While researching respectable, online resources for science teachers, I stumbled upon National Geographic Education. This website truly exceeded my expectations, and I will be referring back to it when I’m teaching full-time. I initially thought the website would focus more on geology, biology, and other natural sciences, but it addresses dozens of subjects, including 3 of the 4 main content areas. While National Geographic Education doesn’t focus on English, it does have an English as a Second Language category.
On the homepage, there’s an option to filter and find exactly what you’re interested in. There are lesson plans and activities already written up, and the filtering option allows teachers to choose exactly what grade level to pull these lessons from. Along with its professionally written lesson plans and interactive activities, National Geographic Education offers articles, maps, pictures, videos, and other helpful resources within the specific grade levels and subjects. There is also a vocabulary list within each lesson plan to help students learn the basic building blocks of the subject. An “Explore More” option is available if students want to continue their learning which includes more articles, websites, videos, profiles, etc.
I think this website could be extraordinarily helpful. I personally wouldn’t use its lesson plans because I would want to create my own, but I would briefly look over them to get an idea of how to start mine. The activities on National Geographic Education are both fun and educational; I could see myself using them to go along with my lessons. As I previously mentioned, this website offers material for many different subjects, so most teachers can use it!
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