Professional Doc
American Psychological Association

Sexual Orientation and Youth

For Teachers 7th - 12th
A 24-page manual provides principals, educators, and other school personnel with factual information about sexual orientation development, important legal principles they must consider, and problematic efforts to change sexual...
Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Build an Iron Age House

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how to build an British Iron Age house by following these step by step instructions. Measurements given in metric system.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Skateboard Science

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is on the science and art of skateboard design, including equipment, tricks, glossary of terms, and a live webcast of a skateboard performance.
Activity
NASA

Nasa: Building a Winogradsky Column [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
NASA teacher's guide to building a Winogradsky Column to study microorganisms. When this guide was first released, students were invited to participate in two webcasts with NASA scientists. The conversations from those webcasts are...
Unit Plan
eSchool Today

E School Today: Energy

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains different kinds of energy, covering kinetic, potential, gravitational, mechanical, sound, thermal, chemical, electrical, and radiant energy. Also looks at storage, transfer, and dissipation of energy. Includes a short...
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on Clouds

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn all about clouds, how they form, the different types, and how they can be used to predict the weather.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Water Cycle

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about the different stages of the Earth's water cycle, and about processes involving water, including runoff, infiltration, and the differences between hard and soft water.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: What Is an Ecosystem?

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about all the different levels of ecosystems, from the living things under a rock, up to a rainforest biome. Explains the levels of organization within an ecosystem, the different types of biomes, food chains and trophic levels,...
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Water Shortage

For Students 4th - 8th
Despite seventy percent of the world's surface being covered with water, there is a potential shortage of this natural resource. Only a small percentage is fresh water and much of that is inaccessible or threatened. Learn about fresh...
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Forest Preservation

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about the different kinds of forests, how forests are structured, their importance, deforestation and its impact, forest degradation, and what individuals can do to protect forests.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Renewable Energy Sources

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn what renewable energy is, the different types, and why it's important to conserve energy.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Wildfires

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what a wildfire is, what causes them, how they behave, their impact, how to fight them, and how to prevent them.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Basic Facts and Tips on Cancer

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains how cancer develops and spreads, some causes of cancer, different types, how it is diagnosed, signs and symptoms of cancer, treatments, and tips for preventing it.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What's a 360?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry tries to snowboard and learns how to measure and identify many common angles.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Skate Off: Final Round, Inez vs. Rimm

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad learns what happens to the area of a rectangle when the shape enclosed by the perimeter changes.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bianca Goes to the Movie

For Students 6th - 8th
This Cyberchase video segment features Bianca, who must figure out the fastest route to a movie premiere.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Race to Motherboard

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad figures out how fast their broom must go so they can reach Motherboard before Wicked.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Time Management

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this video segment from TV411, Ruby and her mom plan a schedule so she can complete her homework and still have time for friends and sports.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Estimating Costs, Estimating Profits

For Students 6th - 8th
Franklin works with Laverne to create a budget for a job painting a room, in this video segment from TV 411.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crumpets Recipe

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, Shari Spotter gets help from the CyberSquad in doubling a recipe for crumpets.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Harry's Job at a Candy Store

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry uses fractions to pack boxes of truffles at a candy store.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Measurement Debate

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad helps resolve a dispute about the squares on the Gollywood Walk of Fame.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Tip on Tipping

For Students 6th - 8th
This TV 411 segment features a lesson from Question Man on how to informally calculate 15% tips at restaurants.
Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Geometer's Sketch Pad Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site contains lessons using Geometer's Sketch Pad for elementary and middle school aged students.