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Brown University

Brown University: Group Work

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can one design and facilitate group work that helps students learn? This collection of resources explain that process.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Focus Groups Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Focus groups have been widely used by organizations and individuals to find out how their products and ideas will be received by an audience. Hector Lanz explains how focus groups work.
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Other

New Tech Network Group Contracts: Sample Group Academic Work Contracts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource offers downloadable sample contracts for group academic work. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Com Padre: Work: Pre, During and Post Class Questions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a collection of questions to be presented to students at three points during a study of the concept of work. Two questions are given before beginning the topic, the next set while studying it in class, and the last set as...
Article
New York Times

New York Times: An in Depth History of Group F.64

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is based on a book by Mary Street Alinder, who had worked with Anselm Adams. Group f.64 was a group of photographers in the 1930s who advocated for a pure style of photography.
Website
The World Bank

World Bank Group: Countries and Regions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to many different countries around the world. Each country site gives information on the country and its poverty situation. The World Bank Group is involved in helping to eliminate poverty.
Professional Doc
Colorado State University

Csu Writing Guides: Working in Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource includes helpful advice and information about working together and writing in groups (collaborative writing). Provides nodes on such topics as purpose, ideas, decision-making, and more.
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Other

Power Up What Works: Conducting Research

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This resource describes the first phase of a Grade 6 teacher's lesson where students develop a plan for working on a research project and then collect information. Each student has chosen a topic relating to how the economic systems of...
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Other

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This multinational group strives to provide support to indigenous peoples around the world as they struggle to assert their rights.
Unit Plan
Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Factory Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson to help students work in discussion groups to evaluate data and resources when the information is contrasting over the same event. Discussion groups Particular to this lesson explore primary...
Website
Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Home

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Working with school districts from coast to coast, and as far away as Sweden, Singapore, and Chile, the Stanford History Education Group provides teachers with high-quality resources to enrich students'...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: 2 D Shapes

For Students 4th - 6th
Abeni works at the pyramids. Visit her and find out more about circles and triangles.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Group Behavior

For Teachers 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about group behavior and mankind's social needs. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Activity
American Bar Association

American Bar Association: How Courts Work: Mediation

For Students 9th - 10th
Mediation provides an alternative way for people to work out their differences without going to court. Learn what mediation is, the process involved, and what its advantages are.
Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Are We Headed for a Sixth Mass Extinction

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity in which students analyze the information on biodiversity and extinction presented in the article and answer questions for discussion, then develop policy to meet modern environmental challenges. Individual and small group work.
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Other

Ducks Unlimited

For Students 9th - 10th
Ducks Unlimited is an environmental group working towards preserving Canada's wetlands and protecting the wildlife that live in them.
Unit Plan
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Group Discussion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
We will all encounter situations where we need to work with a group of people, whether in class, business, or socially. This slideshow reviews the different types of groups and the roles each person plays in group discussions....
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Books Through Bars

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a group in Brooklyn working to provide books to prison inmates. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Lesson Plan
Palomar Community College District

Behavioral Science Stats: Grouped Frequency Distribution

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A sample problem that utilizes frequency distributions to find the frequency, relative frequency, intervals and cumulative relative frequencies for the given problem. The example is worked through step-by-step with a great explanation...
Unit Plan
Other

Reading Group Guides: My Intonia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a reading group guide for the book, "My Antonia," by Willa Cather. Students will benefit from the discussion questions listed in this resource.
Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Canvasback

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource created by Nature Works focuses on the Canvasback duck. Content includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction, and behavior.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Great Egret

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Great Egret through this Nature Works site. Students will access information about characteristics, life cycle, habitat, range, behavior and diet through this source.
Unit Plan
How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works: Animals: Crocodiles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Crocodilians are a group of reptiles that include crocodiles and alligators. You can look at the anatomy of a crocodile then listen to some sounds while you learn to speak crocodilian.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works:classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Sorting to Predetermined Groups

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....

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