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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Digital Trails

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Does what you do online always stay online? Students learn that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." Depending on how they manage it, this trail can be big or small,...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: What Makes Water Special?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
In this lesson plan students will explore and compare the physical properties of water and oil. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Measuring and Protecting Skin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In the following lesson students will compare and contrast their own skin (including its surface area) with that of an orange. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
Activity
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Going to the Library

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing their experiences in libraries, and comparing them. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native speakers into the classroom...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Influenza

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial covers the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic as a vehicle to look at viruses and disease, as well as the use of modern biological tools to improve human health....
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Exploration and Colonization of America

For Students 9th - 10th
Given short summaries about the reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America, students will compare English and Spanish settlements in the New World.
Article
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Peace Medals

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the history of awarding peace medals to Indian chiefs. Lewis and Clark carried at least eighty-nine peace medals in five different sizes to be given out on their expedition in the early 1800s.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Getting to Democracy, Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With the end of major military action in Iraq, what obstacles do the people of Iraq and the coalition face in rebuilding their country? With this lesson, students will compare what is happening in Iraq to what happened after World War II...
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Other

Inta: Hechos Asombrosos

For Students 3rd - 8th
In Spanish. Could you provide an answer to each of the question presented on this page? First, write or draw the explanation to the question then reads the response on this website and then compare your answer with the given answer.
Handout
Bible Study Tools

Bible Study Tools: Parallel Bible

For Students 9th - 10th
Study selected verses of scripture in parallel columns that compare different versions of the Bible in different languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Russian. Not only a useful tool for students learning another...
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Other

Consumer Action

For Students 9th - 10th
Consumer Action serves consumers nationwide by advancing consumer rights, referring consumers to complaint-handling agencies through their free hotline, publishing educational materials in Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese...
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Other

Don Quijote: Las Fallas, Valencia

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're looking for a festival that compares to our Fourth of July, then you've come to the right site from don Quijote. Las Fallas is undoubtedly one of the most unique festivals in Spain - a Spanish fiesta where the whole town is...
Interactive
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Un Juego De Figuras

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. This is a game to compare figures according to their size, shapes and color.
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Measuring and Protecting Skin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about the vulnerability of skin to solar radiation, and ways to protect it. They compare their skin to that of an orange, and measure the approximate amount of skin that each has. The lesson and accompanying PowerPoint can...
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Other

Oanda: Currency Converter

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that converts one country's currency to its value in another country's currency. Values may be compared from 1990 to the present. It may be viewed in several languages including Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: European Possessions of Africa, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. This map shows the Belgian, British, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish claims, and the Turkish...