A lesson plan that incorporates Computer Virginia SOL for Second Graders.  Included are several videos that explain internet safety.

is a travel itinerary that highlights 45 historic places that help tell the story of Spanish colonization of California. Learn about forts, churches, adobe houses, historic districts, and other places. Find out about the Presidio, which was established in 1769 as the base for Spain's colonization efforts and was the first permanent European settlement on the Pacific Coast.

This is VDOE webinar, Early Literacy Instruction Best Practices for ELs: K-2, recorded on October 19, 2020.

This lesson will cover topics related to the musical traditions of Appalachia, including genres like old-time, bluegrass, and ballad singing. The lesson will emphasize the evolution of recording technology from acoustical to electrical methods in the late 19th to early 20th centuries and the profound impact of recording technology on the preservation and dissemination of Appalachian music, shaping cultural landscapes worldwide.

Photo of the Earth & Moon created from images from the the Galileo spacecraft.

Jeopardy style review game for the different types of rocks. This game is designed to allow for students to have a highly engaging review of rocks.

VDOE resource to assist in the tracking of content in Earth science.  This is a resource that divisions or schools may use as needed.  

This introduction lesson is designed to improve students' vocabulary skills and understanding of earthquakes. The pre-game vocabulary activity will allow students to define terms related to earthquakes using prior knowledge. This will allow the students to see what they will be covering and will activate any prior knowledge. During game play, students will be able to improve their definition of the different terms as well as understanding the basics of earthquakes. The post-game activity will allow your students and yourself the opportunity to see how the students' scientific vocabulary has grown. Attribution: University of Wisconsin using The Yard Games added on May, 28, 2019. License is Custom License. To get to the original, click Earthquake.

In this activity, you will use a computer model to investigate the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that have occurred around the world since 1960.

This lesson teaches the students about the different layers of the Earth and how they work together. Students will be able to: Name and label the four layers of the Earth; Identify the main minerals that make up each layer; Explain how scientists formulated the idea that the Earth is comprised of four layers.

In this activity the student will review the upper and lower case letters while putting easter eggs together.

The third of three lessons on Eastern Hemisphere examine how the physical environment influences human activities. Through maps students examine the link between the physical environment and distribution of cultures within Africa. They will consider the sequence and locations of various African empires as they consider how the environment affected their growth and longevity. They will also examine a Story Map Tour of images associated with each of the empires and note key characteristics of the societies. Key Questions: How did physical geography influence the distribution of cultures within Africa?; How do artifacts and buildings convey information about past civilizations?

The second of three lessons on Eastern Hemisphere, students learn how physical environment influences human activities. Silk roads connected Europe with China and other areas of East Asia by overland routes. Deserts and mountains posed obstacles for travelers and merchants. Students examine physical maps of the area and determine which routes would best avoid obstacles. They compare the routes they have chosen with the overland and maritime routes of the time period. Key questions: How did physical geography influence the trade routes of the silk roads? Why Europeans traded with China? What are the costs and benefits of cultural interaction?

The first of three lessons on Eastern Hemisphere, students examine maps to discover the link between the physical environment and the distribution of cultures. Key questions: How did physical geography influence the distribution of cultures within the eastern hemisphere?; How does the physical environment link and divide regions?

These are simple ways to demonstrate water chemistry concepts such as adhesion, cohesion, and polarity to students in a hands on way using easy to find and inexpensive lab materials. The lesson was originally designed to align with a biology course to teach the impact of water on life, but it could also be modified to fit a chemistry or physical science curriculum.

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.

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.

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 lesson focuses on the modeling of eclipses.This lesson includes the WIDA English Language Development Standards for ELs and differentiation through additional supports for both ELs and other students.

Lecture notes for a lesson at MIT on game theoretical approaches to decision making, including decision making with uncertain information and analysis of risk. The lesson primarily covers game theory and not economic applications.

Students will create a “social media post” to communicate something they want to barter. After learning what it means to barter, each student will be given a mystery bag (each containing different items). They will be told they have to barter at least one thing in their bag. They will draw/create an “Instagram post” with what they want to barter. We will then display them and students will walk around and view the posts. After viewing they will each get 2 hearts to place on items “like” and they would like to exchange in the barter. Students will then discuss with one another and barter until everyone has bartered one thing.