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Other

Your Garden: How to Make It a Safe Haven for Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
What do birds need to thrive in our gardens? Find out what our gardens provide for birds and what other resources we can provide to make the garden a pleasant place for birds to dwell.
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Animoto

For Students 9th - 10th
Tired of slideshows? This powerful site will turn your photos, music and video clips into "beautifully orchestrated videos" in less than a minute! You will be able to narrate your pictures with text, send messages, and create event...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Activity Starters: Peg + Cat

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience. This site includes 5 Peg + Cat activity starters: Conversation Cards:...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Giant Bubble for Debate

For Students 9th - 10th
How do you make a great public space inside a not-so-great building? Liz Diller shares the story of creating a welcoming, lighthearted addition to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. [12:06]
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 Now

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibition traces the creation of paper and mixed-media works by artists working in various European art centers along six different thematic pathways, such as popular culture, idea-driven conceptual art, protest, and...
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PBS

Pbs: Whale Watcher

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site invites you to join Jean-Michel Cousteau's team as they journey along with a team of gray whales as they make their way to Alaska.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Paleont O Logy: The Big Dig

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This colorful and inviting resource houses tons of paleontology activities to explore. Play the Layers of Time puzzle game, create your own make-believe dig site by burying chicken bones in plaster of Paris, learn how to draw dinosaurs,...
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Other

Do History: Martha Ballard's Diary Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This site invites viewers "to piece together the life and world of an "ordinary" person from the past." The site boasts thousands of original documents that include diaries, maps, letters, and court records of a midwife from...
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Wild Wolves

For Students 9th - 10th
What's in a wolf's howl -- a calling card, a warning, or an invitation? Hear the call of the wild, find out how wolves are making a comeback, and discover the ancient connection between dogs and wolves in this feature exhibit.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Duck Out of Water

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text that asks the reader to make predictions about a girl who is invited to a new friend's birthday party. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Text to Self Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Enjoy with your students this collection of images that invite them to make personal connections. Students can practice articulating and writing about their personal connections using these images, a nice scaffold for later connections...