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Henry George School of Social Science: Factors of Production

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a good description of the characteristics of the factors of production (land, labor, and capital), and provides some follow-up questions for discussion.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: That's a Real Smile! .Or Is It?

For Students 6th - 8th
If someone is smiling, it means they're happy, right? Well, not always. Sometimes people smile to be polite, or because they want to "appear" happy or friendly for social reasons. How easy is it to spot which smiles are genuine and which...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is useful because it offers a database of over 300,000 questions asked on surveys since the 1930s. Also contains Latin American and Japanese data bank retrieval system as well. Listing of general social surveys 1972-1998.
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 & Health Equity, Middle School Science

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The unit focuses on the question How can people help end pandemics? It is designed to teach students about the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Science: Health and Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
We have some from here but I can't tell how many as they may have video embed codes. I did find some we don't have, as well as some we do have among the embedded videos. There is also a Youtube channel at...
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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: In Search of Real Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The author of this paper discusses some of the challenges and problems encountered when teaching science and the scientific method to students. He provides links for some sample lessons. Site by Access Excellence.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing How Fashion Impacts the Behavior of Others Around Us

For Students 9th - 10th
There's an old saying that "the clothes make the man" (or woman, we're quick to add nowadays). How true do you think this is? Here's a project with one approach for finding out.
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NOAA

Noaa: Fisheries Economics & Social Sciences Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This home page provides information about fishing economics and includes links to recreational and commercial fishing/economics sites.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Electronic Communications

For Students 1st - 9th
Kid's learn about the science behind Electronic Communications. How does it work and where did it come from?
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Safe Water Science: Lesson Downloads

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A collection of downloadable, ready-to-use lessons and student worksheets aimed to raise awareness of the need for safe drinking water. Lessons are investigative in nature and utilize inexpensive materials that can be purchased at most...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Dragon Science: Time Travelers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the work of archeologists and anthropologists by building a 3-D clay representation of a human skull to look for clues to a person's physical form, ethnic origin, behavioral patterns, health history and social standing.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Program Your Own Covid 19 Simulator With Scratch

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity uses the kid-friendly programming language Scratch to write a simulation that uses bouncing dots to represent healthy and sick people. The simulation will show how we can take measures to slow the spread of a transmissible...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Ecological Systems Theory Simply Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what the ecological systems theory is and it relates to child development. Looks at five environmental contexts that impact on a child's life and development. Provides examples of how different events within these frameworks...
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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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Other

The Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Genealogy Learning Center

For Students Pre-K - 1st
How did your family come to America? When did they arrive? Chances are, they came into America by boat through Ellis Island. Check here for suggestions to get your family history research going.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: John Locke: Of the Conduct of the Understanding

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete biography of the philosopher John Locke. It discusses his contribution to philosophy and his social contract.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Study of Human Geography

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Geographers are social scientists who are interested in human activities as well as the physical environment. Human geography includes a wide range of topics, such as the study of languages, religions, customs, economics, and political...
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill : Coefficient of Determination

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the coefficient of determination from the social science perspective. Includes two practice problems and their solutions.
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Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Jean Jacques Rousseau

For Students 9th - 10th
This biographical sketch makes use of quotations from Rousseau's works. Provides a bibliography of his work as well.
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Shutterfly: Ell Resources: Videos: K 1

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An annotated list of Youtube educational videos designed as teacher resources for a variety of English language learner topics. Science, social studies, language arts and math are the featured subjects.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Endangered Species

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars research and create a brochure project on an endangered species of their choice integrating aspects of math, science, social studies, art, reading and writing. This project allows the students to make connections across...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Time Flies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan is one of the first in a unit on telling time which addresses the following content areas: language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. Students will read several resource books to gather information....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Making Measuring Meaningful!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This activity helps students recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. The student's will develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional and traditional measuring tools....

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