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[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students consider the feelings of themselves and others when making decisions about when, where, and how much to use technology. Includes slideshow, video, lesson plan, song and lyrics,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson challenges kids to pay attention to their feelings while using tech. With an engaging emoji game, 1st graders learn practical strategies for managing their feelings - good, bad, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Staying safe online is a lot like staying safe in the real world. By helping a Digital Citizen sign up for a new app, 2nd graders learn about the kinds of information they should keep to themselves when...

[Free Registration/Login Required] By learning the Rings of Responsibility, 2nd graders explore how the Internet connects us to people in our community and throughout the world. Help students to think critically about the different ways...

A detailed comparison of the classroom in a nineteenth century schoolhouse to that in a twenty-first century school. Looks at many features of school life, e.g., discipline, technology, homework, testing, etc. Supported with many images...

ClassTools.net offers a collection of templates you can customize and save online and even embed into your own website or blog. Fast and intuitive Flash animations guide you through the template-building process, and you'll be creating...

ClassTools.net offers a collection of templates you can customize and save online and even embed into your own website or blog. Fast and intuitive Flash animations guide you through the template-building process, and you'll be creating...

Students are challenged to engineer a device that will carry a seed at least 3 feet from where it is launched. Students are given access to a site that gives them tips, and a place to document their engineering design process. Also, a...

Students explore archeology, dating methods, and the skills and technology needed to be an archeologist through the three activities provided. Activities require research of a historical period, class discussion and creative thinking.

Ten interactive activities that allow you to use the computer to create and manipulate works of art.

This article introduces the concept of blogs, gives links to blogs that deal with topics in education, ideas for using blogs for student writing and information on setting up your own blog. After reading this article you should be able...

An online science radio show and podcast covering STEM topics of technology, medicine, and science. Includes experiment ideas, current scientific research, science news, science book reviews, and so much more.

Find stories, novels, and poems from more than one hundred authors. Download select works as MP3 files or read or listen to them online. Available selections span a wide range of literature, from nursery rhymes to the philosophy of...

Use this WebQuest to find out about hurricanes, how they are created and classified, and how to stay safe in a storm.

This elementary exploration of interdependence from the American Forum for Global Education touches on language arts, social studies, and science. Students understand the connection between themselves and their natural environment.

Helping kids learn what makes different media choices healthy or not is a good start. But how do we help them actually make responsible choices in the real world? Help your students create a personalized media plan. Students will reflect...

Three sets of sentences that students can combine by using transitions that show the cause and effect relationship between the sentences. Feedback about correct and incorrect combinations is provided after each set.

Learn about Universal Design for Learning, which uses new brain research and new media technologies to respond to learner differences. Check outcome suggestions of how to use UDL and easily integrate various forms of technology into the...

Curiosity Machine provides a free, high-interest STEM lessons for students. In this lesson, students will construct a stegosaurus tail that is capable of breaking through a piece of paper. Site includes process and tips to solve design...

Create a series of shadow boxes to form a complete silhouette of a dinosaur with this challenge. To complete this challenge, students will use everyday materials and this site to document their process.

Curiosity Machine provides a free, high-interest STEM lessons for students. This challenge asks students to create a bubble maze where bubbles move through several on and off switches. This site includes a place for students to document...

Use this site to plan, document, and build a self-propelling boat that can travel a set distance. Students will use common materials to build this boat.

Are you ready to challenge yourself to make a peg board that lets you test multiple linkage systems and movements? This site contains not only the challenge but a platform to document your process as you solve the problem.