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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Steam Discharge: An Interdisciplinary Approach
In this Interdisciplinary Field Investigation students will combine science, math, geography, creative writing and art. The setting will be a local stream (site yet to be determined, Minnehaha or Vermillion) where 150 students will...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Stream Char and Discharge: Interdisciplinary Approach
In this Interdisciplinary Field Investigation middle schoolers will combine science, math, geography, creative writing and art. The setting will be a local stream (site yet to be determined, Minnehaha or Vermillion) where 150 students...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Easter Island Mystery
In this activity, you'll look at a single event-the collapse of the population on an island-from different points of view. You're going to try to make sense of what happened there, and you'll do this using an interdisciplinary approach....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: What Do You Know? What Do You Ask?
Put together your best team of scientist to figure out if would be possible for humans to inhabit Mars with this activity. Students learn about the interdisciplinary approach to solving a problem.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Interdisciplinary Field Investigations of a Campus Pond
The primary activity described here is measurement of sub-surface water properties in a local pond (e.g., temperature and dissolved oxygen).
Other
Rmc Research Corporation: Kristallnacht
This is a reading comprehension lesson plan featuring Kristallnact "Night of the Broken Glass." Middle school students will have an opportunity to learn through this interdisciplinary activity.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Connecting With the Arts: What Are Connecting Concepts?
A video workshop designed for middle school teachers. This program focuses on planning for arts integration by identifying common themes and concepts across disciplines and creating activities that bridge these disciplines. Includes...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Thomas Rockwell
Explore this comprehensive resource to learn more about Thomas Rockwell's life and work. This site offers links to activities for "How to Eat Fried Worms." Teachers will also benefit from the lessons and activities related to Rockwell's...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Suzanne's Mathematics Lessons 2001
This site by Suzanne Alejandre offers lesson plans, activities and resources covering topics in algebra, geometry, data analysis, number & operations, and measurement. The contents of this site are aligned with the NCTM standards and...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Guide to "The Taming of the Shrew" [Pdf]
Performance ideas, interdisciplinary connections, related books, and more can be found in this 16-page .pdf guide.
Other
Andy Warhol Museum: Resources and Lessons
A collection of resources for teaching about the life, times, and work of Andy Warhol in an interdisciplinary way. This resource features a lesson index, examples of student work, unit-length plans, suggestions for art activities, and...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Teacher's Guide to "The Call of the Wild" [Pdf]
Vocabulary, classroom activities, background information and other features are available in this 17 page .pdf guide.
Scholastic
Scholastic:magic School Bus Themes Index
Magic School Bus cross referenced by themes to provide quick access to many activities and references.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Guide to "Romeo and Juliet" [Pdf]
If you're looking for interdisciplinary ideas for Romeo and Juliet, or wondering how to approach the language of the play with students, this 15 page .pdf guide will be especially helpful. Includes other features as well.
Other
Global Grocery List Project: Homepage
At this site from the Global Grocery List Project, students collect data on the prices of common grocery items and submit their findings. They can then compare the data they collected to data from students around the world. There are...
Other
I*earn (International Education and Resource Network)
This nonprofit organization creates structured projects that facilitate engaged learning and youth making a difference on an International scale. Project areas include interdisciplinary topics such as the environment/science,...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: "The Cay" Teacher Guide
Teacher guide for "The Cay" features brief synopsis and author information as well as list of themes and ideas for interdisciplinary connections.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Eric Carle Biography
Discover more about your favorite children's author, Eric Carle, when you visit this biography. Students and teachers will gain a new perspective of this author's life and work.
Other
Book Club Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Explore this comprehensive book club lesson plan for "The Watsons Go to Brimingham-- 1963," by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Christopher Paul Curtis
Lesson plans, student activites, and biographical resources for the career and works of Christopher Paul Curtis: Bud, not Buddy and The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Against the Odds Lesson Plan
Teachers can find ideas for their probability lesson plans here. For example, there is an interdisciplinary unit dealing with disabilities and probability as well as one using a field trip to Sea World.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Keep Your Own Field Journal
This site, which offers templates for field journals, is part of a larger, interdisciplinary site about New Zealand. Walks you through the process and purpose of a field journal for scientific observation.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Eleven by Patricia Giff: Book Notes: Educator's Guide
A pre-reading activity and some thematic connections for class discussion are at the heart of this teacher's guide for Eleven by Patricia Giff.
Patsy Stevens
Garden of Praise: Musical Spelling Rules
Use these clever songs to help students learn basic spelling rules. Sheet music, as well as audio files, are available for each of 4 songs. Scroll down the page for interactive practice activity.