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Curated OER

Ecological Cycles Part 1

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Knowing about the hydrologic cycle is the first step to understanding the carbon cycle. Upper graders discuss the earth's water content, polar ice caps, and the concept of the ecological cycle as it applies to carbon, nitrogen, and other...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water is Life

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Krill is a very small ocean animal that is key to keeping the ocean ecosystem going. The class reviews food webs and chains, learns about the importance of krill, discusses krill anatomy, builds a model of a krill, and then has a...
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Lesson Plan
California Academy of Science

Carbon Cycle Role Play

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Anytime you make concepts clear with role playing or hands-on experience, it's a win for the whole class. Ping-Pong balls are used to represent carbon in a carbon cycle role-play activity. In small groups, children first discuss what...
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Creative Visions Foundation

Production: Filming

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
After viewing and analyzing documentaries and working in groups to storyboard and prepare, your class should now be ready for the production stage of the documentary process. The eighth lesson in the series, this plan provides...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Symbiosis: Help, Hinder or Destroy

For Teachers 6th Standards
Use background information and vocabulary to familiarize your students with the concept of symbiosis and the role agriculture plays in the shared relationship. They then write the vocabulary in their lab books or journals, and read the...
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Common Sense Media

Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Peers discuss cyberbullying and how they can defend their friends that may be bullied online and offline. They discover the value in showing empathy for those who have been cyberbullied. Class members then generate multiple solutions for...
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Common Sense Media

Identifying High-Quality Sites

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Use a Huffington Post article focused on false pictures of Hurricane Sandy to launch a discussion about the reliability of online information. Groups compare and contrast how print and broadcast media regulate data gathering with the...
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Creative Educator

Sell It with Propaganda

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Augment a unit on propaganda by prompting class members to create propaganda. Using Frames software, groups demonstrate their understanding of propaganda techniques by designing a new product, creating a commercial to sell their product,...
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Curated OER

Create a Video Poem

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Collaborate to create a visual version of a poem using video. Before class, choose a poem to pick apart. Read it aloud and then analyze it in detail as a class. Assign a line or short section to each student to expand upon using a...
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Curated OER

Design a Book Cover

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Class members take on the role of graphic designer and craft a cover for a book they are reading. Individuals formulate a proposal outlining the images they will use to not only grab the interest of readers, but hint at the mood and...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Understanding Content Through Photography

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan is designed to assist students making self-text-world connections through multimedia presentations. This plan includes a student guide for writing the reflection scripts as well as a detailed instructional plan.
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Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Help

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of visual aids. Students will be able to communicate their need for assistance with the signs included on these pages.
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Lesson Plan
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Additional Webs

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of graphic organizers. Middle schoolers will be able to plan the writing of summaries, paragraphs, and literary responses.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Get the Word Out at Mc Donalds!

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Students take part in a hypothetical scenario that challenges them to inform customers at a local restaurant of how their use and disposal of plastics relates/contributes to the Great Pacific garbage patch (GPGP). What students...
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Other

Pde: Sas: Identifying and Understanding Use of Testimonials in Advertising

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this lesson, 8th graders analyze and compare the propaganda techniques used in informational texts, with a particular focus on the use of testimonials. Includes links to recommended resources, scaffolding suggestions, and an...
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Activity
Utah Education Network

Uen: Using a Before Reading Organizer With Informational Text

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This module provides strategies to use with informational text. Teachers will explicitly teach students about graphic organizers to use before reading informtational texts.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introductions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on introductions; it lists and explains three common components of introductions: motivator, thesis, and blueprint. It provides a sample introduction with commentary showing each of the parts. It discusses the...
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Website
Other

Ljl Seminars: Public Speaking Tips

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides numerous links to everything you need to know about public speaking. Some topics include Overcoming Speaking Anxiety, Hostile Audiences, Speech Preparation, Gathering Information, Elements of an Effective Speech, and...
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: 5 Core Concepts of Media Literacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will engage in multiple parts of a lesson that guide students to uncover many levels of meaning in media messages. Discussion questions and a slideshow presentation are parts of the lesson that address the...
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Rubric
Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education: 6 8 Presentation Rubric (Ccss Aligned)

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-8 in making effective presentations in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not noted. It describes an...
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Unit Plan
REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 11. Powerful Presentations

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Tired of writing all the time? Would you like to express yourself through a presentation instead? During these Quests, you are going to learn how to present your ideas creatively through Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint. At the end...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Using Technology to Support Struggling Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Science learning often involves creating abstract representations and models of processes that we are unable to observe with the naked eye. Learn more about visualizing, representing, and modeling to aid struggling learners.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Public Speaking and Persuasion: Improve Your School!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students watch two videos from China depicting public speeches about the first school government election. Then, they will create and give persuasive presentations of their own that will describe ways in which they would...
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Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this section of a textbook, students learn different techniques for writing an introduction. It provides links to information on the following topics: the role of an introduction, getting attention and interest, establishing...