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PBS

Pbs Teachers: On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The 2001 Mark Twain Prize

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Teacher Resource from the Kennedy Center helps students examine where and how humorists derive the material presented to their audiences. Activities encourage students to analyze elements of humor and the style of entertainers, and...
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Rice University

Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook

For Students 9th - 10th
Many people cringe at the idea of studying statistics, but it doesn't have to be impossible! David M. Lane, Associate Professor of Psychology, Statistics, and Management at Rice University, offers a large collection of resources for the...
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Other

Banjo Tablatures

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site covers many aspects of bluegrass banjo music. It includes bluegrass news, information, history, trivia, and multimedia. Also includes lesson plans for banjo, sample tablatures, bibliographies, workshops, and...
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Other

Les Cles De L'actualite Junior

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the homepage for the magazine Les Cles de l'actualite JUNIOR, a magazine for 8- to 12-year old French-speaking children. Covers everything from current events to the environment to sports. Includes games and quizzes in the...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Birds

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site from Enchanted Learning can answer your questions about birds. What type of scientist studies birds? What is the fastest running bird? Which bird lays the largest birds' eggs? Come and find out the answer to these questions and...
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Sexual Harassment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this lesson plan to teach students what sexual harassment is, how to identify acts of sexual harassment, and how to respond to it. This lesson plan requires simple materials and Internet access, provides several questions useful for...
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University of Massachusetts

Aesop's Fables: "The Donkey and the Lap Dog"

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learn that sometimes not all jokes are funny in Aesop's tale "The Donkey and the Lap Dog." The story is offered in its traditional version as well as a more modernized rendition. Slideshow pacing encourages independent reading.
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University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh: Richard Feynman on Teaching

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features an excerpt of Dr. Feynman's views on teaching and research from his book, "'Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!' Adventures of a Curious Character".
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Guess Me

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication Guess Me, a book of jokes and riddles for children.
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Quia

Quia: Capitalization of Proper Nouns and Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice online quiz on polyatomic ions. The "joke" answers are a bit distracting, but the page is useful.
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Other

Mercer Mayer: Official Website of Little Critter

For Students K - 1st
This site is very easy to navigate with pictures of Little Critter. Look through Little Critter's favorite jokes and art work and read about the author of the Little Critter books, Mercer Mayer.
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Other

Nature Canada: Nature Watch: Frog Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
FrogWatch is a Canadian program that uses volunteers to record data about a variety of frog species across the country, and then submit their observations. Monitoring frogs provides valuable information about the health of ecosystems and...
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Other

Nature Canada: Connect With Nature: Worm Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
WormWatch is a Canadian program that uses volunteers to observe changes in the earthworms in their environments, and submit their observations. Monitoring earthworms provides valuable information about the health of local soils so that...
Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: Antarctica

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn some amazing facts about the coolest place on Earth, Antarctica. Explore a map and geography, science, animals, explorers, jokes, and more. Also contains a quiz to take.
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Other

Funology: The Science of Having Fun

For Students 3rd - 8th
See what the "science of having fun" is by learning jokes and "wacky facts", playing games, and trying magic tricks and simple recipes. Great ideas for enjoying science with classmates, friends, and family.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Chickens at Enchanted Learning

For Students 3rd - 5th
Chicken jokes, rhymes, printouts and educational information can be found on this site.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Sports/hobbies: Pronunciation/sonidos

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Spanish-speaking ELL tutorial practices sound recognition - contrasts short "ch" and "j" sounds as in "choke/joke". Great interactive listening comprehension exercises reinforce teachings. Site has a "Teacher's Lounge" for suggested...
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Other

Grammar Man Efl/esl Comics for Students and Teachers

For Students 9th - 10th
Creative blend of cartooning and ESL. Students can read the adventures of Grammarman -- where they help Grammarman right evil grammar wrongs -- or do a WebQuest on how to create their own cartoons and submit them to the student gallery....
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Other

Ow Lkids Online

For Students Pre-K - 1st
OWLkids publishes magazines for children. On their blog, they post activity ideas, videos, contests, interviews, jokes, and more.
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PBS

Pbs: Zoboomafoo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A family friendly site that offers interesting facts, games and activities on animals.
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Other

Pay the Piper: The Violin & the Viola

For Students 6th - 8th
This informative article on the violin and viola includes the advantages and disadvantages of choosing to play one of these instruments. This website includes information on playing, maintaining, and repairing the violin and viola....
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Other

Speaking Effectively: Beginning and Ending the Talk

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Prepare each part of your speech or presentation according to these guidelines. This page walks you through several different kinds of speeches.
Handout
PBS

Classics for Kids: Dmitri Kabalevsky

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short biography of Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.
Handout
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Anecdote/definition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good extensive definition of "anecdote" and the origin of the word.

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