This article provides an overview of current research about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well as strategies to help students with ADHD with reading and writing.

This lesson is an introduction to the research process using  the Ask. Act. Achieve. process 

This video segment adapted from First Light explains why the highest peak in the Pacific, Mauna Kea, is an ideal site for astronomical observations. Featured are new telescope technologies that allow astronomers to explore the universe in more detail. [5:39]

In this video segment from Greater Boston, learn how a man with severe motor disabilities can operate a computer and move a prosthetic hand by simply thinking the commands, thanks to the combined efforts of bioengineers and neuroscientists.

This activity is an indoor/outdoor activity that incorporates both literacy and scientific observation to make an ABC book based on Antler, Bear, Canoe by Betsy Bowen. Family participation is encouraged.

As Alma explores, she appreciates all the great things about her neighborhood. How can we make observations and celebrate our communities? Students will use a printable Alma's Way My Neighborhood Notebook to observe the people, places, things, and cultures that make their communities special.

Resource pages of 149 animals from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Each page contains animal details, habitats and known living areas, conservation status and threats, diet, photographs and videos, external resources, and downloadable fact sheets.

Increase your understanding of what you read by making digital notes in an article. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes

Students learn about the specific goals of the Application Guidebook where they will select a task and begin conducting research for their task.

Students continue conducting research. They also brainstorm and create an outline for their culminating task product. They also work with a partner to evaluate the content and ideas of their outline before they create a draft of their product.

We will review expectations and then draft our presentation of our culminating task.

Students deliver presentations to express understanding of a chosen topic based on a culminating task rubric. This is the second part of a task.

Explore tools that support research, professional learning, or self-guided study to improve your understanding of learner variability. Educators will develop a plan for embedding research-based practices appropriately within their professional learning opportunities

Approximate time to complete this course is 4 hours.

Students become detectives, reading and analyzing documents and artifacts as clues to the life of a nineteenth century woman, Annie Steel. The students then use various materials to create a series of collages.

Internet research is a fine writing tool, but can you trust the information you find? This presentation by Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries at Babson College, gives advice on assessing the quality and credibility of information found on the Internet. Includes links to search engines and research guides, but the most useful aspect of this presentation is the in-depth discussion on assessing these resources.

In this video segment from Nature, researchers study pandas in an effort to halt their decline in population. [5:37]