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Cast: What Is Universal Design for Learning (Udl)?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about Universal Design for Learning, which uses new brain research and new media technologies to respond to learner differences. Check outcome suggestions of how to use UDL and easily integrate various forms of technology into the...
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Characteristics and Behaviors of the Gifted

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a large amount of information on the behavior of gifted individuals. Different sections include: Identifying the Gifted, recognizing Characteristics of Gifted Children, Learning Characteristics, Creative Characteristics,...
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E Notes: How Can Culture and Values Affect Socialization?

For Students 9th - 10th
A look into the approaches different cultures have, in this case, Japan vs. America, in relationship to developing socialization in children. What matters most in one society often carries a different value in another.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Examples of Discrimination in Society Today

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes some different types of discrimination and where they can be found.
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Teach Engineering: Compare Fabric Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will look at different types of fabric and their respective individual properties. Using a magnifying glass and sandpaper they will test and observe the weave of fabrics and the wear quality of sample fabrics. By comparing the...
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My Science Box: Ecosystem Organization

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, young scholars will learn about the different levels in the hierarchy of ecology and explain the relationships: organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere. They will also discover why different...
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Planet Dinosaur

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Planet Dinosaur has a great deal of information about individual dinosaurs, as well as dinosaur videos, coloring pages, articles, news items, anatomy, classification and history. There is also a dinosaur glossary and a whole section...
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Globe Trottin' Kids: Sharing Many Cultures in the Elementary Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Tips for implementing a culturally responsive classroom are provided on this site. Cultural norms will be celebrated via the resources provided.
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Pbs Teachers: Volcanoes of the Deep

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discuss how individual organisms and groups of organisms interact with each other, and research and classify symbiotic relationships between individual organisms of different species.
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Spitzer Science Center: Kepler's Supernova Remnant

For Students 9th - 10th
This image, titled "Kepler's Supernova Remnant: Views from Chandra, Hubble and Spitzer" features six individual pictures of Kepler's supernova taken with different types of equipment (x-rays, infrared, etc). The text under the image...