Defenders of Wildlife provides information and interactive media to teach students about planet Earth and its' inhabitants. Students can research endangered species (over 50 listed here), learn how to defend and protect the environment, see how the web of life works and other engaging activities.
Assess understanding of sets by matching each set notation with its corresponding set.
Contains plans for lessons that ask students to write journal entries about texts they have read by responding to open-ended questions. The book "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard Atwater is used as an example. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.
In this visualization adapted from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, discover the role that dengue viral proteins play in a human cell as the virus prepares to replicate.
Read about how the Denver Zoo helps to protect animals around the world. Includes audio narration in English, Chinese, Spanish, Setswana, and Turkish, with text in English.
Essay describing the attempts of Salmon Chase, the Supreme Court Chief Justice, to ensure that President Andrew Johnson received fair treatment at his impeachment trial in 1868.
A digital page-by-page walk through an illuminated Middle Age Book of Hours.
Students explore the relationship between two quantitative variables in bivariate data using various x-y plots. They compare the relationships for several categories on the same plot. Students calculate the correlation coefficient to measure the strength and direction of the linear relationship that might exist between two variables.
Students analyze the distribution of categorical data. They calculate percents and visually compare the data sets with a bar chart.
Students categorize data using tables and bar charts. They also determine relative frequencies.
Students sort data and display it graphically using various plots. They also get familiarized with statistical concepts like measures of spread and central tendency.
Different techniques for writing detailed descriptions of an object are found on this page.
A 1967 federal court order resulted in this document, which mandated school desegregation in Birmingham.
A description of the design patterns that are common in software engineering.
Students learn to use pattern blocks to build a two dimensional design, and use the calculator to determine the value of the design.
In this two-part activity, students design and build a Rube Goldberg machine. The open ended problem uses the engineering design process and can have a preset purpose, such as rolling a marble into a cup from a distance, or can be left for the students to decide.
In these questions, students are asked to find the determinant and the inverse of four 2 x 2 matrices. These multiple choice questions have solutions provided.
This set contains questions about statistics involving how to choose a sample size to fit a desired maximum error bound. The student learns to do this on confidence intervals for proportions as well as confidence intervals for means.
This online lesson stresses the importance of emergent readers' understanding of rhyming patterns in language. Through this, students will learn and apply the concepts of rhyme through exercises and interactive activities. A great resource for teachers looking to instill a greater understanding of rhyming patterns in students.
Contains plans for two or three lessons that teach searching, skimming, and scanning skills using an internet bingo game that is easily adaptable to a variety of topics. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.