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Star Patterns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create constellation maps and record their own legends of how constellations came into existence. After observing the sky at night, 3rd graders discuss star maps, read previously recorded legends on the origin of stars. ...
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Curated OER

Technology: Rating Inventions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders brainstorm a list of inventions used daily. They use Kidspiration to create a web with inventions in the middle. Students choose three inventions from the web and rank them according to interest.
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Curated OER

Creating Powerpoint Presentations

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create Powerpoint presentations to explain their ideas about inventions. They include research information they have collected on the slides and choose background colors and fonts to use.
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Curated OER

What is a Pest?

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners investigate whether rabbits should be considered pests even though they make good pets. They extend this to determine what, when, and where other organisms are considered to be pests, and examine why the concept of a pest is a...
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Curated OER

Plants Reproduce and Grow in Various Ways

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders take a walk around the outside of the school and examine their clothing to see if they picked up any seeds while on their walk. They discuss how seeds travel and how a new plant thus can form. They then observe root...
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The Giant Cell

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After actively participating in a unit on cells, the students act out and become the organelles. They will act out and explain the functions of what each of the organelles do for the cell.
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Curated OER

Advertisers Tread Lightly; Quietly Encouraging Consumers To Spend Again

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars analyze how one national company responded to the tragedy incorporating special message into its advertising. They are to attain knowledge of advertising as it relates to current events.
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Curated OER

Scientific Theories

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders compare and contrast how different models can be used to represent scientific understandings. They evaluate the use of data when considering scientific claims. Students debate a variety of socio-scientific issues and the...
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Curated OER

Creating a School Web Site

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create websites for their school. They work in groups as a web team and devise a self-management plan. As they work on projects reflecting school life, the team edits what may appear online as the school's web site. Writing...
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Unit Plan
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Short Stories: The Puzzle Pieces of Life

For Teachers 9th
Students distinguish the elements of fiction in a short story. In this fiction elements lesson, students complete nine lessons of activities to learn about the elements of fiction in short stories.
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Worksheet
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Japan, France to Develop Super-Concorde

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL activity, students read the given article and its presented vocabulary throughout.  Students respond to 51 short answer, matching, true/false, and fill in the blank questions.    
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sow Bug Habitats

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers conduct an experiment to determine what type of environment sow bugs prefer. They use petri dishes with partially wet paper towels to assess whether they prefer wet or dry habitats.
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Cardiovascular Homeostasis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop and conduct an experiment to answer the question," How does cardiovascular exercise affect the pulse rate?". They record the changes to heart rate during different levels of exercise.
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Destination Reading

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading skills and comprehension through the use of computers and the educational software "Destination Reading" provided by Riverdeep in this self-directed lesson.
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Holiday

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in a lesson about holidays. They create a holiday windsock and decorate it with illustrations that symbolize different days. The information for the decorations is found through conducting research and discussing...
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Lesson Plan
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Erutan

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners discuss that governments exist for many purposes. They describe that governments maintain social order, provide public services, provide national security, manage conflict, establish justice, and manage resources.
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Article
Other

Constructing Critical Literacy Practices Through Technology Tools and Inquiry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This journal article examines how the use of technology has helped to promote critical thinking and creativity. The article includes examples specifically focused on Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451."
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Activity
University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow: Critical Reviews

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is designed to be used by psychology students at the university level, but it provides helpful instruction for anyone writing critical reviews of non-fiction. Instruction includes everything from how to be critical to...
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Article
Virtual Salt

Virtual Salt: Introduction to Critical Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to the concept of Critical Thinking examines the true definition and gives examples where it can be used as a constructive force.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Constructive Criticism

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Constructive Criticism."
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Giving and Receiving Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides three links on the topic of giving and receiving criticism. They are as follows: Cultural differences in approaching criticism; Be positive, specific, objective, and constructive; and techniques for accepting...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using Egg Drop Activity to Promote Critical Thinking and Analysis Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this multi-lesson plan hands-on inquiry activity, students will develop their critical thinking skills by designing and constructing an apparatus that will permit an egg to survive a nine foot fall. Given limited materials, they will...
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Other

Critical Reading: The Noun Phrase

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Part of a larger site on "The Fundamentals of Critical Reading and Effective Writing," this section on the noun phrase discusses pre-modifiers, post-modifiers, pronouns, construction of phrases, and more.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Harmless Holder

For Students 3rd - 8th
Design and construct an environmentally safe holder for a six-pack of cans that is sturdy and easy to carry.

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