How can dance help middle school students understand ecology? That is the question addressed through the lesson plan "Movement and Mutualism: Modeling Ecosystem Interactions," published by Science Friday and written by middle school science teacher Megan Sorensen of Sault Saint Marie, Michigan. In this lesson, students use dance to model the behavior and interactions of animals in their...

Teaching the arts is, as one might expect, an art in itself, and teachers young and old alike will find much to engage their attention on this delightful website. Created as part of the Annenberg Media's educational resource website, this site offers an eight-part professional development workshop for use by music, theater, dance, and visual art teachers. The site includes all eight of the one...

Many teachers would love to incorporate dance into their classrooms. But how? This valuable site from Annenberg Learner answers exactly this question. It features the methods of two very different educators, one from Brooklyn and the other from New Orleans, who have found various ways to integrate dance into their lesson plans. The site is clearly organized, with sections such as People and...