In this resource, students can calculate how long it takes a country’s population to double in size and to investigate factors affecting growth rate.
Related NY State Academic Standards: MST4.C.LE.LE.6.1, MST4.C.LE.LE.7.2
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In this resource, students will collect stories that demonstrate unusually effective writing and create a “writer’s journal”.
Related NY State Academic Standards: RI.5.7, RI.6.7, RI.7.7 and more!
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The Keyword Jumble interactive whiteboard classroom activity produces a scrambled math keyword for the students to solve.
Related NY State Academic Standards: MST3.6.PS.12, MST3.7.PS.1, MST3.7.PS.7 and more!
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This presentation explores the ideas of ecology.
Related NY State Academic Standards: MST4.C.LE.LE.1.1, MST4.C.LE.LE.6.1, MST4.C.LE.LE.6.2 and more!
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In this lesson, students write a scene from a play dealing with modern conflicts and compare them to conflicts of the past.
Related NY State Academic Standards: W.9-10.1.c, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.2.a and more!
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At the end of this lesson students will be able to identify and describe the system of checks and balances as well as create and provide examples of checks placed on the various branches of government.
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.11.2.c.3, SS.11.2.d, SS.C.1.1B and more!
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In this lesson students practice their knowledge of states and capitals while at the same time working on motor skills. This activity also promotes working together in small groups.
Related NY State Academic Standards: HPF.PE.I.1, HPF.PE.I.1.1, HPF.PE.I.1.1.A and more!
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In this learning experience, students design, construct, test and draw conclusions about artificial wind-dispersed seeds in a controlled environment.
Related NY State Academic Standards: W.7.7, W.7.11, RST.9-10.1 and more!
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Students will research one of two Mexican holidays, Day of the Dead and Cinco de Mayo, present important facts about the holiday to the class and host an in-class celebration that reflects the dress, music, food, and traditions of that holiday.
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.5.4.b, SS.5.5.a.1, SS.5.5.a.2, and more!
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Students will learn about the Fowler’s toad in this resource.
Related NY State Academic Standards: MST4.I.LE.1.1, MST4.I.LE.3.1, MST4.I.LE.4.3 and more!
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