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Curated OER

Adding "Homeside" to "Schoolside" Learning

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in activities in order to improve their ability to work cooperatively in groups at school as well as with their family at home. They complete the activities at home with their family then discuss the results of the...
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Curated OER

Friendship in the Media

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss what characteristics friendship has and the traits that make people unique.  In this friendship lesson, 2nd graders talk about what friendship looks like in the media.  In groups, students think about the different...
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Curated OER

Developing Flags

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  Students examine why having a symbol such as a flag is important for countries.  In this flag instructional activity, students break into groups and create their own flag to represent their group dynamic.   
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Curated OER

Digital Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars participate in a game of scavenger hunt. In this teamwork lesson, students use clues to find hidden objects. Young scholars must work cooperatively to complete each task.
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Curated OER

Working With Environmental Issues

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students begin the lesson by completing a survey about how much and what types of water they drink on a daily basis. Using a worksheet, they calculate the amount of water an American uses each day and the amount their own family uses. In...
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Curated OER

Arthur Meets the President

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners read, Arthur Meets the President, and review the story using sentence strips and complete a book review activity with a partner.  In this reading skills lesson, students work on fact and opinion and master fluency with...
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Edgate

Why Map a Map?

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
After brainstorming reasons why Native Americans mapped their lands, your young critical thinkers will work together to review their ideas and determine the definition of a map. With today's extensive use of mapping technology and GPS...
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Curated OER

Co-Operation: Drama

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
For some schools, character-counts lessons are a big part of the curriculum. This resource focuses on following directions and the importance of being a cooperative team player. Learners role-play a variety of situations by being...
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Curated OER

Communication Technology

For Teachers 9th
While working in groups, learners refine the negative prints, floppy disks, and photographs they've been working on. They rotate to different stations on paper cutting, airbrushing, and computers. Special attention is placed on the...
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Curated OER

How Wind Works

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the process that creates wind. In this wind activity, 2nd graders create a wind diagram. Students write an essay to accompany their diagram.
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Curated OER

Dangerous Road: A Letter of Complaint

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Engage your English learners with this resource. To begin, learners describe a map to a partner. After a vocabulary exercise and a jumbled letter activity, pupils are asked to write their own letter. The letter reading and writing...
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Curated OER

Origami Ducks: Geometry, Listening, and Following Directions

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Make origami ducks with your class to reinforce geometry concepts and vocabulary; develop fine motor and visual translation skills; and enrich study of Japanese culture, the pond habitat, or migration. Create a whole group "worksheet"...
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Curated OER

Silent Movies: A Year 7 Scheme of Work

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Even an outline can give you enough information to execute an awsome project. The tasks for each of the seven weeks of this project are defined, as well as the objective and specific content facilitated through the project. Learners will...
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Kenan Fellows

Impacting the Risk of Falling: How Do Accelerometers Work?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young engineers consider how to apply accelerometers and sensors to help prevent falls in elderly people. They consider forces of motion and gravity as part of the engineering design process.
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University of Minnesota

Inquiry Cubes

For Teachers 5th - 12th
How do you teach kids to "science" effectively? Inquiry cubes are a "sort of" puzzle with no answer—promoting even more questions! Group members work together to use the evidence on the visible sides of each cube to infer what lies on...
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Nuffield Foundation

Working with Immobilized Enzymes or Microscopic Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Let the lab be a catalyst to learn about enzymes. Scholars create alginate beads filled with yeast. As part of an investigation into enzymes, they see how these beads provide a catalyst to the reaction of glucose into ethanol.
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Nemours KidsHealth

Diabetes: Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
After reading a series of articles that provide background information about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, class members design a meal plan and an activity plan for a weeklong summer camp for 5- to 8-year olds with diabetes. A second...
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Novelinks

So Far from the Bamboo Grove: Visual Vocabulary and List-Group-Label

For Teachers 7th - 12th
To make vocabulary words drawn from So Far from the Bamboo Grove memorable, class members select a word from the provided list and incorporate this word in a joke, story, or performance.
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Curated OER

Grouping Buttons

For Teachers K
Looking for a good instructional activity on counting and sorting? This instructional activity is worth a look! In this classification instructional activity, learners sort buttons by color, shape, shiny verses not shiny, or number of...
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K20 LEARN

What Do You Want To Talk About? Writing Dialogue

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
Pictures really do talk in a lesson that teaches young writers how to craft dialogues. Class members closely examine Grant Wood's American Gothic, imagine what the couple might think or feel, and put these words to paper, crafting a...
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California Department of Education

Learning About Myself

For Teachers 5th Standards
After completing an interest survey, peers group together based on similar likes. They work collaboratively to create a poster that highlights their interests. Groups share their finished products with the class. 
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Simplify Expressions and Solve Equations Using Two-Column Proofs

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Increase understanding of the algebraic properties and their importance. Scholars justify their steps as they simplify expressions and solve equations. They formalize their work as two-column proof.
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WindWise Education

Which Blades Are Best?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
If I change the length, will they work better? After brainstorming the variables of wind turbine blade design, groups choose one variable to isolate and test. The groups then present their data to the class in order for all to have the...
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California Department of Education

How to Succeed in Life

For Teachers 8th Standards
Is it possible that six simple traits lead to a happy, successful life? Part four of a six-part series of college and career readiness lessons examines the effects of character in determining success. Working groups discuss...

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