In this free tutorial, learn how to get started with a blog, as well as how to develop and promote it to find an audience.

Lessons include: (1) Introduction to Blogs. Get an introduction to blogs. (2) Subscribing to Blogs. Learn how to subscribe to blogs online. (3) Developing Your Blog. Get tools and tips for developing a blog of your own. (4) Choosing a Blog Service. Consider these factors before choosing a blog service. (5) Writing and Promoting Your Blog. Learn how to write and promote your blog to gain more readers. (6) Copyright and Fair Use. Understand how copyright and fair use work before getting started with your blog.

Canadian Wildlife site features the Blue Jay. Highlights its habitats and habits, range, feeding and breeding characteristics.

A large collection of downloadable writing prompt worksheets to encourage students to develop their writing skills. Includes a variety of themes and some on special celebrations, such as Christmas and Halloween.

Learn about the difference between stocks and bonds. Topics include the key characteristics that define an asset as a bond vs. a stock. [9:21]

Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.

In this video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, students use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices to have a conversation about a book.

After independent reading, students in this inclusive classroom meet in a book group to talk about their stories.

Learn about Canada's boreal forest and its importance to our whole earth's ecosystem. Meet the flora and fauna that inhabit this large area, and learn what we can and should do to preserve this environment.

Demonstrates how to solve 6798 - 3359 by using place value to decompose and regroup the numbers. [3:45]

Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.

An overview of how chromosomes were first proposed as the carriers of Mendel's "heritable factors" or what we now call "genes". [10:58]

Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.

Get the facts about Bowhead whales. Besides finding detailed physical descriptions of these mammals of the sea, you?ll also learn about some of their unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Mammal Fact Sheet on Bowhead whales is information on their habitat and habits, range, feeding, and conservation efforts. A list of resources completes the fact sheet.

This lesson plan introduces quartiles and box plots. It contains an activity and discussion. Supplemental activities about how students can represent data graphically are also included.

Mr. Andersen explains the concepts of genetic recombination and gene mapping. [9:43]

Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.

Find out how serious head concussions can be in this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW.

This video segment from The Human Spark observes the brains responses to a series of cognitive tests.

Practice brainstorming ideas and collaborating with others to share information using digital tools. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes

Video tutorial breaks down photosynthesis into two stages: light dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle. [4:47]

Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.

Lesson on crafting and revising lines of poetry. Lineation and enjambment are defined and explored. A Robert Creeley poem is analyzed, and a video of his poem is presented. [1:31]

In this demonstration of chemical change, the presenter blows breath into a methylene blue solution releasing carbon dioxide which acidifies the water and changes it from a bright blue color to green.

Have you ever ridden in a car driving across a suspension bridge? Suspension bridges, with their tall towers, long spans, and gracefully curving cables, are beautiful examples of the work of civil engineers. How do the cables and towers carry the load that is on the bridge, which includes you and the car you are in when you cross the bridge? Can a suspension bridge carry a greater load than a simple beam bridge? You can try to answer these questions in this science activity!

How must the environmental and engineering factors of designing a bridge be combined to create a safe bridge? People have built bridges over rivers, canyons, and other barriers for centuries. As engineers developed better technology and materials, the bridges became larger and stronger. Regardless of the type, all bridges apply common science principles related to forces, including tension and compression. Bridges of the future must be designed with lightweight materials that can withstand extreme weather events. Engineers must design bridges to create safe pathways for multiple forms of transportation, including bike lanes, pedestrian walkways, and passage for large cargo ships. Bridges can also be a source of inspiration, community gathering, and pride in a place. Bridges of the future must be designed with the community and environment in mind. Students will consider design criteria and constraints when defining an engineering problem. While analyzing the phenomena of the Hassanabad bridge collapse, students will consider the environmental and social factors involved in developing a structurally sound future bridge.

This is a 3-hour lesson that includes a self-paced interactive module and classroom activities. The teacher guide includes a challenge sequence (timeline), relevance to standards, materials list, print-outs, assessment, evaluation rubric, and learning extensions.

Lesson objectives: (1) Define and analyze the structural elements of bridges, including beams, arches, trusses, and suspension. (2) Identify tension and compression (tensile and compressive) forces in different types of bridges. (3) Analyze variables (materials, shapes used in the design, environmental factors) engineers must consider when designing a bridge with structural integrity with the ability to withstand a load (weather, cars, people, etc.)