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Social Studies: Bullying Prevention Program

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners, after researching bullying, develop plans to help younger students combat it. They organize programs to present to learners in lower grades. Students create brochures about bullying to hand out during their presentations.
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Radio Program #2: Ethnic Mix

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars examine patterns of migration into the area. They complete various map activities and interviews. Students partake in family histories as well. On a map of Europe, identify the countries of immigrant origin mentioned in...
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Radio Program #7: The Impact of Early Radio

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine and interpret the experiences of persons who lived in the early days of radio. identify the technology, program content, and social aspects of early radio listeners. They interview parents for their experiences. Students...
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Journalism: Foreign Language Summer Program for Teens

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research the new Foreign Language Academy and other free summer programs at colleges for teens. They write features stories about the opportunities and interview deans and university officials. Students also interview school...
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Khan Academy

Challenge: SmileyFace

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Two smiley faces are better than one. The interactive lesson challenges pupils to use methods to alter a program to make it more efficient. Individuals use the new code to create multiple smiley faces that speak. The engaging activity is...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Convict Leasing in Alabama: a System That Re-Enslaved Blacks After the Civil War

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The post-Civil War convict leasing program, rarely covered in textbooks, is the focus of a lesson that asks class members to use information drawn from primary source documents to assess the program. While the focus is on Alabama's...
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School Improvement in Maryland

Smart Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
New roads, new businesses, new developments, new mass transit systems. All growth has both positive and negative effects on communities. Government classes investigate the principles of Maryland's 1997 Smart Growth program and the...
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American Institute of Physics

The Physicist's War: Dr. Herman Branson and the Scientific Training of African Americans during World War II

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The mobilization of soldiers for World War II resulted in a worker shortage in the defense industries, especially in the fields of physics and other sciences. The Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program (ESMWT) was...
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School Improvement in Maryland

Socio-Economic Goals of the Government

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Equity. Increased productivity. Price stability. Environmental protection. Decreased poverty. Governments establish socio-economic goals and then must design and fund programs to address these goals. Groups investigate various programs...
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EngageNY

The Graph of a Function

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Mathematics set notation can be represented through a computer program loop. Making the connection to a computer program loop helps pupils see the process that set notation describes. The activity allows for different types domain and...
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NASA

Explore Mars With Scratch

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn what it takes to explore Mars in the comfort of a classroom. Individuals experiment with computer programming using a free online resource while learning about the factors affecting Mars Rover explorations. They create a...
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New Deal Programs: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research New Deal programs. In this Great Depression lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the effects of the depression and how WPA programs and other New Deal programs impacted people's...
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Microprocessor Programming

For Students Higher Ed
In this programming worksheet, students identify the different flag status. They write short answers to 2 questions that follow.
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Boot Camp Fitness Program

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a CNNfyi.com article about boot camp workouts and define how it is different than other workouts. They research different workout types.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 2--Grade 7 (2005)

For Students 7th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, 7th graders listen to an article and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay response and identify grammatical mistakes in paragraphs.
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Computer Science Unplugged

Harold the Robot — Thinking About Programming Languages

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Get young programmers thinking about programming languages with an activity that asks class members to craft directions for one person (teacher, another adult, or a class mate) acting as a robot. Participants direct the robot to...
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App
Krzysztof Haft-Szatynski

Move the Turtle

For Students 1st - 9th
Turtles are not known to be speedy movers, but have you ever tried to get them to move in a specific direction? How about getting them to move in a perfect circle? With this app, young computer programmers have to be on their toes to...
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Challenge: Tasty Tomato

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Take a big bite out of the red tomato by practicing your use of the variables mouseX and mouseY in a JavaScript coding task. The activity will guide you step-by-step and will help young coders understand how to draw objects based on the...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Arduino Blink Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Emerging engineers read about Arduino software and how it can be used. Then they follow a nine-step tutorial to connect an Arduino board to a computer and put it to work! The objective is to code a program that will cause an LED to...
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Worksheet
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Conflicted Feelings About Government Benefits

For Students 9th - 12th
Government spending on social programs in the US is a big topic. It is also the current event kids will read about as they delve into this issue of the New York Times. They'll read the article, then answer seven comprehension questions....
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Interactive
Khan Academy

Challenge: Bucktooth Bunny

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Practice creating and using variables by creating variables for the bunny's eyes and teeth in this JavaScript task. Use the slider above the number to see the power of using variables in your code. 
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Interactive
Khan Academy

Project: What's for Dinner?

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
This creative project may make your young programmers hungry as they practice their Java Script coding. The task is fairly open ended: add shapes using different shape functions, including the fill and stroke functions to add color and...
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Interactive
Khan Academy

Challenge: Parting Clouds

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Let the sun shine as your young coders move the clouds across the sky while practicing animation coding skills in JavaScript. Younger learners may benefit from more guided help or a whole-class discussion before trying this coding task. 
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Interactive
Khan Academy

Challenge: Funky Frog

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
You haven't seen any large-mouth frogs around have you? Hopefully, there will be lots of them as your young JavaScript coders complete this task to create a frog with a wide mouth and use variables in a way that connect the frog face...

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