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Socrative. Nearpod: Create, Engage, Assess through Mobile Devices. Forget Saving the Planet, Driving an Electric Car Will Save Your Life. The failure to persuade a sizeable percentage of Americans that climate change poses a clear and present danger is one of the great failures in marketing and the subject of considerable debate among scientists, academics and politicians.

Forget Saving the Planet, Driving an Electric Car Will Save Your Life

But there is one argument for taking action against global warming that has resonated: health. When the Koch brothers and two Texas oil companies bankrolled a California ballot initiative in 2010 to gut the state’s landmark global warming law, billionaire activists activist Tom Steyer and his allies defeated the measure in part by arguing not that it would lead to climate catastrophe but would harm Californians’ health by allowing petroleum giants to pollute while keeping smog-creating cars on the road.

86 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms to Support Learning - Google Slides. Event Registration. Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. Teachers.io. Why Those Tiny Microbeads In Soap May Pose Problem For Great Lakes. Hide captionResearcher Sherri Mason looks for microbeads in a water sample from Lake Michigan.

Why Those Tiny Microbeads In Soap May Pose Problem For Great Lakes

Legislation to phase out products containing the beads is pending in New York and Illinois. Cheryl Corley Researcher Sherri Mason looks for microbeads in a water sample from Lake Michigan. Legislation to phase out products containing the beads is pending in New York and Illinois. From the shoreline at North Avenue Beach in Chicago, the blue water of Lake Michigan stretches as far as the eye can see. MBSR week 1. ‎plpnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/twitter-handbook-for-teachers.pdf. Grow an Edible Flower Bouquet. Aerial Cable Car - Robotikits Direct. Differentiated Instruction. ‎sunearthday.nasa.gov/2007/materials/UVdetector.pdf. InstaGrok.com. ‎www.crwp.org/files/Rain_Garden_Manual.pdf. Flights interactive: see the planes in the sky right now. Supporting Student Comprehension in Content Area Reading. Our lesson plans are written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices and are aligned to state and national standards.

Supporting Student Comprehension in Content Area Reading

Choose from hundreds of topics and strategies. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Home › Professional Development › Strategy Guides Strategy Guide Oftentimes, the support students get with a content area reading task is a list of questions to answer or terms to define. 5 Time-Saving Ways Teachers Can Use Google Forms. One of my favorite features of Google Drive is Google Forms.

5 Time-Saving Ways Teachers Can Use Google Forms

If you’re unfamiliar with this, think of it as a way to create quick surveys that can be used for a number of applications. Google automatically aggregates this data into a Google Spreadsheet, making forms a great way to quickly collect and share information. I have seen educators and administrators use Google Forms in the most creative and inventive ways.

If you’re just starting with Google Forms, here are five ways that you can use them to streamline your classroom! Collect Contact Information At the beginning of the year, I find that a great ice-breaker with my students is to share a Google Form that asks their name, contact information, and something unique and interesting about themselves. Similarly, it is often necessary to collect information from parents for special events. MBSR week 1. For Parents. For Educators. Contents of the Grade- and Subject-Specific Performance Level Descriptors: Mathematics. In mathematics, the performance levels at each grade level are written for each of five assessment sub-claims: (1) major content; (2) additional and supporting content; (3) reasoning; (4) modeling; and (5) fluency for grades 3-6.

Contents of the Grade- and Subject-Specific Performance Level Descriptors: Mathematics

The performance levels within each claim area are differentiated by a number of factors consistent with the Common Core’s inclusion of standards for both mathematical content and mathematical practices and PARCC’s Cognitive Complexity Framework for Mathematics. For more details about the factors differentiating the performance levels in mathematics, please see the introductory PowerPoint presentation available on this page. A narrated PowerPoint presentation that explains the structure of the mathematics PLDs is available here. (Technical Tip: Audio plays using PowerPoint 2010 Professional or later.

Older versions may not be supported. By Grade Level Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6. Classroom Resource Resources with the subject "english" Discover a reorganized, teacher-packaged collection of Nova resources for bringing science, technology, and engineering to the classroom.

Classroom Resource Resources with the subject "english"

Find standards based, classroom resources based on programs from Nova and other PBS programs. There are teacher guides, teacher interactives, and teacher videos. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, earth science, engineering, environmental science, forensic science, geography, health science, history, life science, math, paleontology, physical science, science and society, space science, and technology.

UH Connor Integrative Medicine Network. Connor Integrative Medicine Network, the system-wide integrative medicine department of University Hospitals offers mindfulness as part of its meditation programming.

UH Connor Integrative Medicine Network

Mindfulness is a way of paying attention in the present moment, on purpose and without judgment. Through the use of formal and informal practices we can train our minds and bodies in this kind of awareness. What Mindfulness Can Do Recent neurobiological research has indicated that for those who practice mindfulness, there can be a positive influence on immune function and overall brain function. Research has also indicated that practicing mindfulness can result in: Minimized pain sensitivity Reduced blood pressure Decreased anxiety Increased ability to pay attention Increased feelings of well-being Increased ability to regulate emotion.