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Lions Clubs International Foundation

Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Accurate Self-Perception

For Parents 6th - 12th
When we look in a mirror, we often don't see ourselves as others see us. Our mirror may be clouded, cracked, or distorted by what we see as our weaknesses. The final exercise in the mindfulness series focuses on building a more accurate...
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Curated OER

Communities in Crisis Lesson 1: Primary Source? What is That?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Distinguish between primary and secondary source documents using the theme of philanthropy. Middle schoolers discuss Anne Frank: The Diary of Young Girl as a way to study the past using a primary source. Then they investigate how to...
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Curated OER

Online Information: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Discuss ways to determine if the information middle and high schoolers gather online is accurate. Using the Internet, they cite two sources that show conflicting points of view on a subtopic of conservation. They summarize and analyze...
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Curated OER

How Accurate Is It?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how generalizations can easily be invalid. They qualify generalizations to make them accurate and challenge generalizations made about people, insist on knowing the evidence that supports these, and modify their own...
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Curated OER

Please No Posers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How do you reference information correctly? Avoid plagiarism by accurately summarizing a New York Times article with your middle or high schoolers. Young researchers then insert properly attributed quotations and paraphrases into their...
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Curated OER

How Do You Know?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What is the difference between primary and secondary sources? Help your middle schoolers develop a knowledge of appropriate sources to use when doing accurate research. They develop unique ways to incorporate literature in historical...
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Curated OER

Reporting on the 1920s

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Use this roaring 1920s history lesson to have young writers research primary and secondary sources. They use their research to examine the events or famous public figures of the time period. Next, they imagine they're in the 1920s and...
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EngageNY

Learning to Observe Closely and Record Accurately: How to Create a Field Journal

For Teachers 5th Standards
Look carefully. Scholars practice observing and recording the natural world around them by looking out a window or viewing an image. Learners discuss how their experience compares to that of Meg Lowman in The Most Beautiful Roof in the...
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Curated OER

Accurately Weighing Pennies II

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Drawing from a scenario of the history of the penny, learners write and solve a system of linear equations from a context.
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Statistics Education Web

When 95% Accurate Isn’t

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Investigate the effect of false positives on probability calculation with an activity that asks scholars to collect simulated data generated by a calculator. To finish, participants analyze the probability of certain outcomes which lead...
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Curated OER

Accurately Weighing Pennies I

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Drawing from a scenario of the history of the penny, learners write and solve a system of linear equations from a context.
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Curated OER

Generate an Accurate Landscape Profile from a Topographic Map

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners enerate an accurate landscape profile from a topographic map. They determine the correct interval needed to accurately graph the change in elevation on a single piece of graph paper.
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Curated OER

Creating a Clear, Accurate, Engaging Presentation

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a presentation that is clear, accurate, and engaging. They, as a class, develop the criteria by which their presentation be judged.
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Curated OER

Generalizations: How Accurate Are they?

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Work together to evaluate the accuracy of generalizations. Examine the effects of cultural stereotyping based on generalizations. Students will engage in a class discussion aimed at answering the question, "What are some ways we can...
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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Importance of Being Accurate

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Accuracy is key! Using the detailed resource, scholars practice their presicion skills, taking online spelling and typing tests. Next, they demonstrate accuracy by calculating the gross and net pay of five hypothetical employees.
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Lions Clubs International Foundation

Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Accurate Self-Perception

For Parents 3rd - 5th
Encourage scholars to complement themselves. An activity challenges pupils to think of their strengths and complete a positive statement. 
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Lions Clubs International Foundation

Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Accurate Self-Perception

For Parents Pre-K - 2nd
Scholars think to themselves about what is something that they are good at and what makes them a good person. A prompt asks them to reflect on their feelings when they think of their positive attributes.
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Curated OER

Are Our Chemical Measurements Accurate or Precise?

For Students 8th - 12th
What is the difference between accuracy and precision? This worksheet has students define the terms accuracy and precision, and compare bulleye diagrams to find examples of both. Students analyze given data and determine the accuracy and...
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Curated OER

"I" Witness to History

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young journalists write diary entries from the point of view of a person involved in a historical event. They focus on including facts, clear narration, and accurate description of the individual's feelings. 
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Curated OER

Sampling the Ocean Floor

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners sample goodies from an unseen ocean floor and try to accurately describe their composition. This simulation helps students explain the limitations of sampling and the problem of obtaining representative samples of sea floor...
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Curated OER

Non-Verbal Communication

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Many developmentally disabled students struggle with accurately conveying messages and interpreting those of others around them, especially when they are non-verbal. This lesson contains fun activities and exercises, such as talking with...
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Curated OER

Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What would Edward R. Murrow think of today’s news broadcasts? Learners examine the work of the first public television newscaster and his commitment to researched, accurate reporting. The eight-day study concludes with investigators...
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PBS

Journalism in War Time: What Does the Public Need to Know?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A viewing of the documentary War Feels Like War, launches an exploration of the importance of accurate and comprehensive war reporting. Groups investigate various news agencies and assess the factors that influence their stories. A...
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CK-12 Foundation

Identify Accurate Drawings of Triangles: Law of Cosines

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Drawing triangles is easy, even if you have to calculate the exact length of its sides. Scholars use the Law of Cosines to find missing sides of triangles. An interactive helps them check their answers.

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