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Curated OER

Teaching Radicals in Less Than Five Minutes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students simplify complex radicals following a specific technique. In this math lesson, students simulate the process using several decks of cards. They explore real life applications of radicals.
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Curated OER

Pixel Transmission

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop code systems to transmit information between groups. They explore, explain and apply techniques used to transmit remote sensing data to better understand remote sensing images.
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Curated OER

Lesson 2: Mapping With Words

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate an understanding of the personal relationship that Wabanaki peoples had with the land by analyzing selected Wabanaki place names. They practice map-reading and map-making skills.
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Curated OER

Extraction of DNA from White Onion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct lab test with minced onion to determine where chromosonal DNA is located within the cell, and whether or not it can be extracted.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Critter? Growth

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify and use the elements of the scientific inquiry to solve problems. They explain concepts about the structure and properties of matter. Pupils write an explanation of polymers and how the characteristic of polymers...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: Designer genes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars engineer new organisms using biotechnology. In small groups, they write procedures, list benefits and drawbacks, and explain how their new organism might affect the environment. After creating their new organisms, they...
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Curated OER

Basic Crypto Systems

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students try to solve codes mathematically. The use of a code needs a key. Students try to decipher a code with a mathematical key. This requires focus and higher order thinking skills like analysis.
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Curated OER

Whose DNA Is That?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate the use of technology in order to identify different sequences of amino acids by using online web tools. They enhance problem solving skills with amino acid identification skills and strengthening comfort with using...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communication in Bees

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and interpret a scientific investigation and a hypothesis through experimentation and testing a hypothesis. They identify what scientists hypothesized about the communication of stingless bees. Finally, 8th...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Alphabet Letters A-Z and Alphabet Numbers 0-9

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this alphabet and numbers worksheet, students cut out and place in sequential order the uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers a-z and 1-10.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Upper and Lower Case Alphabet Cards: Black Background, White Letters

For Students Pre-K - K
In this alphabet cards instructional activity, students cut apart 52 alphabet cards; an upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter example for each of the 26 letters. The cards have a decorative border and a black background with white...
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Curated OER

Biology Honors Final Project

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders work on a project about cellular biology and genetics. In this biology lesson, 10th graders research about the assigned human body system and genetic disorders that affect it. They create a multimedia presentation and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Robot Labyrinth

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars design a flowchart for their robotic program. In this physics instructional activity, students construct a robot that can navigate certain obstacles. They present their program and robots in class.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rotary Encoders & Human Computer Interaction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about rotary encoders and discover how they operate through hands-on experimentation. Rotary encoders are applied in tools to determine angle measurements and for translations of angular motion. One common rotary encoder...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Encoding and Decoding: Jar Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars draw letter cards and see how many words they can make from them. Materials are included.
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Encoding and Decoding: Vowel Stars

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students fill in the missing letter with vowels to determine which ones form real words. Materials are included.
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Encoding and Decoding: Jar Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students sort words according to their vowel-r combination. Materials are included.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Ding! Going Up? Elevators and Engineering

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create model elevator carriages and calibrate them, similar to the work of design and quality control engineers. Students use measurements from rotary encoders to recreate the task of calibrating elevators for a high-rise...
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Other

Unicode Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete guide to the computer character encoding scheme known as Unicode. The site includes a description of Unicode, the development history of Unicode, and links to all of the Unicode character charts.
Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Ciphering a Sentence

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this lesson, the students have a goal to map each alphabet letter to a number in the range 1-26. They use some simple rules to create this mapping and then use this mapping to encode a sentence.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Smart Move!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a simple activity to visualize a communication system. In order to do this the students encode, decode, transmit, receive, and store messages. They will use a code sheet and flashlight for this process. They will also maintain a...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Encoding Information: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that information can be encoded in multiple ways during communication. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Encoding Information."
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Other

Tel Aviv University: Mime

For Students 9th - 10th
This technical article explains MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). MIME is a specification for enhancing the capabilities of standard Internet electronic mail. It offers a simple standardized way to represent and encode a wide...
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Caesar Cipher

For Students 9th - 10th
Create your own affine cipher for encoding and decoding messages. Input your own constant and multiplier, then input a message to encode.

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