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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Personal and Professional Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work together to improve their community while learning valuable life and employability skills. They will design and execute their own community service project. When the project is over, students will conduct a meeting and...
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Seminar Information Service

For Students 9th - 10th
If distance education is not your thing, the Seminar Information Service provides an easy search for live, in-person, training events.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Encouraging Student Motivation With Khan Academy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find tips to help students gain confidence in using Khan Academy, develop a growth mindset, establish a connection between learning and life, work collaboratively, celebrate success,
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Mindset

For Teachers 4th - 8th
What is the difference between a fixed and growth mindset? How can it affect how a person thinks and acts? Young scholars work on answering these questions and also work on solving problems in partners.
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Group Discussion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
We will all encounter situations where we need to work with a group of people, whether in class, business, or socially. This slideshow reviews the different types of groups and the roles each person plays in group discussions....
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Other

Gapminder: Dollar Street

For Students 1st - 9th
In this collection of 30,000 photos from 46 countries, students will be assess "how people really live" around the world. Students can compare bathrooms, toys, and more. Students will explore different cultures, economics, geography,...
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Lorea Martinez: 3 Steps to Increase Students' Self Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students (and adults) who can identify their strengths will be more likely to build on them to improve their areas of growth; they will probably have greater motivation and will be more self-confident. Here are 3 suggested steps to talk...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Repetitive Stress Injuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Repetitive stress injuries are a result of the overuse of a particular body part. This uncomfortable feeling can be treated and prevented. Learn what you can do in this article to avoid such an injury. Links to similar sites are also...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Female Athlete Triad

For Students 9th - 10th
The female athlete triad is composed of three disorders that all stem from a woman's obsession with how she looks. Conditions in this triad result in weakness and damage to one's body. This condition is outlined in a detailed manner in...
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Other

English Spanish Link: Creative

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers newspapers and magazines from various Spanish countries along with a tool bar that includes a spell checker, verb conjugator, Spanish and English dictionary, Spanish verbs and much more. Available in Spanish and English.
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Other

What I Have Learned: 8 Ways to Increase Student Motivation Through Goal Setting

For Teachers K - 1st
As educators, we realize the value of goal setting and are constantly encouraging our students to dream big and set goals. What we often forget is that unless we help them find their motivation, set up a plan, and identify supports they...
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Other

We Are Teachers: How to Do Goal Setting With Your Students This School Year

For Teachers K - 1st
There's no shortage of teachers doing innovative work around goal setting for students. This article is a compilation of favorite resources. Included are books to read to your class, a goal planning worksheet, classroom activities,...
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1499: Domesticating Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
This article names six factors that must exist in order for a species to be domesticated by humans. Includes analysis of diet, growth rate, breeding, personality, disposition, and social structure. This is a transcript of an accompanying...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Capital Investments: Human v. Physical

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson you will define human capital and understand why it is necessary for economic growth. Also, you will explore how people can increase their personal level of human capital.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 2.1: Narrative Essay

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to write a narrative essay by identifying the differences between descriptive and narrative essays, knowing the difference between autobiographical and...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Decisions and Goals

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a graphic organizer that will help students with goal setting. This graphic organizer with also help with understanding controversies, solving dilemmas, and making decisions.
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Other

Metrocosm: How We Share the World

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geographic interactive, students can visualize the world via the following six ways: GDP, government debt, population, births, wealth and billionaires.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Osgood Schlatter Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're an active teenager and you frequently experience pain in joints such as your knees, you may have Osgood-Schlatter Disease. Find out more about the signs, symptoms, and treatment in this article. Links to similar sites are also...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Why Exercise Is Wise

For Students 9th - 10th
Some people know that exercising is beneficial, but still find reasons why it isn't a priority. This article relates the importance of exercising and how it can improve your mind and body. Links to similar sites are provided as well.
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Other

Proud to Be Primary: Goal Setting for Kids Made Simple!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Goal setting is a lesson that should be revisited and worked on throughout life. Having something to focus on and work towards helps us to be productive human beings. It is our responsibility to teach these skills to children. This blog...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Urban Farming, Soil Science and Me

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson should be used within a service learning project to bridge three fundamental categories: community service, personal growth and course content.
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TES Global

Tes: Best Beginning to a School Year Ever

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module engages students in goal setting. A Power Point feauturing "famous failures" and goal setting activities are included.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Using Reflective Writing in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article discusses the use of reflective writing in class including the uses such as summarize what was learned, writing about what they read, and keeping a reflective journal and the benefits of reflective writing.