Curated OER
Ocean Stratigraphy Challenge
Students are asked to explain the sequence of rock and sediment types and to devise an experiment to test this hypothesis. It is intended for students with some prior knowledge of oceanography, sedimentary geology, and plate tectonics...
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The Sun
Third graders examine basic information about the sun and its relationship to the solar system. They conduct Internet research and complete a WebQuest about the sun. Students then create a seven question true or false quiz using...
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Save the Planet!
Third graders explore the Recycle City Web site. They examine ways to save the environment. They write a short interview between a news reporter and an environmental expert. They practice acting out their news report.
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Rocketry in Motion
Pupils investigate why a balloon flies in one direction as air escapes in the opposite direction, which helps them understand the nature of rockets and fireworks. Individually and in teams, students conduct research to create a timeline...
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The Cuisenaire Four-Pan Algebra Balance: Limitations and Suggestions
Students illustrate the concept of balancing equations using a Four-Pan Algebra Balance. In this balancing instructional activity, students visualize why it is necessary to add or subtract the same quantity on both sides of an equation...
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Literacy in Content Areas: Think Aloud
Fifth graders examine the "think aloud" reading strategy. In this reading strategies lesson plan, 5th graders apply the think aloud strategy to solving word problems in math.
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Answer to April 2007 Problem
In this math learning exercise, students analyze the winner of a mathematician's puzzle and try their hand at the game. This is a matching learning exercise where the students review their statistics skills as well as basic math skills.
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Breaking News English: Sudanese Peace, South Sudan Created
In this English worksheet, learners read "Sudanese Peace, South Sudan Created," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Numerical Determination of Drag Coefficients
Learners create a video of an object falling with a drag. In this physics instructional activity, students calculate drag coefficient using data from Logger Pro. They calculate velocity and acceleration of the object.
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European Newscast
Students work in cooperative learning groups to create and perform a newscast about a European country. This geography-based technology lesson concludes with class presentations and student critiques.
Curated OER
Healthy Tips Podcast
Learners create a health-based podcast for peers using prior knowledge, internet research, and KWL charts. This lesson is adaptable for different health topics and age levels.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students explore fact families. In this math lesson, students use links to model a fact family. Students solve addition and subtraction problems.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: "Final Solution": Overview
Site created by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to explain the Final Solution, the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jewish people. Site provides extensive information about the plan and the method by using pictures and written descriptions....
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Final Solution
Teachers can choose from a range of teaching material to present the subject of the Final Solution to students. Materials include lesson plans, archival materials, presentations, testimonies, video lectures, and primary sources.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Evolution of the Final Solution
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
The History Place
The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: The Final Solution
Describes the German flood of anti-Jewish propaganda and the brutal methods used by the Nazis against the Jews in order to achieve their Final Solution.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Murder of the Jews of the Baltic States
Hitler's Final Solution extended into the Baltic States with mass deportation and extermination of the Jewish people. Study background information and examine primary sources such as photos, testimonies, archival footage, video lectures,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Wannsee Conference
The systematic murder of Jews on an industrial scale was the goal of Hitler's Final Solution and discussed at the Wannsee Conference. As a result of the conference. a network of extermination camps was established and 1.7 million Jews...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Invasion of the Soviet Union and the Beginnings of Mass Murder
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and indiscriminately shot Jewish women and children because they were worthless and couldn't contribute to the workforce. Read a summary of this invasion and how it related to Hitler's Final...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Death Camps
The horrors of the extermination camps during the Holocaust are hard to wrap your mind around. The systematic killing of a group of people by gas or hard labor was part of Hitler's final solution. Read background information on these...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Creating a Stock Solution
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to create dilute solutions from a concentrated stock solution of acids or bases. They must first calculate the correct volumes of concentrated acid solution and water to mix together to...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Stoichiometry and Solution Preparation Problem
In this limiting reagents problem, students mix together solutions in different ratios in an attempt to produce a final solution that contains only 1 product.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Killing Centers: An Overview
A disturbing accounting of the Nazis' Final Solution, the extermination camps where millions of Jews and others were gassed during the Holocaust. Included are hyperlinks to photographs, personal stories, and film footage.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Berdichev: One of the Untold Stories
Learn the story of Berdichev, a Jewish community in Soviet controlled Ukraine to better understand the key stages of the Final Solution. The lesson is broken down into different topics each with background and reflective questions.