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The goal of SciGirls is to encourage girls to find a passion of science, technology, engineering and math - or STEM. Each 30-minute episode highlights scientific and engineering processes following a different set of middle school girls who design their own inquiry-based investigations with the help of scientist mentors. The mentors offer the students a glimpse of exciting STEM career possibilities. SciGirls educational materials provide gender-equitable teaching strategies and hands-on inquiries based on the concepts modeled in SciGirls' videos.

WatchKnowLearn.org is a website with thousands of educational videos for students who want to learn core subjects like math or language arts, to hobbies, career development, and even philosophy. The videos can be grouped by Common Core, age, subject, and even type of classroom.

Nice collection of news sites presented in various formats to engage learners.

Episode #123 features a recording of a statement by the spokesman for N.O.T.S.I.C.K., the faux National Organization for Training and School Improvement in Classrooms for Kids, pertaining to the outbreak of the PD2.0 virus. A text version of this statement including additional visuals can be read at the Microsoft Partners in Learning Hot Topics Accessibility blog.

Phonemic awareness activities! Phonics activities! Perfect for literacy centers and small group instruction. A little bit of cutting and gluing on your part allows us to provide 15 activities in each area of literacy for use in your classroom.

Home page for resources to make and use to teach.

In this online tool, students can learn about and write acrostic poems. An acrostic poem uses the letters in a word to begin each line of the poem. All lines of the poem relate to or describe the main topic word. As part of the online tool, students brain

Washington Post Article - Specific parts of the brain are activated when children try to comprehend sentences. Scans allow researchers to measure that process.