This article provides links to hands-on science activities that could be used in an festival or informal learning event. National standards correlations are provided.

This article highlights science and literacy lessons to teach elementary students about erosion, glaciers, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Links to national standards are included.

This article provides links to lessons and units about birds, bird characteristics, and penguins. Ideas for literacy integration are included, and all lessons are aligned to national standards.

"Harry Potter and the Methods of Reproducibility -- A brief Introduction to Open Science" gives a brief overview of Open Science, particularly reproducibility, for newcomers to the topic. It introduces the concept of questionable research practices (QRPs) and Open Science solutions to these QRPs, such as preregistrations, registered reports, Open Data, Open Code, and Open Materials.

This article, written for students in grades 4-5, discusses the world's most southern active volcano, Mt. Erebus of Antarctica. Modified versions are available for students in younger grades.

This text includes chapters from instructional designers, university faculty and staff, and undergraduate and graduate students, and the text has been divided into three sections to reflect these varied perspectives. Each section begins with research-based perspectives, but also contains more personal narratives at the end. While the context of most of the chapters is the United States, there are also chapters with a Canadian context. It is also important to note that, as of the first half of 2021, the pandemic rages on, and mentions of COVID-19 in the following chapters will be reflective of the state of affairs in North America in the spring and fall of 2020.

This article reprints and links to informational text about the art and science of igloos. Versions are available for students in grades K-1, 2-3 and 4-5. Related science and literacy activities are included.

This PBL Inquiry Project has students learn more about nutrition and how it affects their school performance.

In this lesson, students will learn how to use the first conditional. As well they will be introduced to the concept of how the speaker feels about a statement and whether that statement is true or not. In addition, students will learn the if-clause and result cause, and the idea of action and result. This lesson does not cover the difference between particular and habitual activities. Nor does it cover the result clauses with modals. Nevertheless, the student will learn how to talk about the present and the future. By the end of the lesson, students will be making 1st conditional sentences and predictions. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This lesson plan includes useful tables with information on subjects and possessive adjectives. It also includes examples of how to correctly and incorrectly use possessive adjectives and nouns in sentences. Additionally, it contains several pictures that help to support student comprehension.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This lesson is full of several activities that are entertaining and informative for beginner students. It includes lots of visuals and pictures so students have a better understanding of how subject pronouns are used to describe people or things. It also includes several matching, reading, speaking, and picture description activities. Finally, it contains gap-fill exercises so that students can practice using subject pronouns in sentences. Though it appears that it is longer, this lesson is not overly dense. By the end of this lesson students will be able to use the subject pronouns I, you, she, he, it, we, you, and they correctly. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

What is this resource?
This resource contains a 50-minute podcast and accompanying materials to support students and academics with reading academic journal articles, with a focus on Open Science tools in publishing. The podcast outlines a 6 stage process that can be used with any journal article from any discipline. The podcast can be downloaded as an MP4. A PDF of the podcast, which includes active links to relevant sources on the web, is also available. In addition, there is a blank journal scrapbook which can be used to record reading.

Who will find this resource helpful?
If you find it difficult to read journal articles because you get lost, or forget your purpose, or if you have no reading purpose (for example, you've been told to read it for your studies), this guide will help you take a structured approach.

Podcast Topics Covered
Part1: Background Introduction (~20 minutes duration)

• What is a journal article
• The publication process
• Different types of journal article
• (Open Science) Badges
• CrossMark
• Journal Metrics

Part 2: Preparing to read a journal article (from ~19 minutes in)
• Tool kit
• Reading goals

Direct links:
Podcast: https://osf.io/gfj9q/
Accompanying slides: https://osf.io/7r3kn/
Journal Scrapbook (for users to complete): https://osf.io/eqjfh/

Before teaching this lesson, it is expected that you have a good understanding of what the present perfect simple tense is. You should know that it is used to describe events that took place in the past, which have a result now (in the present). I recommend that you review the lesson plan before teaching it so that you have a firm understanding of the concepts and activities it includes. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Before teaching this lesson, it is expected that you have a good understanding of what the present perfect simple tense is. You should know that it is used to describe events that took place in the past, which have a result now (in the present). I recommend that you review the lesson plan before teaching it so that you have a firm understanding of the concepts and activities it includes. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

How to teach IELTS: ReadingThis lesson plan introduces the reading test, which is also different for academic and general test writers. This lesson plan focuses on the test format, but also allows you to identify the student’s reading habits. Some activities will even help the student improve their reading skills outside of the classroom!If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

How to teach IELTS: SpeakingThis lesson plan introduces the speaking test and its format. It covers the following exam criteria: pronunciation, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, fluency, and coherence. During this lesson, you will also have the chance to practice speaking exercises with your students. Like the listening test, the speaking test is the same for both academic and general tests.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

How to teach IELTS: WritingThis lesson covers elements of the writing test, which is different for academic and general test writers. This lesson focuses on both, so be sure to target the activities that suit your students’ needs. It discusses the following criteria: task achievement, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and coherence and cohesion.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This article describes two hands-on lessons to teach elementary and middle school students about ice, glaciers, and climate change in the polar regions.

This nonfiction article, written for students in grades 4-5, explores the ways in which glaciers shape the Earth's land. Modified versions are available for students in younger grades.

This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, contains content knowledge and instructional resources about icebergs and glaciers and the scientific principles of density and buoyancy.