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National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Brain Power! The Nida Junior Scientist Program

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This program uses scientific techniques to examine how drugs effect the brain. Its ultimate goal is to present learners with the negative effects of substance abuse and show the benefits of staying substance free. Each of the lessons...
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Live Wire Media

Good Character: Character Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is loaded with resources for developing and maintaining a character education program in your school, class or team. It includes information on service learning, ethics in the workplace and leading class discussions as well as...
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Other

The Asvab Program: Exploring Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program provides tools developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) to help high school and postsecondary students across the nation learn more about career exploration and planning. Explore personal skills,...
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Globe

The Globe Program: Biosphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
A learning guide about the biosphere. Includes information about the National Science Education Standards. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Other

Ed Surge: Can Anyone Be an Inventor? Mit's Invention Education Officer Says Yes

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is part of The EdSurge Podcast. Today, there are plenty of middle and high school students who have developed solutions to major economic and social challenges, ranging from health care and transportation to agriculture and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Plans: Teaching Programming in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
See how a teacher adds social components to make using Khan Academy a success.
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University of Guelph

University of Guelph: 2007 G H Computer Programming Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes a description of a programming competition using Greenfoot.
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Social Security Administration

Social Security Administration: Social Security Educator Toolkit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans with ancillary materials; covers the whats, whys, hows of Social Security.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Liftoff Into Space

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners learn about the history of space exploration and what is happening in the current space program.
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EL Education

El Education: Earth, Wind and Fire

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Third grade students at World of Inquiry, School #58 created this set of cards as part of an expedition on natural disasters. To create their card, each student researched and wrote a descriptive summary on a specific natural event; each...
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Connecticut Educational Media Association (Cema)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
CEMA is an association of school library media specialists that seeks to promote "the general public educational library media programs in Connecticut" and encourage "professional development of media personnel and instruction." Its...
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Give Water a Hand

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
National watershed education program engaging young people in environmental service projects. Download their free Action Guide and Leader Guidebook to get your class started on a community service project to help the environment. Action...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Understanding Tsunamis

For Students 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about the devastating effects of tsunamis. This site features video segments revealing the devastation tsunamis can cause and how tsunamis are formed.
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Horstmann: Java Language Coding Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th
A coding style guide for the Java programming language that has been used successfully in education and industry alike.
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Other

Vanguard Group: My Classroom Economy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
My Classroom Economy provides programs appropriate to all grade levels K-12. Each program carries on throughout a school year, and while it involves some class time, that time is minimal. Throughout the grades, students learn financial...
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PBS

Pbs Newshour: The Gi Bill's Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Jim Lehrer, on his NewsHour program, offers an extensive interview with several historians discussing the impact of the GI Bill in transforming American society. Read what Stephen Ambrose, Doris Kerns Goodwin, Haynes Johnson, and Michael...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Take Their Word for It!

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Students learn how scientific terms are formed using Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes, and on that basis, learn to make an educated guess about the meaning of a word. Students are introduced to the role played by metaphor in...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Dictator for a Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a lesson plan for better student understanding of life in ancient Rome. Students experience and analyze the pros and cons of a dictatorship.
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Other

Arkansas School Boards Association

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In addition to names of board members and legislators, the site provides updates on current state issues like vouchers, links to various bills before the legislature, and information on other aspects of the state's educational program.
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Other

National Association of School Nurses

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of an association of professional nurses working in school settings. Educational, professional, and research resources are available. These include a newsletter, currently published articles, and current and past journal...
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EL Education

El Education: Bacterium Weekly

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Middle school students from the North Kirkwood Middle School in Kirkwood, Missouri, created this scientific magazine as part of a study of bacteria. After doing background research, a small group of students created this magazine to...
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E Toys

For Students 9th - 10th
A wiki description of EToys and how they work with the Squeak programming language.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Dna Rna Protein

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrations and data, viewers will understand either basic or advanced levels of DNA replication, RNA transcription, and protein translation. Click on images to move through this interactive program.
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Foreign Policy Association

For Students 9th - 10th
The FPA is an "organization founded in 1918 to educate Americans about significant world issues that have an important impact on their lives." Gives students an opportunity to take part in activities through the Great Decisions program.

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