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Quad soccer

This is a fun variation of indoor soccer. There are four goals and teams instead of only two.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Healthful Living)

By Clay Mohr.

Soccer match in Khota Bahru

Soccer (or "football") is indeed a worldwide sport. A match between two local Malaysian towns filled the local stadium in Khota Bahru. In Malaysia, the football audience is almost entirely male. I definitely stood out as the only white female there. Listen...

Format: audio

Balinese school children play soccer before classes

Nine Balinese school children in yellow T-shirts and green shorts play soccer before classes. Indonesian children begin school early, by 7 am. Exercise classes are scheduled near dawn before the tropical sunlight becomes too intense.

Format: image/photograph

Activities for the Equinox at Chicén Itzá

In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 4.2

Art project Create a painting or mural of a scene involving a reconstruction of an ancient Mesoamerican city. You could try your hand at scientific or architectural drawing, or a work of art, sculpture, jewelry making, or mosaic informed by what you...

Format: activity

Fact versus opinion

Distinguishing between fact and opinion is important for students to understand. This lesson uses many interesting and concrete examples to help students tell the difference between the two.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance)

By Scott Ertl.

Tips for parent conferences

Basic suggestions and points to keep in mind when meeting with parents.

By Mitch Katz.

Bus with durian fruit on rooftop along road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City

A bus transports dozens of large durian fruits on a rooftop rack along the road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City. Durian is a greenish-brown, spiky, Southeast Asian fruit, which grows larger than a soccer ball or an American football. Inside its sharp outer...

Format: image/photograph

Plain Polly: Adding relevant details

This instructional technique creates a lasting visual image of how relevant details help develop a character and a focus. Students learn to add only details that are related to the main idea of a “Plain Polly” stick figure. These mascots serve as reminders to students to be selective with the details they use to support their main idea.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)

By DPI Writing Strategies.

Goals, goals, goals

Students will be introduced to the benefits of goal-setting and the steps in the goal setting process. A group activity with a ball will give students practice in all steps of the process and an opportunity to see the benefits of setting goals.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–8 Guidance)

By Pat Nystrom.

Fractions on Kid Pix

Students will create illustrations of fractions as parts of a whole and parts of a set using Kid Pix computer program.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics)

By Ann Keable.

Discovering just the right word

Precise word choice helps show the reader a story and not just tell a story. The purpose of this series of lessons is to help students improve their writing style by strengthening word choice at the word and sentence level by adding adverbs, precise verbs, and specific nouns.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)

By DPI Writing Strategies.

Learning in colonial Carolina

In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.8

During the late 1600s and early 1700s, education in Carolina was largely informal. Most children learned by watching and imitating parents and older community members. The sons of the wealthy were sent away to schools in other colonies or in England. The first efforts to provide formal education in Carolina were made by religious groups — the Quakers, the Baptists, and the Presbyterians.

Format: article

By Betty Dishong Renfer.

The George Moses Horton Project: Celebrating a triumph of literacy

The only American poet to publish books of poems while living in slavery, George Moses Horton is an inspiration for the power of literacy in our lives.

By Marjorie Hudson.

Two paths to knowledge

For students who who always finish their class work early or want more information than you have time to give, try curriculum compacting.

By Waverly Harrell.

Resources on the web

The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

Build your lightbulb! Find out about the invention of the electric guitar! Learn about the snowboard built for people who have a physical disability. Features online exhibits, educational materials, collections from the archives, and the audio and video clips.... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian Institution