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Osep Technical Assistance Center: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

For Teachers 9th - 10th
U.S. Department of Education-affiliated organization publishes information and analysis for schools seeking to implement and maintain highly effective academic and behavioral standards and policies with respect to student behavior.
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Reducing Behavior Problems in Elementary

For Teachers K - 1st
This PDF Practice Guide, released by Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in September 2008, aims to help educators develop and implement prevention and intervention strategies that promote positive student behavior. The guide presents...
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LD Online

Ld Online: Behavior Modification in the Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Would you like to reinforce or diminish certain behaviors im your classroom? This article explains the fundamentals to effectively use behavior modificatiom in the school setting.
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Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A comprehensive guide written in response to violence in schools and the efforts by the US Department of Education and the Department of Justice to develop early warning signs of violence in schools. This guide is designed to provide...
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Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A comprehensive guide written in response to violence in schools and the efforts by the US Department of Education and the Department of Justice to develop early warning signs of violence in schools. This guide is designed to provide...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Kids With Special Needs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Often times children hear terminology being used but do not completely understand its meaning. This site provides and introduction to special needs, the types, and proper behavior upon interacting.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Factors That Influence Life Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The teacher will begin the lesson by asking the question, "What behaviors do you have that affect your lifestyle in a positive way?" Allow students to respond. Then ask, "What behaviors do you have that affect your lifestyle in a...
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American Institutes for Research

Cri: Truth in Labeling: Disproportionality in Special Education

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2007 educators' guide provides information on disproportionality. The guide disccuses: (1) the definition of disproportionality, (2) issues that contribute to disproportionality, (3) implications for students, schools, and...
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Random Acts of Kindness: What People Are Doing: Teacher's Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about kindness through activity ideas for students of all ages and ideas for encouraging positive behavior in the classroom and community. Learn what a "Random Act of Kindness" is, and find ways to talk about this character trait...
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Pbs Learning Media: Career Gates: Soft Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
Soft Skills highlights the skills employees need to be successful. These include communication, eye contact, listening, teamwork, positive attitude, proper handshake, professional appearance and respect. Soft skills are the abilities to...
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Wosu Public Media: Are You Digi Fit?: Who Are You Online? [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
This is a brief K-4 lesson summary that links to a Common Sense Media slideshow. It looks at what a digital footprint is and how it can be positive or negative and influence how people see you now or in the future. The slideshow can be...
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Pbs Learning Media: Fizzy's Lunch Lab

For Students 1st - 4th
Fizzy's Lunch Lab provides an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The Lunch Lab will provide practical and positive examples of healthy eating and regular exercise...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: What Are Communicable Diseases and How Can We Prevent Them?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, students will learn about infectious diseases caused by microorganisms, what causes them and how to protect oneself, and play a game where they play the role of a disease.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Egg Drop

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The lesson will explore positive and negative team performance and behaviors.
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USA Today

Kids, Steroids Don't Mix (Pdf)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article warns against the dangers of steroid use and highlights the causes and harmful effects of abusing steroids in order to get bigger and stronger. Think about the reasons teens are drawn to steroids through discussion questions...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Ripple Effects in Systems: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand a change of behavior or components in one point of a system will cause changes throughout the system as whole. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Ripple Effects in Systems."
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Niehs: Kids Environment Kids Health: Healthy Living

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn five easy steps to be healthy and live a healthy life.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Hand Washing Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
By conducting two experiments, this lesson will help students discover the importance of thoroughly washing hands and the role that plays as a way to prevent the spread of disease.
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Kids Health: What's the Right Weight for Me?

For Students 3rd - 5th
It is easy to compare yourself with the celebrities and models you see every day on TV and in magazines. These pictures sometimes help shape our body image and we begin to think that we should look like these people. The truth is that...
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Learning Activities: Peace Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This series of activities for early elementary students focuses on peace education. Emphasis is on our behavior and how it impacts peace.
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Class Flow: Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit helps children to learn that there are many aspects to keeping healthy. Children learn about the heart and how heartbeat is affected by exercise. It gives opportunities to explore issues about...
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus)

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing detailed information about the cheetah, Animal Diversity Web also offers a wealth of pictures, specimens, and classification information for detailed study.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Showing How to Deal With Anger

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Molly Bang's book, When Sophie Get's Angry-Really, Really Angry, provides students with positive ways of dealing with anger. When students explore their own methods of dealing with anger and then talk and write about new ways of...
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Brown University

Brown University: The Decameron Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...

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