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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply...
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Coin Box

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive game involving coins to learn basic money skills such as counting money, making change and identifying coins of different denominations
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Global America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Comprehensive teaching unit on globalization's influences on the political and social structure of America at the turn of the twenty-first century. Includes a look at how immigration has affected a changing America. Contains video and...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: How and Why Characters Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan examines and makes inferences into the change and development in characters. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Article
Time

Time: 5 Trends That Will Change How You Use Social Media in 2015

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at potential changes in 2015 in how people use social media. These include tools to make financial transactions, new types of networks, shopping features, social networking features on more smart devices, and the demand for more...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Find the Change

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this task, 8th graders work with linear functions and learn how to discuss and make calculations with slope and x- and y-intercepts. Aligns with 8.EE.B.
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Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Lesson 9: Changing Variables With Artist

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this lesson, students will explore the creation of repetitive designs using variables in the Artist environment. Students will learn how variables can be used to make code easier to write and easier to read. After guided puzzles,...
Article
Other

Deloitte Insights: Creating the Government of the Future

For Students 9th - 10th
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated - in some cases, by years - the advance of the future of government. By necessity, government's response to the pandemic resulted in rapid change of the sort generally not seen in the public sector. From...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: To Buy or Not to Buy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
While precise numbers are not known, it is believed the number of boycotts has grown markedly in the past fifty years. Consumers seem to be besieged by requests from special interest groups to refrain from buying certain goods and...
Handout
Other

Sustainable Scale: Ecosystem Functions and Services

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Authors make a case for the delicate state of equilibrium of an ecosystem. Also describes the important functions and services of ecosystems.
Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Urban Heat Islands: Hotter Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of three different types of heat islands and what happens to make cities warmer than some of their surrounding areas.
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University: Why Was the Valve Invented?

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Ericson holds firm to his beliefs that the valve was not invented as "a mere crook changing device." Dr. Ericson embraces the idea that the "co-inventors of the valve clearly intended to perfect the brass instruments by making them...
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US National Archives

National Archives: Lesson Plans Congress, the President, and the War Powers

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Examine the power of Congress to make war by studying primary source documents from various wars throughout U.S. history. Students will analyze how the balance of authority between the legislative branch and executive branch has changed...
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Plants in Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Plants grow and change on a time scale that is too slow for us to observe in real time. Time-lapse photography is a simple technique that allows us to see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living and...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Conferencing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Editing is a step that can often be overlooked in Kindergarten; however, it is crucial that our students understand how and why to go back and fix their writing! In this lesson, students will take suggestions from the teacher and their...
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Rong-Chang ESL

Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Water Under the Sink

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Water Under the Sink" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed questions,...
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Other

Core Plus: Discrete Mathematics

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
The Contemporary Mathematics in Context series provides a common core of broadly useful mathematics for all students. The discrete mathematics strand develops student ability to model and solve problems involving enumeration, sequential...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Detention or Eco Club: Choosing Your Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Growing up surrounded by gangs in South Central Los Angeles, Juan Martinez wasn't exposed to the great outdoors. One day in high school, he was given the life-changing choice between detention or Eco Club. He chose nature and has since...
Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Gender Inclusive Language

For Students 9th - 10th
This handout helps students understand both the need for gender-sensitive language in their writing, and ways to change their writing to make sure that it is gender-sensitive or gender-neutral.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Revolutionary Achievement: Yeomen and Artisans

For Students 5th - 8th
Perhaps the most revolutionary result of the American Revolution was the rise in importance in politics of the moderately wealthy artisans and yeomen. Read about why this was such an amazing change in the make-up of those involved in...
Article
Tufts University

Tufts University: Tufts Now: Five Big Ideas for Designing Today's Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
This article summarizes some key takeaways from a conference on urban design that was hosted by Tufts University. The author describes five innovative ideas for changing cities to make them more interesting and appealing. These include...
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Other

Colorado Creative Industries

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page for Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Office of Economic Development & International Trade. They support and encourage the innovators, creators, change-makers and dreamers who improve quality of...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Beaver

For Students 4th - 8th
The largest North American rodent and the only one with a broad, flat, scaly tail, the Beaver is now common and widespread, even in areas it did not inhabit during pre-colonial times. The modifications it makes to the environment by...
Article
Other

Japan Society: Framing Twentieth Century Japan: A Top Ten List

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay, by university professor William Tsutsui, itemizes ten themes that can help make the story of modern-day Japan understandable. Themes touch on a range of issues, including the changing role of women, technological advances, and...

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