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Resources 9-12
Insights Into Algebra 1: Teaching for Learning
This video workshop for middle and high school teachers presents strategies for improving how typical Algebra 1 topics are taught.
Amusement Park Physics Interactive
How do physics laws affect amusement park ride design? You'll have a chance to find out by designing your own roller coaster.
Renaissance Interactive
Explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular.
The Middle Ages Interactive
Discover what it was like to live during the Middle Ages.
In Search of the Novel
Find strategies for introducing and teaching ten commonly taught novels - from Frankenstein to Harry Potter.
Conversations in Literature
Learn about "envisionment building" as a tool for literary interpretation with a community of expert readers.
Rock Cycle Interactive
Learn how to distinguish between types of rocks and discover how rocks change over time.
The Periodic Table Interactive
You've seen it before, but what do all those symbols and numbers really mean? You're about to find out.
Dynamic Earth Interactive
Delve into the structure of the Earth to learn what causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and more.
Discovering Psychology: Updated Edition
Discovering Psychology provides an overview of historic and current theories of human behavior.
Spelling Bee Interactive
Listen to three stories, one at a time, and then spell words from each story.
A Private Universe
Discover why even Ivy League graduates don't really grasp basic science concepts in this video documentary for grade 5-12 educators.
Earth Revealed
Explore the complex processes that shape our planet.
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
This video instructional series for high school classrooms and adult learners teaches Spanish speaking and listening skills.
Democracy in America
A comprehensive video course for high school teachers on civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions based on an established civics framework.
A Biography of America
American history is presented as a living narrative rather than a collection of facts and dates.
Chemistry: Challenges and Solutions
A video instructional series in basic chemistry concepts and science history.
Economics U$A: 21st Century Edition
Introductory micro- and macroeconomics using news-style case studies paired with analysis segments that tie the stories to fundamental economic principles.
Invitation to World Literature
See beneath the surface of 13 great works of world literature that have traveled the globe with this course resource for teachers, students, and lovers of literature.
K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, College/Adult
Neuroscience & the Classroom: Making Connections
This video course for K-12 educators acquaints teachers with current neuroscience research that they can apply in their own classrooms.
Essential Lens: Analyzing Photographs Across the Curriculum
A multidisciplinary resource for middle and high school teachers to use photographs and photographic ephemera to convey content and teach visual analysis skills.
Ethics in America II
Eminent leaders explore hypothetical ethical dilemmas in this video series for college and high school classrooms and adult leaders.
Voices & Visions
Readings and photographs illuminate the works of 13 American poets in this video series.
Social Studies in Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12
This video library for K-12 teachers shows a variety of effective social studies lessons and techniques for use with students at all levels.
Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: Workshop
This video workshop introduces middle school teachers to diverse American writers and presents dynamic instructional strategies.
Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices
This video library illustrates effective instruction and assessment strategies for the teaching of foreign languages in grades K-12.
Making Civics Real: A Workshop for Teachers
This video workshop illustrates an activist approach to the teaching of civics.
The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature in High School
Explore the richness of multicultural literature through four pedagogical approaches.
Developing Writers: A Workshop for High School Teachers
This video workshop presents practical and philosophical advice for teaching writing in high school.
The Art of Teaching the Arts: A Workshop for High School Teachers
Discover how the principles of good teaching are implemented in the visual and performing arts.
The World of Abnormal Psychology
A look at psychological disorders and their impact on behavior.
The Brain: Teaching Modules
This series offers extensive footage and research into the inner workings of this amazing human organ.
French in Action
Become fluent in French by exploring the culture in this video series for college and high school classrooms and adult learners.
Exploring the World of Music
Learn the essentials of music theory and how music expresses culture in this video instructional series.
Ethics in America
Build moral reasoning by examining ethical dilemmas in this video series.
Reading & Writing in the Disciplines
Learn research, practice, and tools for integrating discipline literacy into mathematics, science, English, and history/social studies content based lessons.
Art Through Time: A Global View
Explore works of art throughout time and human cultures.
American Passages: A Literary Survey
American literary movements and authors in the context of history and culture.
Against All Odds: Inside Statistics
This video series shows students the relevance of statistics in real-world settings.
American Cinema
Over 150 Hollywood insiders document American culture through film.
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science
What makes Earth unique among the planets? Explore the natural functions of Earth’s systems and Earth’s ability to sustain life.
Physics for the 21st Century
Explore the frontiers of physics research with the scientists on the front lines in this 11-unit course in modern physics for high school physics teachers, undergraduate students, and science enthusiasts.
