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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Professional Development Workshops and Courses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Annenberg Media offers over 50 workshops and courses for teachers which can be used for graduate credit (through Colorado State University), for Continuing Education Units (CEUs), or for enrichment. The courses cover subjects in The...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: That's So Meta(cognitive)!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A professional development video to help your students become a more effective science learner. [10:49]
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Chemical Reactions in Action

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This video is a professional development resource that explores student misconceptions about atoms, molecules, and chemical reactions. It also gives some pedagogical approaches for approaching these subjects. [10:12]
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center:tis the Season for a Reason

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A professional development video exploring students misconception over the reason for Earth's season. This video addresses a way to help students understand how Earth's orbit contributes to the seasons. [11:56]
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ReachOut USA

Reach Out Usa: How Can I Develop Coping Strategies?

For Students 9th - 10th
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page has tips for how to cope with challenging situations and events.
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Connecticut Educational Media Association (Cema)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
CEMA is an association of school library media specialists that seeks to promote "the general public educational library media programs in Connecticut" and encourage "professional development of media personnel and instruction." Its...
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The Phrase Finder: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
"A professional writers' resource from The Phrase Finder for generating ideas for headlines, advertising copy, song lyrics, etc." Just type your word and the phrase finder will find a phrase to match it.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Time: It's Like, So Deep

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video reviews over geologic time scale and methods to teach this appropriately in the classroom. [9:15]
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: In Search of the Novel

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Eight one-hour workshop videos for middle and high school teachers wishing to bring novels to life in their classrooms. Features the works of ten famous novelists, including Charles Dickens, J.K. Rowling, and Toni Morrison. Free to all-...
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Institute of Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is truly a fantastic site. The Institute of Physics is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, inspiring people to develop their knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of physics. A must-see for...
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Association for Computing Machinery: Visual Aids and Presentation

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Information is presented on the role of visual aids in professional presentations. Article says "no more than six ideas should be presented on a single visual aid" and also gives time suggestions. Although this article is old and uses...
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University of Texas Libraries

Denton Cooley

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Texas heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley. Details the cardiologist's professional career quoting his personal reflections in the development of cardiovascular surgery.
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Pankpages

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains free downloadable graphics such as buttons and backgrounds, as well as tutorials which focus on Photoshop.