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University of Pennsylvania

Penn Library: Around the World in Seventy Two Days

For Students 9th - 10th
The text to Nellie Bly's book "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days," is reproduced here as it was published in 1890 by The Pictorial Weeklies Company.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: First Week of School, Day 1

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders will learn about each other from a toilet paper activity.
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Going Away to Camp

For Students 3rd - 5th
Whether you're spending a few days, weeks or even the whole summer at camp, this site has some important information and tips to help you have a good time. It is exciting and fun, but also a little stressful, to be away from your home...
Article
CNN

Cnn: Student News April 25, 2014

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
News program reports on the current events of the day. Includes a video, transcript and critical analysis questions.
PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Chicago: Law and Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictorial study of the violent week that took place during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and its aftermath.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Color Is Tuesday? Exploring Synesthesia

For Students 9th - 10th
How does one experience synesthesia- the neurological trait that combines two or more senses? Synesthetes may taste the number 9 or attach a color to each day of the week. Richard E. Cytowic explains the fascinating world of entangled...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: Thanksgiving History Facts and Trivia

For Students 9th - 10th
What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving? Which president made Thanksgiving a federal holiday? Get Thanksgiving trivia to share around the table. Over the centuries, that briefly-mentioned feast week has taken on a life of its own,...
Activity
Harvard University

Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Orbit

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students perform many inquiry activities related to Earth's orbit. Included are recording daily temperatures, observing the sun's path over several weeks, tracking sunrise and sunset times, and angle of sunlight. Diagrams make lessons...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Heart Line Express

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson plan, students will plan and execute a week-long school-wide valentine sales business. From the Grand Plan to job applications, interviews, valentine production, advertising, sales and profits students are immersed in...
Website
Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: Colouring Sheets

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Download these colouring sheets, in PDF format, that symbolize a Time to Remember.
Primary
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Completing the Transcontinental Railroad, 1869

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the construction of America's Transcontinental Railway, and its completion when the last spike was driven (after several misses) in Utah to connect the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways. Travel across the...
Article
Other

Story md.com: Back Pain

For Students 9th - 10th
Back pain is one of the most common medical problems, affecting 8 out of 10 people at some point during their lives. Back pain can range from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp pain. Acute back pain comes on suddenly and usually...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Light Plants and Dark Plants, Wet Plants and Dry Ones

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students plant sunflower seeds in plastic cups, and once germinated, these are exposed to different conditions of light levels and/or soil moisture contents. During exposure of the plants to these different conditions, students measure...
Website
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Calendars Through the Ages: Announcing the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-organized website depicts the "Fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Gives an overview and specifics of the basis of calendars through the ages.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Trash Talkin'

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom solid waste. The class collects waste for a week and then student groups spend a day sorting and analyzing the garbage with respect to recyclable and non...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: A Proven Classroom Management Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
A teaching resource to aid in developing a classroom management plan. Topics addressed include Building a Foundation, Warm-Up Activities, Structuring the Instructional Day, Going to the Movies, Structuring the Instructional Week,...
Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: A Proven Classroom Management Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A teaching resource to aid in developing a classroom management plan. Topics addressed include Building a Foundation, Warm-Up Activities, Structuring the Instructional Day, Going to the Movies, Structuring the Instructional Week,...

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