AP Test Prep
College Board

AP® Psychology: Teaching Statistics and Research Methodology

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Psychologists use statistics? Scholars investigate the research behind the methodology of statistical analysis. Using hands-on practice, case-studies, and scatterplots, they complete various tasks to understand the very roots of high...
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Web Design: Module 7: Web Development

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 7 of this course on web design, students learn how to use CSS style rules to create the page layout, color scheme, and typography for a web site's design. From this, they learn how to create a template that can be used over and...
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Web Design: Module 1: Understanding Your Role

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 1 of this course on web design, students look at how web content is delivered to a user and the path structure of files and folders. They learn what the role of a web developer is and the job requirements and salary levels....
Website
Princeton Review

Princeton Review: Career: Website Designer

For Students 9th - 10th
The Princeton Review provides information on a career as a Website designer. Includes educational requirements that are needed, future outlook for jobs in the field, and facts and figures on salary, etc.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Follow the Bouncing Ball: A Web Animation Project

For Students 6th - 8th
This project is a fun way to try your hand at programming and expand your knowledge of web design. You will learn how to create some simple animations, and perform tests and make measurements to help you create more realistic-looking...
Lesson Plan
Practical Action

Practical Action: Eco Design Web

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Eco Design web is a useful evaluation tool that can help pupils from 5-18 years evaluate their own products, designs, or an existing product. The pupils can develop their own or use pre-developed evaluation criteria to assess one or...
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Other

U.s. Department of Health and Human Services: usability.gov

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-stop resource for government-compiled information on how to develop websites that boost their usability and accessibility based on proven methods of design and audience analysis. With many, many how-tos, such as how to write for...
Handout
Other

Web developer.com: Quicksilver Effect on Text

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows you how to create the Quicksilver effect using Photoshop with text. Check it out!
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design Step 2: Research the Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through Internet research, patent research, standards and codes research, user interviews (if possible) and other techniques (idea web, reverse engineering), students further develop the context for their design challenge. In subsequent...
Handout
Other

E Learning Developers' Journal: What Is Personalized Learning [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article takes on the complex issues of designing personalized learning strategies for web learning instruction and environments. What do students do when teachers are not there to provide motivation, direction, goal setting and...
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Other

Browser Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive archive of links to versions of many different browsers. Current to 2005. This site is maintained by an international volunteer group primarily for professional web developers.
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Other

Introducing Plain Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site by Plain Language Online states that plain language "begins with the needs of the reader," which will determine why and how the writer writes. It goes on to elaborate on audience and purpose, idea organization, use of...
Handout
Other

Web Log Analysis, Who's Doing What, When?

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers ways to handle your web site's traffic using log formats and identifying visits.
Handout
FNO Press

From Now On: Designing School Web Sites to Deliver

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive From Now On site detailing the reasons to develop school web sites as well as the processes involved. Many links to resources provided however, some are not active.
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Other

Color Maker

For Students 9th - 10th
This very useful site allows you to change the color and background patterns of a web page, and then copy the HTML code to your own site. Includes a tutorial, links to other web pages about color design, and links to a TableMaker and a...
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Other

Mcsr: Hints for Web Authors

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Mississipi Center for Supercomputing Research provides a continuously revised report on tips for web design authoring.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: On the Farm With Wilbur and Charlotte

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this unit, students will explore many aspects of the book Charlotte's Web. Students will work as a group to develop a presentation, design a web page, and prepare a newsletter. They will also complete a WebQuest about Charlotte's...
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Other

Web Developer: Neon Text in Photoshop

For Students 9th - 10th
Step-by-step instructions on creating neon text in Adobe Photoshop, just like the neon signs in store windows.
Activity
Other

Kids Web Germany

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site was designed by a mother, Claudia Buchczik, for young Internet users. It includes games, arts and crafts ideas, a quiz and book suggestions. Very kid-friendly: kids can contribute their own ideas. Site is in German.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using a Web Quest to Create a Persuasive Brochure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After reading Lois Lowry's The Giver, students use a WebQuest to research ideas and themes from the novel. Students use their research and persuasive writing skills to create a brochure designed to sell a way of thinking or way of life...
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.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ruby on Rails

For Students 9th - 10th
A Wikipedia description of the Ruby on Rails web development platform.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Testing With J Unit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
JUnit is a testing method that is included with NetBeans (Java) installs or can be downloaded from the web and included in the Java build. In this activity, students design tests for a provided Java class before the class methods are...
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Other

Broadband Now: The Living Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
How much do you really know about the Internet? How does it work? Who invented it? The Living Internet has answers to these questions and just about everything else you ever wanted to know about our online world. Sections on: Internet,...