This lesson offers one way to build a bridge between the home and school learning experience, through a fun, take-home literacy activity.
Students take turns taking home a book bag that includes a stuffed toy, a book to read with their families, art supplies, a topic to discuss, and a journal to complete as a family. The students then return the bag the following day and share their entries with the class. After every student has taken the bag home, the journal is bound into a book for the classroom library. The teacher then selects a new topic and book to start a second rotation. The goal is to invite parents to join their children in these literacy activities.

Students will do an activity in which heat is transferred from hot water to metal washers and then from hot metal washers to water. Students will view a molecular animation to better understand the process of conduction at the molecular level. Students will also draw their own model of the process of conduction.

This module is a complete set of lessons "How do the differences arise in DNA that leads to differences in characteristics. Teacher module overview video included. Focus on the origin of genetic variation and how it gives rise to diverse traits. Each exercise has guiding questions. Modules include worksheets, videos, the time needed for each section, links to other resources, assessment.

This inquiry focuses on examining a painting from a Holocaust survivor, a quote from a survivor, and an excerpt from an interview from a liberator to explore how art can express the pain of the Holocaust and how using a combination of first-hand sources can provide a better understanding of specific events of the Holocaust. The questions, tasks, and sources in this inquiry asks student to examine one piece of art using visual thinking strategies then use their observations on the painting in combination with a survivor quote and a liberator interview to construct a claim that using a combination of sources provides a better/more comprehensive understanding of the final days of the Holocaust and liberation.

This is an excellent way to assess students' understanding of a multitude of literary and comprehension elements when reading The House on Mango Street. It provides excellent examples as to what students can do as far as activities as well.

After playing a video clip of the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, just after he was 'given brains' and he mentions how the Pythagorean Theorem works have students look for precision in his statement.  This site helps you challenge students to be critical mathematicians and make the Scarecrow's statement more precise.  A link to the video clip is embedded on the page.

Students will learn common standard and metric measurement tools to measure distance, weight, and volume. Then they will complete a series of hands-on labs where they apply the use of measurement skills.

Brookings Institution Governance Studies Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds talked about the Electoral Count Act of 1887, the current law for how electoral votes get counted after a presidential election. She explains reform efforts and the role of the vice president of the U.S. in the electoral count.

Students will organize and analyze data to make decisions about which rides to choose on their vacation to Disneyland.  The students will be given average wait times for a variety of rides at an amusement park and then analyze the data.

This problem provides a context for a real life application for finding the least common multiple of two numbers.

This article by the National Library of Medicine teaches readers how germs make people ill. It includes several sections - what microbes are, the types of microbes (including viruses, bacteria, fungi, helminths, protozoa, and prions), how we encounter microbes, the mechanisms by which germs may enter a human host, how pathogens cause illness, and some examples of germs that cause illness. Students can make flashcards of each microbe and its mechanism of causing illness as they read. This article is great for comprehension and retention as it includes pictures, microscopic images, and diagrams. By reading this article, students should have a clear understanding of how each type of microbes contributes to illness.

By practicing the three R’s – reduce, reuse and recycle – we can cut our trash by significant amounts and
lower our impact on landfills and the planet.

In this lesson, students find out how much money NFL cornerback Patrick Peterson lost by not cashing his signing bonus check of over $15 million. Students start by guessing how much money he could have earned in interest if he had cashed the check right away. Then students are asked what information they need to know in order to solve the problem. A news article is given with extra information, and the equation for compound interest is used. Extension ideas are given to determine what the amount of money made would be for different amounts of time as well as a Desmos graphing exploration where students can change the rate and explore the amount of money that could be earned at different rates.

A How To Guide to Organizing Your Very Own Art Exhibition inspired by the DIY Gallery: A Deeper Look into the 365 Artists 365 Days Project. This how to guide was designed to encourage art educators to incorporate more Contemporary Art into their curriculum. Created by Frank Juarez and Elyse Lucas.

In third grade, students "use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100" (3.NBT.A.1). The purpose of this task is for students to practice rounding numbers to the nearest ten, utilizing a flow chart. We then connected the flow chart and rules for rounding with location on the number line, and to introduce the idea of rounding to the nearest 100. This task naturally builds towards 3.NBT, 4.NBT Rounding to the Nearest 100 and 1000. Together then we created an anchor chart to utilize when rounding.

STUDENTS INVESTIGATING PRIMARY SOURCES Forward to the Future: The Declaration of Independence in Our Lives Celebrate Freedom Week Series: Part IV How are the ideas from the Declaration of Independence connected to our government today? A Short Gallery Walk Activity for High School and Middle School.

Students will engage in a primary source analysis of the Bill of Rights, The US Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence and analyze the documents to see connections between documents and how these documents connect to their lives today.

"How to Teach Nature Journaling" by John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren (2020) is a free PDF curriculum guide to support educators as they model and teach science thinking by keeping a nature journal. The benefits of nature journaling are that it helps students to:
• slow down and pay attention
• wonder and ask questions
• supporting creativity and critical thinking skills
• by seeing themselves as scientists, engaging in authentic science inquiry
• nurturing a connection with nature
• building equity”
(p. 7 of How to Teach Nature Journaling by Law and Muir, 2020)

The video explains how to play Human Alphabet. The activity is intended for early elementary students. Human Alphabet has students moving throughout general space utilizing different locomotor movements as well as having students work with a partner/small group to use their bodies to create different letters/words. This activity combines movement skills and literacy.