Curated OER
Topic: Math, Chemistry, and Food
Students listen as the teacher tells the story of Sisyphus rolling the stone up the mountain. Students prepare two batches of jello, one with fresh pineapple, and one with canned pineapple. While the jello is setting, students work on...
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Hello And Hola
Fifth graders investigate the concept of change and how it can effect the lives of different people. They use a real experience or hypothetical one to create a brochure on Microsoft Publisher to help someone to make the transition...
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Class Book
Third graders review how they can save their work on a computer once they are finished. As a class, they complete various assignments based on a rubric they are given and save them to a disk. Using the assignments, they combine all of...
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Culture Areas Of Native North America
High schoolers investigate the different cultural areas of Native North America. They process information using critical thinking skills while conducting research on the internet. They record information found on a graphic organizer to...
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Volunteering As Good Work
Students generate questions to ask volunteers. They conduct interviews to determine volunteer's motivation. They write thank you letters to volunteers.
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CDVs at Home and School
Young scholars identify the rules they have at home and at school. They connect the values to the core democratic values and discuss whether all rules should connect to the core values. They create a mural showing students following the...
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Couch Potato or Inertia Victim?
Sixth graders how primary research is carried out. They design a simple survey questionnaire to interview people about their week average television watching time. They analyze the results and write a report based on the information.
Curated OER
Is it Partly Cloudy or Partly Sunny?
Students investigate the concept of weather and how it is created. They review relevant vocabulary related to weather. Students predict weather given slight background knowledge. The lesson includes background information for the...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Who Is in Your Online Community?
[Free Registration/Login Required] By learning the Rings of Responsibility, 2nd graders explore how the Internet connects us to people in our community and throughout the world. Help students to think critically about the different ways...
Other
Learning for Justice: Part of a Community Online
This lesson focuses on helping young children learn to participate in different kinds of digital communities. Students will solidify and work on what they know about being part of any community.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Touring Our School Through Two Languages
This activity will help students combine the tools of technology with language skills to communicate with non-English speaking students in the community.
Other
Fuel Our Future Now: Grade 9 12 Module: Vehicle Design Virtual Lab [Pdf]
Students act as a community of STEM research professionals, working together to solve energy efficiency problems in today's vehicles. Students then design and test vehicles that are suitable for different consumer needs based on...
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Educators Pack for Online Safety Awareness
The internet provides educators with a great tool for teaching young people, communicating with others, and sharing successes with the wider community. In order to make the most out social media, technology and the internet, we have put...