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Dino Dictionary: Profiles of Over 300 Known Dinosaurs!

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is a must for learning about dinosaurs. It profiles over 300 known species. It also lets you hear how to pronounce the name.
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Other

Nearpod: Spreadsheets: Using Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson on spreadsheets, learners explore the different parts of a spreadsheet and use equations within spreadsheets to learn about their applications.
Activity
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the greatest common divisor, the least common multiple, and the Euclidean Algorithm. This resource gives a description of each of these concepts, accompanied by several examples.
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learn about performance assessment and how you can use it in your middle school mathematics classroom. Get a description of performance stations in math and how they can be used for performance assessment. Links to collections of...
Website
Other

Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Bestiaries, illustrated volumes of animals and birds, were an expression of the intersection of the natural and religious worlds in medieval art and science. At this large database on the subject, you can learn about the symbolic content...
Activity
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Mayan Numerals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learning about Mayan Numerals will help students understand place value, and the sorting and collection of different objects.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M2: L1: From the Ground Up: Create Basic Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 2 Lesson 1 of this course on spreadsheets, students begin learning how to create formulas in a spreadsheet. They learn also about the importance of remembering the correct order of operations. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M6: L4: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 6 Lesson 4 of this course on spreadsheets, which is the final lesson of the course, students review what they have learned in the previous three lessons about using templates, using data validation tools, and importing data...
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Google

Google for Education: Data Aggregation and Decomposition (Python)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how to use and analyze data to draw conclusions about information collected from classmates. Then they use computational thinking by collecting and aggregating data onto a spreadsheet, identifying patterns in their data,...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M2: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 2 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about formulas, functions, and manipulating a spreadsheet. Content is stored in the Resources section. Practice...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M3: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 3 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about adding shapes and graphics to spreadsheets, using drawing tools to format them, using the autosum function,...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M4: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 4 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about building charts, using conditional formatting, and enhancing their spreadsheet by inserting images, text, and...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M4: L3: What's That Layout? Enhancing Charts

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 4 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to use advanced features of Excel to simplify analysis of their data, for example, to make predictions about future trends or to take mini-snapshots of data trends...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M5: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 5 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about working with large spreadsheets, using advanced functions to analyze data, working on more than one workbook...
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Harvard University

Royal Astronomical Society: Steady State Theory of an Expanding Universe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In-depth research about the steady-state theory of the expanding universe found within a bibliographic database of astronomical literature. Learn about the theory that asserts that new matter is continuously created as the universe expands.
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Other

Webdirectory: The Environmental Directory

For Students 9th - 10th
An environmental search engine. An excellent resource. Learn about agriculture, animals, arts, business, databases, and more.
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Other

Healthy Teeth: Oral Health Education Database: Cavities

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have you ever wondered what causes a cavity? Learn what roles sugar and plaque play in tooth decay. For those who are interested there is also even a slideshow about root canals.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Kids Search in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a technology-based lesson that will focus on using the Kids Search database in the Alabama Virtual Library. Students will work in teams to access information about animals. This lesson will allow students to research a particular...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Rainfall and Elevation: A Charting and Critical Thinking Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab, students will learn to organize and present data in a visual way so that they can then summarize in writing their conclusions about the relationships between the data.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Multimedia Careers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students may be surprised that Computer Careers aren't all found under "Computer" in the Occupation Handbook. Students will conduct guided research of careers related to Multimedia Design and/or Multimedia Publication course objectives....
Website
Canadian Museum of History

Cmc: Marius Barbeau: Treasures of Canada Webquest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about various themes in Canadian history, including aboriginal history and cultures, French-Canadian history, and immigration to Canada between 1800 and 2000. Working both independently and in small groups, they assume the...
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Line Item Veto

For Students 9th - 10th
Library of Congress' database listing for the Line Item Veto Act (1996). Includes the mechanics of how it would work, the history of the Act, and its eventual striking down by Supreme Court's decision. Very brief.
Website
National Gallery of Canada

National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)

For Students 9th - 10th
The online arm of the National Gallery of Canada provides a variety of entryways into the museum's collections of Canadian art, aboriginal art, Inuit art, photographs, contemporary art, and American and European art. Use the museum's...
Activity
Georgetown University

Panama: Civil Society Organizations

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is part of the Web entitled "Political Database of the Americas", at Georgetown University. The page lists other civil organizations that exist in Panama, with links to learn more about each one.