Students and teachers can find interactive games on this site for Physical Education as well as submit their original games for others to use.
A large resource of fun children's games that have been tested and played by real kids. These are group games for kids (and adults!) that can be used for any occasion, especially summer camp or children's programs.
A resource for Virginia’s foster youth that provides information about education, money management, transportation, legal issues, job training and job opportunities, and staying healthy.
The Great Kindness Challenge is a grassroots movement that is making our schools, communities, and world a kinder and more compassionate place for all. Working together, we joyfully prove that KINDNESS MATTERS!
Teachers and teacher–writers know it’s important for students to build knowledge every day, even when schools are closed. That's Great Minds is providing knowledge-building resources —written materials for math (Grades K–12) and daily instructional videos for English language arts (Grades K–8), math (Grades K-12), and science (Grades 3–5). They will post new video lessons and update our content daily.
Take a virtual self-tour of the Great Wall of China
Drawing from research developed at Drexel University and La Salle University, this quiz assesses how mindful you are. When you’re done, you’ll learn more about what mindfulness is, how much you currently practice it, and how you can promote more of it in your life.
First envisioned on World Environment Day, June 5, 2007, the GSA was created in response to Mayor Bloomberg’s challenge to New York City institutions to reduce their carbon footprint 30% by 2030. On October 11, 2007, hosted by the Allen-Stevenson School, forty six schools gathered to explore Climate Change and What Schools Can So About It. The Green Schools Leadership Commitment was first introduced to 21c environmental challenges through integrated sustainable and energy-smart solutions and, with support from The Mayor's Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the National Business Officers Association (NBOA), and other local, state, national and global resource partners, the GSA was launched.
Here, teachers and parents can “tour” a green school and understand why it is beneficial to have a school that is green as well as how to get funding for them.
The Green Schools Coalition is dedicated to turning schools green and will assist anyone who reaches out to them.
The GSNN provides all of the news and information about the green schools movement.
The Green Schools Program empowers students to make a difference in the way their schools use energy. Energy costs are an enormous expense for our nation’s schools, approximately $6 billion each year, and much of the energy that is consumed is wasted. And in many schools, energy costs are second only to personnel costs, exceeding the cost of textbooks and supplies.
The Green Schools Recognition Program encourages cultures of sustainability within school communities. This program recognizes schools for taking a holistic approach to going green that incorporates school ground enhancement, resource conservation, curriculum connections, and community involvement with a school wide commitment and focus on sustainability.
Grow it gives resources on how to involve a youth in gardening. They provide resources to develop a youth garden at schools or in private property. Food safety in the school garden is an article that teaches youth and staff how to be conscious about safety when consuming “the fruits of their labor.” From tools and materials, to soil and compose safety, water source, harvesting, storing, preparing, and serving garden produce.
Students can learn how to create and maintain a garden through the help of cimmunity partners and their school.
Teachers are welcome to use the museum website in order to incorporate objects in the museum into the classroom setting. This fosters creativity and helps students understand the art culture.
Provided by the National Partnerships for After School Science (NPASS), tools and articles provided here describe a model for how to engage out-of-school activity leaders in professional development around science and engineering activities for youth.
A series of meditation recordings designed to introduce mindfulness to teens.
These guidelines are designed to help school administrators, teachers, and crisis team members respond to the needs of students and staff after a loss has impacted the school environment, such as after the death of a student or staff member or when deaths occur that affect many people in the community.
Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.