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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Geometry Groove [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students use movement and the creation of human structures to help them understand angles, plane shapes, and geometric solids.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Epsid World Geo 2019

For Students 9th - 10th
Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...
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Other

Biology at Clermont College: The Respiratory System

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about the respiratory system? This site gives a detailed description of this integral human body system. Don't miss out.
Website
University of Pennsylvania

Univ. Of Penn: Hysteria and Ideology in "The Crucible"

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, which is provided for by the University of Pennsylvania, reproduces an article by Richard Hayes from "Commonweal" in 1953. A good opportunity to see a review of "The Crucible" from the time the play originally appeared.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Muscular System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using video content and assessment integration students will learn about the human muscular system.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: La'ona De Wilde: Environmental Biologist

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet La'ona DeWilde, an environmental biologist who integrates her Athabascan heritage and her Western scientific training to help remote Alaskan villages address environmental issues.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Theoretical Overview: Lesson 1: Conflict Resolution

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that conflict resolution theories continue to be generated, and to grow/change as new information is found and integrated. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Theoretical Overview."
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Other

Grays Harbor College: Writing Essays: Four Tips

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explores four tips for writers: "Center Your Thinking," "Organize Your Thinking," "Specify Your Thoughts," and "Present Your Thoughts Clearly." The information is presented in an easy-to-follow outline with examples given...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Massive Resistance and the Little Rock Nine

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about resistance to desegregation and the nine African American students who dared to integrate Little Rock's Central High School.
Unit Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Carbon Imbalance: Algae to the Rescue? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A 95-page learning module that integrates biology, chemistry, and engineering. It includes in-class labs, virtual labs, and engineering design activities. Working with algae, students learn about and investigate how photosynthesis,...
Interactive
Other

Ark Gis: Exploring the Arctic

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive mapping platform that combines and integrates existing data about the environment and human activity in the Arctic.
Lesson Plan
Other

Critical Thinking Community: Remodeling Lessons Grades 6 9

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Learn to re-model your lesson plans to include room for critical thought and higher levels of learning. Re-modeled lessons cite specific critical thinking strategies. Wonderful examples include "Human Migration," "Integrated Grammar,"...
Handout
Globio

Glossopedia: Tropical Rainforests

For Students 3rd - 8th
Tropical rainforests are found along the Earth's equator. They possess a very special climate and are an integral part of the planet's natural system. Climate, plant and animal life, and indigenous peoples are discussed. Additionally,...
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson on the Civil Rights movement is organized into three sections: "Identifying the Need for Change," "Ordinary People in the Civil Rights Movement," and "Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement."
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Prosthetic Party

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Student teams investigate biomedical engineering and the technology of prosthetics. Students create a model prosthetic lower leg using various materials. Each team demonstrate its prosthesis' strength and consider its pros and cons,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Measuring Our Muscles

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Student teams build model hand dynamometers used to measure grip strengths of people recovering from sports injuries. They use their models to measure how much force their classmates muscles are capable of producing, and analyze the data...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You're the Expert

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student teams learn about and devise technical presentations on four reproductive technology topics pregnancy ultrasound, amniocentesis, in-vitro fertilization or labor anesthetics. Each team acts as a panel of engineers asked to make a...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Oil on the Ocean

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about oil spills and their environmental and economic effects. They experience the steps of the engineering design process as they brainstorm potential methods for oil spill clean-up, and then design, build, and re-design...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Dirty Water Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students investigate different methods (aeration and filtering) for removing pollutants from water. They will design and build their own water filters.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Growing and Graphing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Tissue Mechanics

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners reflect on their experiences making silly putty (the previous hands-on activity in the unit), especially why changing the borax concentration alters the mechanical properties of silly putty and how this pertains to tissue...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Microfluidic Devices and Flow Rate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students obtain a basic understanding of microfluidic devices, how they are developed and their uses in the medical field. After conducting the associated activity, they watch a video clip and learn about flow rate and how this relates...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why the Metric System Matters

For Students 9th - 10th
For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren't exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it's hard...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: China Through Mapping

For Teachers 1st - 5th
For this lesson, Mimi Norton integrates world geography with the study of Chinese culture and history by engaging her young students in a variety of activities to locate natural and human-made landmarks on maps of China. To build...