Learn different strategies you can use to help students get ready for their role as a buddy partner in the AIM Buddy Project. [5:52]
In this lesson, students use tableaux to dramatize their roles in the food chain of an ecosystem. Next, they write in role arguing why they are important to the ecosystem. This is followed by a debate in the format of a Character Panel about which plant or animal is most important to the ecosystem, with other students acting as interviewers. This results in a class discussion about the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem.
In this lesson, the children learn about how critters depend on the butterfly bush and how the butterfly bush, in turn, depends on it. Common Core writing skills are integrated as they take it to the next step, and create their own page after completing research with partners. Links to materials are provided, along with printable worksheets to guide research.
Students create line plots and analyze data using measurement data with quarter unit fractions.
Students will practice their ability to acknowledge new information expressed by classmates. A good lesson for the first day of school!
Explains how energy flows in ecosystems. Energy enters via producers through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Producers and consumers release the energy from food through cellular respiration. An explanation of gross primary productivity and net primary productivity are included. [7:46]
Sustaining life requires substantial energy and matter inputs. The complex structural organization of organisms accommodates the capture, transformation, transport, release, and elimination of the matter and energy needed to sustain them. [6:18]
Learners explore the concepts of rate and ratio in a variety of problem-solving situations. Worksheets contain definitions and visual representations of concepts. Link to related ratio game. Other skills include measurement, data analysis, and number sense. Acrobat Reader required.
En "Barbaroja, el Pirata", Tucker pierde su querido Lil' Squeakie luego de que sus amigos pasaran el dia enterrando tesoros en la arena. Clifford y Emily Elizabeth hacen su mision el encontrar el juguete tesoro de Tucker antes de la hora de dormir pero es mas dificil de encontrar de lo que ellos se imaginaron. Pero los piratas jamas se dan por vencidos! Ellos se imaginaron sus propios juguetes especiales para dormir y continuaron su mision hasta que desenterraron un seguro- pero muy arenoso- Lil' Squeakie!
Exploremos la musica en casa y en clase con instrumentos hechos en casa.
In this video your students can hear other teens talk about the ins and outs of presenting themselves to others online, and consider what it means to be yourself in digital spaces. [2:58]
This site from Stanford University is on the topic of simultaneity in relativity.
In this Cyberchase video, Bianca and her friend go camping and soon realize that Bianca has left the food at home. They find a vending machine in the woods, but it doesn't dispense the food that corresponds with the numbers Bianca presses. After several attempts to get her favorite candy bar, Bianca discovers a pattern, or rule. Each time she enters a number, she gets a snack labeled with the number she pressed plus two (n + 2). In the accompanying classroom activity, students play a dice game in pairs in which one student applies a rule in secret that the other student must guess. Points are awarded for correct guesses, and students are penalized for incorrect guesses.
Everyone is different, and that is an amazing thing! This dance sequence has students create a welcoming space around them and invite people in, encouraging them to think about and celebrate how they and their friends are different from each other. Additionally, the attached worksheet asks students to reflect on their real-life experiences and how they can best learn about and welcome their friends' differences. The "About this Resource" document provides suggestions for educators to help their students get the most out of these materials. [3:41]
Daniel Tiger and Prince Wednesday sing a song about when friends come over to play -- it doesn't matter what you do together, a friend is someone who wants to play with you. This song celebrates friendship, and that being together is what matters most. Included is a link to a supplemental activity. [1:09]
Join Daniel Tiger and his friends in this collection of fun, printable activities! From creating puppets and Kindness Loops (just like in the show!) to making thoughtful cards for friends, these worksheets will encourage your child's creativity and social-emotional skills.
Miss Elaina gets upset when her pretend cardboard spaceship breaks, and she doesn't want to play any longer. But Daniel reminds her, it doesn't matter what toy they play with, because he came to play with her, not her toys. [2:27]
Prince Wednesday shows Daniel Tiger his rock collection that he gathered with his Dad. Daniel wants to play with the rocks, but he can't because the rocks aren't playthings. Daniel comes to understand that it's okay if he can't play with certain things because friends just want to play with you. Included is a link to a supplemental activity. [2:05]
Celebrate your family in this collection of activities from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood! From sharing favorite memories to writing down a cherished recipe, these printable resources will help make the time you share even more special.
This video features two young boys as they find different ways of playing together. They each find different toys and sometimes even work on different activities, but they find a way to play together. Included is a link to a supplemental activity. [1:56]