This resource will help you determine a student's progression in reading and spelling skills. Remember to always start with the lowest skill not mastered.
This lesson uses the Ň1984Ó Macintosh Commercial to introduce students to dystopian characteristics. Students analyze techniques used in the commercial and identify the comments that it makes about contemporary society.
This site introduces students to archeology -- the study of material remains to learn about past human experiences. This lesson (Grades 3-8) discusses various challenges of an archaeologist: locating a site that will yield clues about the people who once lived there, conducting excavations, and more. Students identify artifacts from a contemporary setting, describe the function of each artifact, identify methods for dating soil layers, and interpret soil profiles.
In which John Green teaches you about the post-World War II breakup of most of the European empires. As you'll remember from previous installments of Crash Course, Europeans spent several centuries sailing around the world creating empires, despite the fact that most of the places they conquered were perfectly happy to carry on alone. After World War II, most of these empires collapsed. This is the story of those collapses. In most places, the end of empire was not orderly, and violence often ensued. While India was a (sort of) shining example of non-violent change, in places like The Congo, Egypt, Rwanda, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, things didn't go smoothly at all. John brings you all this, plus pictures of Sea Monkeys. Sadly, they don't look anything like those awesome commercials in the comic books.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about decomposing decimals into place values up to hundredths.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about decomposing decimals into place values to tenths.
Students will conduct a laboratory exercise that will examine the decomposition of organic household wastes from their home, and investigate which waste products can be composted and best utilized by plants.
Students will discuss the form and function of Chinese porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts that were added by French artists. They will decorate cups or bowls with thematic designs then "sell" these works to partners role-playing as French tourists. Partners will add decorations to the original designs. Each student will also write an account of his or her object's journey.
Using deep breathing is a great way to relieve anxiety and stress. Deep breathing helps us to relax by making us focus on our breath and thus shifting our attention away from what it is that is worrying us. When we practice deep breathing regularly, it becomes a valuable tool we can use to give us immediate and long-term relief from stress, worry and anxiety. The resource includes how deep breathing works and instructions to do it.
This is a webpage with videos that relate to the Deep Impact Encounter. Learners can watch videos about the mission, encounter, science, and results.
The DeepL Translator is a really cool tool that comes with its own definitions and automatic sentence completion options. You can choose from 26 languages and when you receive the translation, just double-click on a word for more details.
When you select that word in the translation, you will see a dropdown box with more options. You can also take a look at the word definition that pops up at the bottom of the page at the same time. Plus, you will see examples of the word being used in both the input and output languages. This is a great feature to have if you are trying to learn the language you are translating into.
In the deepest, darkest parts of the oceans are ecosystems with more diversity than a tropical rainforest. Taking us on a voyage into the ocean -- from the deepest trenches to the remains of the Titanic -- marine biologist David Gallo explores the wonder and beauty of marine life. A quiz, thought provoking question, and links for further study are provided to create a lesson around the 8-minute video. Educators may use the platform to easily "Flip" or create their own lesson for use with their students of any age or level.
A resource to help school divisions, teachers and education professionals better understand and support students whoa re gender and/or sexually diverse. It provides teaching resources and information for administrative resources. It is also available in French.
The Government of Saskatchewan is committed to ensuring schools are safe and inclusive environments. It is a priority that all students and staff feel included, protected and respected. Students may feel unsafe at school for a variety of reasons. Students who do not feel safe or valued are at risk of having lower grades, higher rates of skipping school, higher rates of risky behaviour or higher rates of depression (Egale, 2011).
The purpose of the Deepening the Discussion: Gender and Sexual Diversity Toolkit is to:
*acknowledge the shared responsibility of ensuring that all students and staff who identify as gender and/or sexually diverse have the same opportunities for safety, socialization and success in schools;
*assist school divisions to fulfill their ethical and professional responsibilities to provide safe, equitable and inclusive learning environments for students and staff, regardless of the actual or perceived differences;
*provide a framework for school divisions to address and support gender and sexual diversity;
*build upon and focus the conversation of gender and sexual diversity for all school division and school administration and staff (Deepening the Discussion: Gender and Sexual Diversity (2015));
*provide resources and tools to support critical conversations and school division’s planning for gender and sexual diversity; and,
*support the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) by providing a supportive learning environment which allows all students the opportunity to remain in school and graduate.
These projects for grades 4-12 are designed to last 1-2 weeks.
The projects are cross-curricular and could be done via distance learning or in classrooms using technology.
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Developed for second grade. Students will: use their sense of touch and sight to discover differences between several types of seeds; discuss why seeds come in different shapes and sizes; make connections between art and science; discuss the growth process of a seed; discuss how different seeds are used in different products.Biology In Elementary Schools is a Saint Michael's College student project. The teaching ideas on this page have been found, refined, and developed by students in a college-level course on the teaching of biology at the elementary level. Unless otherwise noted, the lesson plans have been tried at least once by students from our partner schools. This wiki has been established to share ideas about teaching biology in elementary schools. The motivation behind the creation of this page is twofold: 1. to provide an outlet for the teaching ideas of a group of college educators participating in a workshop-style course; 2. to provide a space where anyone else interested in this topic can place their ideas.
Sal discusses the conditions of matrix dimensions for which addition or multiplication are defined. Created by Sal Khan.
This feature article from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Earth Observatory discusses the use of satellite imagery to evaluate desertification which is occurring in the Sahel, a region of central African savannah that forms the boundary between the Sahara Desert to the north and the wetter, more fertile regions to the south. Topics include the use of Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR) data, obtained from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) meteorological satellites, to develop a vegetation index, and exactly how the term 'desertification' should be defined in order to distinguish temporarily degraded land from that which has permanently lost productivity.
This feature article from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observatory discusses the use of satellite imagery to evaluate desertification which is occurring in the Sahel, a region of central African savannah that forms the boundary between the Sahara Desert to the north and the wetter, more fertile regions to the south. Topics include the use of Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR) data, obtained from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) meteorological satellites, to develop a vegetation index, and exactly how the term 'desertification' should be defined in order to distinguish temporarily degraded land from that which has permanently lost productivity.
So, if gravity pulls everything down, then why don't things on the bottom of the Earth get pulled down into space? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about gravity and explains that when we talk about gravity pulling things down, what we really mean is gravity is pulling things TOWARD the Earth. Really, it's all about attraction.