In this activity, students build numbers from zero to ten with cereal and connect the number name and numeral. Students also explore number sentences for numbers up to ten.
On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland. Hours later, Neville Chamberlain spoke to the members of the House of Commons. The gist of the speech was preparing Britain for war.
A picture book about the final championship baseball game of the season. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Chandra allows astronomers to view our galaxy and beyond in ways only dreamt of before. 14 interactive flash features are offered in this exciting look at cosmic phenomena.
Contains plans for a minilesson that teaches about proper dialogue format while writing, specifically paragraphing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.
This video segment adapted from NASA describes the basic characteristics of our star, the Sun. Includes background reading material and discussion questions. Video length: 1 min. 28 sec.
This site from the University of St. Andrews provides biographical information on the mathematician/writer Lewis Carroll, also known as Charles Lutwodge Dodgson.
The complete text of the original land grant given to William Penn to settle Pennsylvania.
The charter given by Gustavus Adolphus to the Swedish South Company detailing its rights, privileges, and requirements in its permission to explore and set up colonies.
This site contains a complete transcription of The Bill of Rights, along with zoomable graphics of the original handwritten text. It also includes information about the historical context of the document, links to more constitutional amendments, and much more.
Contains plans for one 60-minute lesson that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.
This interesting site has a variety of activities and games to use in the classroom or at home to teach letter recognition, phonics, and beginning writing skills. Learn about individual letters at the Alphabet Soup Cafe, create an Alphabet Scrapbook, learn to write the letters with Spinner the Spider, and learn about alphabet fonts in the section on Shapes and Features.
In this story, a young girl goes grocery shopping with her father, then they prepare a meal together for her mother. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores acids and bases and various topics connected to them, including electron pairs, proton donors, proton acceptors, acid-base reactions, and more.
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores a range of topics related to chemical equilibrium including chemical change, the LeChatelier principle, the equilibrium quotient, and more.
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to electrochemistry. Several of the topics included at this site are chemistry and electricity, electroneutrality, potential differences at interfaces, cell description conventions, and more.
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses a series of topics related to electrons including atoms that have only one electron, effects of electron-electron repulsion, the Aufbau rules, and more.
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a list of related topics (in hyperlink format) on the atom and the Periodic Table of elements. Topics from light, particles, and waves to the Bohr model, quantum configuration, and atom structure are included.
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with a variety of topics related to real gases including effects of intermolecular forces, the van der Waals equation of state, and more.
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores chemical bonding in relation to metals and semiconductors. Topics covered include molecular orbitals in metals, band structure in metals, and more.