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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Teacher's Corner: Ad Decoder

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Allow your students to explore what media ads are really telling them. This lesson gives students critical question to investigate as they look over ads. Lesson includes background, procedure, worksheet, rubrics, and discussion questions.
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Ask the Dietitian: Anorexia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of questions about eating disorders that people have written about themselves or friends; the questions are answered by a dietician.
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PBS

Pbs: Host a Family Olympics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Design and build a track with obstacles you must go over, under, around or through. Participate in a non-competive event with a variety of games that develop gross motor skills.
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Other

Pale Reflections: Anorexia Nervosa

For Students 9th - 10th
A straight forward description of Anorexia Nervosa, including signs and symptoms, long term health problems, and why it's so hard to stop. Links to other information are included.
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Curated OER

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Child's Skull

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled diagram of the morphology of a child's skill.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Turtle and Tortoise

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about turtles and tortoises, as well as several pictures and an audio clip.
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Curated OER

Lictors & Bodies / David

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief description of the Jacques-Louis David's life and artistic influences, with links to more information on six of David's works in the Getty's collection. Discusses the classical influences seen in the artist's work and his role in...
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Curated OER

Math:science Nucleus:identifying Bones of the Body (Lab)

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice site which provides descriptions of each of the bones that make up our skeletal system. Then there is a lab activity for students to complete in which they build a skeletal system and describe the structure/function of each bone...
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Curated OER

Pall Design: Traditional for Brahman or Satrya Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Creation stories, myths and art from around the world are presented in this exhibit from the Library of Congress. Each item is briefly described.
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Curated OER

Australian Government: Types of Fungal Fruiting Bodies

For Students 9th - 10th
Boletes and polypores, coral and jelly fungi, stinkhorns, puffballs and birds nest fungi, stereoid and paint fungi, cup fungi, flask fungi, and truffle-like fungi are discussed in this comprehensive.
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Curated OER

Australian Government: Types of Fungal Fruiting Bodies

For Students 9th - 10th
Boletes and polypores, coral and jelly fungi, stinkhorns, puffballs and birds nest fungi, stereoid and paint fungi, cup fungi, flask fungi, and truffle-like fungi are discussed in this comprehensive.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Ophthalmosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
Read information about the dolphin-shaped opthalmosaurus, and learn what fossil evidence tells us about this marine dinosaur's hunting, anatomy, and young. View a listing of quick facts about the opthalmosaurus' size and diet, and launch...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Peteinosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
Peteinosaurus was a flying reptile from the Late Triassic period, and the fossils left behind tell us much about its anatomy, prey, and flight. This resource provides simple facts as well as several images and a video that let you see...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Anurognathus

For Students 9th - 10th
Anurognathus, from the Late Jurassic period, was a "tiny pterosaur and a cousin of the dinosaurs." Learn what the one fossil of this prehistoric animal, found in Bavaria, tells us about its diet, anatomy, and size. This resource includes...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Ornithocheirus

For Students 9th - 10th
Ornithocheirus was a reptile from the Early Cretaceous period, and this resource highlights some of the facts revealed by this large pterosaur's fossilized remains. View a video and several images showing close-ups of its body parts, and...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Diplodocus

For Students 9th - 10th
Diplodocus, a sauropod, "was the longest of the land animals" and its fossilized remains tell us much about its body type, weight, and diet. Read facts about this dinosaur and view several images showing what it looked like while alive.
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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: The Living Skeleton: A Tour of Human Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a tour of the human skeleton and see computer images of various bones of the body, including the normal bone and bones that have anomalies.
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

For Students 9th - 10th
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises belong to the order Cetacea. These are aquatic mammals that have streamlined bodies highly evolved for swimming. Learn more about whales, dolphins, and porpoises in this well-constructed overview produced...
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Wood Warbler

For Students 9th - 10th
The wood warbler gets its name from the trilling song performed by the male with gusto, head raised, bright yellow throat puffed out and body all aquiver. The scientific name "sibilatrix" means the whistler. Learn more about the wood...
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Leaf Cutter Ants

For Students 9th - 10th
The farmers of the insect world, leaf-cutter ants grow their own food in underground fungus farms. Pieces of leaf are carried hundreds of meters in impressive processions, with each ant carrying a piece up to 50 times its own body...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Hospitals Have Particle Accelerators?

For Students 9th - 10th
Doctors are using injected radioactive drugs that circulate through the body and act as a beacon for PET scanners. These diagnostic tools can detect the spread of diseases before they can be spotted with other types of imaging. Pedro...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Using Movement and Dance to Explore Symmetry [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
In this lesson, 3rd graders first examine images and decide whether they are symmetrical or not. Next, they create individual symmetrical shapes with their bodies and identify the line of symmetry present during these shapes. They then...
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Elk

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about elk.
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Other

The Online Anteater

For Students 9th - 10th
This entire website is loaded with information on the various aspects of Giant Anteaters. It has a nice link resource page for further information.

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