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Growing Up Online

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders participate in an activity as a web designer.  In this technology lesson, 9th graders explore how the choices made by web designers affect how people use a site.  Students analyze effective and ineffective Web...
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Design a Service Learning Activity

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students work together to design a service learning activity for their community that would benefit the Tijuana estuary. Using the internet, they research the elements of a service learning project and plan their's accordingly. They...
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Colorful and Textured Backgrounds

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students create a solid color background for a web page. They calculate the hexadecimal code for a color value. They change the color of text and hypertext link items. They create a textured background from a graphic file.
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#1639. Advertising Age: Using the Internet

For Students 9th - 12th
The ten questions included on this worksheet are designed to facilitate a close study of the website of Advertising Age magazine. Using the Internet, learners explore the magazine’s website and its links to become familiar with the...
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Legends of Stars

For Teachers 7th - 9th
After choosing a figure from Greek mythology, middle schoolers design, draw, and color a constellation to represent that person.  Additionally, they create a story to tell how the constellation came to be. This lesson is a great...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Multiplication of Rational Expressions

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
There's nothing irrational about this lesson. Explore the process of multiplying rational expressions through discovery. A well-designed lesson has learners factor and multiply rational expressions by dragging factors to the correct...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Horizontal Translations or Phase Shifts: Horizontal and Vertical Translations

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
It is all about the shift. Pupils translate the graph of a cubic function to different marked locations on the plane and determine the new equation that represents the shifts. The activity is designed to encourage individuals begin...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Vertical Angles: Yo-Yo Eiffel Tower Trick

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Yo, yo, learn about vertical angles with a yo-yo. Using an interactive, scholars adjust the position of fingers holding a design from a yo-yo. Answering a set of challenge questions based on the interactive helps clarify understanding of...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

One-Step Equations and Inverse Operations: Additive Inverse

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Reinforce properties while solving equations. Learners often ignore properties even as they try to apply them. A well-designed lesson emphasizes the role of additive inverses when solving equations.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Volume of Pyramids: Fluctuating Height

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The height of a pyramid may change, but the usefulness of the interactive will not. Learners drag the apex of a pyramid to change its height. They then answer a set of challenge questions designed to investigate how changing the...
Interactive
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CK-12 Foundation

Mean: Arithmetic Mean

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
How is a mean affected by changes in data? A well-designed animation allows individuals to manipulate data and watch the effect on the mean. Challenge questions help guide users to conclusions about outliers and skew within data.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Prime and Composite Numbers

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Nine true or false, multiple-choice, and discussion questions make up an interactive designed to reinforce scholars' knowledge of prime and composite numbers. A number chart reveals every prime number through 100. 
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Sums of Integers with Different Signs: Adding Between 10 and -10

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Six questions make up an interactive designed to boost scholars' knowledge of integers. Mathematicians move symbols over a horizontal number line to aid in findings answers between 10 and negative 10. Question types include...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Add and Subtract Decimal Numbers: Losing Little Bits

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An interactive offers five questions that challenge scholars to subtract decimals. A diagram featuring a tree and birdhouse with moveable parts is designed to assist mathematicians in finding solutions. Types of questions include...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Fraction Rounding to the Nearest Half: Beaker Math

For Students 6th Standards
Rounding fractions is the focus of a six-question interactive designed to boost concept proficiency. A measured beaker's water level increases and decreases as mathematicians move the tool to represent specific fractions. Questions...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Quotients of Fractions: Flipping the Fractions!

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Five questions make up an interactive designed to promote math skills involving the division of fractions. To assist in the process, a tool with moveable parts showcases how fractions are flipped. Question types include multiple-choice,...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Division of Fractions: Stacking Berets

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Seven questions make up an interactive designed to boost mathematician's skills in dividing whole numbers by mixed fractions. Practice comes with a visual aid with movable parts. Questions types include fill in the blank,...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Products of Two Fractions: Blocks

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Five questions make up an interactive designed to boost the multiplication of fraction skills. An assortment of color-coded fraction blocks assists participants to find the right answer. Question types include multiple-choice and fill in...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Differences of Fractions with Different Denominators

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators is the focus of an interactive designed to boost mathematicians' problem-solving skills. Five questions challenge participants to answer multiple-choice and true or false questions with help...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Area and Volume of Similar Solids: Similar Solids

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Five questions make up an interactive designed to boosts knowledge of area and volume of solid figures. Question types include multiple-choice, true or false, and fill-in-the-blank. A scale model changes measurement to provide a visual...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Problem Solving Plan, Estimation with Decimals: Shopping

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Mathematicians go on a virtual shopping trip in an interactive designed to boost the concept of estimation. Scholars read and answer five questions—multiple-choice, true or false, and a discussion—with help from a drag-and-drop shopping...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Proportions to Find Percents: Bag of Candy

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Proportions and percents are the focus of an interactive designed to boost math proficiency. Five questions challenge participants to solve candy-themed word problems. A color-coded tool with moveable parts assists mathematicians in the...
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Technology Resources for the Social Studies Classroom

For Teachers Higher Ed
Looking for ways to increase engagement by bringing technology into your elementary social studies class? Teachers are introduced to the technology resources available for social studies and then they show their students specific...
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Publishing a Book Review

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pairs use desktop publishing software, as well as digital video and camera equipment, to craft a book review. These reviews are then shared with others in the school community through the class or school website.