Introduce students to atoms with an engaging Google Slides and Cornell Notes activity. Image: jayofboy - https://www.freeimages.com/photo/atom-1307057

This article describes how to help students engage with nonfiction text by asking questions, identifying facts, making connections, and reflecting on the text. A template for use with students is included.

This article describes the importance of teaching students the strategy of note taking and includes a template for use with elementary students.

This template supports STEM teachers and librarians in working collaboratively to create lessons that build science practice and STEM inquiry skills in alignment with state and national science standards, and that address the Common Core literacy shifts around close reading and building textual evidence.

UEN has a new and improved lesson plan builder! Building and remixing lesson plans is easier than ever with eMedia. Katie Blunt, PD Trainer and eMedia expert, shows us step-by-step how to use the new tool. (September 2021)