Project supported by the National Science Foundation that developes a library of interactive virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction.
Accessing the collection requires a java plug in that is compatible with Firefox and Safari browsers, but not Chrome.
It offers lesson plans, interactives, support materials and student and family activities.
(Source Young Scientist Lab)
On the Consonants and Vowels section you’ll find in-depth practice with each individual sound in Standard American English, as well as various combinations of sounds
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Play it on:
https://ssec.si.edu/pick-your-plate
These printables can be used with students enrolled in literacy and ESL programs and provide an educational resource for teaching language arts.
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You will find it interesting to describe the environment of various cities, build dialogues that can take place in these spaces, etc.
On Twitter
https://twitter.com/AristomenisGeo1
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These materials were created by Science teachers in Scotland and are designed for use at BGE levels 3 and 4. All the activities connect to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The lessons and worksheets in the booklet are supported by PowerPoints
PowerPoint:
https://scotdec.org.uk/download/gender-balance-powerpoint/
Action Cards
https://scotdec.org.uk/download/action-cards-pdf-14mb/
Female Scientist Information Cards
https://scotdec.org.uk/download/female-scientists-information-cards-pdf-6mb/
They offer more than 3,000 lectures across six subjects: English literature, History, Philosophy, Classics & Ancient History,Psychology and Government & Politics. Most lectures are between 8-12 minutes in length.
They have a regularly-updated YouTube channel where you can check out some of their videos. They provide free access to one lecture from each their lecturers, so you can see what they're like.
On YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWITMkkllOYZmyVWzQm5kuw/featured
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You can listen to to 77 sound recordings of speakers from across the United Kingdom, chosen to represent different accents and dialects in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
In case you want to show different varieties of the English language, this resource can be very useful.
Find it on:
https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-dialects/collection-items
Founded in 1846 with funds from James Smithson, the Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex.
On the Smithsonian Open Access website you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.
A very useful educational resource for your projects.
Punctuation is the use of spacing, conventional signs (called punctuation marks), and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading of written text.
This short video reviews the names of the main punctuation marks.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries who have promised to protect children’s rights. The Convention on the Rights of the Child explains who children are, all their rights, and the responsibilities of governments. All the rights are connected, they are all equally important and they cannot be taken away from children.
Download a friendly version of the Convention on:
https://www.unicef.org/media/60981/file/convention-rights-child-text-child-friendly-version.pdf
This kit contains ready-made media that is designed to give communicators a head start in explaining new policies and procedures. It can be used to create effective videos, presentations, documents, and more.
The kit includes:
These resources are shared with a Creative Commons license call Attribution Non-Commercial
Standard time is the synchronization of clocks within a geographical area or region to a single time standard
During the 19th century, scheduled trains required time standardization in the industrialized world.
Standard time was not enacted into US law until the 1918 Standard Time Act established standard time in time zones; the law also instituted daylight saving time (DST).
This lesson explains some details of the history of time standardization in the United States.
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-trains-standardize-time-in-the-united-states-william-heuisler
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Interesting educational material to address the issue of migration and culture in the English class. A multimedia resource from the British Library.
You can find it on this website:
Developed for high school and undergraduate students, BioInteractive resources primarily focus on core concepts and processes in biology. They also provide interdisciplinary resources with connections to biology in earth and environmental science, chemistry, and math and statistics.
All their activities are provided as PDFs, which are not directly editable
Many BioInteractive resources are also available in Spanish
All BioInteractive resources are provided free of charge through their website
Source: https://www.gocomics.com/help/about
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On Apple Podcasts
On Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/4kI0Pb9Tq9SQXDJVzLI7A5?si=o0zDyaA6Q5GFwp0VRDkz4g
On Google Podcasts
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hd3d3LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz
These materials were created by English teachers in Scotland. The first activity introduces the need to hear multiple stories of the world and our place in it. There then follows three units with a focus on climate change, refugees and how we engage with the ‘other’.
This resource was produced by teachers as part of the Global issues, Global subjects project funded by the European Union.
Find them on:
https://scotdec.org.uk/resources/issue-to-action-english/
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