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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Nist: Standards and Trade: Who Really Cares?

For Students 9th - 10th
This speech discusses trade standards and gives some examples of standards. Includes downloadable PDF presentation. (September 24, 1998)
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C-SPAN

C Span Classroom: Teaching About Standardized Testing

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive multi-media learning materials plus lesson plan on the debate over standardized testing in schools allows students to debate for themselves whether or not Congress should continue to require annual standardized tests for...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Standards and Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource presents instructional writing and reading practices that support the content area learning of adolescent learners including five downloadable video lessons: 1) Quick Writing Rounds; 2) Research and Standards; 3)...
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Other

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Standard Cc.8.6.6 8.f: Conduct Short Research

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Choose from multiple lessons that satisfy the following standard: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Standard and Non Standard Units of Measurement

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Understand the measurement process and the need for standard units.
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Other

Act's College Readiness Standards

For Students 9th - 10th
Teachers and students may view or print the ACT's College Readiness Standards for English, Mathematics, Reading, Science, and Writing.
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PBS

Pbs: Standard Measures and Conversions Within a System: Solve the Measurement Problem!

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Cyberchase media gallery, the Cybersquad must try to follow a recipe exactly to create a mixture that will help cure their friend Slider. At first, the squad must find a way to ensure standard measures of the ingredients. When...
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Other

Project Appleseed: What Should Parents Know About Standardized Testing?

For Students 9th - 10th
What are standardized tests? How and why do schools use them? These are common concerns for parents who want to help their child prepare for testing. Learn more about standardized tests on this site and how you can help your child succeed.
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Speaking and Listening: Standard English

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Explains what standard English is and when it is used, the difference between formal and informal language, and non-standard forms of English such as those found in dialects.
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Robert Schenk, PhD

Money Matters: The Gold Standard

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a great article that explains the gold standard and why it didn't work for the United States and many other nations.
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Robert Schenk, PhD

Rules of the Game Gold Standard & Macroeconomic Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A basic description of the struggles with the gold standard of the late 19th century in the United States, and William Jennings Bryan's attempts to abandon this.
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Other

Sec: Concept Release on International Accounting Standards

For Students 9th - 10th
This SEC page indicates the need for standards in international accounting. A link on this page takes you to a statement that describes some of the problem areas.
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Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Mean, Median & Standard Deviation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about mean, median, variance, and standard deviation. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts though class notes and examples. Review exercises are included.
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Abrams Books: Picture Day Perfection: A Common Core State Standards Aligned

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This activity and discussion guide uses the book "Picture Day Perfect" to teach multiple common core state standards for language arts. Included in this lesson are discussion questions, a craft project, printable worksheets, and an...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Measuring Variability in a Data Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this student task is to develop understanding of standard deviation. Aligns with S-ID.A.2 and S-ID.A.3.
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Yale University

U.s. Government Information: Standards & Specifications

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what is expected of structure and instruction on the design, contstruction, manufacturing, and handling of goods and services. It refers to various documents that provide required specifications.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Hess's Law and Standard Enthalpy of Formation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will use Hess's law of heat summation to add chemical reactions together to produce a desired final equation, and then calculate the enthalpy change for...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Use a Non Standard Unit to Measure

For Teachers 1st Standards
In this instructional activity students will use color tiles to measure classroom objects.
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Other

Fayetteville State University: Standard Error

For Students 9th - 10th
Standard error is discussed in terms of the Central Limit Theorem. The site mentions "Rule 3 of the CLT" as a means to eliminate the error. Here that process is validated in reason and supported with an example.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The American Standard of Living for Better or Worse

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson addresses the distribution of income. Some believe that income distribution is becoming more unequal. This lesson explores that question. The site includes links to articles and questions.
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Other

Snell Helmets Safety Standards

For Students 9th - 10th
This respurce is all about the safety standards that Snell puts on their helmets. Since helmets are extremely important to wear while rollerblading, you can look at what the standards are for rollerblading helmets.
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Other

John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company: The Standard Oil Trust

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores how John D. Rockefeller built the first great industrial trust, as well as its subsequent investigations and dissolution.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent, comprehensive site from National Geographic that provides lesson plans, activities, maps, and National Geography Standards. Teachers can find lesson plans based on grade and standard. Covers current issues, for example, global...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: To Kill a Mockingbird Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a complete study guide for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee including chapter-by-chapter guided reading questions (aligned to specific Common Core Standards), discussion questions, various writing prompts, and...

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