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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Information Technology: Photoshop Scale

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Scaling is a practical skill as well as a topic to be addressed throughout the Common Core math standards. You are given three different presentations and a detailed teacher's guide to use while teaching proportion, as well as practice...
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August House

Go to Sleep, Gecko!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A cute folktale from Bali tells the story of Gecko, Elephant, and Buffalo, and Gecko's struggle to sleep. After reading Go to Sleep, Gecko, learners focus on comprehension questions, singing and learning about geckos, building...
Activity

CSI Crime Lab: Classroom Edition

For Teachers K - 12th
Shared ResourceParticipants use their observation skills, communication skills, and reasoning skills to perform forensic tests and solve a crime. This series of activities provides a first-hand (but scaled-down) introduction to careers in Forensic...
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Curated OER

Architectural Buildings

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore various styles of architecture. They work together to create a town with clay buildings that come together in order to form this small town. They discuss maps, layouts, and the structure of buildings.
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Curated OER

So -- What's Happening Here? On this Old Christmas Tree Farm

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students take a field trip to an old Christmas tree farm near their school. In groups, they gather data at the site and analyze the data in an attempt to discover what happened to the area. They identify human activities that led to the...
Interactive
Curated OER

Where Will Your Home be in a Million Years?

For Students 5th - 10th
In this house movement learning exercise, students look at the gps website given and locate where their home may be and what climate change will take place in a million years. Students complete 9 questions.
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Curated OER

Colony Crops

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders determine which crops were grown in the 13 colonies depending on their climate and geography. They explore what crops are grown in the states created from the original colonies.