Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money Smart Teens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plan positive goals for spending resources and understand why not to spend. In this financial planning lesson, students set up personal spending plans based on their resources and their long term plans. Students plan for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teen Smoking: Designing a School Anti-Smoking Publicity Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars review the human respiratory system and the effects on the human body.  In this design lesson students brainstorm and create a prototype then present it to the class.     
Interactive
Curated OER

Critique of Practical Reason

For Students 9th - 12th
For this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Memory Play in American Drama

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a closer look at a memory play. In this American drama lesson, students read Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie and analyze it as a memory play. Students discuss the linear and non-linear aspects of the play prior to...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

How Psychologists Do Research

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discover how psychologists complete their research on different topics. In groups, they describe the elements of an experiment and the importance of sampling during research. They identify ethical issues in their research and...
Lesson Plan
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RESILENCE-"WINNIE THE POOH AND CHRISTMAS TOO"

For Teachers 1st
First graders view a clip of Pooh and his friends encountering obstacles like losing their letter to Santa. They disucss the problem and ask students to predict what happen next, and they briefly summarize the story line.
Lesson Plan
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Feelings On Japanese Internment

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students listen to the story, "The Bracelet" and evaluate with other class members right and wrong actions. They create a watercolor painting that describes how the book made them feel and discuss their feelings with the rest of the class.
Worksheet
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Round to the Nearest Whole $

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this rounding money worksheet, students identify the money amounts in each examples and round to the nearest dollar for the 10 examples.
Lesson Plan
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Technological Advances in Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how technology influences human existence by examining the benefits and risks of different biotechnological advances.
Lesson Plan
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Collecting, organizing and comparing data for cellular telephone buying and calculating average, and median price and best deal per cost.

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research data and develop statistical methods such as mean and median price and make convincing arguments as powerful ways for decision making.
Lesson Plan
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Colors of Gray

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a film about theatres in Chicago. They discover how performing arts can be enjoyed by all ages and how one becomes involved in performing in theatre. They answer questions and discuss to end the lesson.
Lesson Plan
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Letters from the Frontier: Reading and Writing Primary Documents

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine historical documents about George Caitlin to derive meaning about his life and contributions. The lesson plan is multicultural and helps students to appreciate art and history.
Lesson Plan
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Technical Paper

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the components of the technical paper. They identify the format of the technical paper and write the title page, a table of contents, an abstract, Works Cited, Bibliography, and Appendix sections of the technical paper.
Online Course
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Psychology: Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Virtual learning course in which students explore the abstract concept of Intelligence. Students can watch a presentation, read informational text, and participate with interactive learning material.
Activity
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Chapter Summary Psychology 5e

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of chapter in Psych text presenting several concepts on psychological disorders including: CONCEPT I: Defining Psychological Disorders, CONCEPT II: Perspectives on Psychological Disorders, CONCEPT III: Classifying Psychological...
Article
Other

Educational Psychology Interactive:information Processing Approach to Cognition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses the different models of information processing and the basic principles accepted in cognitive psychology. Outlines the different types of memory, and the principles of concept formation. Also provides a table listing examples...
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Psychology: Brain & Behaviour

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your speed in this game reviewing brain and behavior terms and concepts.
Article
Other

Simply Psychology: Social Psychology: Obedience to Authority

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces the concept of obedience to authority and explains how it is different from conformity. Includes three downloadable articles on Stanley Milgram's famous experiments on obedience, which discuss how his research might help to...
Primary
York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Attitudes and Cognitive Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a paper from 1946 by Fritz Heider on how attitudes of one person can influence the attitudes of others. A very basic concept put into detail.
Article
Other

Simply Psychology: Social Facilitation

For Students 9th - 10th
The concept of social facilitation is explained, and the research done by Norman Triplett in 1898 into the co-action effect. Also discusses the audience effect. These two factors influence whether someone can be influenced or inhibited...
Handout
Virginia Tech

The Psychological Changes of Adolescence: A Test of Character

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the crises of adolescence, using Erikson and Kohlberg, and then discusses those ideas as reflected in the writing of Cormier. Cormier.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Strong as the Weakest Link

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To introduce the two types of stress that materials undergo - compression and tension - students examine compressive and tensile forces and learn about bridges and skyscrapers. They construct their own building structure using...
Article
California State University

California State University: Curiosity and Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
California State University student research into the psychological theories of curiosity and what motivates people to do what they do.
Article
Other

Prologue to Vygotsky's Collected Works Volume 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Outlines the basic ideas of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of psychology, including his concept of higher and lower processes.