (flat) and three-dimensional (solid)...

Contains plans for at least seven 20- to 30-minute sessions about alphabet books. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

A detailed overview of the greenhouse effect, with explanations about Earth's atmosphere gases referred to as greenhouse gases, and the factors that influence the heat-trapping ability of a greenhouse. All information is reinforced...

This website provides two presentations on active and passive voice. The first presentation explains the difference between active and passive voice as well as how to build sentences in each voice. The second presentation explains when...

This lesson focuses on strategies for active reading such as annotating your texts, reading multiple times, and using your prior knowledge.

The cell membrane is one of the great multi-taskers of biology. It provides structure for the cell, protects cytosolic contents from the environment, and allows cells to act as specialized units. Learn how the membrane functions to...

What is interdisciplinary learning? How does this buzz word play into today's classroom? Find the answers to these questions when you visit this educational resource. Learn how to implement this strategy into your curriculum.

Whether you're looking for music and dance activities, science experiments, family-friendly adventures, or learning about animals (plus more!), you will find media and activity resources in the Camp PBS LearningMedia collection. We've...

Children learn by doing. They actively construct knowledge by interacting with the world around them. Teachers can facilitate learning by providing organized centers that encourage independent activity. Stock your learning centers with...