SCIENCE . . and why did it take us so long to find out? Nat Geo Explorer Robert Ballard explains. (Nat Geo News) Build your own ocean with our fun matching game! Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit—and a round-up of other interesting reads this week. Note: Current Event Connections is slowing down for the summer. Our … Continue reading Why is the Ocean Salty?
This post is written by 2014 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Cristina Veresan. Cristina is the assistant principal and science educator at Star of the Sea School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Exploring the Hawaiian rain forest, surrounded by natural beauty, is an adventure for the senses. While at the 2015 BioBlitz at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, 20 of my 7th and 8th grade students from Star of the Sea … Continue reading Life Lessons at Hawai’i BioBlitz
Mary Ludwig teaches at Carolina Forest International Elementary in Jacksonville, N.C. She has been an educator for 27 years and is currently lighting up her K-5 music class through cultural exploration. Activity: Global Sounds Grades: K-5 “Global Sounds” is a mini-lesson I share with my students at the beginning of music class. It began three years ago when our school partnered with the VIF program … Continue reading Educator of the Week shares Global Sounds project
WORLD The document that laid the foundation for democracy was sanctioned by Britain’s worst monarch, “Bad King John.” (Nat Geo News) Learn more about Magna Carta with our brand-new, short-and-sweet article! Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit, and don’t forget to quiz yourself and your students on the “week that was” in our latest Quiz Connection. Note: … Continue reading 10 Surprises about Magna Carta on its 800th Birthday
How well do you know the news? From soccer to solar sails, test yourself on this week’s world events with our quick 10-question quiz by clicking here. How’d you do last week? Most of you passed last week’s quiz. There were two questions that you stumbled on. What does the “D” in D-Day stand for? What musician created “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”? … Continue reading Quiz Connection!
