This free, standards-based website developed for elementary teachers provides hand-picked, reviewed, on-line resources to enhance teacher content knowledge regarding reasons for the seasons.

n this course you will learn the basics about openly licensed education resources (OER), how they are being organized in Virginia, and how to use the GoOpenVA platform.

Course Objectives
The participant will be able to:

Discover and identify openly licensed education resources (OERs)
Convey the importance of copyright issues related to OERs to others
Pursue the goal of finding and creating materials that are accessible for all students
Provide proper attribution for OERs when needed
Understand and communicate about GoOpenVA’s purpose and place within the national GoOpen program
Determine how they would like to participate in GoOpenVA, given information about various options
Contribute a resource to GoOpenVA (via curation, creation, or remix)

This article explains the difference between weather and climate, the role of the polar regions in the global climate system, and how climate change is affecting these areas. Links to content knowledge resources and the National Science Education Standards are provided.

This article provides an overview of research-based resources for engaging girls in math and science available from the Doing What Works web site, a site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

This site provides an overview of research-based resources for teaching English Language Learners available from the Doing What Works web site, a site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.