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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Thriller

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow focuses on the genre thriller by providing background information, listing key elements, and providing two examples: "The Riddle of the Sands" by Erskine Childers and "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: "To My Peoples!"

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual photographic exhibition helps solve the riddle of "who began and who wins the war?"
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Teacher Resources: Air, Air, Everywhere Teacher's Activity Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This teaching guide includes 10 hands-on activities to teach about air quality and the importance of keeping our air clean. Students will complete activities that include simple sensory experiments to discover the characteristics of air,...
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Archaeological Institute of America

Archaeology: Riddle of Great Zimbabwe

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly explores the differing explanations for Great Zimbabwe's location and structures.
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Other

Northpole: Santa's Classroom

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Visit Santa's classroom where you will find fun-filled and engaging activities, printable worksheets, interactive games, and more. A great resource for parents and teachers.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pat Tern has been buying items all around town using counterfeit money. Help Math Maven identify a pattern to catch her before she deposits fake money into the Cashflow Bank.
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Other

Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Sylvia Plath: Creative Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Looking at three of Sylvia Plath's poems, students will be encouraged to think critically and create compositions that explore complex themes. [PDF]
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Rational Numbers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving a jumping wallaby competition. Then, using knowledge of inequalities and rational numbers, place the wallabies on the correct range from -5 to 5 on the number line. Numbers...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Adding Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1 on the Vertical Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving flea circus high jumps. Then, add two consecutive jumps and place them on a vertical number line. This often requires you to find equivalent fractions with common denominators....
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest. Then, place each contestant's jump-a fraction, mixed number, or decimal between -5 and +5-at the correct point on the number line. Backward jumps are...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1 on the Vertical Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a flea-jumping contest. Place each contestant's jump, represented by either a fraction or a decimal in both feet and inches, at the correct point on the vertical number line....
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving a jumping frog competition. Then, using knowledge of inequalities and rational numbers, place the frogs in the correct range from 0 to 5 on a number line. The fractions,...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving high-jump performers in a flea circus. Then, using knowledge of inequalities, place the fleas in the appropriate range on a vertical number line. Numbers are randomized so...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Adding Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest. Add two consecutive jumps and place them on a number line, finding equivalent fractions and common denominators to do so. Backward jumps represent...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, students use logic to solve three riddles involving a frog jumping contest and then place the contestants' jumps at the correct points on the number line. Numbers are randomized so that the frogs' placements on the...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Adding Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals on the Number Line

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a jumping frog contest. Add two consecutive jumps by one frog and place the jumps on the number line, finding equivalent fractions with common denominators to do so. Numbers are...
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University of Virginia

Webbing Into Literacy: A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a ready-to-use rhyme a week program for early literacy; the program offers dated units for weekly download to use throughout the entire year. It provides four different types of downloadable items each week for use with...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Guess Me

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication Guess Me, a book of jokes and riddles for children.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Famously Difficult Green Eyed Logic Puzzle?

For Students 9th - 10th
One hundred green-eyed logicians have been imprisoned on an island by a mad dictator. Their only hope for freedom lies in the answer to one famously difficult logic puzzle. Can you solve it? Alex Gendler walks us through this green-eyed...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Case of the Missing Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
A bump on the head, a mysterious femme fatale and a strange encounter on a windswept peak all add up to a heck of a night for Manny Brot, Private Eye. Watch as he tries his hand at saving the dame and getting the cash! Shudder at the...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Home Amusements

For Students 6th - 8th
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Home Amusements by Peter Puzzlewell, a book of puzzles and riddles for children.
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Other

Brain Food: Puzzles for the Brain to Gnaw On

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes many games and puzzles ranging from word games to logic problems to riddles. These puzzles can be completed on line and offer interactive hints and solutions.
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Other

Chemistry Land: Significant Figures and Fuzzy Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Course website, developed by a community college instructor, uses riddles, real-world examples, colorful pictures, and explanatory text to introduce learners to the concept of significant figures in science. With a selection of...

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