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Other

Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
Unit Plan
Other

Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
Professional Doc
Other

21st Century Skills: Geography

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This "roadmap" can show how Information and Communication Technology tools can be used to develop and enrich geography content instruction. Examples are given for 4th, 8th and 12th grades.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Carol's Classroom: Speaking and Listening: Prepare for Discussions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This video lesson [4:11] focuses on clear communication and active listening, essential social-emotional skills, that help lay the foundation of positive learning environments. They can develop these skills and take responsibility for...
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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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: It's a Connected World: The Beauty of Network Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about complex networks and how to use graphs to represent them. They also learn that graph theory is a useful part of mathematics for studying complex networks in diverse applications of science and engineering, including...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Express Yourself

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Test your skill at reading the emotion expressed in a face in these two matching games.
Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about the chimpanzee, as well as several pictures and audio clips.
Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Bonobo

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides extensive information about the bonobo, including the differences between bonobos and chimpanzees. A video and photos are also provided.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Advertising in Schools

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Should companies be allowed to advertise in schools? In this lesson, students examine this question, evaluating whether corporate advertising in the school setting is appropriate. The lesson is presented uses an integrated approach,...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Tale of Text Messages: A Character Study of a Tale of Two Cities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students engage in a character study of the numerous figures created by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. They compare and contrast several forms of communication: email, text message, and telephone; complete a character study...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: An Arthur Interactive Comic: Dear Adil

For Students K - 1st
Explore the topic of learning from others in this interactive comic, Dear Adil, based on the characters and storyline from the PBS children's series ARTHUR.
Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Linked in Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, learn how to create and maintain an account on this popular networking and career-focused social media site.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Appreciation Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help students talk about appreciation by making cards for the special people in their lives.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Complex Networks and Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about complex networks and how to represent them using graphs. They also learn that graph theory is a useful mathematical tool for studying complex networks in diverse applications of science and engineering, such as...
Unit Plan
Brown University

Brown University: The Decameron Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...