To discover, understand, and compare/contrast cultural conventions in the target culture with students’ culture.

This video shows HOW and WHY we can shift decimals to make whole numbers when dividing.

Students investigate how mountains are formed. Concepts include the composition and structure of the Earth's tectonic plates and tectonic plate boundaries, with an emphasis on plate convergence as it relates to mountain formation. Students learn that geotechnical engineers design technologies to measure movement of tectonic plates and mountain formation, as well as design to alter the mountain environment to create safe and dependable roadways and tunnels.

Solar power is clean, abundant, and becoming cheaper and more efficient all the time. Unfortunately, however, the sun isn't always there when you need it?like when it's cloudy, or it's raining, or it's nighttime. In this Science Update, you'll hear about an ambitious plan to get around that problem. Supplemental resources, including a background essay and discussion questions, are also provided.

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In this lesson, students explore counting patterns to develop place value understanding. Students use tools such as number lines, and a hundred chart. Additionally, the explore patterns within real world situations.

In this lesson, students will represent and solve a subtraction problem using a variety of representations and methods.  This lesson engages students through real-life, exciting pictures of children.