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Math On the Job

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Investigate different types of math required for specific jobs. In this math in occupations lesson, use the Internet to research  what type of math one might need to know in order to be successful in different jobs. Complete a...
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete a unit about career choices. They conduct research on a selected career that interests them, conduct an interview, explore various websites, create a five-page HyperStudio stack, and write ten checks that relate to...
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Grown-ups at Play

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners realize that adults entertain themselves at work and in their private lives and that much of adult play, like children's play, is part of adults' folklife and that they play in various folk groups. They consider the elite,...
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Dr. Seuss and Read Across America

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
What important facts about Dr. Seuss influenced the Read Across America movement...? This is the driving question of a research project that requires scholars to find information about Dr. Seuss' life and work. Class...
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Making a Grocery List

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners make a list and decode words that are related to grocery shopping. In this grocery shopping lesson plan, students discuss what you do at the grocery store.
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Ecuadorian Rainforest: If the Forests Could Talk

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the delicate balance the must be maintained in a rainforest ecosystem. In this ecosystems instructional activity, 3rd graders learn about the importance of "little things" such as bugs or a certain plant in the...
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Working in T.V.

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the job market through Internet research.  In this occupational instructional activity, students discuss and investigate different television related jobs they would be interested in working.  Students...
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How Am I Ever Going to Use This?

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Pupils analyze how education relates to the selection of college majors, the job market, and future training. For this career exploration lesson, students search an occupation and employment database for a specific school subject. Pupils...
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Architecture the Wright Way

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders search a database for famous buildings in Illinois, and compare these structures to the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Where Will I Go and What Will I Be?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Help your future college graduates prepare for higher education with this series of lessons. High schoolers complete research projects about the colleges they would like to attend, and create PowerPoint presentations about their careers...
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Visit To the Farm

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research farm animals and write a story based on the research.
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Drafting a Recording Contract

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the issues involved in a recording artist's contract looking at the contract from both the artist's and record company's point of view. They write a contract based on what they discover.
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Treasure Hunters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers design an on campus treasure hunt to find various architectural vocabulary words which they then create definitions for on the blog page on the Environmental Design website.
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Mountain Pine Beetles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and develop power point presentations that answer the question, "What is changing our forests?" In this ecology lesson, students research the niche of Pine Beetles and their increased effect on the forests in...
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Equadorian Rainforest: The Tropical Supermarket

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the concept of sustainable agricultural practices through cocoa farming and the lives of the people who are the producers. Students watch a slide show and read a story which helps them understand the origins of chocolate,...
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Data Processing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in a variety of businesses and organizations. They present proposals, representing different businesses and organizations, that support how GIS technology could...
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San Diego Architecture

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the cultural and architectural history of San Diego. After study they create a design of a home based of features from historical and modern homes found in their research.
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Market Research

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars examine the difference between primary and secondary market research, and the limitations of market research in developing marketing strategies. They list specific examples of products and services linked to television...
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Nbi National Bridge Inventory Database Search Form

For Students 9th - 10th
NBI National Bridge Inventory Database search form from Nationalbridges.com allows one to enter the information related to a specific rail line in order to acquire related bridge information.
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Kiwi Careers: Marine Biologist

For Students 9th - 10th
This KiwiCareers site provides information regarding tasks and duties, working conditions, and other career related information for marine biologists.
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Hartman Center: Emergence of Advertising in America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 (EAA) presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States.
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Global Egyptian Museum: Mastaba

For Students 9th - 10th
The Global Egyptian Museum is a common database of Egyptian collections from major museums around the world. This link takes you to a glossary entry for "mastaba," which includes internal links to related terms and to a 360-degree video...