Since 1999, Concordia College & University® of Delaware has made it possible …
Since 1999, Concordia College & University® of Delaware has made it possible for adult learners to finish their college degree online, in one day, while continuing with their daily lives. Life experience degrees are designed for adult learners who exhibit core competencies of knowledge, skill and experience in some field of interest.
As COVID-19 forces education at all levels online, employers are seeing a significant jump in the number of job applicants who have earned or completed a degree online.
With two simple classroom experiments and easy-to-read text, this original story is …
With two simple classroom experiments and easy-to-read text, this original story is designed to introduce young learners to the greenhouse effect. The author provides different versions of the story for grades K-2 and 3-5, as well as different formats for differentiated instruction. The free online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle focuses on principles of climate literacy that are appropriate for young learners.
Students examine various materials to investigate how they interact with light. They …
Students examine various materials to investigate how they interact with light. They use five characteristicsâtranslucency, transparency, opaqueness, reflectivity and refractivityâto describe how light interacts with the objects.
The urban and rural activities of our complex social system aimed toward …
The urban and rural activities of our complex social system aimed toward comfort and progress also have harmful side effects. This segment from a WPSU documentary Liquid Assets describes how the water resources of one city are suffering from these.
A seven-week module for high intermediate ESL students who need to develop …
A seven-week module for high intermediate ESL students who need to develop better listening comprehension and oral skills. The workshop involves short speaking and listening assignments with extensive exercises in accurate comprehension, pronunciation, stress and intonation, and expression of ideas.
The goal of using Naviance with 7th grade students is to encourage …
The goal of using Naviance with 7th grade students is to encourage self-relianance and self-awareness as a result of the ACP process, this lesson’s objective is relevant to that end.
I use this resource in my classroom to conference with students, specifically …
I use this resource in my classroom to conference with students, specifically in reading class. The Google Sheet includes tabs for the student's name, date, title of book, page number they are currently on, a connected standard I may be assessing at the time, and notes about their performance. Students can also read a page or two aloud as a quick fluency check.
8th Grade Science teacher Peter Hill from King Middle School in Maine …
8th Grade Science teacher Peter Hill from King Middle School in Maine shares a quick strategy tool and strategy he refers to as "word cloud". The "word cloud" is generated by a computer program that takes words from an article and generates a "cloud" with different sizes of words with the size emphasizing the frequency of the word. Mr. Hill uses this as a quick pre-reading activity to increase curiosity and engagement and to have students anticipate what the article or essay is about and what the main idea is. Teachers might also consider a twist to this idea and have student groups create their own word cloud after reading a selected text.11
To identify careers at local businesses. By communicating with area employers and …
To identify careers at local businesses. By communicating with area employers and identifying careers students could possibly find a career they identify with and could pursue as a career path. This would help students with careers and businesses with employees.
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Lola Hendricks …
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Lola Hendricks describes her work behind the scenes to advance the Civil Rights movement.
In this lesson, students explore how Abraham Lincoln used the power of …
In this lesson, students explore how Abraham Lincoln used the power of words in speeches, letters and other documents. In the Introductory Activity, students watch a segment from the PBS film Looking for Lincoln featuring Lincoln quotes and try to identify the origin of each quotation. In the first Learning Activity, students closely examine Lincoln’s use of words in the Gettysburg Address and learn that a short speech can be powerful. In the second Learning Activity, students discuss different reasons for writing letters and review some of Abraham Lincoln’s letters. In the Culminating Activity, students write their own speeches or letters and then present them to the class.
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students gather different facts about Lincoln through a …
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students gather different facts about Lincoln through a variety of hands-on activities. In the Introductory Activity, students match vocabulary words with pictures to piece together a timeline of Abraham Lincoln’s life. In the Learning Activities, students gather various facts about the life of Lincoln. Students learn about Abraham Lincoln’s work as a lawyer on the prairie and also gain insight into Lincoln through objects and artifacts of his life. Students then select classroom objects that best tell a story about them and/or their class. In the Culminating Activity, students reflect upon the life of Lincoln, revisit the timeline of Lincoln’s life and create their own personal timelines.
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