Science Fiction Teaching Resources :: 961

Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Compare and Contrast [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards

This resource is a poster that includes cues that will help students compare and contrast information. These questions can be applied to fiction and nonfiction passages.

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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Product Development and the Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th

In this activity, students investigate the life cycle of an engineered product and how the product impacts the environment. They analyze a product using a simple life cycle assessment that assigns fictional numerical values for different...

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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Earthquakes O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th

This interactive OLogy card defines earthquakes, provides fast facts about them, and lets you test your knowledge of earthquakes with fact-or-fiction questions.

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Science Struck

Science Struck: Different Types of Optical Illusions

For Students 6th - 8th

Describes the different types of optical illusions and their characteristics.

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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Jules Verne

For Students 9th - 10th

This site focuses on the author Jules Verne. It includes a link to his biography and links to the full text of eleven novels: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, Five Weeks in a...

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An Excerpt From Silverberg's Sorcereres of Majipoor

For Students 9th - 10th

This site provides an excerpt from Robert Silverberg's novel, SORCERERS OF MAJIPOOR, as well as biographical information. At this site you will also find photos.

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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th

Contains a brief introduction and links to each chapter of the complete text of the book. Also provides a picture of Wells.

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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Obamas Celebrate Star Wars Day

For Students K - 1st

Read about how the Obama family celebrated Star Wars Day! Includes video.

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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jules Verne Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th

What books did Jules Verne write? Find the answer to this question when you visit this informative website featuring lesson plans for "20,000 Leagues under the Sea," and more.

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Virtual Salt

Virtual Salt: A Glossary of Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th

This site provides a long list of literary terms complete with full definitions and examples.

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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Edgar Rice Burroughs

For Students 9th - 10th

This site features the author Edgar Rice Burroughs including a biography and the full text of 24 novels including At the Earth's Core and the Tarzan series.

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Northern Virginia Community College

Northern Virginia Community College: How to Analyze Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

In addition to briefly explaining the reason for analyzing a work of literature, this site provides the definition of key terms used in literary analysis. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy

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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th

This is a complete online study guide/notes for the short story collection The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Voice of Nationalism: One Hundred Years of Irish Theater

For Students 9th - 10th

The emphasis is on the beginnings of the Abbey Theater. The selection discusses Yeats' contributions to the establishment of the theater, some of the movements and more current writers under what is called the "Celtic Revival."

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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Stanislaw Lem

For Students 9th - 10th

A concise but very good biography of Lem, complete with a listing of selected works.

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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "In the Days of the Comet" by h.g. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th

Text of the book . (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th

This is a complete online study guide/notes for the short story collection Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

For Students 9th - 10th

This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 6: Out of the Dust

For Teachers 6th Standards

Focused on the Dust Bowl and how families fought for a meaningful existence and survival, this unit will offer students different perspectives on how people respond to adversity, the lessons that can be learned from hardship and failure,...

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