Classroom 2.1 [beta]
Welcome to the prototype version of the new COOL Classroom web site. The original site is still available.

Class Management

Coming in Spring 2011!

  • Manage your classes and assign an active Adventure unit to each.
  • Create new student accounts automatically linked to your classes.
  • Update student account passwords.
  • View your student's journals and leave comments for them to think about.

Teacher's Lounge

Educators, please create a user account. This will allow you to see helpful tips designed just for you as you proceed through our Adventure lessons. In the near future, you will also be able to manage your students online journals.

Site News

Nov 23, 2010 - Welcome NSTA Science Teacher Readers! The COOL Classroom is an online web portal that provides guided inquiry-based lessons on ocean and environmental themes.

We have several new lessons in the works, including a unit on Seagrasses that emphasizes concepts related to spatial literacy, and another on bacteria and enzymes. These will be available for piloting in the spring of 2011.

For now, we invite you to check out the Hudson River Plume Adventure.

Adventure Unit Plans

Each COOL Classroom Adventure has a detailed Unit Plan that includes a breakdown of the content and concepts, a suggested classroom schedule, and a list of the relevant science standards.

COOL Classroom Unit Plans

COOL Classroom Pedagogy

Coming Soon!

Contact RU COOL

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