This activity is a quantative writing activity where students will use writing and illustrations to show their knowledge of the basic rock cycle.

In this science activity, students investigate the water cycle by testing the water evaporated from leaves (transpiration) in a field experience. Students use elements of this information to track the water cycle through it's various stages.

This article describes how primary school teachers and their school technology specialist use classroom blogging to engage children in reading and writing.

What is ghostwriting and why does it exist? The answer is less frightening, but more complicated, than you'd think. [8:38]

Print out these colorfully illustrated PDF file pages for each of the numbers 11-20. Each card shows the numeral and clever art work that shows the amount for that numeral. Below that is a work area to practice tracing over the numerals with arrows that show how to form each numeral.

In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the critical role communication plays in an engineer's life. Students create products to communicate their learning about the engineering role in the environment.

Rhetorical terms are defined on this site by the Kentucky Division of Classics. With sentence examples of each in English and Greek. Also related links to Perseus.

This site offers a clear definition of what is expected in a definition essay. It also provides a link to a sample paper, with instructor's comments, as well as a link to the Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab.

An adult educator explains and demonstrates the use of conjunctions and subordinate clauses.

An adult educator talks about the thesis statement and how to cluster ideas around it.

This article gives background information on the Iditarod race in Alaska and shows how the race can be used in Grades K-5 classrooms to incorporate science, geography and language arts. The author provides links to resources that involve reading expository tests and writing assignments as well as working with real-time data. The article appears in the free, online magazine Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears.

Make your students' game play more meaningful by using our activity and assessment set designed specifically for LawCraft. This easy-to-use Extension Pack helps you give context and purpose to the game, as well as reinforce and assess the game concepts. That means deeper learning for students, and best practices around game-centered learning for you!
This Extension Pack uses a Google Slides deck and is designed for use with projectors or interactive whiteboards. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Simulate the law-making process of the US Congress. *Explain the role of compromise in the lawmaking process. *Make connections between bill amendments and the values it represents. *Evaluate cause and effect relationships.

This activity is a classroom introduction to bird migration. Students will acquire new vocabulary, sharpen their map skills, and discover the scientific reasons some birds migrate.

This activity is a laboratory investigation where students observe images produced by concave and convex lenses, and how light travels through the lenses.

Reading Emily Dickinson's letters alongside her poems helps students to better appreciate a remarkable voice in American literature, grasp how Dickinson perceived herself and her poetry, and perhaps most relevant to their own endeavors consider the ways in which a writer constructs a "supposed person."