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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Graphing Your Social Network

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze their social networks using graph theory. They gather data on their own social relationships, either from Facebook interactions or the interactions they have throughout the course of a day, recording it in Microsoft...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Start Networking!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To get a better understanding of complex networks, students create their own, real social network example by interacting with their peers in the classroom and documenting the interactions. They represent the interaction data as a graph,...
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Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Social Media Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Review Claims About Social Media

For Students 9th Standards
Review claims made in "Teens: This Is How Social Media Affects Your Brain."
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Using Graph Theory to Analyze Drama

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze dramatic works using graph theory. They gather data, record it in Microsoft Excel and use Cytoscape (a free, downloadable application) to generate graphs that visually illustrate the key characters (nodes) and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Making the Connection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Graph theory is a visual way to represent relationships between objects. One of the simplest uses of graph theory is a family tree that shows how different people are related. Another application is social networks like Facebook, where a...
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Other

I*earn (International Education and Resource Network)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This nonprofit organization creates structured projects that facilitate engaged learning and youth making a difference on an International scale. Project areas include interdisciplinary topics such as the environment/science,...
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Other

Literacy Works: Thanks to the Web, We're Alone Together and Loving It

For Students 9th - 10th
While this resource was developed to support adult literacy learners, it can easily be used from junior grades and up. After reading an article about how people today interact on the Internet, students complete a variety of vocabulary...
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Other

Do something.org

For Students 9th - 10th
Do Something is a nationwide network of young people who know they can make a difference in their communities and take action to change the world around them. As part of Do Something, young people are asked what they want to do to make...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Close Encounters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore how "closely connected" a network structure is. Framed in the context of a terrorist cell, students must find which setups would allow organizations to still...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Curb the Epidemic!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a website simulation tool, students build on their understanding of random processes on networks to interact with the graph of a social network of individuals and simulate the spread of a disease. They decide which two individuals...
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Other

Videotron: Vigilance on the Net (French)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet has its share of perils. You can help your kids stay safe online and steer clear of the dark alleys of the Internet by setting clear and concise rules and maintaining a frank and open dialogue about their activities and...
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Other

Social Psychology Network: Jigsaw Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The "official web site of the jigsaw classroom",- a cooperative learning technique which was developed by Elliot Aronson. The jigsaw approach is considered to promote better learning, improve student motivation, and increase enjoyment of...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: A Party of Six

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson use graph theory to examine social network analysis. Students form complete graphs with different colored edges (representing acquaintance or non-acquaintance), and determine how...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sociology of Participation

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "Sociology of Participation" and then complete the six-question quiz.