This article lists common misconceptions about mammals. It provides formative assessment probes and information about teaching for conceptual change.
This article lists common misconceptions about weather, climate change, and the polar regions. It provides formative assessment probes and information about teaching for conceptual change.
This article lists common misconceptions about weathering, erosion, volcanoes, and earthquakes. It provides formative assessment probes and information about teaching for conceptual change.
The focus of the Comparing Quantities and Numbers up to Ten intervention has three phases. Phase 1: Use a matching strategy to compare groups of objects. Phase 2: Use a counting strategy to compare groups of objects. Phase 3: Compare written numbers 1 to 10.
This article describes six collaborative and real data projects that engage elementary students in collecting and sharing local data and communicating with students across the country and world.
This article from the free online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle provides appropriate science lessons for Grades K-5. The focus is on acquainting young learners with climate-change concepts that are not too complex for their grade level and will not frighten them. In each issue, the magazine develops articles around one of the seven essential principles of climate science. The author believes early lessons about water availability and extreme weather events will prepare students for complex climate concepts they will encounter in later grades.
This article highlights the five essential components of cooperative learning, provides a quick overview of the research behind the strategy, describes three of the most common types, and offers ideas on how to get started using cooperative learning at the elementary level.
The focus of the Count to Know How Many intervention has two phases. Phase 1: Count and write the number of objects up to 20 and understand that the quantitiy stays the same even if objects are moved into different shapes or line. Phase 2: Count out the requested number of objects up to 20 and write the number of objects.
Learn how to create Book Character Map using Google Drawings.
Students learn to create and manage a budget in Google Sheets.
In this Google Applied Digital Skills lesson, students will create a collage using Google Drawings.
Learn how to create Comic Strips with your students using Google Slides, Drawings, and Jamboard.
Students will create a crossword puzzle using Google Sheets
Students learn to use Google Forms to create a guessing game from course content.
Students learn to create an interactive guide of an area using Sheets and Maps.
Help students create more connections between classroom topics by creating a Google Drawing mind map.
Allow students to explore their own lives and the important ideas that make them who they are by building a personal timeline in Google Drawings.
Students learn to keep a photo journal using Google Docs.
Give students choice in what they are presenting by allowing them to create an "All About A Topic" presentation in Google Slides.
Students learn to make a professional resume using Google Docs.