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With Spring well on its way, we are all thinking of getting some fresh, outside air. Our schools’ indoor air quality is just as important. Here are some creative ways to teach students about this important topic.

What would your students ask Mother Nature if they had the opportunity to speak to her?


Activity ideas and curriculum resources that focus on kites and the spring season.

Making pinwheels is a simple, colorful, and creative craft that can easily be adapted for use with all age groups, and it links easily to the scientific study of wind energy.

Browse through this extensive resource guide for lots of great tips and lesson plans.


Along with New Year's and January-themed lessons, you can also find printables, pen pals and lots of other resources.



December is a month full of special days. Education World offers resources, including holiday lesson plans, holiday art and gift projects, and additional holiday resources, to help educators teach about all those special days.


Get ready for the new school year with these K-12 back-to-school resources.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators links to all types of back-to-school resources!

Icebreakers, ideas for the first day of school and more! Includes resources for first-year teachers and substitute teachers.

Browse through this extensive back-to-school resource guide for lots of great tips, strategies and lesson plans.

Find resources on planning, getting your classroom ready, first-week activities, classroom management and more at Scholastic’s Back-to-School Planning Guide.

Back-to-school lesson plans based on the National Register of Historic Places. Created by National Park Service interpreters, preservation professionals and educators, these lessons use historic sites to explore American history.

Devote time in June to promote summer reading by inviting students (grades 9-12) to create brochures and flyers that suggest books and genres to explore during the summer months.

Students (grades 9-12) will understand how the development of new technology has increased our knowledge of how the sun works.

In this activity, students (grades K-2) understand and experience the concept that when we exercise our bodies work harder. This makes our hearts beat faster requiring more oxygen that causes us to breathe harder.

In this lesson, students (grades 3-5) are involved in an activity that keeps them moving for an extended length of time, thus working on cardiovascular endurance.

By the end of these lessons, students in grades 6-8 will be able to participate in a group/team activity of their own design in order to work to achieve an overall goal.

In this activity, students learn about the role of mitochondria in a cell's energy production. Recommended for grades 9-12.


