Curated OER
Senses -- The Touching Game
Students practice making educated guesses about objects in their hands. They guess what the object is without looking at it and choose a word that describes it. They practice using new vocabulary as well.
Curated OER
Community Facts Book
Young scholars engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the study of a utility bill. They take part in a variety of activities in order to comprehend the parts of the bill and how charges are made. Students also take...
Curated OER
3-D Figures Part 2
Students work with three dimensional objects. In this geometry lesson, students examine models of spheres, cones, cubes, prisms, and pyramids, and identify them by their edges, vertices, and faces.
Curated OER
Using Kid Pix
Second graders explore technology and its uses. They explore Kid Pix software and create pictures displaying their interests. They review their spelling list words and use Kid Pix to choose tools to demonstrate their words. They write...
Curated OER
Total English Elementary: Read All About It
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a 4 paragraph passage about a charity fund-raising effort and then respond to 8 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Is that Tree Safe?
Students examine the parts of the tree and examine the health of trees in the vicinity. In this tree safety lesson students work in groups to complete a stated goal.
Curated OER
Proportionality: The X-Plane Generation
Students meet NASA researchers who describe the relationship between force, energy and motion. They discuss how NASA's experimental X-plane is being tested to make space travel more reliable and show how proportionality and ratios are...
Curated OER
A Breath of Fresh Air
Learners explore the primary function of the respiratory system in multiple activities. For this respiratory system lesson, students build a model of the respiratory system to investigate how the lungs work.
Curated OER
ESL Use of Most and More- True and False Worksheet
For this ESL use of the words most and more worksheet, students read 7 sentences. They circle true or false for each sentence as they check the use of the words most or more.
Curated OER
Determining the Age of Fossils
Students examine the concept of radioactive dating. In this radioactive dating lesson, students investigate how to determine the ages of fossils and rocks as they learn about half-life radioactive decay.
Curated OER
Environmental Action
Students investigate an environmental problem in order to find and propose possible solutions. The problem is real to add to the engagement of the lesson. This is found through conducting research and then brainstorming is done in small...
Curated OER
Euro 2008
Students discover details about the world of British football. In this current events lesson, students browse selected websites to explore the work and history of the game, the Euro 2008, and the business aspects of the game in Britain.
Curated OER
Geo Jammin' - Day 5, Lesson 19: Hey, Hey, Whaddaya Say!
Students rehearse scripts by recording themselves on audiotape and then playing it back to self-assess strengths and weaknesses.
Curated OER
Give Me Some Air!
Third graders examine how trees produce oxygen. They examine satellite images of the reservation they examining and interpret the number of trees on the land. They determine how natural resources should be used wisely.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Introduction to Slope for Middle Years Mathematics
This collection of five middle school math lessons covers the topic of plane geometry, specifically the concept of slope. The first lesson introduces middle schoolers to plotting points on a Cartesian grid using a Geoboard. Lesson two...
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Queen's Printer for Ontario
E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instruction in Math, K 6: Resources and Mgmt [Pdf]
Volume 3 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates strategies for the effective management and resourcing of K-6 mathematics classrooms.
Songs for Teaching
Songs for Teaching
Finding music to use to teach across the curriculum is no longer a problem once you use this site. Songs are grouped by subject area, and cover classroom management as well as content areas. There even lesson plans and ideas from other...
PBS
Pbs: Real Life Math: Restaurant Manager
Restaurant manager Tad Peelen explains how he uses math in his work in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students complete an activity involving one aspect of math that Mr. Peleen mentions: determining...
PBS
Pbs: Real Life Math: Physical Trainer
The general manager of a fitness center explains how numerical calculations, percentages, and ratios are critical to his job in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students explore percentages, fractions, and...
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides and Strategies
With over 100 separate pages of guides to studying and organizing work, this site gives tips on everything from learning how to learn, to managing your time, to how to prepare for essay exams. Selected site content is translated into 25...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Bunny Times
Become confident in facts up to 12 x 12 using visual models that stress the conceptual aspects of multiplication.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Warm Up Activities
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ideas for engaging learning activities. Ideas for class warm-up activities are provided for language arts and math.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Imaginary Numbers? What Do You Mean Imaginary?
Is it any wonder that students are suspicious? We lead, sometimes drag, them through Algebra I insisting they must follow the order of operations. We make them learn the "hard way" of doing an assignment one day only to show them the...