Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: To Infinity and Beyond Magazine of Planets
This is a student led activity in which students have to accomplish the task of choosing the most entertaining way to relay written expository information. Art/self expression along with technology are utilized to develop a classroom...
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Tech Learning: The Resource for Ed. Tech. Leaders
Get the latest educational technology news and articles with this resource. Search past archives and participate in online events. Tech Learning is produced by Technology & Learning Magazine, with contributions from hundreds other...
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Topics Online Magazine: Traditional Children's Games From Around the World
Learn about traditional children's games from around the world in this list of games with explanations of where they are from and how they are played.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Got Energy? Spinning a Food Web
Students learn about energy flow in food webs, including the roles of the sun, producers, consumers and decomposers in the energy cycle. They model a food web and create diagrams of food webs using their own drawings and/or images from...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1950
Learn about the 1950 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize through this website, which provides the prize "Presentation Speech," Ralph Bunche's (1904-1971 CE) Nobel Lecture entitled "Some Reflections on Peace in Our Time," and a brief...
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: A Positron
Learn about positrons, an antiparticle and the opposite of an electron. Also available as a PDF, which requires Adobe Reader.
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Neutrino Masses
Neutrinos, described here, are particles scientists still have a lot to learn about. They are trying to measure their masses. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of...
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One World Magazine: Antarctica: Terra Incognita
An online exhibit through which you can learn about Antarctica's explorers, the characteristics of the continent, and the peril faced by Antarctica's environment and ecosystems.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Autobiographical Magazines
This assignment is designed for students to tell about themselves through writing and creative media. The students compile original articles and illustrations into an autobiographical magazine.
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Les Cles De L'actualite Junior
This is the homepage for the magazine Les Cles de l'actualite JUNIOR, a magazine for 8- to 12-year old French-speaking children. Covers everything from current events to the environment to sports. Includes games and quizzes in the...
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 1, Issue 8: The Wide World of Bread [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn about bread around the world including its history, types, names, and uses.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 12: Stringing Along [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn about string instruments such as the violin including how it is made, how it is played, and how it works.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 4, Issue 9: Pianos:the Loud and the Soft [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn about the piano including what the word means and how it works.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 8: Guitars:the Kings of Rock [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn about guitars including the history of guitars, kinds of guitars, and how they work.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Heroes: Katie Stagliano's Dream [Pdf]
In this magazine article, learn about how Katie Stagliano is working to feed the hungry by growing food for they hungry.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Changing Lives, One Cow at a Time [Pdf]
Read this article to learn about Heifer International and other organizations who donate farm animals like cows, buffalo, goats, and sheep to poor people to improve their lives. It talks about 2nd graders raising money to help fund these...
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Memories of Mandela
Learn about the life and passing of 95-year-old political leader and civil rights activist Nelson Mandela.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Week of 4 14 14: Good News for Whales
Learn about the changes happening in Japan that will help protect whales.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Were Dinosaurs Warm or Cold Blooded?
Scientists have never known if dinosaurs should be called warm-blooded or cold-blooded animals. Learn about the surprising new discovery that has shed light on the answer to this question.
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Internet Telephony
This is the official website of Internet Telephony Magazine. The online version basically offers all of the latest articles and news that the print version offers, plus archived articles, buyer's guide, newsletter, and more.
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And Now, a Word From Our Sponsors: Teacher Guide
This complete unit plan includes an overview of student activities, a number of activities for the class, complete with handouts and rubrics, and a student guide that explains what will be learned and how.
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Caring for Cambodia: Children of the River
This website provides guidelines for a "Learning Quest on Cambodia." Read Linda Crew's novel, "Children of the River," and study Cambodia's history, culture, and environment, through Internet research, critical questions, and a magazine...
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Inuktitut Magazine: Cultural Change
These days Inuit people are starting to work together to try to keep Inuit culture alive. Young people are becoming interested in what life was like in the past. They want to record in books, art and music what is being rediscovered...
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Dark Matter
Dark matter is still quite a mystery to scientists, who hope to learn more about it through experiments with particle accelerators. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of...