Elementary
October 24-October 30, 2013

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So Many Parts
Grades: 4-6

In this game, learners are challenged to balance their oxygen and fuel use carefully as they don a spacesuit and encounter Newton's Third Law of Motion while using a jetpack on a spacewalk mission to fix parts of the space station.

Dunk Tank: Liquid Volume

Grades: 5-6

In this interactive game, learners explore key concepts about liquid volume, including standard units of liquid measure and how to convert between them. Activity segments include "Fill It Up" -- a game that challenges students to apply conversion of liquid units; a comic video about the importance of measuring carefully with when baking; and answering volume questions in a quiz-show format. This resource is part of Dunk Tank, a collection of interactive math-themed games.

Super Readers Challenge

Grades: PreK-1

Play this Super WHY! game, Super Readers Challenge, to practice the alphabet, rhyming, reading, and spelling based on letters and sounds. Students are able to complete four different challenges, and with each, potentially earn a super letter towards the creation of a word. Each of the activities allows the student to work on a different aspect of reading and spelling.

Killer Clams
Grade Range: PreK-12

Giant clams are no myth. In the Pacific, some of the clams are as big as a suitcase! In this video filmed in Micronesia, Jonathan goes in search of Giant Tridacna Clams and examines the gross anatomy of a "killer" clam. These clams are so big that people used to think they caught people...and it almost looks like they could. It turns out that the actual problem is too many people are eating the clams. In the accompanying lesson plan, students will be introduced to the problem of overfishing and work in teams to learn how to catch fish sustainably while learning about the food web and the economics of fishing.

Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank
Grade Range: 5-8

In this blended lesson supporting literacy skills, students examine what Anne Frank's writing and a video dramatization of her diary reveal about her character and how it changed while she was in hiding. Students develop their literacy skills as they explore an English language arts focus on character change. During this process, they read informational text, learn and practice vocabulary words, and explore content through videos and interactive activities.

Ten More Little Words
Grade Range: PreK-1

In this video segment from Between the Lions, a large dinosaur puppet teaches a class of monkeys about ten little words through a song. These words promote reading fluency and include: I, he, they, with, was, his, are, on, as, and for. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency and Phonological Awareness.

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