Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating Triangles 1

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students independently investigate the Pythagorean Theorem. They are given a set of triangles that involve whole number Pythagorean Triples. The main focus of the lesson is exploration rather than discovering the Pythagorean Theorem.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tolerance: Gender Issues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore why some professions have been gender-dominant in the past. In this instructional activity, students identify some professions that have typically had one specific gender employed in the past, then research that job to...
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Giving Things a Name

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students label images seen on an interactive website. In this early writing activity, students do their best to write the name of the object seen on the screen.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Evidence for Evolution Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
This Web quest from the PBS series "Evolution" will help you investigate a variety of types of evidence for evolution.
Website
Other

E Biz 101: Creating a Web Based Business

For Students 9th - 10th
Information, advice, and resources on every aspect of starting and running a web-based business.
Unit Plan
Other

Learn the Net: Domain Names

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains the part of a URL (Web address) called the "domain name," and the meaning of domain name suffixes, such as ".com" and ".org."
Unit Plan
Other

University of Queensland Australia: Digital Essentials: Finding and Using Media

For Students 9th - 10th
This module teaches students how to source media (including images, video, and audio) for assignments and how to understand copyright and licensing obligations so that they can ethically reuse media. After completing this module, they...
Article
Other

Build Web Site4u: How to Build a Website

For Students 9th - 10th
BuildWebSite4u.com offers an overview, advice, tools, and many other useful resources for building a website.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Different Ways to Communicate Online

For Students K - 1st
There are many different types of communication technology. They all have different strengths. It is important to think about which type of communication is best for each occasion. Learn about five different methods of online...
Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Killed the Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
This Evolution Web feature explores how evidence can support a variety of hypotheses surrounding the mystery behind the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Coral Reef Connections

For Students 9th - 10th
Dive in and explore what makes this beautiful world so fragile. In this Web feature, from the PBS series "Evolution," discover how coevolution has shaped the ecological relationships among reef creatures.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Class Divided 3: An Interview With Jane Elliott

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Web-exclusive interview for FRONTLINE, Jane Elliott discusses her abiding sense that her lesson on bigotry is as necessary today as it was in 1968.
Handout
Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Tips for Microsoft Internet Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
A listing of various tips that can be used with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Find out ways to work better and more efficiently with this web browser.
Website
Other

The Shuler Family: How Does the Internet Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can get a technical but accessbile overview of the Internet. Learn about Internet addresses, networking infrastructure, Internet routing hierarchy, domain names, Internet protocols, and so on. Illustrated.
Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use Context Clues

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
See models of different types of context clues, and practice finding meanings of words in context.
Activity
Other

Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Law Library features extensive summaries of court decisions shaping the law of the Web up to 2008. Issues include: intellectual property issues including copyright and trademark; jurisdiction; linking; framing; meta tags;...
Website
Other

Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the internet, written by those who were involved in the development evolution of the Internet. This history revolves around four distinct aspects: the technological evolution, operations and management aspect of a...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Squirrel Rehabilitation

For Students 3rd - 8th
This video segment from WILD TV features a family that rescues and releases squirrels to their natural habitat. [4:44]
Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Journey Into Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Travel deep into the human body to see exactly where your DNA resides. From the NOVA: Cracking the Code of Life Web site.
Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Should We Grow Gm Crops?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the pros and cons of genetically modified (GM) crops, and cast your vote on whether they should be grown. From the FRONTLINE/NOVA: Harvest of Fear Web site.