Step outside and discover the diversity of insect life in your neighborhood. Insects are the world’s most diverse group of living things, with over 950,000 identified species and counting. You might think that you’d need to travel to the Amazon to study insects, but they can be found practically everywhere—including right where you happen to be.

This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics.

A fun activity where kids can search outside for living matter to arrange and create different bug or insect species.

This is a fun activity to do to make prints using the leaves you can find in the area around you.

“After the sun has slipped away and the orange sky turns dark blue, fireflies put on a display like only they know how to do!” Go on a sparkly summertime adventure with Backyard Night Lights, the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime, featuring music by Edvard Grieg, illustrations by Mia Jennings and storytelling by Scott Blankenship.

Yogurt is the byproduct of hungry bacteria that digest the lactose in milk. You can make more yogurt just by feeding the bacteria more milk.

This task provides a real world context for interpreting and solving exponential equations. There are two solutions provided for part (a). The first solution demonstrates how to deduce the conclusion by thinking in terms of the functions and their rates of change. The second approach illustrates a rigorous algebraic demonstration that the two populations can never be equal.

This task provides a real world context for interpreting and solving exponential equations. There are two solutions provided for part (a). The first solution demonstrates how to deduce the conclusion by thinking in terms of the functions and their rates of change. The second approach illustrates a rigorous algebraic demonstration that the two populations can never be equal.

Potty-Mouth Pete is trying to spread bad netiquette all over the Internet. Can Clicky, Webster, and Nettie stop him before it's too late?

This badminton practice sheet is a great resource for students to test their skill level in serving and stroking.

This worksheet will help students practice their badminton skills and cues such as underhand serving, forehand stroking, overhand stroking, and more.

In this lesson plan, educators will learn to teach their students the basic rules and strategies of badminton. Students will also go over the equipment and learn the rules of 4 square badminton.

This three-act math task utilizes videos and questioning to help students explore addition and subtraction within 20.

This problem builds on simple sorting skills and gives children the opportunity to use logical reasoning. Students describe the characteristics of ten marbles using their different color markings and then design a color scheme for marbles to show specific attributes. The Teachers' Notes page offers rationale, suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, ideas for extension and support.

This series of word problems requires students to apply the concepts of factors and common factors in a context.

Baker v. Carr (1962) was a landmark case concerning re-apportionment and redistricting. The United States Supreme Court ruled that federal courts could hear and rule on cases in which plaintiffs allege that re-apportionment plans violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

A story with all action and not enough reflection sounds childish and lacks depth. But a story that is all reflective thoughts and emotions can bore a reader and run the risk of not teling a story at all. Today’s mini move will help us think about the see-sawing effect of balancing actions with thoughts and emotions so that our story has the perfect amount of both!

This lesson is a classroom activity where students learn to use their balance knowledge to create a beautiful mobile.