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Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Drum Beating & Foot Stomping
For this lesson, students watch African dance and calculate tempo. Students also calculate heart beats at rest and after exercise and convert beats per second to beats per minute. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Speed of Ascent
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Hacker and the CyberSquad race to reach the Good Vibration on staircases that grow at different rates and have steps of varying sizes.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Calculating Musical Tempo
In this lesson, students calculate the beats per minute (BPM) of songs in different tempos. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: A Penny Saved
Learners will read the comic book, "A Penny Saved" published by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Students will make the information relevant through projects, graphic organizers, teacher instruction, and problems.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Timing Is Everything
In the first part of the lesson, students examine the incentives and opportunity costs of spending and saving in a teacher directed lesson. The remainder of the lesson is an interactive website. Students work through problems that...
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Great Schools: Online Guide to K 12 Public Schools
This resource provides access to online profiles of K-12 public schools in all 50 states. Individual school profiles include test scores, facts about student ethnicity and economic level, and parent and student ratings about teacher...
PBS
Pbs: Is Walmart Good for America?
Designed for teachers in conjunction with a documentary by the same name. Lesson ideas, handouts and other resources make this work as a standalone site.
PBS
Pbs: Secret History of the Credit Card
A site designed for teachers to accompany the PBS documentary by the same name. Lists of resources and handouts can stand alone.
Other
Advanced Studio Classroom
English language learning site for Chinese speakers -- online companion site to a magazine by the same name. Provides summaries and downloadable copies of some of the articles that appear in the printed magazine, along with access to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bianca Goes to the Movie
This Cyberchase video segment features Bianca, who must figure out the fastest route to a movie premiere.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Race to Motherboard
In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad figures out how fast their broom must go so they can reach Motherboard before Wicked.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Firefighter Training
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry decides to train as a firefighter and uses line graphs to chart his physical fitness progress.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Digit in Pursuit
The CyberSquad tracks Digit's position in time and then studies graphs to figure out what Hacker is scheming in this video from Cyberchase.
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Pbs Learning Media: Calculating Speed
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad calculates the speed of each broom.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Estimating Distance and Travel Time
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad estimates how much air supply they will need to complete an underwater mission.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Identify Important Info When I Read [Pdf]
Links to self-assessment activities for content area fluency activities are found on this resource. Students will read, time themselves, and record facts. Students will improve their reading rates and levels of comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Many Jelly Beans?
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Inez estimates whether she has enough jelly beans in her large container to decorate all of the cookies in her batch.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Staircases of Shangri La
Hacker and the CyberSquad use two different staircases as they race to reach the Good Vibration in this video segment from Cyberchase.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Farmers in Peril
In this video from Wide Angle, the sparse life of the rural farmer in India is compared to the wealth of consumer goods available to wealthier city dwellers.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: You've Won the Lottery! Now What?
You won the lottery! The lottery officials have given you a choice. You can either receive the $10 million now in one lump sum, or you can receive $1 million a year for the next 20 years. Now what do you do?
Intel Corporation
Showing Evidence Tool: Analyzing and Evaluating Information
If you're looking for a way to engage students in analyzing and evaluating evidence, rather than simply piling up information, this tool may be a boon. Students can use it to construct an argument, rate the quality of resources, and...
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Debate Evaluation Forms
A nice resource for teachers who are judging/evaluating an in-class debate. It presents comments about the debate and the people involved that require you to rate on a scale of 1 to 5.