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Purple Math

Purplemath: Purplemath Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Algebra teacher Elizabeth Staple offers answers to the question, "How do you really do this stuff?" Detailed and down-to-earth, Purplemath has dozens of graduated and cross-referenced lessons, links to other valuable resources, and...
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Lesson Tutor

Lesson Tutor: Math Review for Act and Sat Tests

For Students 9th - 10th
The first step in good study habits is to understand the question. The use of common sense, logic and even guessing has a place as well. Here, eight practice questions for the ACT and SAT Tests are provided along with their solutions and...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Review 6.ee.1, 6.ee.2, 6.ee.3, and 6.ee.4

For Teachers 6th
Practicing math problems promotes great study habits. In this instructional activity, 6th graders will review various ways of writing and evaluating expressions.
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Parent Child Communication: Promoting Healthy Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
Depression as a result of sexual activity can usually be avoided by having a strong, healthy relationship with one's parents. It also relies on open lines of communication in regards to sexual activity. This information is discussed in...
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Underground Adventure

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Chicago Field Museum provides a comprehensive soil education project covering topics such as soil structure and organisms living underground. Students can use the site for research or do the full-blown project, where they establish a...
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Mtsu: Memory Principles & Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore memory principles and strategies. Before you go to this site, list the ways you usually try to remember things. Write these strategies down (share with someone else if possible). Once you have written your strategies down, take a...
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How to Study: Strategy for Reading Textbooks

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site gives a method, called SQRW, that can help you with your reading. It is very similar to SQ3R.
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California Polytechnic State University: Listening Skill

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the California Polytechnic State University provides a concise and well done guide to listening that coveys what the instructor has to say, as well as the tasks of the listener. Good advice, easy to download as a one page...
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PBS

Pbs: Do You Speak American?

For Students 9th - 10th
The home on the web for a television program about the nature of American English, which originally aired on PBS in January 2005. "Do You Speak American?" examines the differences in the ways American speak across age groups, ethnic...
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Philip Mc Rae: From Distraction to Addiction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Seek Life at End of Rainbow

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores the possibility entertained by several researchers that the key to discovering life beyond Earth (or habitable planets) is in studying rainbows.
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St. John's College, Oxford University, U.K.

Robert Graves Trust

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive website is devoted to the study of the English poet-novelist Robert Graves. Includes links to biographical pages that describe Graves's writing habits and show photographs of his study.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Teacher's Corner: Effects of Smoking on the Body [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the effects smoking tobacco has on the major organs of the human body. They also develop a presentation to persuade others to not start the smoking habit.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: How to Make Homework Less Work

For Students 9th - 10th
Most teens will never learn to love homework, but with a little help they can make it less of a burden. This site shows how to work smarter not harder when it comes to homework by easing its effect both mentally and physically. This...
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Ohio State University

Osu: Flea Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact sheet on fleas from the Ohio State University Extension lists scientific names, identifying characteristics, and pictures.
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Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Nutrigenomics

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the field of nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomics is the study of the interplay between your genetic make-up and what you eat. Are we at more or less risk of disease from their interaction? Can we adjust our eating habits to...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Back to School

For Students 9th - 10th
The first day of school is usually comprised of a mix of anxiety and excitement. Don't let this experience overwhelm you! Look through this article to learn more about what you can do to make this fearfull transition a little smoother.
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Northern Arizona University

Nau: Moche Foodways Archaeological Project, 1997 2000

For Students 9th - 10th
This project studied the "prehistoric food systems" of the Moche people in order to further understanding of the civilization and its innovations. Learn about the farming advances, eating habits, and daily life of these ancient people of...

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