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BioEd Online

Spiders in Space

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Does a spider spin its web differently in space? What other ways might microgravity affect an arachnid? Pick a topic to research, plan an investigation, and follow astronauts on the International Space Station as they perform some of the...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Volume, Mass, and Density Boxes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Mass and density are difficult topics for kids to understand, and even more difficult when you have visual impairments or blindness. Learners will make boxes and fill them with cotton, sand, or crushed paper. They will feel the density...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Rolling Along

For Teachers 1st - 12th
I cannot stress enough how important orientation and mobility training is for learners with visual impairments. To practice maintaining their balance, as well as work on building the confidence to participate in recreational sports,...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Figure Eight Walking

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Walking in a straight line is one thing. Walking while trying to shift your weight from side to side to maintain balance is another challenge altogether. Learners with visual impairments practice walking in a figure eight. Cones are set...
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Vosonos

Interactive Minds: Solar System

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Travel through space as you learn about the galaxy, solar system, planets, and much more. An extensive resource for studying astronomy in upper-elementary and middle school classrooms.
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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Principles of First Aid and Medical Emergencies

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a great resource to guide your instruction on identifying medical emergencies and administering first aid when necessary. Topics covered include assessing the scene of an emergency, calling EMS, and addressing a range of...
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Our White House

The Our White House Inauguration Celebration Kit for Kids!

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Get the youngest American citizens involved in the presidential election and inauguration with a set of social studies activities. Focusing on the history of presidential inauguration ceremonies, learners draft their own poems, design...
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Theodore Roosevelt Association

Roosevelt's Legacy: Conservation

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
The legacy of Theodore Roosevelt carries through modern American politics, economics, foreign policy, and society. But his proudest and most profound efforts were in the world of conservation, and in preserving the natural beauty of...
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Trinity University

Julius Caesar: The Power of Persuasion

For Teachers 10th Standards
"Friend, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..." Those words begin one of the most persuasive speeches in literature. Explore the elements of persuasion in a series of lessons related to William Shakespeare's Julius...
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Curated OER

Health: Dear Me

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine data supporting the increase in health risks due to obesity. They write letters to their future selves giving strategies for maintaining a healthy weight in adulthood by maintaining an appropriate energy balance.
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Curated OER

Teaching the Perfectionist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Understanding the perfectionist can help teachers and students work together successfully.
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Curated OER

Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the unique parts of the body of skates and their egg cases.
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Curated OER

Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.
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Curated OER

Finding Yourself in a Landscape

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students view landscape paintings. They recall a landscape that has meaning to them and describe it to the class. They complete a worksheet.
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Curated OER

Commission Statement

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students write a formal letter to an artist using art vocabulary they have reviewed in class. They commission a portrait from the artist. They share their letters with the class.
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Curated OER

Creating Your Own Story

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students think about a dramatic moment in their lives and imagine how to translate it into a work of art. They write their own personal experience as a story. They describe a visual image of their personal experience and/or story.
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Curated OER

How Do Portraits Communicate?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students read a visual image very much like they would read words in a story. They write about portraits using new portrait vocabulary. They, in groups, use their written analysis to hypothesize about the story of the sitters in the...
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Curated OER

What Do Portraits Communicate?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students make connections between their personal experiences and portraits. define a portrait and identify different kinds of portraits in artworks and their own lives. They look closely at a portrait using visual analysis to describe...
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Curated OER

Looking at Photography Lesson 1: The Elements of Photography

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore and discuss the process of taking a photograph.
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Curated OER

Looking at Decorative Arts Lesson 2: "Reading" Objects and Their Owners

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the connection between a person's home and his or her personality. They practice new vocabulary.
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Curated OER

Looking at Still Life Lesson 2: How Artists Assemble Still Lifes

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify and discuss the basic shapes used in artistic still-life compositions.
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Curated OER

Once a fact, always a truth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover there are many sources of accurate and inaccurate information. They use newspapers and, in small groups, develop a statement explaining why they believe the article is accurate or inaccurate.
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Curated OER

Where's That Odor?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use various substances to experiment with odors and their potency. They sharpen their observational skills.
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Curated OER

Dancing Paper: Static Charge, Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use glass, plastic, paper and various other materials to investigate the properties of static charge and develop scientific inquiry skills.

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