chemistry

The Periodic Table

The varying physical and chemical properties of different elements. The principles underpinning the Mendeleev Periodic Table. The Periodic Table: periods and groups; metals and non-metals. How patterns in reactions can be predicted with reference to the Periodic Table. The properties of metals and non-metals. The chemical properties of metal and non-metal oxides with respect to acidity.

Data Handling

Stem and Leaf

A stem and leaf plot organizes data by showing the items in order using stems and leafs.The leaf is the last digit on the right or the ones digit.The stem is the remaining digit or digits.

Spanish

Sarah’s Spanish School

Welcome to Sarah’s Spanish School Online!
You’re about to have access to tons of fun and effective online Spanish classes made just for your child ages 5-12. We’re so excited that you share our passion of Spanish and how important it is to learn at a young age. Together, we will get your child speaking (and LOVING) Spanish!

Literacy

SPPS Virtual Library

The SPPS Virtual Library is made possible in part by funding from the Minnesota Department of Education through a Library Services and Technology Act [LS-00-16-0024-16] grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Latin

Latin

Latin belongs to the Italic group of the Indo-European family of languages. Latin, the language of ancient Rome, is the ancestor of the modern Romance languages. Beginning as a local dialect of a small village on the Tiber River, it spread in the course of history over a large portion of the globe.

Spanish

Spanish Numbers

You won’t get very far when traveling in any Spanish-speaking country if you don’t know how to count. Learning the numbers is one of the first things you want to do when trying to get to at least a beginner level of Spanish.

Countries

Hemisphere Day

Today you will identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night).

Theme Days

British Isles Day

To be able to name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.

Civics

icivics

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics in 2009 to reimagine civic education.

Her vision was clear and ambitious:

To cultivate a new generation of students for thoughtful and active citizenship. Civic knowledge is a prerequisite for civic participation. Yet for decades, civic education had largely disappeared from school curricula and the repercussions are undeniable.