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National Geographic

Australia, Antarctica, and Oceana

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Go on a traveling adventure throughout Australia, Oceana, and Antarctica! This textbook excerpt offers a full unit of study that can easily be supplemented by extra projects or research materials. Learners study maps, read about...
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Gwinnett County Public Schools

Analysis of the Tuck Everlasting and The Birchbark House Text Exemplars

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Looking to introduce some text-based questions into your ELA lessons? Practice the kinds of skills the Common Core demands with the seven text-based questions and the essay prompt provided here. Designed to be a three-day lesson, day one...
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Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Adventure on the High Seas

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students learn how to create animated waves in an ocean setting and then compose a high seas story.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Stowaway Adventure Project

For Students 9th - 10th
For this project students will learn how to track a real ship across the ocean and use real time marine data, including weather patterns, to predict when it will reach its destination. Teachers have the additional option of enrichment...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Much of Human History Is on the Bottom of the Ocean?

For Students 9th - 10th
Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren't just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean's surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time. Peter...