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Microsoft

Variables

For Teachers 6th - 8th
You won't want to replace the resource with anything else. Future computer scientists use Minecraft to learn about variables in computer coding. They engage in several activities to master the variable code block, then apply it in an...
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Discovery Education

Satellite Telemetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Satellites require rockets to launch, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand them. Future engineers learn about how satellites send data to Earth and how to interpret satellite images. They see how radio waves play a role...
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Visualizing Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Investigate vectors in standard positions and use the CellSheet application on the TI calculator to find the sum of two vectors. Convert from polar to rectangular coordinates and vice versa, and show graphs of the vectors.
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Influence and Outliers

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Using the TI-Nspire calculator, statisicians identify outliers and their effect on the least-squares regression line. In finding the line of best fit, they determine what points will affect the least squares regressions and what points...
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Regions of the United States

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Your learners practice writing ideas on paper and logically presenting them in an organized manner. They brainstorm ways to write down ideas while creating a travelogue about a particular U.S. geographic region. When they present...
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Tune Up Your Ears!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discuss meaning of pitch, listen for different sounds in classroom, hallway, and outdoors, and listen to sounds played on piano and on computer to determine high or low pitch.
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Peak Flow Meter Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of lung capacity. They use flow meters to measure the maximum capacity of themselves and others. The data is collected in order to make some conclusions concerning the mean of individual lung capacity....
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Portfolio Reviews

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the steps needed to put together a teaching portfolio. They collect artifacts to accompany the portfolio and then present them as a part of a cumulative project grade. Some students may...
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A Day at the Beach

For Teachers 1st
Student read Sheryl Wilson's story, "A Day at the Beach" while classifying items they find. They design a chart of the items before using educational graphing software to create a graph.
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Assessment and Evaluation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils model creating level appropriate lesson plans. Using a matrix, students develop a lesson plan with various technological resources. Pupils videotape their presentation and write a self narrative reflection evaluation.
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Authoring Stories for Guided Reading

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students in a teacher education program write their own children's book. Using books already written, they review age appropriate for their grade level placement. They write their own story and illustrate it using various software...
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Personal Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research important personal fitness and sport concepts through note taking, internet research, data collection, and the website Quia. Development of concept maps are also encouraged.
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Understanding Cell Division

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect and describe cells from an onion root tip which are undergoing the stages of cell division. They use a ProScope USB microscope to identify and compare cells in five phases of mitosis.
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Meet Your New eBuddy

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students are introduced to the eBuddies laptop system. Using the technology, they create a new Word document and practice using a mouse. Opening a new window from Internet Explorer, they view an appropriate site which allows them to...
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"You're Hired!'

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Students investigate linear programming using the TI. In this algebra instructional activity, students collaborate and graph linear inequalities on a TI. They analyze their data and present it to the class.
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Reflections

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners explore reflection of polygons on a coordinate plane. They examine the relationships that exist between corresponding points and sides. 
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Mystery Powders

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars collect microscopic images from a variety of chemical specimens to determine the identity of a mystery powder. They use a ProScope Digital USB Microscope to describe and compare the crystal size and shape of the chemicals.
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Case Tools

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Pupils use CASE Tools in order to develop skills that are relevant in the world of technology and business. They will practice the new skills in mock type of projects that are relevant to real life scenarios.
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Literature and Telecommunications

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read a novel and write short journal entries about the characters, setting and interesting facts. Using email, they share their responses to the novel with other students at a different school. Student also create slide...
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What would Monet do with a digital Camera?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students take ditigal pictures of any subject. Using Photoshop Elements, students organize and save their pictures. They edit the pictures using a Paint Dabs filter. Students discuss their photographs and how photography influenced the...
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Watershed Documentary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct research and collect data about a local watershed area. They create an iMovie showing the human and natural impacts on the creek and watershed areas.
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State Issues: The Native People of Hawaii

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research issues about their state and community. They work in groups to create a multi-media presentation highlighting the issues.
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Travel Brochure

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Use the Internet to find facts about the planets. Cooperative groups design a travel brochure for a planet. They use a desktop publishing program to create the travel brochure.
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Analyzing Soil Samples

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students grow grass or radish seeds in this experiment, which takes three to four weeks to complete. They become familiar with basic soil analysis techniques, as well as, explore the importance of analyzing soil samples.

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