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Curated OER

Telephone Messages

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students practice having telephone conversations. They create their own phone message after practicing with each other. They also identify the different parts of a telephone.
Lesson Plan
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Character Education - Self Respect, Respect for Others

For Teachers K
Students respond the story of Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes and discuss the ways in which she showed respect for herself and for others.
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I Can Be An Archaeologist Book Share

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read and discuss the book, I Can Be An Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering, and become archaeologists, themselves, as they examine, sort, and record items in a paper bag and trash from their classroom, as well as 2 others.
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Ramps 1: Let It Roll!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore and measure the rate of spherical objects rolling down a ramp. They discuss why different ramps work better than others, and practice procedures for testing designs and recording results.
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Exploring Magnetic Fields

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop the concept that magnets attract and repel items and exert a magnetic field that can vary in strength.
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Career Education

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify three career options for consideration as a career, and then compose a two-paragraph report on a career option that he or she is considering.
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Egg-stra!! Egg-stra!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Things Are Looking Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write a description of a person in their community. They brainstorm a list of role models and what qualities make a role model. They interview a panel of role models.
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Zoom Zoom Zoom

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
Interactive
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Music to Our Ears

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site on the armonica, an instrument created by Ben Franklin. Introduce yourself to the human ear. This section looks at how sound is collected and transmitted and provides diagrams of the parts of the auditory pathway...
Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Starting Out in Arabic [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introductory course teaching the basics of the Arabic language. You'll learn some basic expressions that you will find very useful in everyday interactions, such as greeting people, and how to introduce yourself to someone.