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BBC

Walking with Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Breath new life into your class's study of dinosaurs with this extensive collection of materials. Offering everything from a printable T-rex mask, word searches, and connect-the-dots activities to informational handouts, hands-on...
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PBS

Democracy in Action: Freedom Riders

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
This is a must-have resource for every social studies teacher covering the civil rights movement. Through an engaging video and detailed viewing guide, young historians learn about the Freedom Riders, and discover how everyday...
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TryEngineering

Search Engines

For Students 3rd - 12th
Learn how to find things quickly and efficiently on the Internet. The lesson teaches how search engines work and how to efficiently use them. It includes an activity where groups develop search queries to find sites using given criteria.
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TryEngineering

Recursion: Smaller Sibling Pyramids

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Get siblings to do your work. Scholars learn how to perform summations of arithmetic sequences in an innovative instructional activity. They use iterations, smaller siblings (tail-end recursion), and the divide-and-conquer approach.
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TryEngineering

Graphics: Bits and Points

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
What can a mural teach pupils about computer science? The lesson has scholars create a mural on a wall to learn about bitmap and vector graphics. Along the way, they learn about the graphics coordinate system.
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TryEngineering

Give Binary a Try!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Digital, analog, and now binary clocks? The instructional activity teaches individuals how to interpret binary code. They use an online software program to read binary clocks.
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TryEngineering

Choose Your Best Way

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Find the best path through town. The activity teaches future computer programmers about networks and paths in graph theory. They develop a network of their towns to determine the most efficient path to visit each of their homes.
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Center for Learning in Action

Water—Changing States (Part 1)

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Here is part one of a two-part lesson in which scholars investigate the changing states of water—liquid, solid, and gas. With grand conversation and up to three demonstrations, learners make predictions about what they think will happen...
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Scholastic

Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
What's the difference between medical marijuana and marijuana bought on the street? Not much. High schoolers learn more about marijuana with an informational booklet that focuses on the medical uses of THC, how marijuana affects the...
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ISTE

The New Digital Citizenship

For Students 6th - 12th
Boost digital citizenship with an engaging infographic that promotes the importance of being a positive digital agent, self, and interactor.
Handout
Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alex Decoteau Edukit: Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Resource provides teachers with a series of eleven (11) lesson plans that surround the life of Alex Decoteau. All lessons can be downloaded and range from poetry to newspaper article activities.
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SEN Teacher

Sen Teacher: Free Special Needs Teaching Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides educators with the ability to create their own worksheet printables to enhance the educational experiences of students with a wide range of learning abilities. Also, find a collection of links, educational software...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: The Greatest Show on Earth (Starring Some of the World's Smallest Animals)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can download this teaching package that discusses insects and insect adaptations. Students will enjoy the hands-on activities described in the lessons. Teachers will appreciate the student handouts provided, as well as the list...
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Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Music, Film, Tv and the Internet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
While the internet plays home to a fantastic range of content, not all of this content is accessed legally. It can be challenging to encourage children and young people to change the source of their content, particularly if they are not...