Teaching Resources

This resource focuses on how individuals and communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from life-changing natural disasters. It also explores the causes of earthquakes using the examples of the 2015 Nepal earthquake, 2010 Haiti earthquake, and...

A guide for teachers on how to defuse tension and reduce conflict in difficult situations. Lesson activities are designed to help students when tensions are in the air and a disagreement seems to be building into something more threatening. Students ...

Pedro es un pingüino y le encanta aprender sobre cómo puede prepararse y tomar medidas durante una emergencia para ayudar a las niñas y los niños pequeños y sus familias a mantenerse seguros. Visita a sus amigos en todas partes de los Estados Unidos ...

Over 60 games that can be used by teachers to reinforce social-emotional learning competencies. These games help reinforce the 5 SEL competencies – brain building, emotion regulation, positive social skills, conflict resolution, and perseverance.

A collection of user guides and lesson plans on implementing activities with the Foldscope - a paper-based microscope instrument to make science innovation more accessible - in the classroom. It serves both students during lessons and aids teacher pr...

How can we teach all children to read accurately, rapidly, and with comprehension by the end of third grade? The National Reading Panel Report provides an answer to this question.

This selection of resources for teaching life-saving first aid skills in schools includes lessons and classroom activities that help students build their confidence and willingness to help someone in an emergency using everyday objects.

In this 2013 video, Teach For America alumnus Isaac Pollack tackles the seemingly impossible task of transforming Carver High School in New Orleans. Faced with academic gaps and skepticism from students in impoverished, violent neighborhoods, Isaac g...

In this article, Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel shares metacognitive strategies when studying textbook passages. She emphasizes delay between reading a text and re-engaging with it, retrieval practice, and getting the correct answer after one's attempt.

Explore diverse perspectives on what a rigorous approach to STEM teaching looks like.