ESL Lounge is a site where visitors can access hundreds of lesson plans and materials that promote communicative English in the classroom. There are worksheets, reading comprehension, and communication activities for each level of English proficiency.
ESPN Play Your Way is a youth fitness initiative that empowers kids ages 7 to 12 to get fit and remain physically active. Play Your Way encourages youth to develop games that can be played with traditional and non-traditional materials, and in a wide range of settings. This site features kid-created games and innovative low-cost equipment ideas. Anyone can download all the tools necessary to create their own Play Your Way club.
Students learn the anatomy of a skeleton.
The Afterschool Alliance has updated its, "Evaluations Backgrounder: A Summary of Formal Evaluations of Afterschool Programs’ Impact on Academics, Behavior, Safety and Family Life" as of March 2015.
The Afterschool Alliance has updated its, "Evaluations Backgrounder: A Summary of Formal Evaluations of Afterschool Programs." The update includes new data from ongoing evaluations of Citizen Schools, as well as recently released evaluations of After School Matters, CORAL, a state level evaluation of New Hampshire programs, and findings from two meta-analysis studies and a large-scale quasi-experimental study conducted by Deborah Lowe Vandell, Elizabeth Reisner and Kim Pierce. (Updated July 2008)
The Afterschool Alliance has updated its "Evaluations Backgrounder: A Summary of Formal Evaluations of Afterschool Programs' Impact on Behavior, Safety and Family Life." The update includes new data from ongoing evaluations of Citizen Schools, as well as recently released evaluations of After School Matters, CORAL, LA's BEST, and more. Studies examining health benefits for students and families are also included. (Updated August 2008)
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC) is based in Evansville, Indiana and views each of their schools as a "community school" in which businesses, community agencies, and families work together to provide children with the best education possible. EVSC works to establish an infrastructure of support in school communities and providse programs and services that promote the physical, mental, and emotional health of children and their families.
This is a movement to get America more active. There are blogs, articles, and other resources for interested parties to learn more about health and being active.
Strategies for teachers of ESL students on how have their students better understand the English language.
Expanding Horizons illustrates key concepts, provide concrete examples, and suggest activities across a wide variety of content and age ranges to give a sense of the potential for global learning.
Address multiple causes and preventive measures when handling obesity in our youth
San Fransisco’s Exploratorium offers resources, tools, and projects that help ignite curiosity and learning in scientific fields.
“In this article, the techniques used and the effects of each are explored and suggestions are provided for instructors considering adding game layers to the classroom.” - Scott Nicholson
Students will be able to determine the central ideas of a video about youth mobilization on plastic waste in the Amazon rainforest, analyze the causes of plastic pollution globally and make local connections, and use persuasive writing and visual arts skills to inspire change in their own communities
A Seattle based non-profit organization headed by world renowned Massive Monkees Crew, dedicated to provide urban youth with fun and unique, arts-based programs. Also created the first US dance-based leadership program for urban youth.
Participate in this Eye of the Storm Scavenger Hunt to learn about components of the weather such as lightning, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
This organization offers information about bullying along with resources, websites, tele-seminars and activities.
The FabFems directory is a national database of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions who are inspiring role models for young women. The FabFems directory is accessible to young women, girl-serving STEM programs, and other organizations that are working to increase career awareness and interest in STEM.
The comprehensive website has a list of science and math links that will provide students with direct assistance and teachers with new, exciting homework helper ideas.