Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

After reviewing tips for following instructions, students will use plane figures to create a mystery image using their teacher's algorithm. Unfortunately, the teacher's directions are not very precise. Students will lend a hand by giving detailed feedback to debug and clarify the set of ordered instructions to successfully build a snowman.   

Following from Robert Putnam's work, this exercise explores time and generational trends in measures of social capital from 1972 to 2004. Crosstabulation and comparison of means are used.

This guide explores social capital in South Africa. Frequency tables will be used.

The goal of this exercise is to explore the differential impact of social change on three generations of Americans in the 1970s. Crosstabulations and comparison of means tests will be used.

The goal of this exercise is to explore the ways in which health status, health care access, and health care utilization differ between social classes. Crosstabulation will be used.

This is a resource that is used to explain the appropriate use of Social Media for students.

This lesson activity has students conduct an experiment that reinforces one component of the water cycle.

This lesson includes activites at all stages of the 5E model.  When possible multiple options were provided at each stage. Cover Image: "solar system" by Philippe Put is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The purpose of this hypermedia is to provide Teachers and English Language Learners content based interactive tool to learn about the Solar System.  It can be used as a whole class lesson, in a small group or students can work on it individually.  This hypermedia presentation is full of visual images and figures to reach to different proficiency level learners.  The Solar System presentation starts with a site map which lists all the nine planets in order with links to Sun and the moon. The Power Point slides have information about each of the nine planets with facts and actual real graphics of the planets taken from the NASA website.  Students can explore each slide and click on Hyperlinks to learn more about each individual planet.

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Jessica Scott teach how to solve word problems involving adding and subtracting rational numbers.

This resource provides a lesson of editable items on solving inequalities with negative coefficients, which cover SOL 7.13. The resources can be used for a Math 7 course, an accelerated math course that incorporates Math 7 standards, or as review in preparation for Math 8 or higher-level content. 

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Kieasha King teach about two types of practical problems in which students interpret the quotient and remainder based on the context.

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Kieasha King teach about two more types of practical problems in which students must interpret the quotient and remainder based on the context.

This resource provides a lesson of editable items on solving two-step inequalities which cover SOLs 7.13. The resources can be used for a Math 7 course, an accelerated math course that incorporates Math 7 standards, or as review for higher level content.

This resource provides a unit of editable items on solving two-step and multi-step inequalities which cover SOLs 7.13 and 8.18. The resources can be used for a combined Math 7/8 curriculum or can be broken up by grade level  and used in pieces

Learn about the diverse group of passerines which we often call "songbirds." Millions of people worldwide identify themselves as bird-watchers and love spending time outdoors watching birds, whether on intense birding expeditions, or simply watching birds in their own backyards. But birds are under pressure and are presented with many human-caused dangers in their lives. Learn how our daily behaviors impact birds all over the world and learn what you can do to help songbirds.UNTAMED looks at the wild and often perilous world of wildlife, as seen through the eyes of the patients of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, a non-profit teaching and research hospital for native wildlife.

This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Brandon Thompson teach about sorting.

Learn about the music of Brazil. Have you ever wondered how music transforms from notes on a page to something so beautiful it can touch our souls? Mike travels to Harrisonburg, VA to meet a pianist from Brazil, who teaches us about the music of Brazil and performs a lively piece on the piano. Mary guides us in moving our bodies to all of the different musical sounds and we learn to sing a children’s folk song in Portuguese.