International Reading Association
Reading Online: Publishing Student Work on the Internet
Explore this online article by Rachel Karchmer discussing the advantages of publishing student work on the web.
PBS
Kqed: Quest: How Nuclear Reactors Work
This interactive explorer allows students to click on a hot spot on the image and learn more about how nuclear reactors work.
US Department of Education
Federal Student Aid: Fafsa
If a student wants to receive any sort of financial aid, they must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This site explains how and allows you to submit it electronically.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about the importance of cooperation. Students will learn strategies to help students work together as a team.
US National Archives
Docsteach: The Legislative Process: Congress at Work
Students will analyze historical records of the House and Senate to understand the sequence of steps in the legislative process. The students will work collaboratively to study documents and identify the step in the process that each...
Read Works
Read Works: Analysis of the Declaration of Independence
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief analysis of the Declaration of Independence. A paired passage, a lower level passage with related content, a questions sheet, and an additional answer sheet are...
Oswego City School District
Oswego City School District: Working With Related Conditionals
Students are given a conitional statement and are to determine which choice is the converse of the statement.
Other
Read Works: Japan: Your Japanese Counterparts [Pdf]
An informational text about students in Japan. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Lesson: Author's Purpose: Cause and Effect Signal Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, students can learn how several authors can write about the same topic, but for different purposes.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Putting Robots to Work With Force & Friction
Students learn about the concept of pushing, as well as the relationship between force and mass. Students practice measurement skills using pan scales and rulers to make predictions about mass and distance. A LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot is...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Technology at Work 2
Students explore and debate the value of technological advances that have had both positive and negative effects on society.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Working With Prime and Composite Numbers
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to practice working with prime and composite numbers. Students learn how to do prime factorization.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Box Office Manager: Kids Work!
The Box Office Manager manages the office that books and sells tickets for the theater. Students will play the role of a box office manager and understand his duties and responsibilities. This animated interactive job exploration...
Read Works
Read Works: Houston Affects the Earth
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a mayor who worked to reduce pollution in Houston, Texas in 2008. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Important People
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different people who work in a school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Ash Blast
Discusses work done by scientists looking at the potential health risks from the April 2011 volcanic eruptions in Iceland, which sent clouds of ash across Europe. [May 8, 2011]
Other
Read Works: New York Buildings "Going Green" [Pdf]
An informational text about eco-friendly buildings in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Read Works: Mali & African Empires: The African Slave Trade [Pdf]
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the African slave trade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "As I Was Going to St. Ives"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A riddle poem by an anonymous poet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "Mix a Pancake"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Christina G. Rossetti about making pancakes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "Drinking Fountain"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Marchette Chute about the problems with drinking from a water fountain. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "Covers"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Nikki Giovanni about different types of covers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "The Wind"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson talking to the wind. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "Afternoon on a Hill"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay about spending some time in nature. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.