By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain how scientific research addresses questions about behavior
Discuss how scientific research guides public policy
Appreciate how scientific research can be important in making personal decisions

Explore the sweet, slimy world of snails (and worms!) as you discover the difference between fact and fiction with videos, stories and games.

Great introduction to the use of "saber" and "conocer", "pedir" and "preguntar". The lesson is easy to understand, with ample examples. A short quiz, oral exercise and test at the end of the lesson checks the student's mastery of this grammar principle. Teachers can set up free accounts to monitor student progress on quizzes and tests. Printer-friendly pages make great grammar summaries for student notebooks.

In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions for something called circular reporting. Noah Tavlin sheds light on this phenomenon. [3:42]

Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict resolution, cause and effect/ fact and opinion, compare and contrast, and organizing information. It is provided by a site designed to help prepare students for the fourth grade FCAT standardized reading test in Florida.