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Nces: Technology in Schools Assessing Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide was written by the National Forum on Education Statistics under NCES's Cooperative Education Statistics System. Directed toward state and local education agencies, it describes how to measure technology use by examining...
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Free Code Camp: The Absolute Worst Technology Predictions of the Past 150 Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Technology has proven to be extraordinarily slippery over the past century. Despite the vast information that industry insiders have had at they're fingertips, they've made some pretty terrible forecasts over the years. The predictions...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Researching Hurricanes With Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will help students to understand the formation, power, and history of hurricanes. Students will do this using a combination of technological skills. Examples of technology used include: PowerPoint, Word, Netscape Composer,...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Technology Education: Mission to Mars Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebQuest lets you explore Mars through the missions sent there over the years. You can evaluate what you think about the benefits of space exploration.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Technology Education: Alternative Fuels Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
The object of this WebQuest is for you to research alternative fuels and figure out their benefits. Resources are provided as well as study questions to guide your quest.
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Ducksters: Quiz: Ancient Chinese Inventions and Technology for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Ancient Chinese Inventions and Technology Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Ducksters: Ancient China for Kids: Inventions and Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the inventions and technology of Ancient China to Europe such as paper, the compass, printing, and gunpowder on this site.
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Power Reporting: Computer Assisted Reporting in the Newsroom

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read about a 10-step program for implementing a workable program for using computers in the newsroom consistently and effectively. Journalism today is increasingly reliant on computer-based technology.
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Concord Consortium

Mobile Inquiry Technology: Decaying Batteries

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This investigation has students investigating and measuring the decay of batteries as their electric charges are used up in circuits.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: On Making Life Livable

For Students 9th - 10th
Being able to withstand heat and cold is a need shared by rich and poor alike. The author of this speech to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides an anecdotal history of climate...
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Sparticl

For Students 9th - 10th
Sparticl is a new web and mobile service for teens, a collection of the very best the web has to offer in science, technology, engineering, and math or STEM. Sparticl includes answers to science questions, images, videos, games, and...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Hedy Lamarr

For Students 6th - 8th
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today's WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth.
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Education World: Promoting Responsible and Ethical Digital Citizens

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article discusses ways teachers can train today's generation to be responsible and ethical life-long learners in the digital age. Topics include care of technology equipment, using reputable sites for studies and research, adhering...
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McGraw Hill

Read: Does Technology Make Us Lazy?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compare these two passages for some interesting ideas about how technology affects our lives. The questions that follow ask you to identify the main idea from either direct statement or inference.
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Global Schoolhouse: Harnessing the Power of the Web

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This online tutorial shows K-12 teachers how to harness the power of the World Wide Web for classroom use, and in particular for interaction, collaboration, distance education, cultural understanding and cooperative research -- with...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Getting Better

For Students 9th - 10th
The Virtual Museum of Canada invites you to visit Getting Better hospital, where you can interact with patients, health care workers, even germs! Or visit a dozen specialized rooms of the hospital and see what goes on there, from surgery...
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Npr: What Kind of Screen Time Parent Are You? Take This Quiz and Find Out

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An article and a quiz for parents on technology use by parents and kids. Includes a short interview with author Anya Kamenetz who wrote "The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life." [5 min.]
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Estimating and Counting Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The purpose of this lesson from the Illinois Institute of Technology is to review estimating and rounding to the nearest dollar as well as gain skills and practice in counting money. The learners will define the meaning of estimate and...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lab Activity: Tops

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Illinois Institute of Technology provides a lab activity on precession and spinning tops. Designed for primary grades, but easily adapted for any level. Includes directions and assessment ideas.
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Pbs News Hour: Apple's I Pod a Technological, Cultural Phenomenon

For Students 9th - 10th
Read or listen to a conversation in which the merits of the IPod are discussed. Any downside to the IPod? Many people feel technology has the capability to isolate individuals from society. What do you think?
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Odyssey of the Mind: Digging for Clues

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore archeology, dating methods, and the skills and technology needed to be an archeologist through the three activities provided. Activities require research of a historical period, class discussion and creative thinking.
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Nea Today: Your Computer Isn't Broken: Quick Tech Fixes for Students

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and display sixteen solutions for common quick technology fixes.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Legend of the Mummy's Curse Fact or Fiction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a technology-based, hands-on Biology instructional activity used to introduce the scientific method to students. Students will make a prediction on whether they think the curse is true or false. Students will listen to a podcast...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Technology Education: Hybrid Electric Vehicles (He Vs)

For Students 9th - 10th
What is an HEV and how can they help the environment? Follow this WebQuest and you will be able to answer those questions and more.

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