This is an information sheet on the species, Acrochordus arafurae, provided by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

This is an information sheet on the species, Acrochordus javanicus, provided by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

This is an information sheet on the species, Acropora millepora, provided by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

How can you use the Engineering Design Process to access a geographically inaccessible location to deliver supplies?

A boy and his family endure a difficult nine-week journey across the ocean and survive the first winter at Plymouth. Based on true events, "Across the Wide Dark Sea" poetically narrates a young boy's account of risking the ocean to find religious freedom in a new land.

This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.

Students are given an online dictionary and exampe of an acrostic poem. Students then use the dictionary and example to create thier own acrostic poem using the letters in their name. 

Students write and perform a skit or monologue that brings awareness to a specific issue addressed in the text.

This is an information sheet on the species, Actias luna, provided by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

This resource was created by Jill Anderson, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

This is an information sheet on the species, Actinia equina, provided by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Actinobacteria are some of the most widely distributed bacteria in soils and are well known for their ability to degrade plant residues in pure culture in the laboratory. Yet, despite the importance of microbe-driven decomposition to carbon sequestration in terrestrial systems, their importance and specific activity across diverse environments in the field are unknown. Researchers recently evaluated the ecophysiological roles of Actinobacteria in rice straw residue decomposition in a series of field and microcosm experiments. They found that although Actinobacteria represented only 4.6% of the total bacterial abundance, they encoded 16% of the total carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) involved in the breakdown of carbohydrates. The researchers also found that Actinobacteria taxonomic and functional compositions were relatively stable during straw decomposition and that the importance of Actinobacteria in decomposition increased as soil fertility decreased..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This is an information sheet on the species, Actinopterygii, provided by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

Creating an illustrated alphabet book of action words, from "attack" to "zap", reinforces the definition of verbs as it stretches and expands students' vocabulary.