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The Center for Applied Special Technology (Cast)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
CAST is an educational non-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people. Their goal is to produce innovative learning technologies based on their research. Learn more about integrating and applying this...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Earthworm Castings: Soil for Young Garden Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Everybody knows that worms are good for the soil, but not everybody knows why. Here's a project that investigates just one of the ways earthworms improve the earth.
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Tape Sculpture: Tape Casting Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
A fun casting project to try using clear packing tape. On this site there are step-by-step illustrated instructions plus video and pictoral examples.
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Brown University

Brown University Library: Center for Digital Initiatives: Napoleonic Satires

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of over four hundred satirical prints (made in Britain and continental Europe) of Napoleon. Related historical essays on the prints themselves and on the cast of characters depicted in them round out the site. Also includes...
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wikiHow

Wiki How: How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
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Cast: Cast Udl Lesson Builder

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides educators with models and tools to create and adapt lessons that increase access and participation in the general education curriculum for all students.
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Modern Sculpture: Your Source for Contemporary Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on contemporary sculpture, painting, and installation art. View work from modern artists in the Bay Area. There is even extensive information on the process of bronze casting found in the "learn" section.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Interventions for Struggling Readers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers links to an action plan a for school-wide intervention program. It includes a PDF of the principal's action plan outline, links to web casts of the intervention plan, and a video about the sounds of the English language...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Scotland: Why Do Shadows Change During the Day?

For Students 1st - 3rd
William is a Scottish boy who is learning about the sun and how it casts shadows. Try to help him find out.
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Princeton University

Princeton University Art Museum: Creating a Bronze Vessel

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful photographs and animations explain how the Chinese of the Shang and Zhou dynasties (ca. 1600 B.C. to 256 B.C.) cast bronze. Excellent site for studying how the Chinese made bronze, one of the important technologies of ancient...
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Othello: The Challenges of Staging the Play

For Students 9th - 10th
These activities encourage young people to join the debate about how to stage and cast Othello. They will debate the pros and cons of different productions and plan how they would stage the play if they could do so themselves. Included...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Read women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony's 1873 speech on women's right to vote, given the year after she was arrested for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election.
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Curated OER

How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
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Curated OER

How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
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Curated OER

How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
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Curated OER

How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
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University of Chicago

Oriential Institute: Carved Black Limestone Kudurru From Ancient Babylonia

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the casts known as kudurrus of Ancient Mesopotamia and learn what they were used for.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: How Everyday Things Are Made

For Students 9th - 10th
If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place....
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity 4: Lighting a Character

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, return to your live action set but now swap out the orange for a toy character. Now try lighting your character in at least two different ways: Can you get them to cast a long shadow or look mysterious? Can you light...
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wikiHow

Wiki How Category: Make Things From Duct Tape

For Students 9th - 10th
Join one the latest fads and make something from duct tape. 19 different ideas with instructions for projects from wallets to jackets.
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Glassmaking in Roman Times

For Students 9th - 10th
Glassware was used in everyday life during Roman domination of the Mediterranean world. Glassware was used for foodstuffs, wine, perfumes and furnishings.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Sculpture & 3 D Design Unit

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtLex provides a unit of lessons dealing with three-dimensional design. A quiz with questions on sculpture, art criticism, and qualities of art is included, centering on the sculpture "Vaquero" by Luis Jimenez. There are links to the...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Glassmaking in Antiquity

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful illustrated article that describes various glass forms created over the years, from ancient times through the eleventh century A.D. Intriguing videos on ancient glassmaking techniques accompany the article, making this an...
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Net History: General History of the Internet Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Substantial list of Internet history resources for the beginner to the techy. The descriptive list includes links to EBooks, timelines, video clips and reference material. The referenced sites come from a variety of organizations and...

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