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Application

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students apply and generalize data, and prepare and present an oral presentation with a visual aid.
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Local Heart Rates

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students determine the type of data needed to test their inferences. As homework, they check and record heart rates of fellow students, teachers and family members. During their next class period, students enter all data into the database.
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Selecting the Focus of the Neoclassicism/Romanticism Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and flesh out an area of particular interest to them in the field of N/R for the purpose of developing and submitting a more in-depth project on that area of interest.
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Story Assignments

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students choose their beats and decide what areas of school and community news they cover.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Final Reports

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students write reports of their research findings to be shared with friends and families. They develop their reports into web pages for publication on the Internet.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Oral Histories

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students conduct oral histories of family members to explore their cultural and ethnic heritage after developing a set of research questions.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit:

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students conduct secondary source research using the internet and library resources to research the backgrounds of their family's cultural and ethnic heritages.
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Rob Router Learns How to Communicate Again

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Pupils participate in a HyperTerminal and router simulator activity that is installed on a PC.
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Website Publishing

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students visit the student-created John Schick's Virtual Ellis Island Museum website. They evaluate the sorts of research the students carried out to create their site, how they structured the site, and what sort of information and...
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Immigration Explorations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students visit John Schick's Virtual Ellis Island Museum in order to complete research and evaluate how students created their site, how they structured the site, and what sort of information and graphics they included. This list is...
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Air Born

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students make wings that produce enough lift to fly a hand held styrofoam glider.
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State Report

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create a state report/ presentation. They research U.S. state information using the Internet and retrieve information about specific topics (Individual States in the USA) using technology resources.
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Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Computer Buying Help

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of Computer Hope is designed to help users understand and make better decisions when purchasing computer hardware, software and computers. Be sure to review the section 'Buying locations' which gives you tips and what to...
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Network and Computer Systems Administrator

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about careers for computer systems analysts, computer engineers, and computer scientists. Includes information about the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training, job outlook,...
Handout
University of South Florida

School Networks: Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive glossary on networking terms.
Website
Other

Cross Platform Network Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial with information on networking Windows and Mac Operating system computers. Includes hardware, and protocols.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site makes available the second part of a textbook on computer system design. The chapters cover topics such as fault tolerance, networking, consistency and information security.
Article
Other

Tech Soup: Networking 101: Concepts and Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Starts with a simple definition of a network and then explores the components of a network, how a network works, types of networks, communication protocol, and hardware.
Handout
Other

Open.edu: The Operation of Lan and Wan Hardware and Protocols

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the operation of LAN and WAN hardware and protocols.
Handout
University of South Florida

Florida Center for Instructional Technology: What Is Networking Hardware?

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable network map shows information on the types and uses of networking hardware. Very basic introduction.
Handout
Tech Target

Tech Target: What Is?

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive online dictionary for thousands of the most current IT-related words. Browse alphabetically or by catagories like "Software," "Internet," "Computing fundamentals," "Networking" and more.
Website
Other

Unisys

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all you need to know about Unisys at this site. You can get the latest news about the company, find out about career opportunities, learn about their services, software, and hardware available, and a lot more.
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What Is Networking Hardware?

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable network map shows information on the types and uses of networking hardware. Very basic introduction.
Handout
Other

Fas: Strategic Assessment: The Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
A strategic assessment of the role that the Internet is playing in the political process of America. The article looks at trends and makes predictions. Although geared toward the Department of Defense, the article is very comprehensible...