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Curated OER

Actions Speak Louder than Words

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine and discuss how volume, stress, pacing, and pronunciation help deliver an effective oral presentation. They listen to a speech by Nolan Ryan, identifying why he is a good speaker, then practice reading their own short...
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Curated OER

Bridge Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use "Interactive Physics Program" to develop a bridge similar to their physical model. They may choose to redesign their bridges completely. They design a simulation that test the amount of stress their bridge can withstand.
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Curated OER

Coping With Divorce

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read about what causes stress for students when their parents divorce, how students of different ages respond differently to divorce, and strategies that can help all family members cope.
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Curated OER

Strong as the Weakest Link

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discover the types of stress that materials undergo. They examine how bridges and skyscrapers are built to withhold the tension. They create their own structure out of marshmallows and spaghetti.
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Curated OER

Economy's Stuck, but Business is Booming at Therapists' Offices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore the concept of the economy and mental health. In this economy and mental health lesson, students read an article about how the mental health community is booming due to the poor economy. Pupils discuss ways to deal with...
App
Carstens Studios

Math Doodles

For Students 2nd - 9th Standards
Discover the joy and excitement of improving your math fluency through four different puzzles. Combine those with 25 different ways to represent numbers and you have hours of enjoyment that can be fun outside of the classroom as well.
Unit Plan
Hotchalk

Affluenza Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Affluenza will expose students to the problem of overconsumption and its effects on society and the environment. The one-hour program takes a hard, sometimes humorous look at the American passion for shopping, and how it leads to debt...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Assessing Health Habits

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss what are the characteristics of a personal with good health. They read an article about influences on health and discuss and perform a self assessment to gauge their personal health. They then go to the gym and...
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Curated OER

Provide His/Her Gender

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students write, speak and read his/her gender and the stress the importance of communicating this information accurately especially when completing forms or n various kinds of interviews. Included is a Gender Pre-Test, Gender Grammar...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Needs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate human needs and how they have adapted to different environments. They complete an experiment to discover the effect of stress on muscles. They use the food pyramid to create a plan for healthy eating.
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Overcoming Obstacles

Coping Skills

For Teachers K - 2nd
A lesson brings awareness to a variety of emotions. After discussing the many types of emotions, scholars create a list sorting emotions as easy and hard and then brainstorm coping skills. Pupils draw a picture depicting a scenario that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Depression: On the Edge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch and discuss a video dealing with the topic of depression and suicide. They answer discussion questions, identify sources of stress, conduct research on exercise and diet, interview a psychiatrist, and take a self-test on...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Does A Person Cope With Life Changing Events?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the concept of conflict mediation. In this coping skills lesson, 4th graders discover conflict mediation skills that may be used to resolve conflict. Students also learn techniques to reduce stress.
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Social Skills Central

Ready, Set, Respond!

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
When faced with a difficult situation, do you respond selfishly, face it head on, or ignore the problem? This game encourages learners to evaluate the wide range of reactions we can have to problematic situations, and how our responses...
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Practical Money Skills

Making Money

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The first step in managing your money is making money! Learn about ways to find and interview for a job with a thorough lesson plan on personal finances. Kids learn about the ways to earn a paycheck and then manage the funds they receive.
Website
University of North Carolina

Dissertations

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Bring on the coffee—it's dissertation time! As a handout on dissertations explains, over 50 percent of PhD candidates never finish their dissertations. The handout, part of a larger series on specific writing styles, helps motivate...
PPT
Science Geek

Kinetic Molecular Theory

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The fourth presentation in a series of five begins with information about the nature of gases and what to expect from them. Then it discusses kinetic molecular theory, diffusion, and Graham's Law, and concludes with the purification of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: "Chalk Talk Strategy”

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Hold a silent discussion about concepts related to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. After reading chapter seven, learners participate in a whole-class written discussion based on guiding questions written on the board by the teacher. 
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Curated OER

Pudd'nhead Wilson: Vocabulary Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Invite your pupils to do the teaching when it comes to the vocabulary in Pudd'nhead Wilson. Each individual is assigned one word to research in depth and teach to classmates, one pupil at a time.
PPT
Positively Autism

Primary and Secondary Colors

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Red, yellow, blue. Orange, purple, green. Introduce kids to primary and secondary colors with a series of videos and a 19-slide presentation that shows how mixing primary colors produces secondary colors.
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Positively Autism

My Family's Thanksgiving

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Prepare for the excitement of Thanksgiving with a helpful slideshow presentation. Colorful and engaging, the presentation explores Thanksgiving symbols, details, and traditions, and prompts learners to contrast the given topics with...
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EngageNY

Scale Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Are you searching for a purpose for geometric constructions? Use an engaging approach to explore dilations. Scholars create dilations using a construction method of their choice. As they build their constructed dilation, they...
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Center for Learning in Action

Water—Changing States (Part 1)

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Here is part one of a two-part lesson in which scholars investigate the changing states of water—liquid, solid, and gas. With grand conversation and up to three demonstrations, learners make predictions about what they think will happen...
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Charleston School District

Negative Exponents

For Students 8th Standards
What happens if the exponent is negative? The resource takes a look at a problem two different ways, with one resulting in a negative exponent. The approach provides an explanation of how to evaluate negative exponents. 

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