Activities for ages 4 and up. STEM activities {Science Technology Engineering and Math} are all the buzz in education. Kids love finding out how things work through fun, hands-on projects and teachers love knowing that they're preparing students for their techy future.
This website provides 100's of activities and videos exploring STEM. You can visit a production factory for lollipops, a pickle lab, explore the science of an egg, among many other cool things!
NCSS has selected a collection of classroom activities, teaching ideas, and articles from Social Education, Middle Level Learning, and Social Studies and the Young Learner. Browse the collection, or search by historical period and grade level using the search function below. (Collections on other disciplines are under development.)
NCSS has selected a collection of classroom activities, teaching ideas, and articles from Social Education, Middle Level Learning, and Social Studies and the Young Learner. Browse the collection, or search by historical period and grade level using the search function below. (Collections on other disciplines are under development.)
Science online simulation game for middle school students that focuses on the understanding of science processes and food safety behavior. Includes a culminating activity that involves experimental design.
There are a variety of teaching strategies that instructors can use to improve student learning. The links below will show you some ways to make your classes more engaging. Active Learning - Active Learning is anything that students do in a classroom other than merely passively listening to an instructor's lecture.
This is a virtual place for folks interested in learning to "operationalize TPACK" (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) using curriculum-based learning activity types ('LATs'), teaching strategies, and performance assessments.
This website has a lot of great reading and language arts activities for younger students. It will help with learning letters and other skills for emergent and beginning readers.
This website offers a variety of reading resources for early elementary classrooms. If you scroll through the site, you'll see lots of letter sound activities, word families, and other great resources.
Tons of free social studies resources including clipart, PowerPoints, games, and videos. Lots of information for students and teachers about a plethora of topics.