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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Irony (English Iii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learning to read and appreciate irony is the ultimate test of your skill at reading between the lines and can take considerable practice. This lesson will help you acquire...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The History Mystery [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"The History Mystery" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a teacher who made history more interesting by treating it like a mystery. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Fiction Can Change Reality

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Reading and stories can be an escape from real life, a window into another world -- but have you ever considered how new fictional experiences might change your perspective on real, everyday life? From Pride and Prejudice to Harry...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: 3 D Distance

For Students 9th - 10th
"Ask Dr. Math" is posed with a question of finding the distance between a point and line in space. Read about the solution.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Synonyms

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this game, students draw a line between synonyms in each column. Java is required.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Nasca, an Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Nasca culture flourished on the coastal plain of southern Peru between 200 B.C.E. and 600 C.E. Read and view pictures about their art, specifically geoglyphs and pottery, in this essay.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mass Spectrometry in the Operating Room

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphic to answer the five-question quiz pertaining to mass spectrometry in the operating room.