This lesson engages students in fluency stories related to Dr. Seuss' stories. Students will engage in reading these texts with meaningful phrases, intonation, and expression. The Sneetches, Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, What Was I...

This site has a colorful display of information about Missouri. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.

This site has a colorful display of information about Nebraska. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.

A colorful display of information about Wyoming. Contains a map, pictures, a state symbols list, and links to related information.

Many of the objects you can see in the night sky are stars, large objects in space that produce light. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains more than 100 billion stars. Stars are so far away that their light does not reach us for years....

There are more than five hundred different species of skates and rays in our oceans. Scientists say that these fish are closely related to sharks, sharing a common ancestor from around 400 million years ago. This article provides an...

Chocolate begins as a seed of the tropical cacao tree. It has been a prized taste sensation for more than 2,500 years. One reason chocolate is so nice to eat is that it melts just below body temperature. So it really does melt in your...

Use a thermometer to measure the air temperature in several places around the school.

Understand the effect of the forces of push and pull on motion.

Third graders will invent a gadget using one or more simple machines and write about it.

In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills, students watch video dramatizations that tell the story of the Spanish explorers who arrived in the Americas with Columbus and introduced European, African, and Asian plants and...

What colors do you see in a bubble? Why do you see colors in a bubble? Use this site to find out the answer to these questions with this easy experiment.

Students can make ooze and learn about different qualifications of matter. An easy procedure is provided to make gooey ooze that you can play with when you are done.

By making oil float on water--with the help of other ingredients--students can create a lava-lite effect.

Students create their own airplane using straws and other materials and learn the principles of aerodynamics.

Students can experiment with a home-made helicopter that lets them change the blades to see how real aerodynamics work.

Ever wonder why bats live in caves? Or why bats don't fly into objects at night? This article describe why bats thrive in the protected shelter a cave provides. It also explains how bats use echolocation to locate food and avoid obstacles.

Guess the letters in the words to save the colonist from the pillory. This play on hangman reviews historical vocabulary.

Students in Mexico answer questions about their lives, comparing their experiences to those of American children. They talk about popular names, celebrations, food, geography, social and environmental issues, the economy, history,...

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Annie and the Elves by Charles Anderson Dana, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Conceited Pig by John and Charles Mozley, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Costumes of America, a nonfiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Cousin Lucy among the Mountains by Jacob Abbott, a fiction book for children.

This site gives you a biography of Brian Jacques as well as an interview with him about his writing.