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Literacy Plan for Kentucky

Literacy Plan for Kentucky

A fully interactive guide through Kentucky's Literacy Plan.

4-12

Interactive

Pre-Assessment

Pre-Assessment

The Pre-Assessment for KET’s GED® Geometry Professional Development Online Course is a diagnostic tool that will help you identify your current geometry skill level. There are 24 questions which cover the content of the 24 lessons within the course.

9-12

Interactive

The Three Levels of Biodiversity

The Three Levels of Biodiversity

This interactive adapted from Kentucky's Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity, introduces learners to the three levels of biodiversity: genetic, species, and ecosystem. OER Level

5-8

Interactive

Select Species Groups of Kentucky

Select Species Groups of Kentucky

In this interactive adapted from Kentucky’s Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity, students will learn about the variety of species that call Kentucky their home. OER Level

5-8

Interactive

Select Natural Communities

Select Natural Communities

In this interactive adapted from Kentucky's Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity, students will learn about the four major natural communities and the types of organisms that live in each. OER Level

5-8

Interactive

Cave Species and Karst Landscapes

Cave Species and Karst Landscapes

In this interactive adapted from Kentucky's Natural Heritage: A Guide to Biodiversity, students will learn about karst landscape, where caves are most prevalent, as well as the different species that can be found in and around caves.

5-8

Interactive

Migratory Songbirds

Migratory Songbirds

Adapted from the Kentucky Life Biodiversity series, this video interactive offers information about the different species of birds and their migration patterns. OER Level

5-8

Interactive

Scientific Tools and Methods

Scientific Tools and Methods

Adapted from the Kentucky Life Biodiversity series, the videos in this interactive explore three examples of researchers applying the scientific method in various field situations. OER Level

5-8

Interactive

Building Video Literacy: Video Logger

Building Video Literacy: Video Logger

Help your students build video literacy with this interactive tutorial, developed in collaboration with EDC's Center for Children and Technology.

5-12

Interactive

Follow Kentucky Through Geologic Time

Follow Kentucky Through Geologic Time

This interactive shows the location of Kentucky through different geological eras of time. OER Level

4-8

Interactive

Life in a Kentucky Village

Life in a Kentucky Village

The mural in this rollover interactive shows the Mississippian people in their day-to-day activities. OER Level

4-12

Interactive

Characteristics of Highly Effective Teachers

Characteristics of Highly Effective Teachers

This collection of videos illustrate high quality literacy instruction as described in The Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and Learning, available at the Kentucky Department of Education website.

Pre-K-12

Interactive

Watersheds in Kentucky

Watersheds in Kentucky

This interactive with a short video clip, provides students with a definition of watershed, as well as information about where they can be found in the state of Kentucky. OER Level

5-9

Interactive

Lentic Communities

Lentic Communities

In this interactive students learn about the three types of lentic communities and examples of species that are unique to each. OER Level

5-9

Interactive

Lotic Communities

Lotic Communities

This interactive provides a way for students to learn about lotic communities and the fish, mollusks, and invertebrates that live in these communities. OER Level

5-9

Interactive

ABCD Watermelon

ABCD Watermelon

In this interactive game from Between the Lions, Leona lets you practice the order of the alphabet and letter identification.

Pre-K-1

Interactive

AC / DC: What's the Difference?

AC / DC: What's the Difference?

This animated essay from the American Experience Web site explains the difference between alternating and direct electric current and offers in-depth explanations about the role played by a battery, light bulb, wire, and generator.

6-12

Interactive

Acid Lake

Acid Lake

Add acidity to a healthy lake and see what happens to the plants and animals in this interactive activity adapted from EcoKids. OER Level

3-8

Interactive

Acids and Bases: Kitchen Chemistry

Acids and Bases: Kitchen Chemistry

In this interactive activity from the ZOOM Web site, search for chemistry clues and experiment with acids and bases in a virtual kitchen.

3-8

Interactive

Aerodynamics: What Causes Lift?

Aerodynamics: What Causes Lift?

How does an airplane stay aloft when upside down? This media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site offers an explanation based on Newton's third law of motion.

6-12

Interactive

Airplanes: Designing for Stealth

Airplanes: Designing for Stealth

Explore this NOVA interactive activity to see how engineers have modified a military plane's sound, shape, and heat emissions to minimize detection.

6-12

Interactive

Air Quality Index

Air Quality Index

In this interactive activity adapted from "Air Quality Index: A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health" by the U.S. EPA, learn about common pollutants in the air we breathe, their health effects, and how their levels are reported. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

All in the Family

All in the Family

In this Evolution Web feature, test your skills at judging who's who on the tree of life while you learn about the tools and methods of cladistics.

6-12

Interactive

All Systems Are Go

All Systems Are Go

Test your knowledge of the digestive, respiratory, and other human body systems in this interactive game from Kinetic City. Race the clock to put Arnold's organs back into his body one system at a time. OER Level

5-8

Interactive

The Amazing Adventures of Equiano

The Amazing Adventures of Equiano

This online book from the International Children's Digital Library traces the journey of Equiano, a young African boy of the Ibo tribe, from his capture by Africans to his life in the Americas. It describes his arduous adventure from slavery to becoming a free man.

4-6

Interactive

American Chestnut Tree

American Chestnut Tree

This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create blight-resistant trees. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Amplitude

Amplitude

This interactive activity adapted from the University of Utah's ASPIRE Lab shows how a pendulum's amplitude changes as you set it swinging from different distances from its axis, and how the amplitude of a sound wave changes as you adjust the volume. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Analyzing an Ecosystem

Analyzing an Ecosystem

In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Alberta, identify the living and nonliving things in an ecosystem. Then look further at the living things to identify the producers, the consumers, and examples of mimicry. OER Level

3-8

Interactive

Anatomy of a Firework

Anatomy of a Firework

There's more to a fireworks display than meets the eye. This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site looks at the technology behind each burst of light.

6-12

Interactive

Anatomy of a Rover

Anatomy of a Rover

In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about the sophisticated scientific instruments on two identical robotic rovers that have explored Mars — Spirit and Opportunity.

3-12

Interactive

Anatomy of a Tsunami

Anatomy of a Tsunami

Using visual models and other graphics, this interactive activity from NOVA Online reveals details of the December 26, 2004 tsunami that collided with coasts around the Indian Ocean.

6-12

Interactive

Anatomy of a Volcano

Anatomy of a Volcano

In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, explore the main features of the Nyiragongo volcano, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and learn what risks it poses to the 500,000 people who live in its shadow.

6-12

Interactive

Animal Classification Game

Animal Classification Game

Learn about classes of animals and test your ability to identify animals as mammals, birds, reptiles and more in this interactive activity adapted from Sheppard Software. OER Level

4-8

Interactive

Animal Cloning 101

Animal Cloning 101

Learn about clones and explore the methods scientists use to create clones in the lab in this interactive activity from the Dolan DNA Learning Center. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Antarctic Ecosystem

Antarctic Ecosystem

In contrast with its largely lifeless interior, the Antarctic coastal marine environment supports a vibrant and diverse ecosystem. Explore the region's living bounty in this interactive activity adapted from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. OER Level

5-12

Interactive

Antarctic Food Web Game

Antarctic Food Web Game

In this interactive game adapted from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, build a food web that illustrates the flow of energy in an Antarctic ecosystem and the relationships between predators and prey. OER Level

5-8

Interactive

Arctic Atlas

Arctic Atlas

In this interactive atlas adapted from UNEP/GRID-Arendal, explore different environmental features of the Arctic. Select from a list of themes to customize your map, then zoom in to take a closer look at one of six featured regions. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Arctic Ecosystem

Arctic Ecosystem

Despite seemingly inhospitable conditions, the Arctic environment has a vibrant and diverse ecosystem. Explore the life that thrives in this region in this interactive activity adapted from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. OER Level

5-12

Interactive

Arctic Sea Ice Satellite Observations

Arctic Sea Ice Satellite Observations

In this interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain, learn how Arctic sea ice has changed over the past 25 years in terms of maximum winter extent, concentration, and the timing of breakup each spring. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Art That Tells a Story

Art That Tells a Story

This interactive activity, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, presents nine art objects and shows how they can reveal different types of stories. OER Level

4-6

Interactive

Astronomical Images in Different Wavelengths

Astronomical Images in Different Wavelengths

Visible light is just one portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that a telescope may detect. This collection of images produced for Teachers' Domain features radio wave, infrared, visible light, and X-ray images of distant stars and galaxies as well as images of the telescopes designed to detect the various wavelengths of radiation. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Atmospheric Oxygen

Atmospheric Oxygen

In this feature, adapted from Interactive NOVA: "Earth," students explore the relationship between oxygen concentration and the well-being of various organisms by simulating a change in oxygen levels and observing what happens. OER Level

3-5

Interactive

The Atom

The Atom

In this interactive activity from ChemThink, take a closer look at atomic structure, properties, and behaviors. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Atom Builder

Atom Builder

Build a carbon atom out of up quarks, down quarks, and electrons in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.

6-12

Interactive

Axle the Freeway Cat

Axle the Freeway Cat

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a lonely cat meets a new friend in a traffic jam.

Pre-K-4

Interactive

Backyard Wildlife Interactive

Backyard Wildlife Interactive

Squirrels and chipmunks are just two of the animals you might see. Backyard Wildlife, an original KET video, encourages children to explore the world outside their back door. OER Level

Pre-K-1

Interactive

Bandwidth and Data Conversion

Bandwidth and Data Conversion

This interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center describes the factors that affect the speed of data transfer in computer networking systems and some of the techniques used to increase the data capacity of these systems. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Bank It or Bust

Bank It or Bust

In this interactive game from What's Up in Finance?, players make financial decisions to help them meet their goal of buying a car.

7-12

Interactive

Bear Creek Wind Farm Tour

Bear Creek Wind Farm Tour

In this interactive, a construction project manager explains the process of constructing a wind farm, its challenges and benefits.

9-12

Interactive

Biodiversity in the Dzangha-Sangha Rain Forest

Biodiversity in the Dzangha-Sangha Rain Forest

In this interactive activity from the American Museum of Natural History, play "connect the dots" and discover the connections between the people, animals, and plants in three habitats of the Dzanga-Sangha rain forest in the Central African Republic. OER Level

5-8

Interactive

Biomes

Biomes

This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and vegetation patterns in seven biomes: coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, desert, grassland, rainforest, shrubland, and tundra. OER Level

3-12

Interactive

KET Image Bank: Birds

KET Image Bank: Birds

Browse through thumbnail images of native birds in this KET Image Bank interactive catalog. Clicking a thumbnail will take you to a larger image for download. OER Level

K-12

Interactive

Birth of a Supernova, Type Ia

Birth of a Supernova, Type Ia

In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, learn about a type of exploding star — a Type Ia supernova — that is so bright that astronomers can measure the distance to the galaxy in which it resides, and even learn which elements make up the star.

6-12

Interactive

Birth of a Supernova, Type II

Birth of a Supernova, Type II

In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, learn about a type of exploding star — a Type II supernova — that is so large it has a mass 10 times greater than the mass of our Sun.

6-12

Interactive

Black Ear, Blond Ear

Black Ear, Blond Ear

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, relations between the blonde cats and the black cats, who live on different sides of the river, learn about each other when they exchange ears.

Pre-K-4

Interactive

Blood Flow and Thermoregulation

Blood Flow and Thermoregulation

In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Alberta, learn about the ways your body can regulate its temperature. OER Level

7-12

Interactive

Blue Ribbon Readers: Fridge Magnet Game

Blue Ribbon Readers: Fridge Magnet Game

This WPSU interactive The Fridge Magnet Game gives students practice in the strategies of monitoring and clarifying confusing words. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

K-5

Interactive

Blue Ribbon Readers: Make Connections

Blue Ribbon Readers: Make Connections

This WPSU interactive Make Connections Game gives students practice in making connections between the text and prior knowledge. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

K-5

Interactive

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Detective's Notebook Game

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Detective's Notebook Game

This WPSU interactive The Detective’s Notebook Game asks students to infer answers to questions about what they are reading. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

K-5

Interactive

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Hamburger Game

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Hamburger Game

In this WPSU interactive The Hamburger Game, students practice attentive reading by choosing the main idea from a text passage. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

K-5

Interactive

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Questioning Cube Game

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Questioning Cube Game

This WPSU interactive The Questioning Cube Game gives students practice asking questions about the text they’ve read. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

K-5

Interactive

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Train Game

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Train Game

In this WPSU interactive The Train Game, students develop synthesis skills by grouping words together to form sentences. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

K-5

Interactive

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Visualizing Game

Blue Ribbon Readers: The Visualizing Game

This WPSU interactive The Visualizing Game gives students practice creating and recalling mental images of text. The game is part of Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of games designed to help elementary school students learn to read.

K-5

Interactive

The Blue Sky

The Blue Sky

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a sad and lonely little girl dreams of seeing her mother again as she watches the clouds in the sky.

Pre-K-4

Interactive

Body Breakdowns

Body Breakdowns

This interactive feature from the NOVA "Surviving Denali" Web site details the variety of ways the body can fail while climbing a high-altitude peak.

6-8

Interactive

Body Control Center

Body Control Center

Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems -- all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task. OER Level

6-8

Interactive

Body Needs

Body Needs

This interactive feature from the NOVA "Dying to Be Thin" Web site describes the nutritional needs of the body and how to meet them.

3-8

Interactive

Bones of Contention

Bones of Contention

This interactive activity from NOVA invites you to do the work of scientists and use a database to classify actual fossil records of human ancestors and related species.

8-12

Interactive

Bowhead Whaling and Its Impact

Bowhead Whaling and Its Impact

This interactive activity, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, explores the history of whaling in the Arctic and introduces a landmark study of whale populations. OER Level

6-9

Interactive

Brain Geography

Brain Geography

Which part of your brain controls your ability to swallow? Your instinct to survive? And how do all the brain's parts function cooperatively? Find out with this interactive feature from the NOVA: "Coma" Web site.

6-8

Interactive

The Bridge Challenge

The Bridge Challenge

In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, use your knowledge of bridge design to match the right bridge to the right location in a fictitious city.

3-12

Interactive

Build a Bridge

Build a Bridge

Survey potential bridge sites, research bridge design, and select the right bridge for the right location in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.

6-12

Interactive

Build a Family Tree

Build a Family Tree

Both sexes can use this interactive feature that lets you use DNA information from the Y chromosome to complete a male family tree. From the NOVA: "Lost Tribes of Israel" Web site.

9-12

Interactive

Build-a-Fish

Build-a-Fish

In this interactive activity from Shedd Aquarium, build a fish and then release it into the reef to search for food and evade predators. Try different combinations and observe how each kind of fish has unique adaptations that help it survive in its habitat. OER Level

6-8

Interactive

Build an Island

Build an Island

This interactive resource from NOVA Online shows how an atoll is formed from a volcanic island and describes the role coral reefs play in this process.

6-12

Interactive

Build a Steroid

Build a Steroid

In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about the molecular structure of steroids. See the intermediate molecules that are part of the pathway for synthesizing cortisone from diosgenin.

9-12

Interactive

Buoyancy Brainteasers: Balloon-in-Car Puzzler

Buoyancy Brainteasers: Balloon-in-Car Puzzler

This interactive brainteaser from the NOVA Web site challenges you to explain the behavior of a helium-filled balloon in a moving car.

3-8

Interactive

Buoyancy Brainteasers: Boat-in-Pool Puzzler

Buoyancy Brainteasers: Boat-in-Pool Puzzler

This interactive brainteaser from the NOVA Web site challenges you to figure out what happens to the water level when a rock is resting in a boat and when it is submerged in water.

3-8

Interactive

Buoyancy Brainteasers: Buoyancy Question

Buoyancy Brainteasers: Buoyancy Question

This interactive brainteaser from the NOVA Web site challenges you to figure out what causes an object to sink.

3-8

Interactive

Cancer Nanotech

Cancer Nanotech

This interactive slideshow adapted from NOVA scienceNOW shows some of the nanoscale structures that scientists are using in the experimental diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Capturing Carbon: Where Do We Put It?

Capturing Carbon: Where Do We Put It?

In this interactive activity from NOVA scienceNOW, explore options for storing carbon dioxide in order to prevent further global warming.

6-12

Interactive

Careers in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

Careers in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

This interactive activity produced for Teachers’ Domain explores various career paths available in advanced manufacturing technologies.

6-12

Interactive

Careers in Agricultural and Environmental Technologies

Careers in Agricultural and Environmental Technologies

This interactive activity produced for Teachers’ Domain explores several career paths available in agricultural and environmental technologies. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Careers In Biotechnology

Careers In Biotechnology

This interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain examines several career paths available in the biotechnology field. OER Level

8-12

Interactive

Careers in Engineering Technologies

Careers in Engineering Technologies

This interactive activity produced for Teachers’ Domain explores various career paths in engineering technologies. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Careers in Environmental Health

Careers in Environmental Health

This interactive activity produced for Teachers’ Domain examines some of the career opportunities available in the environmental public health field and describes how the work of professionals in this field directly impacts human health. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Careers in Information and Security Technologies

Careers in Information and Security Technologies

This interactive activity produced for Teachers’ Domain explores different career paths available in information and security technologies.

6-12

Interactive

Caves and Karst

Caves and Karst

This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service presents the key concepts of cave and karst systems, including how and where they form, different types, and various cave environments.

3-12

Interactive

Cell Division

Cell Division

In this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium, explore the step-by-step process by which an animal cell divides to make more cells. OER Level

7-10

Interactive

Cell Explorer

Cell Explorer

Explore the parts of a virtual animal cell in this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium. Learn about various cell structures and the roles they play in cell division, cellular respiration, and protein synthesis. OER Level

7-12

Interactive

Cell Membrane: Just Passing Through

Cell Membrane: Just Passing Through

This interactive feature describes some of the most important structures and functions of the cell membrane. OER Level

6-12

Interactive

Cell Transcription and Translation

Cell Transcription and Translation

In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Nebraska, learn how and where transcription and translation occur within a cell and observe both processes in detail. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Cellular Service

Cellular Service

The goal of this interactive game is to keep a group of target cells healthy by using blood to deliver and take away various substances to and from the cells. OER Level

6-8

Interactive

Center for Sustainability at Penn State University Tour

Center for Sustainability at Penn State University Tour

In this Flash interactive a guide to the Hybrid Homestead introduces the concept of ecological footprint or how big an impact humans make on the ecosystem. We visit a yurt, kitchen, bathroom, and greenhouse designed to reduce human energy needs.

6-12

Interactive

Centripetal Force: Pulling Cs and Gs

Centripetal Force: Pulling Cs and Gs

In this interactive activity from NOVA, discover how centripetal force can affect you when riding in a car or flying at high speeds in a fighter jet.

3-8

Interactive

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Learn about the Chandra X-Ray Observatory's telescope system, science instruments, and spacecraft system in this interactive activity adapted from NASA. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Chemical Bonds

Chemical Bonds

This interactive activity developed for Teachers' Domain demonstrates how attractive forces between atoms create chemical bonds, resulting in the formation of molecules and compounds. OER Level

9-12

Interactive

Chemical Hazards at Home

Chemical Hazards at Home

In this interactive activity from the National Library of Medicine, investigate some of the chemical hazards commonly found in homes. OER Level

3-5

Interactive

Chromosome Viewer

Chromosome Viewer

This interactive feature provides a microscopic view of the 24 Human chromosomes. Each chromosome is labeled with the names of some of the genetic conditions and traits associated with particular regions on that chromosome.

9-12

Interactive

Circular Motion

Circular Motion

In this interactive activity featuring videos adapted from the Rutgers PAER Group, observe examples of circular motion. Can you find a common reason why the objects and people presented move in a circle? OER Level

6-12

Interactive

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