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Curated OER

Earth Day Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Here is a really neat Earth Day reading passage that can be used online or printed. The initial passage provides learners with the opportunity to read a poem entitled, "Woodman, Spare That Tree!" It also includes comprehension questions...
eBook
Smithsonian Institution

Expedition: Insects

For Students 3rd - 5th
Get up close and personal with beautiful and sometimes dangerous insects in an exciting eBook activity! Pupils practice geography skills by reading a map with the location of six different insects. Scientists read about each insect,...
eBook
NASA

The Saturn System Through the Eyes of Cassini

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Get a close-up view of Saturn. Pupils read a NASA eBook filled with images of the Saturn system, including the rings and moons of Saturn along with images of the planet itself. Learners become familiar with the planet's system as they...
eBook
Open Oregon Educational Resources

Hydraulics and Electrical Control of Hydraulic Systems

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
It's all systems go for learning about hydraulic systems. An eBook provides a set of videos and exercise questions for a semester-long course on hydraulics. Six units introduce hydraulics, Pascal's law, hydraulic applications, flow...
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Curated OER

The Great Fossil Find - Reconstructing the Pieces

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students go on an imaginary fossil hunt. They follow a script read by the teacher, students "find" (remove from envelope) paper "fossils" of some unknown creature. They attempt to reconstruct fossil pieces into an animal.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tropical Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use a Palm eBook Studio text to read about tropical ecosystems. They use a study guide to orient their reading, use software to create a map of a tropical ecosystem and take a quiz.
Activity
Scholastic

Eric Carle Author Study

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learn all about Eric Carle, find out about his famous caterpillar, and try out related art, science, writing, math, and social studies activities. The resource comes with plenty of materials to support your instruction.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vertebrates are Cool!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils conduct research on various vertebrates. They read the eBook 'Vertebrates,' select a vertebrate, conduct research, and create an eBook with one photo about their chosen vertebrate.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Literature And Weather Through Chirps

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils explore using crickets' chirps to calculate temperature. They read "Cricket in Times Square" and "The Quiet Cricket," read and discuss a Cricket eBook, develop a formula and calculate temperature using cricket chirps, and graph...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint to Help the Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine their environment. In this carbon footprint lesson, students look at how he/she impacts their environment with the waste they create and the energy they use. As a class they read an article and listen to podcasts on how...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Travel

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of time travel and quantum physics. They complete a Webquest, read excerpts from the book, 'The Time Machine,' play an online time traveler game, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about time.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Topical Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read about two tropical ecosystems: the rainforest and the coral reef using Palm Reader. They then complete a study guide as part of their reading experience and create a Sketchy and PiCoMap as directed. Students take test...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matter/Solid Liquid Gas Experiments

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate matter:solid, liquid, gas by conducting different experiments. In this states of matter lesson, students conduct hands on activities that allow students to see first hand results. Students mix...
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Curated OER

Exploring Literature and Weather through Chirps

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore and experience information about temperature changes by using crickets' chirps to calculate the temperature. The data is applied to formula and the temperatures are calculated.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women's Brains

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners experience an example of bias in science dealing with women and gender.
eBook
Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Animals Move

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Jump like a frog, flap your arms like a bird, and move like a fish - while learning words like swim, jump, and caterpillar - in this energizing read-aloud.
eBook
Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Arctic Foxes: Secrets of Survival : Activity 1

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out how Arctic foxes flourish in a land where few animals survive with an audio article that includes photos of foxes and their cubs.
eBook
Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Arctic Foxes: Secrets of Survival : Activity 2

For Students K - 1st
Find out how Arctic foxes flourish in a land where few animals survive with an audio article that includes photos of foxes and their cubs.
eBook
Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Hello Baby Panda!: Activity 1

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Most pandas live in China, but young readers will visit a baby panda born right here in the United States in this audio article with photographs.
eBook
Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Hello Baby Panda!: Activity 2

For Students K - 1st
Most pandas live in China, but young readers can visit a baby panda born right here in the United States in this audio article with photographs.
eBook
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reeder: Animal Adaptations

For Students 3rd - 6th
Read this ebook to view examples of structural and behavioral adaptations that help animals survive.
eBook
Other

Segfl: Sebastian Swan: The Swan Story

For Students 1st - 3rd
This interactive e-book is a informational book about swans, their nests, and their young. Readers can click on underlined words for definitions and more information, and click on the ? to get answers to questions posed in the text.