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Need: Exploring Nuclear Energy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This downloadable article addresses all aspects of nuclear energy. Visual charts make understanding of cycles and concepts easier. Most useful for older students and educators. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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NOAA

Noaa: Office of Response and Restoration

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are tools and information for emergency responders and planners, and others working to understand,.the effects of oil and hazardous materials in our waters and along our coasts. Links to oil/chemical spill information and photos....
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Ucce: Money Talks

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides activities such as: savings video, youth money newletters, financial literacy games, related links, and a teacher section.
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Safety Belt Safe u.s.a.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers information and checklists for child safety seats and for proper use of car seats and seat belts. The Booster section has information designed specifically for K-12 students. Spanish version available.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Great Escape

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity introduces students to the concept of parametric equations. Using such equations, students model (on their graphing calculator) a scenario which questions whether a vehicle...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Picture Book Writing Lesson: Relative Report Narratives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After sharing Margie Palatini's charming "bad-situation-that-only-gets-worse tale", Tub-boo-boo, writers will plan a story about a humorous household accident that gets worse before it gets better. Borrowing Palatini's exciting idea from...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Ethical Dilemma of Self Driving Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can't completely avoid accidents altogether. How should the car be programmed if it...
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: William Jefferson Clinton (1946 )

For Students 9th - 10th
Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. His father, an automobile-parts salesman, died in a car accident three months before Bill was born. His mother, Virginia Cassidy, married Roger...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: If I Stay by Gayle Forman

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; but in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Start With Ti Navigator: Braking and Total Stopping Distances

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is intended to introduce students' to Activity Center and is intended to help students develop an understanding of the formulas for braking distance and stopping distance for a variety of vehicles. Students will apply these...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Alien Invaders

For Students 9th - 10th
The aliens have landed in Wisconsin! You may see them and not even know they are aliens. These invaders are actually exotic plants and animals that have been introduced to our state from other countries or habitats on purpose or by...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: What Do We Do With Too Many White Tailed Deer?

For Students 9th - 10th
The rise in deer population is putting the animals in the way of harm from increased car accidents, damage to agricultural businesses as well as wildlife plant species, and ticks that cause things like Lyme disease. Take a look at...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Happens When You Remove the Hippocampus?

For Students 9th - 10th
When Henry Molaison cracked his skull in an accident, he began blacking out and having seizures. In an attempt to cure him, daredevil surgeon Dr. William Skoville removed his hippocampus. Luckily, the seizures did go away- but so did his...
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PBS

Nova Online: Submarines, Secrets and Spies

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion site to a NOVA program on the role of submarines in the Cold War, this site provides a close-up view of life on a nuclear submarine. In addition, the transcript of the program is available, which details some of the ways...
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Live and Learn: Swimming Pool Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a comprehensive list of things that can be done around household pools to prevent injuries and accidents.
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Diving Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides numerous links to organizations and websites that will provide valuable information regarding the prevention of diving accidents.
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Minnesota Historical Society: Minnesota Communities: Lesson: Primary Sources

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lesson plan with necessary documents attached in PDF format where students read three eye-witness accounts of a car accident and compare them to the secondary source insurance report. Then students read three eye-witness accounts of a...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Roy J. Plunkett

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about Roy Plunkett's invention, teflon, one of the best-known and most widely used polymers that was created by accident.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Concussions: What to Do

For Students 9th - 10th
Concussions usually result from a sports related injury or accident. Find out more about this serious condition, how they are treated, and how to prevent them. The site also includes links to similar sites.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dangerous Air

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
By tracing the movement of radiation released during an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, students see how air pollution, like particulate matter, can become a global issue.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Can You Hear It?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In the previous lesson, students learned about the issue of bycatching by fisheries and how it affects marine habitats. Dolphins are one of the main species affected by bycatching. While dolphins can use echolocation to identify the...
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Read Works

Read Works: Flying Blind

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This realistic passage isshares the story of a state trooper who responds to an accident during a dangerous storm. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Health Hazards of Air Pollution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 2.4 million people die each year from causes directly related to air pollution. Worldwide, there are more deaths...
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Arizona Department of Public Safety: Aggressive Driving

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a short list of ways to prevent accidents from aggressive driving. Also discusses the differences between road rage and aggressive driving.

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