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March Madness and relationship-building
In The First Year, page 3.9
Taking time away from instruction to build relationships with your students can pay off in the long run.
By Kristi Johnson Smith.
Making rubber
In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 12
Rubber is an elastic latex from the Hevea braziliensis tree that is coagulated, or turned from liquid to semi-solid form. Waterproof and elastic, rubber is used for sports balls, vehicle tires, and many other practical items manufactured...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Reading is for the boys (and girls)!
This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."
Format: article
By Kimberly Bowen.
The importance of recess
How classroom elementary teachers can promote physical education.
By Timothy Meyler and Sarah Banks.
Bulletin boards and other displays
Using your bulletin boards as a teaching tool — not just as decoration.
By Denise Young.
Tools of the trade for information seekers
A guide to understanding and using search engines, directories, and the invisible web.
Format: article
By Melissa Thibault.
A room for students
A learning environment where students feel that they belong is the key to success for this eighth-grade language arts teacher. A classroom profile.
By Kathleen Casson.
Gifted?
It is important for gifted children to be with other gifted children, the more often the better.
By Cathy Kroninger.
Get real!
When teaching computer proficiency to at-risk students, make classroom lessons relevant to their lives and take account of different learning styles.
By Skip Thibault.
Designing your gym class
From classroom organization to warm-up procedures, one physical education teacher provides a blueprint for a structured physical education program.
By Bozena Mielczak and Kim Campbell.
Women's ACC Basketball Tournament School Day curriculum
Four collections of basketball-based units for grades K–8 teach all areas of the curriculum through the lens of the 2010 Women's ACC Basketball Tournament.
Format: activity
Archaeological context
In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.5
In their study of context, students will use a game and a discussion to demonstrate the importance of artifacts in context for learning about past people.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
“Getting to know you” questionnaire
Title: Getting to Know You Binder Section: Daily Work Date:   Name:   Subject:...
By Kristi Johnson Smith.
Portrait of smiling boy in near profile wearing blue sports shirt at Hoa Lu
Portrait of smiling boy in near profile wearing blue sports shirt at Hoa Lu
This portrait of a smiling boy in near profile shows him with a short haircut and a bright blue sports shirt. He is riding in a boat near Hoa Lu.
Format: image/photograph
Rubber tree plantation located between Dalat and Ho Chi Minh City
Rubber tree plantation located between Dalat and Ho Chi Minh City
Rubber trees line a long shaded path in a plantation located between Dalat and Ho Chi Minh City. Small incisions are cut into the trees' bark at night so that latex sap will drip longer before drying out in the tropical sun. Workers collect the tapped latex...
Format: image/photograph
White latex sap dripping into collection pan on tapped rubber tree in plantation
White latex sap dripping into collection pan on tapped rubber tree in plantation
White latex sap is dripping into a collection pan fastened to a tapped rubber tree in a plantation between Dalat and Ho Chi Minh City. Small incisions are cut into the trees' bark at night so that latex sap will drip longer before drying out in the tropical...
Format: image/photograph
Townspeople in traditional Andean clothing
Townspeople in traditional Andean clothing
Two Ecuadorian townspeople in Riobamba converse while wearing traditional Andean clothing. The woman is wearing a black Bowler hat, which is very common in the Andean highlands. The man sports a colorful blue scarf representative of the work of the highly-skilled...
Format: image/photograph
Street corner in colonial Cartagena
Street corner in colonial Cartagena
A pedestrian walks down the street between several colonial-style buildings. The building on the left has a tiled roof and sports several colorful flags from its second story. Cartagena is a large seaport town on Colombia's northern coast. It was settled in...
Format: image/photograph
Muy Thai music excerpts
Muy Thai is Thai kickboxing. In Chiang Mai, fellow travelers and I went to see a Muy Thai competition. It looks a lot like American boxing, where bare-chested fighters compete in a raised ring that is surrounded by elastic ropes. They fight in several rounds,...
Format: audio
Pashupatinath tour: Temples, Hindu religion and cricket
In this recording, Ajit introduces himself, and begins his tour of the various temples and sites in Pashupatinath. He starts with a description of a Hindu temple of Kali, a wife of Shiva. He describes animal sacrifices that were considered necessary to keep...
Format: audio