In this comprehensive unit, students launch their learning about birds by using informational texts. As students read these texts, they build background knowledge and develop their skills as readers of informational texts. Included are...

Read, write, and present a digital narrative with transition words to help us put the events in order! After modeling the lesson, groups of students will write narratives to recount a short sequence of events, they will include details...

In this lesson, learners will use figurative language, digital tools, and illustrations to write a story. The teacher will model how to use an app that has onomatopoeia to create a story with a good beginning, middle, and end. A video...

This multimedia exhibition examines Whitman's life and writing career, as he continually revised his masterwork, "Leaves of Grass."

The Electronic Literature Spanish portal is dedicated to the dissemination of works whose existence is linked to cyberspace: multimedia novels, web novels, collective novels and wiki novels. Many of these works are distinguished by...

What is data mining? Students will explore the meaning of data mining and through research create a multimedia presentation of government data mining and privacy.

Need a photo for a project, report, multimedia presentation on plants from around the world as well as California? Find fair use images of specific plants by searching with the scientific name, common name, or location.

Bridging the Years explores the creation of Britain's first commercial waterway, the Bridgewater Canal, and the construction of the Manchester Ship canal over 100 years later. Stories, multimedia clips, a timeline, and numerous maps are...

When we use multimedia to develop and share student stories we foster self-expression. The added dimension of video provides a method for these students to display their creativity. This article features an educator's insight and tips in...

Teachers and students can easily browse and search a collection of biology resources, topics ranging from "Agriculture & Aquaculture" to "Zoology". This site offers preview information on thousands of resources at other sites,...

A multimedia collection of resources to enhance studying the Middle Ages. Find several images and sound bits.

From the Multimedia Physics Studios. An animation of the technique of the induction charging of an electroscope. The movement of electrons through the electroscope is shown. The animation is accompanied by explanations of what is happening.

From the Multimedia Physics Studios. An animation depicting the induction charging of a double sphere system by the process of induction. The movement of electrons between spheres and between the ground and sphere is shown. The animation...

A comprehensive guide to integrating media-making into a science classroom provides an engaging way for students to demonstrate knowledge and build 21st-century learning skills. Supplies tools for teachers to make science-based media,...

This online tool is designed for teachers to create rubrics that correspond with project-based learning activities.

These tales from Eastern Europe are reproduced here in a very user-friendly environment that allows the student to customize the display to alter text size, background color and other variables.

Choose from a variety of courses, lesson plans, and resources aligned to the Common Core standard of creating audio recordings of stories or poems.

[Free Registration/Login Required] One-page summary, along with related multimedia features, of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

[Free Registration/Login Required] One-page overview, with related multimedia features, of the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

This unit introduces learners to a study of life cycles by having them examine the life cycle of a butterfly. The students will observe, record and describe the changes in caterpillars as they become butterflies. The teacher will...