Students will work in groups to learn appropriate uses of an almanac and how to find information in it efficiently and effectively. Each group will be responsible for explaining the steps taken to complete the task. This lesson plan is...

In this science-themed literacy lesson, students learn how to identify the central idea and key details in an article about sea turtles.

This lesson plan includes when to call or not call 911. Included is a quiz with emergency and non-emergency scenarios you can use to help kids decide when the right time is to call 911. There are also tips on how to talk to the 911...

Find the displacement of an object just by looking at the velocity vs. time graph. This graph will have at least one negative region and one positive region.

This resource discusses some terms and techniques that are useful to the beginning and intermediate fiction writer, and to instructors who are teaching fiction at these levels. W.11-12.3a Narratives

Check out this interdisciplinary lesson plan. Students have an opportunity to draw a card with an adjective word and another card with a noun word and then make a drawing of the object.

In this module, students will explore how claims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective explanation. Students will read an article that addresses the question of whether climate change is now confirmed after record high...

Make Adobe PDF files for varied uses with styles. Start with an Adobe InDesign document and then create styles for different output. This tip sheet shows you how.

An entire unit regarding the wetlands of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students can find comparisons or relationships between elevation, vegetation, soils, geologic formations, rainfall, pollution, public land use, coastal wetlands,...

An investigation into the total internal reflection of light, using a laser pointer. Accompanied by an explanation of what's happening, a discussion of Snell's Law, and links to additional information.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient grouping strategy. Teachers will learn to motivate students with the "Pick a Card, Any Card" strategy. It explains how to use it to select parts for reading a play in class.

The people at Cool Cosmos explain infrared in a comprehensible way. They use several sets of pictures for you to visually see how infrared rays work. Great for anyone doing research or just reading up on an interest.

Examine the issues around dating violence, the statistics about dating violence and suggestions for how to leave an abusive relationship and where to get help. Construct Web pages related to dating violence using authoring software.

Students will visualize how the Supreme Court works using the following downloadable infographic. Also included is an explanation of how cases reach the Supreme Court and lesson plans.

Explore how environmental conditions affect the adaptation of birds in this simulation. The amount of annual precipitation on an island is controlled by you while you track changes in the thickness of bird beaks over a five-year period....

Although this site does not limit itself to employment in education, it does have an easy-to-use job finder for available openings in education within the state.

Learn about the brain, spinal cord, and brain cells at this thorough yet easy to read site. Simple sentence construction is used to explain the structure and function of this body system. A glossary is just a click away to explain...

Learn about the brain, spinal cord, and brain cells at this thorough yet easy to read site. Simple sentence construction is used to explain the structure and function of this body system. A glossary is just a click away to explain...

An excellent starting point. Get a good description of what the dichotomous key for tree identification is and then directions for using it to identify trees.