Lessons and Activities

Stages of Baking Bread

A simple activity using photographs to show 4 stages of bread baking: dough, letting it rise, decorating, and after it is baked.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Feb. 12, 2012

Posted by:

janet.webb@head...

Dam

See an aerial wide shot of Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell in Page, Arizona, in this Building Block video.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Tools

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jul. 16, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Mars Rover

This Building Block video features a 2004 animation of the Mars rover "Opportunity" approaching the rim of Endurance Crater.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Technology

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jul. 16, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Bighorn Sheep

This video segment from Outdoor Nevada explores the adaptations that help desert bighorn sheep survive in their habitat.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 30, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Day and Night Sky Vocabulary

Vocabulary practice for day and night sky.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  May. 12, 2011

Posted by:

sarahj8983

Rhinoceroses

Watch a pair of rhinos grazing in the savanna in this Building Block video.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jul. 16, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Housesounds

Sounds you would hear around the house.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 20, 2009

Posted by:

fowler08

Welding in a Tunnel

This Building Block video shot at the Big Dig project in Boston, Massachusetts, features two men in hardhats in a darkened tunnel. One of the men is welding some pipes, and red sparks fly everywhere.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Tools

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jul. 16, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Weather Tools and Clouds

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  May. 2, 2013

Posted by:

teepeesmommy   

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Gallery Pictures

Close-up pictures of the many stages of the life cycle of the Gulf Fritillary butterfly

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18, Hr. Ed. | Age 19+

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Apr. 12, 2011

Posted by:

Gail Laubenthal