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Childnet International

Crossing the Line: Cyberbullying

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Members of the LGBTQ community are more likely to be bullied online than their peers—and bystanders who do nothing can be as problematic as the bullies themselves. Middle schoolers explore ways to protect themselves and others on the...
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Curated OER

What is April Fool's Day?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore humor by creating their own practical joke. In this April Fool's Day lesson, students read different situations in which practical jokes were taken too far. Students discuss their reactions to the jokes and identify when...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Weather and Seasons

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this weather and seasons worksheet, students read jokes about weather. Students look at 4 pictures and tell what season it depicts. This is intended to be an online activity, but may be completed with paper and pencil.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Dinosaur Jokes

For Students 5th - 7th
In this science worksheet, students use the key code found on the right to locate the answers to each of the bad dinosaur jokes. Then they write out the answer to the joke.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

April's Fools Day

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the activities associated with April Fool's Day. They read and explain the jokes and hoaxes from around the world using their own words. They create their own jokes that could be used on April 1.
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Curated OER

No Joke - My Voice Counts!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students respond to cartoons. In this social and cultural issues lesson, students examine how cartoons can be used to get a message across to the reader. After examining numerous cartoons, students create their own cartoon with a social...
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PPT
Curated OER

Humor and Psychology

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Get a chuckle from this presentation, which studies the types of humor in psychology and philosophy. The information provided would fuel a good conversation in your lecture, and the multitude of examples will get your class laughing. The...
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Curated OER

Humor Theories

For Teachers Higher Ed
Providing ample examples of humor in literature, psychology, and sociology, this presentation studies the concept and function of humor in society today. Covering what is classically "funny" and what is not, and why, the slideshow will...
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Curated OER

Political Humor

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Though slightly dated (around the 2008 Presidential election), the information and discussion points in this presentation about political humor are solid. Use the slides in your language arts class in a lecture about semantics, or in a...
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NOAA

Where There's Smoke, There's ...

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A remotely operated vehicle approaching a volcano was engulfed by molten sulfur where the plumes of fluids contained the highest concentrations of aluminum ever recorded. This isn't science fiction or an April fools joke, though it did...
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Curated OER

Ambiguity and Puns

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Get a giggle from this presentation about puns and ambiguity. From ad campaigns to old jokes to pictures of animals made out of vegetables, the slides are amusing, informative, and bizarre. The presentation spends more time providing...
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Curated OER

Computer Language

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
A thorough and engaging slideshow presentation discusses all things computer, from artificial intelligence programs to text messaging lingo. Computer science students will get a kick out of the examples for ELIZA, Otto Jesperson's...
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Curated OER

Humor in the Movies

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Lighten the mood in your film class (or film as lit class) with this amusing presentation. From pictures of Sacha Baron Cohen as his infamous character Borat to a play-by-play of jokes and exaggerated plot lines in many popular movies,...
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BW Walch

Creating Linear Equations in One Variable

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The example of two travelers meeting somewhere along the road has been a stereotypical joke about algebra as long as algebra has existed. Here in this detailed presentation, this old trope gets a careful and approachable treatment....
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American Chemical Society

Joseph Priestley, Discoverer of Oxygen

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you want to hear a joke about nitrogen and oxygen? NO. We all know there is oxygen in the air and that plants produce oxygen, but how was it discovered? Scholars read a handout, answer questions, and analyze material in the...
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Activity
It's About Time

Effect of Lenses on Light

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Optometry jokes just get cornea and cornea. Young scientists use a lens and light to create and measure focal points on both a note card and the wall. They then complete a reading passage and questions as homework. 
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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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Mr. E. Science

Chemical Reactions

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Once I told a chemistry joke, but there was no reaction. Get young chemists involved in changes and reactions with a presentation that begins with physical and chemical changes and chemical reactions. It moves on to chemical equations...
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Activity
It's About Time

Petroleum and Your Community

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
I was going to write a joke about oil, but it seemed crude. This lesson starts with a comparison of where the US gets oil from and how that has changed over time. After analyzing the data, scholars create a graph and use the Internet to...
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Science Geek

VSEPR and Molecular Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Many chemistry jokes have no reaction. Presentation begins by explaining what models are and the limitations of various forms before introducing the VSEPR model. Then it outlines the rules for creating a VSEPR model and shows examples of...
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Urbana School District

Vectors

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
I don't always make vector jokes, but when I do, IJK. Vector addition using multiple methods, scalar multiplication, vector subtraction, vector components, relative velocities, free body diagrams, and so much more Are covered in this...
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Science Geek

Periodic Tables

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Chemistry jokes only come up periodically, despite the fact that many different periodic tables have been used throughout history. Find out more about various versions in a presentation that includes information about the Mendeleev's,...
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Lesson Plan
Global Oneness Project

Clowning Around

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Being a clown is hard work — no joke! Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee's Laugh Clown Laugh, a short film about German clown Reinhard "Filou" Harstkotte, asks viewers to consider the various roles played by clowns and to consider the implications of...
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Noble Gases

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
It is best to avoid jokes about noble gases; they get no reaction. Scholars match the noble gases to their symbols and uses. Then they solve three gridlock puzzles reviewing the material while applying some simple logic.

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