Curated OER
Great Explorers
Pupils research an explorer and present a multimedia presentation on the explorer. In this United States explorers lesson plan, students watch a video about Lewis and Clark. Pupils use Google Earth to study their journey and keep a KWL...
ACT360 Media
Act Den: The Museum of Modern Technology
Informative, fun, and humorous tutorial that uses cartoon characters to provide an introduction to information technology. The tutorial covers operating systems/desktops, email, the world wide web, and networks.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Five Animals That Have Inspired Technology
Read about the influence five animals--kingfishers, whales, geckos, dogs and sharks--have had on modern technology.
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Skills: What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Modern Technology?
Describes the pros and cons of technology use with quotes and examples from students in Grades 1 to 4.
University of Southern California
Usc Viterbi School of Engineering:illumin: Worthy of Praise: Modern Flush Toilet
Article discussing the history of the modern flush toilet and the under-appreciated impact it has had on modern civilizations. Includes an animation showing how a flush toilet works.
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Brainspire: To What Degree Is Technology and Social Change Related?
Article discussing the impact of technology on different aspects of society. Looks at education, humanitarian needs, prevention of corruption, modernization, global technological shifts, Ogburn's theory of social change, the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Poet
This is an introduction to a modern poetry unit; it features links to poetry and technology standards and a list of key terms. The essential questions for the unit focuses on the characteristics of contemporary poetry, how poets use...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 20th Century and Modern Poetry: World War I
This lesson from a unit on 20th Century and Modern Poetry focuses on World War I and war poetry that resulted from the disillusionment and cynicism due to the high casualties and devastation. It features links to the Causes of World War...
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Asia Foundation: Information and Communication Technology for Development [Pdf]
A two-page overview of how this organization supports the growth of information and communication technology in Asia, what types of technology it promotes, and why it is such an important issue to the development and modernization of...
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Ceismc
The Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing is featured for their encouragement of students pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers and furthering teachers' training in the...
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Aeragon: The Us Civil War, the First Modern War
Wars seem to bring about an increase in experimentation and technology. The Civil War was no exception. Find out about the strides made in photography, underwater warfare, weaponry, communications, and aerial warfare. Interesting reading.
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
Ingenious: Science and Technology Images
This collection of images from Ingenious combines the collections of several museums - Science Museum, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, the National Railway Museum, the Science & Society Picture Library and...
BBC
Bbc History: Ancient History: Romans: Discovering Roman Technology
Article examines the technology the Romans brought with them when they invaded Britain in AD 43. From their missile-throwing machines to surveying materials and signaling flags, it's easy to see how the Romans quickly overtook the native...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Timeline
An interactive timeline of important events in medical technology history. Click on an event to read more about a notable event or famous person who studied medicine. Includes a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Counting Endangered Animals [Pdf]
This FYI for Kids (Volume 5, Issue 2) article focuses on counting endangered animals including how they count them and why. It uses two examples of the use of modern technology to count endangered animals: panthers and humpback whales.
BBC
Bbc: The Route of English
The Routes of English is a series of four six-week features on the development of English as a language, presented on BBC Channel 4 by host Melvyn Bragg. In addition, there are three special programs which deal with the language of the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Gary Wolf: The Quantified Self
Gary Wolf discusses how we use modern technology, more specifically gadgets and apps, to monitor our health and body. [5:11]
Read Works
Read Works: Presidents Come Alive
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about modern technology helping students to learn more about some of America's most notable presidents. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Modern Surveying Techniques
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to modern surveying techniques. Webpage includes twelve lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and...
Education Development Center
Center for Children and Technology: Picturing Modern America
Collection of visual resources designed to engage learners in historical thinking; that is, learning to think like historians. Activities and visuals focus on a forty-year period in American history, from 1880 to 1920, making relevant a...
Rudiments of Wisdom
Rudiments of Wisdom: Modern Architecture
Learn about modern architecture in a unique way. All of the fun-fact information is drawn in a cartoon style.
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Brno Univ. Of Technology: Modern Taylor Series Method
This site provides a detailed overview of the modern Taylor series method, including a focus on the computer simulation language TKSL/386.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Medical Technology
Many medicinal plants native to Africa found their way around the world and into modern medicine. Find out about five such plants at this informative site.
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Historical Society: Waging War: The Battlefront: The First Modern War?
Discusses some of the new military and other technologies that were used during the Civil War in Virginia.
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