Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing Inequalities to Describe Real World Situations
In this exercise, students practice writing inequalities to describe real-world situations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Spanish "To Talk About School Day" and "To Describe School Activities"
This flashcard set includes Spanish words and phrases that students can use to talk about their school day and about their school activities. Audio links provide the Spanish pronunciations for each vocabulary phrase of each corresponding...
Google
Google for Education: Describing an Everyday Object
In this activity, young scholars act like inventors of an object that does not yet exist, and they try to describe what need would be fulfilled by this object, and how specifically it functions.
Other
France, All You Need to Know
It's not easy to describe an entire country and teach the language on one website, but this publisher has managed pretty well. They cover everything such as general information about France, French language lessons, regional and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Equations to Describe Proportions
This lesson explains how proportional relationships can be described using equations.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Words That Describe Patterns
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to describe patterns with sentences.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How to Avoid Dangling Modifiers
Modifiers are phrases, clauses, or even just words that add description. In clear sentences, modifiers are next to target words they are describing. Dangling modifiers are modifiers with no target to describe, which can confuse many...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: New to Art? Get Started With This Activity
An activity asking students to describe a work of art in terms of composition, medium, and subject.
Other
Nearpod: Introduction to Polynomials
In this lesson, students will learn how to describe and classify polynomials.
Other
Nearpod: Introduction to Geometric Transformations
In this lesson, students will learn how to describe and identify reflections, rotations, translations, and dilations.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ordering Adjectives From General to Specific
Adjectives modify nouns. In using more than one adjective to describe a noun, we need to make sure they are in the correct order-from general to specific. [0:40]
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade K: From Seed to Plant
Students gather information from a variety of texts- literary and informational- to describe the connection between people, events, ideas, and pieces of information. Students are introduced to life cycles by learning about how a plant...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Describing the Invisible Properties of Gas
This video explores how scientists use principles such as gravity to describe and study the properties of gases. [3:27] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Job Search Writing: Action Verbs to Describe Job Skills
Details about action verbs and why their use in describing skills, experiences, and accomplishments in employment-related documents is particularly effective.
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Using Number Patterns to Describe Multiples [Pdf]
An activity to work with patterns. Materials needed:10 x 10 blank and numbered grids and materials to make patterns.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Describing Velocity
An interactive module where students record their ideas in response to questions, and read and manipulate graphs and charts while they learn about velocity-time graphs and position-time graphs.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Describe Themes in Literary Texts (English 7 Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is about themes, the central messages in literature. Whatever their genre might be, writers have some wisdom, some universal truth or insight to share; this...
Other
The Corporation of Haldimand County: Welcome to Haldimand County
Haldimand County consists of several distinct communities. Links for each of the communities in the county describe the community's history, economic and tourism activities.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: How to Id Birds
This thorough site describes how you can identify birds by examining their silhouette, field marks, posture, size, flight pattern, and habitat.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Think About Gravity
Video describes what gravity is and how it operates between two masses. Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore. [4:44]
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Introduction to Slope and Intercepts Partner Activity
This partner activity is designed to have pre-Algebra students or Algebra 1 students compare and contrast different screen shots and begin to develop concepts needed to describe slope and intercepts.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Describe My Toy!
For this lesson 3rd to 5th graders learn to use adjectives and adverbs to write sentences and paragraphs describing students' favorite toys.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Literature: Describing Setting
Short explanation of setting as a literary term. Written in the context of "What makes a good short story?" A link at the bottom of the page leads to additional information about setting.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Describe an Organization & Function
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing how an organization and what they do.Varied vocabulary and grammar usage. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native...
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