This site offers two ideas for lessons/activities for students during "Get Caught Reading" month. It was taken from ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 1, 2007, and includes activities, web links, and a bibliography.

This video lesson [2:15] will walk you through using a ruler to measure the distance between endpoints. It is 2 of 10 in the series titled "Measuring a Line Segment." Students can take a short review quiz when finished. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch.

This video lesson [1:15] will walk you through using a ruler to measure the distance between endpoints. It is 5 of 10 in the series titled "Measuring a Line Segment." CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch.

This video lesson [3:03] will walk you through using a ruler to measure the distance between endpoints. It is 8 of 10 in the series titled "Measuring a Line Segment." Students can answer review questions when finished. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch.

Learn how to create, format, and save a document in Microsoft Word. This Beginner lesson is approximately 17 mins.

Here are step-by-step instructions on how to create crystals. This is a great experiment for students to use in learning about the structure and formation of crystals.

This video from Nature features the start of the monarch butterfly's northward trek. [3:02]

This site is full of information and activities to help learn about the Florida Everglades, a unique wetland environment, and its future.

This detailed educator's guide provides a lesson in designing the structure of a spacecraft. The design challenge contains pre-lab activities and instructions for how to test the models.

This site provides a short description of the space shuttle and what it is used for, with diagrams and one quiz question.

Resource provides an activity/lesson for students in analyzing radio, in this instance, NPR. Provides lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From ReadWriteThink's annual calendar on May 3, 2007.

An overview of the nitrogen cycle, covering nitrogen fixation, decay, nitrification, denitrification, and more.

Learn about the 1978 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Nobel Diploma," and "Other Resources."

The Way to Go, Enstein, OLogy site is a place for learning about Einstein--his career, his ideas, how he thought about problems, and his contributions to science. Explore, ask questions, find information, and meet American Museum of Natural History scientists, who share their views on dozens of Einstein-related topics.

Architect Walter Burley Griffin is featured at this PBS site, with links to images of four of the homes he designed.

This site explores the life of Duke Ellington, as well as the strong African-American community that flourished in Washington, D.C., during the time that Ellington lived there (1899-1923).

This site from PBS Online explores the useful plants of the Amazon valley from the rain forest Amazonia. Content highlights a variety of selected plants: Astrocaryum aculeatum Meyer, Bactris gasipaes, Hevea brasiliensis, Oenocarpus bataua, Orbignya phalerata Martius, and Paullinia cupana.

A great website specifically about the history behind the Taj Majal. (Has audio cuts that can be heard by downloading RealAudio.) Also has a wonderful timeline that chronicles The Mughal Dynasty. Be sure to check out the "education" link on the left side. You'll find lesson plans that go along with this site.

A companion site to the PBS show, In the Mix. Gives an overview and transcripts from an episode featuring five teens from Russia, the Dominican Republic, Guinea, and Tanzania. Also features a timeline of immigration history and an article dispelling myths about US immigrants.

This lesson introduces the passive voice and how it is formed. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.