Curated OER
Looking into Eratosthenes' Radius of the Earth
Students, in small groups, research Eratosthenes and his calculations of the Earth's radius. They write a summary of the person, the experiments and his calculations to determine how accurate Eratosthenes was in his estimations of the...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Sharing Google Docs and Slides With Students
The Kennedy Center Digital Learning lessons now use Google Docs and Google Slides to match the tech-savvy skills of both the learner and instructor. Having some familiarity with these digital tools prior to implementation will improve...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using Google Docs to Write for Audience
Learners write and digitally publish a weekly newsletter using Google Docs. The content will be a synthesis of interesting issues from their class as well as some outside news and issues which directly impact students. The target...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Creating a Book Review Using Google Books
Technology-based lesson plan for a High School English class, incorporating Google Books and Google Docs. Students will choose a book to review, read the book, research other reviews of the same book, and then use Google Docs to create...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Google Docs
In this tutorial, learn how to use this free cloud-based program for creating professional documents.
Google
Google: Understanding Search Engines: Keys to Search City
A presentation from Google on how the Google search engine works and how to structure a search query. For more advanced users.
REMC Association of Michigan
Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 4. Suite Tools
In this learning module, students learn how to use Microsoft Word and Google docs, both in the cloud. They will create and format documents and learn how to share them with others so that they can collaborate on projects and assignments....
Google
Google for Education: Applying Discrete and Continuous Data in a Map
Using various tools, student will be able to analyze and calculate the amount of urban open space available in their city.
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Brookfield High School: Lesnansky's Control Center: Cool Google Tricks
In this instructional activity, learners will read an article that defines ways to improve the Google Search process to get better, more accurate results, and then write a short essay defining what new skills have been learned. The...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Comparison of Puritan Authors
This lesson is meant to directly follow "A Comparison of Puritan Authors and Their Viewpoints on God and the Devil." Students are introduced to the basic concept of Bloom's Taxonomy of Knowledge, and then asked to apply the taxonomy to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Comparison of Puritan Authors
Young scholars in teacher-selected groups of two will create a presentation on Puritan authors using Google Docs. Student groups will compare authors Anne Bradstreet and Jonathon Edwards. Students will support their comparisons through...
Google
Google for Education: What Is Data
The purpose of this lesson is to show students what data is and how prevalent it is in their lives They also learn how to use data to make informed decisions. These activities are an excellent way to introduce the year as students are...
Google
Google for Education: Modeling the Genome Using Computational Thinking
Some example problems where students model biological phenomena with computational thinking in order to make predictions and better understand their world.
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Google for Education: Introduction to Python
An introduction to the program, Python. Students learn about the programming language used to create programs that tell computers, step-by-step, how to solve problems.
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Google for Education: Modeling Projectile Motion Using Computational Thinking
In this demonstration, learners see how they can model the phenomenon of projectiile motion with computational thinking in order to make predictions and better understand the concepts.
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Google for Education: Model Electron Configuration Using Computational Thinking
With this demonstration, students will learn to use computational thinking to better understand how the atomic number of an element affects how its electrons are configured.
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Google for Education: Correlation vs Causation
In this lesson, students will test the strength of a correlation and discern whether or not a law or conclusion can be made based on that correlation. Students will see the threshold commonly accepted for correlating data and test their...
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Google for Education: Cell Biology: Filter Design and Construction
Students participate in a simulation which shows the movement of molecules across a cell membrane so that they understand passive and active cell transport. Students also use computational thinking skills by developing systems based on...
Google
Google for Education: Exploring Your Environment
Students act as data collectors who gather different types of information about various things in the environment. Students then organize the data in a table and reflect on the possible uses of this data.
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Google for Education: Data Aggregation and Decomposition (Excel)
By using Microsoft Excel, students collect, decompose, and re-aggregate class data. Students use computational thinking skills by decomposing long lists of information and writing basic algorithms to help analyze data.
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Google for Education: Cell Biology: Filters
Learners learn the characteristics that comprise a filter, and then use their computational thinking skills to design their own filters. The goal is to ultimately learn how these filters are related to many biological processes.
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Google for Education: Sorting Data
In this example students use data collected from their class and learn to sort it before calculating the mean, median, and mode. Additionally, students learn how to use spreadsheet functions to sort based on different criteria, leading...
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Google for Education: Ciphering a Sentence
In this lesson, the students have a goal to map each alphabet letter to a number in the range 1-26. They use some simple rules to create this mapping and then use this mapping to encode a sentence.
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Google for Education: Ratios and Proportions
Learners use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and math problems by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.