A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: St. Patrick's Day
How can you celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your students? Come and explore this informative resource that features several links to St. Patrick's Day activities, poems, and more. Includes PDF resources (require Adobe Reader).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: George Washington Carver
This brief article from MIT Invention Dimension on George Washington Carver (1865-1943 CE) provides an overview of his education and his inventions, which influenced the world of agriculture.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Food for Thought: Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta
In addition to explaining the nutritional value of foods in the "Bread, cereal, rice, and pasta," group, this website includes information on serving size and book resources on foods in the bread group. Also included is a recipe for...
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Balance
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This pair of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Yellow Faced Pocket Gopher
The Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher feeds on starchy, tuberous roots of desert shrubs and on the roots and leaves of low-growing forbs. Like other pocket gophers, this species is considered an agricultural pest, doing extensive damage in...
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: All About the Vegetable Group
Learn about the vegetable group, including what foods are vegetables and how much of each type counts as a serving. Three broccoli spears counts as a cup of vegetables, as do one large ear of corn, and two large stalks of celery. What...
A&E Television
History.com: 7 Foods Developed by Native Americans
These seven dietary staples were cultivated over thousands of years by Indigenous peoples of America. While Indigenous diets and foodways were deeply impacted by European settlement, Indigenous American foods also changed the world....
Scholastic
Scholastic: Tomie De Paola's Biography
This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.
Other
Kinsella Homepage: Irish Immigrants in America During the 19th Century
This site gives insight into what life was like for Irish immigrants who came to America during the 19th century.
Other
Games Kids Play: How to Pick the It
With a lot of games you need an "IT". Here is a list of some of the most popular ways in which to figure out who "it" is going to be.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Luther Burbank
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Luther Burbank, famous American biologist, who was featured on the three cent postage stamp.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Food for Thought: Vegetable Group
Here, you can read up on the nutritional values of vegetables and on various ways to prepare vegetables to "Help your child enjoy," eating them. Also, get children eager to eat their vegetables by involving them in the kitchen and food...
Other
Hubbard's Cupboard: The Enormous "Kinder" Garden
In this unit from Hubbard's Cupboard, an elementary class will read several books together, each having a strong connection to the next. There are ideas for cross-curricular lessons, so this could be a site that shapes the next several...
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: George Washington Carver
This National Inventors Hall of Fame site provides a brief biography of the agricultural chemist, George Washington Carver.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Novel and Picture Book Ideas (Lesson Plans)
Novels and picture books are great ways to teach across the curriculum. This site lists about 75 novels and picture books around which CanTeach has constructed lesson ideas and plans. All grade levels indicated.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Steps for Making a Dry Cell Battery on Your Own
Learn two methods of making a dry cell battery using simple materials. Some materials would need to be purchased and adult supervision is recommended.
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