Students demonstrate comprehension by responding to open-ended questions based on the Newbery Honor book "Mr. Popper's Penguins", and then draw from the text and their personal experiences to create journals.

Students use the elements of persuasion for a specific audience to demonstrate their understanding of Richard WrightŐs accessible and engaging coming-of-age novel, "Rite of Passage.

Dene words and phrases with audio. Press play to hear the phrases and practice your pronunciation.

In this first part of a two-part lab activity, students use triple balance beams and graduated cylinders to take measurements and calculate the densities of several common, irregularly shaped objects with the purpose to resolve confusion about mass and density. After this activity, conduct the associated Density Column Lab - Part 2 activity before presenting the associated Density & Miscibility lesson for discussion about concepts that explain what students have observed.

Concluding a two-part lab activity, students use triple balance beams and graduated cylinders to take measurements and calculate densities of several household liquids and compare them to the densities of irregularly shaped objects (as determined in Part 1). Then they create density columns with the three liquids and four solid items to test their calculations and predictions of the different densities. Once their density columns are complete, students determine the effect of adding detergent to the columns. After this activity, present the associated Density & Miscibility lesson for a discussion about why the column layers do not mix.

Students explore the densities and viscosities of fluids as they create a colorful 'rainbow' using household liquids. While letting the fluids in the rainbow settle, students conduct 'The Great Viscosity Race,' another short experiment that illustrates the difference between viscosity and density. Later, students record the density rainbow with sketches and/or photography.

These two hands-on labs are about the role of temperature and salinity in governing the density of seawater, a major factor controlling the ocean's vertical movements and layered circulation. In the first activity students work in groups to determine the density of tap water and of tap water with salt, then compare the densities. The second activity investigates the role of temperature and salinity in determining seawater density. Students use a Temperature-Salinity (T-S) Diagram to examine the effect of mixing on density. A list of key concepts, essential questions, common preconceptions and more is included. These are part of the Aquarius Hands-on Laboratory Activities.

Depression is considered to be a disorder of mood. Individuals who are depressed, describe low mood that has persisted for longer than two weeks. In mild forms of depression, individuals may not feel bad all day but still describe a dismal outlook and a sense of gloom. Their mood may lift with a positive experience, but fall again with even a minor disappointment. In severe depression, a low mood will persist throughout the day, failing to lift even when pleasant things occur. The low mood may fluctuate during the day such that it may be worse in the morning and relatively better in the afternoon. This is called ‘diurnal variation,’ which often accompanies a more severe type of depression.

Also included:
-Information sheets on depression
-Worksheets on depression

«Certains objets du quotidien, qui peuvent nous sembler banals, nous révèlent parfois des détails originaux et fantaisistes. Toutefois, il faut être attentif et surtout de bons observateurs pour les remarquer. Pour l’artiste Éric Daudelin, l’art est partout. Fasciné par l’architecture, il a créé des mosaïques avec une série de photographies d’éléments urbains : des portes. Avec les œuvres Courtepointe rouge et Courtepointe verte, il réussit à magnifier ces portes d’entrée regroupées par couleur et nous permet de découvrir tous ces détails qui distinguent chacune d’entre elles et qui les rendent uniques. Après avoir observé les œuvres de l’artiste Éric Daudelin, les élèves expérimenteront le collage et le dessin en créant une porte derrière laquelle se cache leur famille.»

Jeux pour les élèves, organisés par âge: des jeux d'observation et d'attention, d'écoute et de mémoire, de réflexion, d'expression, de connaissances générales, de créativité, d'argumentation, et d'expression musicale.

*These games could also be used for Core French students, with adaptations - all instructions are in French.*

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about completing the expanded forms of numbers (place values to 1,000).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about identifying digit values in numbers (numbers to 10,000).

Students write descriptions of characters, incorporate new vocabulary words, practice using simile and metaphor, engage in peer editing, and post their revised descriptions on the walls for a matching game.

This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.

This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.

This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about describing patterns using letters.

Students will have a roaring good time when they watch a scene from "The Lion King" as a way to compare standard and described programming media.

Students write descriptions of 100th day bottles they create at home, write clues about their bottles for a guessing game, practice descriptive writing, and create a class book.