The month of May is an opportunity for reflection on and commemoration of all that AAPI individuals and organizations have accomplished and contributed to U.S. history and culture. This piece highlights NEH projects and classroom resources for teaching about these experiences in America.

This article features children's literature about weather, climate, and climate change. What’s the difference between weather and climate? How do scientists observe, measure, and predict weather phenomena? How is Earth’s climate changing, and why? This month’s bookshelf will help students develop a solid grasp of weather-related concepts. It will also introduce students to global warming and climate change and inspire them to do what they can to combat the problem.

In this lesson, students explore their creativity by outlining and writing the first chapter for a children's book. Students first read and discuss the tone of the beginning of a famous children's book before creating ideas and sharing them with the class.

This article highlights children's literature about light, heat, and energy sources for use in the elementary classroom.

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.

This article features children's literature about heat, temperature, and adaptations and behaviors that allow animals and people to survive in the polar regions.

In this activity, students will read the story of the booted cat for reading comprehension.

This article features children's literature about mammals and the mammals that live in the polar regions.

This article features children's literature about erosion, glaciers, earthquakes, and volcanoes for use in the elementary classroom.

This article features activity books and polar-themed children's literature for use in the elementary classroom.

This article features children's literature about oceans - specifically the Arctic and Southern Oceans.

This article features children's literature about plants and the plants found in the polar regions.

This article features children's literature about scientists and scientific research in the Arctic and in Antarctica.

This article provides a list of children's literature relating to the geography and characteristics of the Arctic and Antarctica.

This lesson plan supports English language development for English Language Learners. Students use the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle as a springboard for categorizing foods as "Healthy" or "Unhealthy."

This is from Tools4NCTeachers. In this lesson, students explore a variety of equivalent fractions that are highlighted in the book Fractions in Disguise by Edward Einhorn. Connections are made to the area model of fractions. This is remixable.

This article features children's literature about the tundra, food chains, and food webs.