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Show kids how common the "sh" sound is by tracking it down in multiple words. In WordWorld, words come alive, words save the day and words become a child's best friend. Learn More

This video from the Think Garden collection provides a brief history of cultivated food. Take a trip through the woods as a hunter-gatherer foraging for edible foods and see how Native Americans used companion crops like the Three Sisters. Discover why corn, beans and squash work so well together and get a closer look at where the tomato, once thought to be poisonous, got its start. Learn More

 

In this interactive from Annenberg Learner's Learning Math, analyze functional relationships numerically and graphically to determine whether they represent quadratic, exponential, or linear functions. In the accompanying classroom activity, students discuss features that identify an equation as quadratic, exponential, or linear. They view three graphs and determine which type of equation they reflect and then use the interactive to explore numerical and graphical representations of the different functions and solve related word problems. To get the most out of this activity, students should have some familiarity with graphing functions. Learn More

Use this PBS NewsHour video and educational resource to help students understand the dangerous repercussions of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. Learn More

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