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Ten Strands’ Environmental Literacy Resources

Ten Strands’ Environmental Literacy Resources are resources on the environment that provide authentic, culturally relevant, and engaging context for students.

8 Ways To Teach Climate Change In Almost Any Classroom

NPR’s thoughts about how to broach the climate change subject with students, no matter what subject you teach.

Fact Sheet: Climate Science Belongs In The Classroom

Learn more about why education is key to turning the tide and creating a safe sustainable world for generations to come in The Climate Reality Project’s latest fact sheet, Climate Science Belongs in the Classroom.

8 Proactive Classroom Management Tips

New teachers—and experienced ones too—can find ideas here on how to stop disruptive behavior before it begins.

PeaceBuilders

PeaceBuilders provides several free resources on its website for parents, school personnel, and community PeaceBuilders to help create safe, positive learning environments.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum Lesson Plans

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms.

NASA Space Place

NASA Space Place’s mission is to inspire and enrich upper-elementary-aged kids’ learning of space and Earth science online through fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles and engaging short videos.

Intel Teach Elements

The several video courses on this site provide the in-depth information needed to move into technology-based teaching.

Seven Essentials for Project-Based Learning

This article describes the process of students’ learning and the depth of their cognitive engagement— rather than the resulting product—that distinguishes projects from busywork. The hypothetical project described in this article was inspired by a real project, “Media Saves the Beach,” carried out by students at High Tech High in San Diego, California. This is a great resource because it provides realistic examples for what essentials are necessary in order to create a Project Based Learning system.

Sushi Monster

Sushi Monster offers children multiplication and addition problems. They have to reach a target number by picking the correct factors and addends listed on different pieces of sushi.

Number Frames

With Number Frames, students explore the relationships between numbers as they represent each operation with virtual manipulatives. This free app gives kids the space to build a foundation that makes math fluency practice most meaningful.

WingaDoos

The WingaDoos are a band of musical pigeons that teach kids K-3 the basics of financial literacy and responsible financial decision making through interactive stories. WingaDoos is available for both in the classroom and at home.