Explore the Blue
Check out our 25+ cross-curricular lesson plans for grades K-5, including:
- Keep It Clean! - students learn about why organisms need a clean environment (K-2)
- Clean Water - It's the Law! - students discover the laws that govern pollution in the water (3-5)
Inspire Your Students to Become Environmental Stewards
Promote your students' appreciation of the green space that surrounds them every day.
Web 20.12 Tech Tune-Up Sweepstakes
Enter daily! You could win a trip to an Educational Technology Conference of your choice, and more. Ends June 28, 2012.
Science Fair Central
Science Fair Central is the online resource for science fair coordinators, students and parents during science fair season.
Education Station
Teach your students about the benefits of a healthy, protein-rich breakfast and take them on a virtual field trip to see how fresh foods, like eggs, make their way from the farm to the table.
Holiest country
Q: Is Vatican City really its own country?
A: It’s the world’s smallest country at just 110 acres. Explore Italy and Greece with Discovery Student Adventures.
reasoning
DOGGIES
The dog named Jam is heavier than the dog named Jelly.
Copper weighs more than Brandy but less than Pumpkin.
Brandy weighs more than Jelly.
Pumpkin weighs less than Jam.
List the dogs in the order of their weights, starting with the heaviest.
vocabulary matching
ANIMAL CLASSES
Capture your students' attention and get them ready to learn with these worksheets. Try this vocabulary matching worksheet on the subject of animal classes with words such as "reptile", "extinction" and "queen". Have your students match the word to the definition.
Weather Maps
Students will:
- Understand basic information about weather
- Learn about different types of weather maps
- Create and present national weather maps showing different conditions
Technology at Work
Students will:
- Technology is defined as “any invention, including tools, machines, materials, techniques, and sources of power, that makes people’s work easier.”
- The history of technology really begins in prehistoric times.
Create Your Own Native American Board Game
Students will:
- discuss how games reflect a culture’s beliefs, priorities, and aspects of everyday life;
- learn about a few games and toys of Native American children; and
- analyze basic elements of a selected Native American tribe in order to apply them to the creation of an original board game that can be played by today’s children.
Math in Everyday Life
Students will:
- Discuss how to solve word problems involving time and money
- Work as a class to solve word problems focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and simple fractions
- Work with a partner to make up their own word problems
Reading Strategies
Students will:
- Learn that every story has a main idea and supporting details.
- Find the main idea and several supporting details in a news story.
-
Click HereScience of Everyday Life Ever wonder what causes an ocean wave? Check out the science that's all around you.
-
Click HereWeb 20.12 Tech Tune-Up Sweepstakes Enter daily through June 28 - You could win a trip to an Ed Tech Conference of your choice!
-
Click HereEducation Station Check out farm-to-table lesson plans, recipes, videos and more.
Don't Miss It!
Webinar- K-12 STEM Learning See how businesses are scaling up K-12 STEM programs.
Prom Season Create a mutual driving agreement with your teen to encourage safe driving.
Tech Tune Up Sweepstakes Win a trip to an Ed Tech Conference of your choice! Ends June 28.
Young Scientist Challenge Young Scientist Challenge State Merit Winners and Finalists Announced!
Nature's Fantastic Factory Explore and discover how nature works for you.