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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Comparing Sizes of Microorganisms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create models of microbes to scale, and compare their sizes and shapes. A 'Microbe Scaling Chart' is provided. The lesson and a set of PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. An accompanying instructional video is 6 min. 39 sec.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading: Literature: Compare and Contrast Settings

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
To comprehend a story, students need to be able to compare and contrast the setting. Learn how to compare and contrast setting in this reference article.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 2 Circles

For Students K - 1st Standards
A printable Venn diagram to use when comparing and contrasting two things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Comparing Properties of the Mean and Median

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Through the use of technology, students can investigate how the mean and median of a set of date compares when values the data changes.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring the World of Cinderella Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Students will read three different Cinderella tales, including tales from Africa, China, and America. Upon completion of a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences of these tales, the students will complete and present...
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Sea Urchin Development: Core Lab Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 10th
See sea urchins as they develop. A complete set of instructions for a lab in developmental biology. Excellent supporting material is provided, including troubleshooting information.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Fairy Tales Around the World

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This collection of activities gives learners a chance to discover and compare fairy tales from around the world. It provides a wealth of links to resources, printable diagrams, discussion questions and the like.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Two Mediums, One Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Comparing the treatment of setting in "The Most Dangerous Game" and a movie clip. RL.9-10.7 analyze 2 media
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Speaking, Listening and Writing Compound Contrasting Sentences

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will be answering text-dependent questions in which they will have to describe the differences between the different characters, settings, and major events in our stories using complex contrasting sentences. The students will...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Dilations and Distances

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to study the impact of dilations on distances between points. Aligns with G-CO.A.2.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.1,2,3 Speed Trap

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A statistically-minded state trooper wondered if the speed distributions are similar for cars traveling northbound and for cars traveling southbound on an isolated stretch of interstate highway. Students will use the data collected by...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Discussing "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs"

For Teachers 1st
In this lesson, 1st graders will work with "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" Jon Scieszkaby. They will describe the characters, setting, and key details in the story and help the teacher record the details on a circle map.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Pounding Papyrus: Ancient Egyptians Made Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
In this materials science fair project, students will make a sheet of papyrus paper, and compare its tensile strength to that of common pulp paper. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mice Rule! (Or Not)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationships between genetics, biodiversity, and evolution through a simple activity involving hypothetical wild mouse populations. First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tea Statistics: Measures of the Spread of the Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains the different measures of center, variability, etc. that are used to describe the spread of statistical data. Includes examples and practice exercises.
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Davidson College

Davidson College: Sizes of Atomic Orbitals

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a Java applet, sets of atomic orbitals are compared with different quantum numbers in order to compare the orbital sizes.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Defining Reflections

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to compare and contrast the visual intuition we have of reflections with their technical mathematical definition. Aligns with G-CO.A.4.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Immigration: Projecting Maps, Making Representations

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource compares four different world maps. The goals are to encourage critical thinking about maps as representations and to show how maps influence the ways in which one conceptualizes the world.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Transnational Social Networks: Historically & Today

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource compares oral history and in-depth interviews from two different areas and periods of immigration to the United States. Its goal is to complicate notions of migration as a unidirectional and permanent activity.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Discussing "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Today we are picking apart this story and discussing it in great detail so that we can set the foundation for our comparing and contrasting activity on our Day 3 lesson.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Are Viruses Dead or Alive?

For Students 9th - 10th
Are viruses alive or dead? How do we determine whether something is alive? Let's compare viruses to the 7 criteria researchers have set to determine if something is alive.
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Indoor/outdoor Residential Water Use in California

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare data about indoor and outdoor residential water use in northern and southern sites in this infographic from KQED and the California Single Family Water Use Efficiency Study. The accompanying classroom activity helps students find...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Emperor's New Clothes: Text

For Students 5th
This is adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes" in text format.

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