In small groups, students will research and obtain information to compare services offered and rates between banks and credit unions. To conclude, students will present their findings and state why one might choose one over the other.  

This lesson promotes an understanding of why a diverse collection is required in school and public libraries. It will be acknowledged that individual reading choices are widely differentiated. Methods on making personal reading choices will be explored. Ideally this lesson would be used the fourth week of September, in conjunction with Banned Book Week

This lesson promotes an understanding of why a diverse collection is required in school and public libraries. It will be acknowledged that individual reading choices are widely differentiated. Methods on making personal reading choices will be explored. Ideally this lesson would be used the fourth week of September, in conjunction with Banned Book Week

Students will use Numbers to create a bar graph with the data given. Students will then use Pages to make generalizations about the data.

A video by Math Songs by NUMBEROCK that teaches all about picture graphs and bar graphs including the vocabulary words in fun song.

In this lesson, students learn about President Obama’s life, family, and political career as they interact with a slide presentation. Access to this resource requires a free educator login.

As teachers need to consider long and short writing, formal and informal, in a variety of genres, this article focuses on and gives examples of short writing tasks that can still help students explore learning and write effectively.

In this English Journal article, Bardine et al. apply research on teacher commenting practices (e.g., appearance comments vs. function comments) to the experiences of student writers in the secondary English classroom. They offer suggestions about how to use comments and response to writing more effectively to support student learning in the classroom.

In forested areas, students are often intrigued by mysterious sticks covered in carved tunnels–but students often think the patterns were made by human artists or termites. After students complete this activity, they’ll have the skills to identify bark beetle galleries, to make explanations about the patterns of beetle galleries, and to interpret what these tracks tell us about the life history of the organisms that made them.

In an optional discussion, students can consider outbreak levels of bark beetles that cause the death of many trees, make arguments based on evidence about possible effects on ecosystems, then brainstorm and critique possible management strategies. An optional extension for investigating student questions about bark beetles is also included.

I use this resources as a basic introduction to the concepts of trade a bartering. It does a fantastic job of giving a basic history from trading individual items to shells and coins and paper money until today when kids still might trade or barter.

This is an introduction to the base 10 system for whole numbers. Numbers are explained and built using blocks to represent place value. This video is targeted for grade 2 and 3 math studies.

The purpose of this task is to help students understand what is meant by a base and its corresponding height in a triangle and to be able to correctly identify all three base-height pairs.

Students analyze two letters written by FDR in order to determine the significance that baseball played during WW1 and WW2 in uplifting morale.

Baseball has been part of the culture of the United States since the earliest days of the nation, and the ways in which the game has changed through the centuries provide opportunities to explore changes in U.S. society. This primary source set includes documents and images. A teacher guide is included to assist educators in utilizing the primary sources in their instruction.

This task could be put to good use in an instructional sequence designed to develop knowledge related to students' understanding of linear functions in contexts. Though students could work independently on the task, collaboration with peers is more likely to result in the exploration of a range of interpretations.

This is an introductory lesson to get students ready to learn about macromolecules and how they can change through photosynethesis and respiration. They will learn how molecules bond and how it can change and bond with many different molecules. "Graduated cylinders and beaker filled with chemical compounds" by Horia Varlan is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This is an introductory lesson to get students ready to learn about macromolecules and how they can change through photosynethesis and respiration. They will learn how molecules bond and how it can change and bond with many different molecules. "Graduated cylinders and beaker filled with chemical compounds" by Horia Varlan is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This lesson is about the basic cloud types. Students will spend time gathering information, will participate in an experiment, will review the information and create an Adobe Spark video that contains particular information about each cloud type.

This is a great video for students to use to help learn and review their knife cuts.

This video aligns with:
Culinary 1: Strand 3 - Students will identify knives and food service equipment; function, proper use and care.
Culinary 2 & 3: Strand 1 - Students will differentiate knives and food service equipment function, proper use and care.