In the animated 11-minute story "A Splash of Mink," from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, Molly and Trini must find a remedy after being sprayed by a mink. Despite getting advice from various sources about how to get rid of the smell, they are unable to do so after several tries. Eventually, they find a true expert who provides a remedy that works. Use this lesson to help students explore the importance of using sources that are accurate and trustworthy in the context of the literacy, STEM, or social studies unit they are currently studying. Support materials are provided.

Molly and her friends use informational texts for a real-life purpose in the 11-minute story "Dream Tube," the third of three video segments in this episode from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. While exploring how to use informational texts, children also learn aspects of Alaska Native life.

Use this comprehensive lesson as part of a comprehensive literacy, STEM, or social studies unit in which children will be using informational texts. In the "Dream Tube" animated story from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali, Molly and her friends need answers about agate stones.

Students observe representational images and use as evidence to describe how the Moon is visible in the day and night sky. The digital slideshow is used to provide students with the opportunity to observe and describe how the Moon can be visible in the day sky and night sky at different times and from different locations from our viewpoint on Earth.

Observe how the Moon appears to change in the sky over time in this GBH lesson plan. Students will observe and use evidence from media to describe and record how the Moon appears to change. The media in this lesson plan includes a digital storybook and a video of the Moon in the sky at different times.

Some tips are presented on how to properly prepare the content of and structure a presentation. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4, SL.11-12.4 Presentation

During the past 200 years, the Earth has been doing a strange thing. It's warming up, and it's warming up fast. Warming that should have taken thousands of years has only taken a couple of hundred. [2:40]

This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey uses animation and archival footage to provide an overview of the theory of plate tectonics.

Contains many points to consider when analyzing someone's arguments and evidence, such as the hidden assumptions, cultural assumptions, and testability. Each is explained in a short paragraph with a link to additional discussions on separate pages. RI.9-10.5 ideas/claims developed, RI.9-10.8 eval argument/reasoning CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.8

Students compare Romeo and Juliet: Act II, Scene 2 from three different versions of the story.

Understand how we use the scientific method and go through the different steps in a simple and easy to understand way. [9:58]

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What are some strategies for achieving the goal of every child reading? This site features several activities to achieve this goal with your readers.

This resource focuses on teaching students how to do historical research via a series of steps. Historical photos and documents are included as examples.

Observe how sunlight affects materials on Earth's surface in this media gallery. Students will make observations to use as evidence that sunlight warms Earth's surface as shown in the time-lapse video of an egg cooking in the sun. Students can make observations of slight changes in temperature in this animated video from PEEP and the Big Wide World.

Learn how to write an expository essay with opinion, reason and evidence while creating your very own comic strip!
With superhero Captain Opinion and her sidekicks, Reason and Evidence, the viewer goes on a fun adventure into the world of opinions and the importance of supporting them with lots of reasons and evidence.
Learning Objective:
Have students write an expository essay that establishes a central idea in a topic sentence; includes supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and contains a concluding statement.

¡Aprende cómo escribir un ensayo expositivo con opinión, razón y evidencia mientras creas tu propia tira cómica!

Con el superhéroe Capitán Opinión y sus compañeras Razón y Evidencia, el espectador se embarca en una divertida aventura en el mundo de las opiniones y la importancia de sustentarlas con muchas razones y evidencias.

Objetivo de Aprendizaje:
Hacer que los estudiantes escriban un ensayo expositivo que establezca una idea central en una oración temática; incluye oraciones de apoyo con hechos simples, detalles y explicaciones, y contiene una declaración final.

Anecdotes are literary tools used to pique interest and engage readers. Used to evoke emotion, anecdotes are best used in the introduction or conclusion. This tutorial focuses on how to use anecdotes appropriately and effectively to make your content as powerful as it can be.

This lesson discusses how statistics can be used as supporting details. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [05:16] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.

A lesson with audio discussing how analogies can be used as supporting details. [4:00]

Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on support for a claim. Then revise and edit your work based on the model. This will help you develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.