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PBS

Hands-On Engineering Challenges to Bolster Your Electricity, Sound, and Force Units

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Need some activities to go along with your unit? A collection of hands-on activities from PBS offers opportunities to add to your electricity, sound, and force units. The electricity activities revolve around building a...
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Code.org

Practice PT - The Internet and Society

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Speaking of the Internet. The culminating lesson for the unit on the Internet challenges pupils to prepare short, two-minute speeches on an issue facing society. The pupils chose from three topics that connect the Internet and...
Handout
Norton Life Lock

The Nine Ds of Digital Citizenship

For Students K - 12th
A reference page identifies the nine Ds of digital citizenship—digital access, etiquette, commerce, responsibilities, literacy, law, communication, security, health, and wellness.
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BBC

Walking with Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Breath new life into your class's study of dinosaurs with this extensive collection of materials. Offering everything from a printable T-rex mask, word searches, and connect-the-dots activities to informational handouts, hands-on...
Lesson Plan
University of Washington

Connecting Youth to Quality Health Information

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Many teenagers don't have adequate access to health and nutrition information beyond a quick Internet search. Guide them into health advocacy and proficiency with a lesson focused on MedlinePlus as a reliable source for health...
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Teach Engineering

Android App Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Building an accelerometer app for your Android device. Groups develop an app that uses the accelerometer on an Android device. The purpose of the activity is to reinforce the programming design. The post activity assessment challenges...
Activity
Oregon State

World Map of Plate Boundaries

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
Young geologists piece together the puzzle of plate tectonics in an earth science lesson. Given a physical map of the world, they search for land formations that indicate the location of different types of plate boundaries.
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Other

The Communication Oriented Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative site that explores the changes that society and global communications are incurring as communication technology develops and infiltrates the global community.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Technology Buying Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Get tips on what to look for as you consider purchasing a computer, smartphone, tablet, or other technology device.
Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Understanding Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the difference between virtual and augmented reality.
Handout
University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Electronic Labyrinth: Marshall Mc Luhan and Gutenberg Galaxy

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article explores Marshall McLuhan's argument that the electronic age would be the key to restoring the depth of diversity that the print age had destroyed. Plenty to think about.
Handout
Other

Encyclopedia of Desalination and Water Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site describes the process of water desalination and distillation. Also provides a list of free articles to peruse for further study.
Handout
PBS

Art21: Mel Chin

For Students 9th - 10th
This artist enjoys infusing art into unlikely places and uses current culture, such as technology, to bring about awareness of global issues.

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