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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Print Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Print awareness is understanding that print is organized in a particular way - for example, knowing that print is read from left to right and top to bottom. It is knowing that words consist of letters and that spaces appear between...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Spleen and Lymphatic System

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of how the lymphatic system and the spleen work together to fight infection.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you, your students, and their parents wandering lost in the Science Fair desert? Here's an oasis! The Science Fair Central website provides a complete guide to the topic. There's a "Soup to Nuts Handbook" that assists the student in...
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Other

The Internet Content Rating Association: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This organization from The Internet Content Rating Association is an international, independent organization that empowers the public, especially parents, to make informed decisions about electronic media by means of the open and...
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Other

California Association for the Gifted & Talented: Home

For Teachers 9th - 10th
CAG is an organization composed of "parents, educators, and community members" who wish to promote the needs and development of gifted children. The site provides information on grants and scholarships, access to the organization's...
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National Institutes of Health

Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Provided is a complete description of Asperger Syndrome, including a definition, signs and symptoms, treatment options, prognosis for individuals diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, and current research. Also note the list of organizations...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: American Museum of Natural History Resources for Learning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a collection of scientific learning resources for educators, parents, kids, after-school coordinators, informal learning center staff, and anyone else interested in teaching or learning about science. The site provides...
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Other

Do Bugs Need Drugs?: Antibiotics Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This non-profit organization provides information for healthcare professionals, the public, teachers, parents, children, daycares and assisted living sites.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is followed by collection of resources on research, prevention, coping with the loss of a child, and organizations which are studying the syndrome or which provide support for parents.
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Other

Oregon Education Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This state affiliate of the National Education Association provides information on the organization, its membership and benefits, and legislative initiatives, and provides links to other state and national teacher and parent sites.
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National Institutes of Health

Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Provided is a complete description of Asperger Syndrome, including a definition, signs and symptoms, treatment options, prognosis for individuals diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, and current research. Also, note the list of...
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Other

Learning Disabilities Association of California

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This organization is made up of parents, teachers, and other professionals to help promote understanding of and resources for people with learning disabilities. It provides definitions, symptoms, and access to books about this children.
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Other

Fraxa: The Fragile X Research Foundation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
FRAXA is an organization started by parents in 1994 to support and encourage scientific research aimed at finding a cure for Fragile X, responsible for inherited mental impairment and autism. Access information on Fragile X Syndrome...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Cloning

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cloning is the process of creating an exact replica of an organism. The clone's DNA is exactly the same as the parent's DNA. Bacteria and plants have long been able...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Phonics and Decoding

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The goal of phonics instruction is to help children learn the alphabetic principle - the idea that letters represent the sounds of spoken language - and that there is an organized, logical, and predictable relationship between written...
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Kim's Korner: Six Trait Analytic Writing Model

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Check out this comprehensive website featuring ideas for teaching writing based on the six trait analytic writing model.
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The College Board

College Board: Take Control of Homework

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but helpful list of tips to help high-school students take control of their homework.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Telegram to Eleanor Brackenridge, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
While studying the strategies of the early 20th-century suffragists, check out primary texts like this one. Here is a brief telegram through which Austin suffragist Erminia Thompson Folsom communicates with Eleanor Brackenridge, who...