When do we use personal pronouns? We use personal pronouns depending on the number and person. This classroom resource provides a 15 question assessment to determine student understanding of personal pronouns.
Helping verbs are a special category of verbs. They do not mean anything on their own. They just "help" the main verbs to express their full meanings, and are necessary for the grammatical structure of a sentence. In this classroom resource, students will learn about helping verbs. This resource offers informational material, videos, games, quizzes, and worksheets to help further understand this concept.
Adjectives give us more information about nouns (people, places, or things). We sometimes say that they "qualify" or "modify" nouns. They describe the noun or give us information about how many or how much of the noun there is. An adjective can be a single word, or you can have an adjective phrase or clause. In this classroom resource, students learn what are adjectives. This resource also offers videos, games, and worksheets to help further understand the concept taught in this lesson.
This is a lesson plan from Google Education's Applied Digital Skills. During this lesson, students will think about the actions they take online and create a visual picture of their digital footprint in Google Sheets. As they complete the lesson, students will learn and practice the following digital skills: create a new spreadsheet in Google sheets, add text to cells, format text, digitally share a file with others, collaborate digitally in a spreadsheet, and add conditional formatting.
This is a lesson plan from Google Education's Applied Digital Skills. During this lesson, students will learn artificial intelligence concepts using QuickDraw, AutoDraw, Google Translate, and Google Slides. As they complete this lesson, students will provide a basic explanation of how artificial intelligence works. Students will discuss some benefits and challenges of using artificial intelligence. They will identify a few well-known tools that use artificial intelligence and provide examples of how artificial intelligence is used around the world on a typical day.
This is a lesson plan from Google Education's Applied Digital Skills. During this lesson, students will begin the process of understanding how to create an if/then pseudocode by writing an if/then adventure story. As they complete the lesson, students will collaborate with other students in a document to create a story, create a slide presentation with a group and digitally share it with others, make decisions in groups effectively, and create an engaging, visually exciting interactive story.
This is a lesson plan from Google Education's Applied Digital Skills. During this lesson, students will research a topic related to technology safety, create a project, and present their findings. As they complete the lesson, students will explore all sides of the topic they choose related to technology, ethics, and security. Students will explain technology's risks and dangers, and consider solutions to keep users safe. They will plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. Students will publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
This is a lesson plan from Google for Education, Applied Digital Skills. During this lesson, students collaborate to create a presentation about the Space Shuttle Discovery. As they complete the lesson, students will build a slide presentation using a starter project, tell a story using information about the Space Shuttle Discovery from Google Arts & Culture, and explore content in Google Arts & Culture to find information. Students will be able to answer the following essential question: What is significant historically, scientifically, and culturally about the Space Shuttle Discovery?
Visit Moundville Archaeological Park in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt to see how the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period lived. Considered the “Big Apple” of its time period, AD 1000 to AD 1450, Moundville was an important political, economic, and religious center.
In this Yellowhammer History Hunt episode, learn about the lives of the Native Americans and French who in the 1700s lived as neighbors in the land that became Alabama. Learn how the French established Fort Toulouse and how Native American and European languages, customs, and trade shaped Alabama.
Learn how Alabama became the 22nd US state in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt. Explore Alabama's five capitals through archaeology and geography. Find out how transportation, population, and politics influenced their locations.
Visit Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller, in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt. Helen lost her sight and hearing as a young child but overcame her handicaps to become a renowned writer and activist who traveled the world to advocate for the rights of people with disabilities.
Explore Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark to learn how iron and steel are made in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt. Once one of the largest producers of pig iron, Sloss helped make Birmingham the Magic City. Today, its metal arts program keeps the knowledge of making iron alive.
Get a sailor’s view of World War II battleship the USS Alabama in this installment of Yellowhammer History Hunt. The video shows life aboard the USS Alabama and tells the story of school children that saved the ship from the scrapyard and created the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.
Meet the famed Tuskegee Airmen in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt and find out how they helped the Allies win World War II while fighting racism at home. Learn about how their accomplishments in the air and on the ground led President Harry Truman to desegregate the US military.
Cross Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965, with John Lewis and his fellow voting rights activists in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt. Learn about the Selma to Montgomery March, Courageous Eight, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the fight for voting rights.
This teacher guide includes background information, discussion questions, and student activities correlated to Alabama Course of Study standards for everyYellowhammer History Hunt site!
You may not find it as a stand-alone class in the curriculum, but social and emotional learning is an integral part of education.
Social and emotional learning (SEL) means teaching students how to manage their emotions and how to collaborate and empathize with others. Also known as soft skills, character education, and good citizenship, it’s all about getting along with others and knowing oneself, abilities everyone needs to function in a social setting. These skills also help students do better academically.
The most popular framework for SEL instruction is the CASEL 5. CASEL is the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, a group that provides free online instructional resources for SEL. The CASEL 5 are the five SEL core competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. You can find the CASEL Framework Handout here.
This resource for educators provides background information, discussion questions, and a vocabulary glossary as supplemental material.
Use math to determine how a robot moves, and its future positions - given the model of the robot and the equations of motion, in this 14-minute episode. The goal of this video series is to teach the basics of Robotics: the what, why, and how—with examples—and to provide take-home problems to solve.
Robots need to move, but how do they determine how far to turn the wheels to get where they want? In this lesson we explore the equations of motion for differential drive robots. We will walk through how to derive these equations as well as talk about some of the possible wheel configurations a robot could have.
Introduce students to nodes and graph theory and their use in operations research. Show how Dijkstra’s Algorithm can be used to find the shortest or quickest route between nodes in a network.
Machu Picchu is a citadel perched 7,874 feet above sea level in the Peruvian Andes mountains. Although its purpose is debated by historians to this day, it is speculated that its role aided the Incas in astronomy and agriculture. This video will describe key aspects of the pre-Columbian Incan culture, including religious rituals and the designed irrigation system associated with Machu Picchu.
After Emperor Nero's decadent rule and flurry of successors, Emperor Vespasian tore down Nero's Palace to build an amphitheater for the people — the Roman Colosseum was completed in 80 A.D. Gladiators, animal fights, and mock naval battles were used to entertain Romans. This video will provide details about the impact of the Roman Empire architecture on past and current civilizations.
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-3, students watch the BrainPOP Jr. movie Mindfulness and explore related resources to learn about mindfulness, and how practicing it can help them notice and accept their thoughts, emotions, senses, and actions. They’ll also discover that gratitude and empathy can help change the way we think and act. The lesson will culminate in creating a class Gratitude Book to describe and identify moments when students felt grateful.
Using circumference, this video measures the total distance traveled by two carousel riders after the carousel has rotated 10 times. Regents Review materials are designed to help high school students prepare for New York State's Regents exams.
In this lesson plan, kindergartners use BrainPOP Jr. resources to explore the concept of empathy. They discover what it means to think about and understand how other people are feeling. Then they apply their understanding by drawing an on- or offline picture that shows how they make people happy. By learning how to be empathetic to others' feelings, students will improve their skills in creating and maintaining friendships.
This video from the Daily Dose provides a 3-minute micro-learning film on the fall of the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire was Constantine I's extension of the Roman Empire until its overzealous military exhausted resources and economic conditions weakened the political environment, leading to the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
This video from the Daily Dose provides a 3-minute micro-learning film on the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which was caused by internal division, corruption, tax evasion, labor shortages, religion, and invasions from more powerful invading forces.
This video from the Daily Dose provides a 3-minute micro-learning film on the city of Constantinople. Established in 657 BCE but later renamed by the Roman emperor Constantine I, the city of Constantinople served as the Byzantine capital with structures still remaining today in modern-day Istanbul.
This video from the Daily Dose provides a 3-minute micro-learning film on Caligula, a Roman emperor who was the victim of an unknown illness resulting in erratic, impulsive, and sadistic behavior. Caligula's excesses and draining of the treasury would result in a conspiracy among senators to assassinate the mentally ill emperor.
Steve Trash teaches kids about science with fun and magic. The show is filmed in Alabama.
What are pollinators? What do they do? And how are they like messy babies? Then, see how every time you do something online you’re creating a digital footprint that can be tracked back to you. Steve Trash explains both with fun and magic.
Steve Trash teaches kids about science with fun and magic. The show is filmed in Alabama.
Soil is not dirt, it’s so much much more. Steve illustrates the value and importance of soil to all living things on Earth. Then, Steve helps shine a light on digital collaboration, a great way to work digitally with your friends to solve problems.
Steve Trash teaches kids about science with fun and magic. The show is filmed in Alabama.
Steve explores the variety of biomes that exist on the planet Earth. Each biome is a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment in which they exist. Then, Steve teaches us how to make less waste and pollution through the magic words – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
In the first half of the video, students will learn about the different biomes on Earth and how the resources available in each biome support living things. In the second half of the video, Steve Trash will explain how we can decrease the waste and pollution we produce by reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Steve Trash teaches kids about science with fun and magic. The show is filmed in Alabama.
The sun is the center of our solar system and it’s really important to all living things. The Earth has a very unique place for living things in our galaxy – The Milky Way. Steve puts the sun and Earth into perspective with fun... and a little magic.
Steve Trash teaches kids about science with fun and magic. The show is filmed in Alabama.
Water pollution is never good. It’s even worse when your neighborhood cow is making it. Steve discusses the many ways that farmers and ranchers work to keep streams and ponds free of pollution as one example of how everyone can play a role. Then Steve delves into how scientists collect and use data.
Steve Trash teaches kids about science with fun and magic. The show is filmed in Alabama.
Ecosystems are not only the places where living things live, but also the connections between the living things in those places. Steve explores this cool idea and then tries to figure out the logical steps needed to get computer program to play the game rock paper scissors with him.
