A website looks at how we know so much about Mars—telescopes, robots, and spacecraft—and the search for martian life. Following the informational text are three questions that quiz pupils about possible life on Mars. 

[Free Registration/Login Required] How can you treat the earth with more respect? Check out this resource featuring links to elementary activities to celebrate Earth Day. You will find word searches, crossword puzzles, reading...

After listening to excerpts from four of the violin concertos from "The Four Seasons" by Italian composer and violinist, Antonio Vivaldi, decide which excerpt was meant to go with which season, and also decide where the earth would be in...

These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week (December 7th), celebrate winter.

This is an amazing Math site! The lesson activities are based on constructivist teaching. They are organized by topic, theme, standard, strand, alphabetically, etc. Each month new materials are posted related to season, celebrations, and...

Visit Santa's classroom where you will find fun-filled and engaging activities, printable worksheets, interactive games, and more. A great resource for parents and teachers.

What conditions are necessary to create a hurricane? Where do hurricanes occur? When is hurricane season? What is the difference between a tropical cyclone and a hurricane? How is the strength of a hurricane measured? Where do hurricanes...

This site offers a huge collection of links to craft activities organized into categories such as type of craft or celebration.

Students get a whole new perspective of the world through images obtained from the International Space Station. Students can even request images to be taken through ISS EarthKAM. Activities and educator guides are provided.

An extensive look at the Cahokia Mounds which can be explored by mound name or number. An interactive timeline traces the development of the civilization at the place that the Cahokia mounds were eventually built. The section on the...

Listen to the music of Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, and Vivaldi. Link from this page to related information, such as biographies of these composers, commentary on their works, and educational activities that test your knowledge and...

This is a large collection of resources on cycles of nature and the Earth. There is a constant exchange of the elements between air, earth, water, plants, and animals. Most biological processes wind up back where they started. These...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This site features several St. Patrick's Day activities. Come and check out all of the fun and entertaining ways to celebrate this March holiday.

Listen to a song about how trees change throughout the seasons. Do the matching activity and print off an activity that sees how well you can follow directions.

This resource from the Cornell University provides lots of great information about birds in general, and a "sound of the week" link where you can hear a different birdsong every week. Also find seasonal bird cams that allow students to...

This site from The Franklin Institute presents a number of activities, games, exhibits, scavenger hunts, resources, links related to clocks and telling time.

Virtually visit Chile with this offering from the official tourism corporation, a private non-profit entity, whose mission is to promote Chilean travel industry internationally. Find out about Chilean activities, culture, weather,...

This section is dedicated to educators to become expert instructors on topics like: distance between Earth, the Sun, and the moon, the phases of the moon, and reason for the seasons. Site includes information about how to address...

Learn about hurricanes by analyzing data and predicting possible new hurricanes. Lots of good background and some extension activities.

An outstanding resource to get all your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Activities included are suggestions on reading and teaching nursery rhymes to children at varying ages. Has a list of recommended resources that go along with...

[Free Registration/Login Required] At this site, you can find some useful and fun children's activities to use in developing a unit around Thanksgiving.

Indigenous Geography helps you develop key understandings on nine different dimensions as they relate to six Native communities located in the Western Hemisphere. Learn about the creation stories, place boundaries and landmarks, calendar...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This site features a worksheet focused on the seven Kwanzaa principles.

Multiple back to school resources. Includes icebreakers, quick first day ideas, and unit plans.