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US Geological Survey

Usgs: North Carolina District Science Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
The North Carolina District of the Water Resources Discipline, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is committed to collecting hydrologic data and conducting hydrologic investigations of the highest quality. North Carolina District staff...
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Other

National Archives of Australia: Digital Records

For Students 9th - 10th
This Australian resource describes the problems and policies involved in keeping digital records, including creating and maintaining them and retaining and disposing of them.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Consistent Supervision and Ongoing Evaluation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Many districts are moving to a model in which skilled principal supervisors engage often with principals in their schools. These regular visits, coupled with evaluation based on rubrics, provide ongoing guidance to improve practice. This...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 6

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade six math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 7

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade seven math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade eight math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 9

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade nine math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Are We There Yet? Test How Migratory Birds Navigate

For Students 9th - 10th
How do you figure out how to get places? Do you ask for directions, look at a map, or consult a compass? There are many ways for people to figure out how to travel from one place to another, but how do other animals do it? In this...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Personal Emissions Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Allow yourself 10-15 minutes to enter data to obtain an estimate of your personal greenhouse gas emissions. Then explore actions that you can take to reduce your energy and waste disposal costs. The calculator will display the amount of...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: The Great Lakes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Great Lakes by reading detailed facts and data about each of the five lakes. Presents information about management plans, environmental issues, and physical features.
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Careers New Zealand

Kiwi Careers: Caterer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains detailed information about the catering career field. While this site is based out of New Zealand and contains information for that country, there is valuable data that is useful about this career.
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Other

Sun Associates: Basic Tools for Educators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many teachers have found that the technology tools that are most accessible and versatile are those broadly classified as "Applications." This page discusses the many ways that spreadsheets, word processors, databases, and presentation...
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Other

Unisys

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all you need to know about Unisys at this site. You can get the latest news about the company, find out about career opportunities, learn about their services, software, and hardware available, and a lot more.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Bar Graph

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson is designed to give students practice creating and reading bar graphs as well as understanding how to accurately represent a graph with appropriate units.
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ACT360 Media

Act Den: The Museum of Modern Technology

For Students K - 1st
Informative, fun, and humorous tutorial that uses cartoon characters to provide an introduction to information technology. The tutorial covers operating systems/desktops, email, the world wide web, and networks.
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PBS

Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Urban Explosion

For Students 9th - 10th
From the "Journey to Planet Earth" series, PBS takes a look at the world's exploding urban population. Includes video clips and educational resources.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Practice Test: Graphs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource allows users to test their knowledge of graphs and graphing methods.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: School Leadership in Action

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This learning module includes several lessons designed to illustrate best practices in school leadership and spark conversation, reflection, and new thinking in schools and districts.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Access 2016

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, learn how to enter, manage, and search through large amounts of data in an Access database.
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Harvard University

Harvard Business Review: What Robots Can Do for Retail

For Students 9th - 10th
Retail robots are promising to free up workers from routine tasks, presumably giving humans more time for customer interaction. But that's only the beginning of what robots will do. The real benefit of retail robots will be the...
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Columbia University

Scientific Background on the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features information and related links that can be used by students and scientists to understand the events that led to the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: More Bidding Challenges

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must adjust their earnings strategy in order to win the bid for the Encryptor chip.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw H Ill: Edward S. Kubany, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography of psychologist Edward S. Kubany, developer of the Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI).