Excellent online companion site to a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition on the World War I & World War II American Indian Code Talkers. Features information on Native languages, boarding schools, code talking, and lesson plans.

Lesson plan with subsequent pages to use with the lesson. Images with landform word match up and additional work on earth modeling.

Smithsonian Institution presents ?Ocean Planet: Interdisciplinary Marine Science Activities?. Through this series of six interdisciplinary lessons, students will look at such things as the organisms in different marine ecosystems, the many different products we get from our seas, and the effects of pollution on our oceans. Teachers and students alike will love the easy to understand background information and vibrant photos. Each lesson comes complete with clear learning objectives and instructions, as well as supplemental resources and student handouts.

Contains plans for five lessons that teach about fairy tales and literary elements by having students write their own fractured fairy tales. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

OutSCIder Classroom is a web-based video series that teaches students science and environmental stewardship through our National Parks! Host Chris Anderson hits the trail to learn about the world around us and meets some awesome scientists along the way. If you're passionate about the outdoors, learning science, or just like having fun, then join us as we explore our amazing public lands!

PBS's source for teachers, covering all subject areas. This is a site that has so much wonderful information as well as interactive activities that you are sure to find something that would be useful in your classroom.

A lesson for exploring the use of multimedia presentation techniques in effective storytelling. Design, write, storyboard, and create a multimedia presentation of a story about an important family event or memory.

This resource provides educators with information, lesson plans, current news, and other topics that assist with teaching.

Access the educational resources developed by a Seattle-based museum to supplement the PBS documentary series "The Blues." Includes background essays on the blues; biographies, video clips, and sound clips from the series; a blues glossary; and an extensive grid of lesson plans for all grade levels.

POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues. POV's lesson plans offer rigorous entry-points to the study of critical social issues. This Collection includes: Media Gallery (56), Video (68), Lesson Plan (74), Interactive Lesson (1), Interactive (1), Document (3) for Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.

ReadWriteThink offers hundreds of classroom resources for teaching and learning language arts and literacy. Resources range from lesson plans to student interactives, to after-school activities, and professional development.

This article provides an overview of educational resources available from polar research programs.

The Gabriel Dumont Institute has pulled together a variety of educational resources surrounding the Metis Peoples. From Bison hunting to the Metis Food and Diet, educators can access both lesson plans and resources to support teaching and learning.

Retro Report is a nonprofit news organization that connects the past to our present. Their short videos provide both historical context and new perspectives. You can use the videos and lesson plans to inspire critical thinking and discussion on a variety of subjects including history, civics, and science. To see more of their resources for educators, visit Retro Report in the Classroom. This Collection includes: 73 Videos for Grades 6-8, 9-12

In this lesson plan, students work in groups as "Season fairies," and write poems as to why their particular season is needed and valued. Groups then present to the class.

Students compare their own hand/foot span to Shaquille O'Neal's, then graph the data & construct a best-fit line. They can then use the information to investigate the proportionality of the human body.

Discover ways to integrate SEL into daily academic instruction using social and emotional competencies as the foundation for achieving academic goals. [5:28]

A to Z Teacher Stuff offers a lesson, submitted by a teacher, using different sized post-it notes to discuss summarizing, note taking, main idea, and details. RI.11-12.2 Central IdeaS/Anal/Summ

This article provides lesson plans about natural resources and energy sources for elementary teachers.