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Other

True Careers: Job Search Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
True Careers tailors its services to the college student market. They list job postings for entry-level or internship posititons for new or recent grads.
Interactive
Other

Shakespeare.yippy: Shakespeare Searched

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a Shakespeare search engine which allows students to search characters, themes, quotes, words, plays, sonnets, and more to aid in the study of Shakespeare. It also provides links for teachers and students.
Website
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Medline Search

For Students 9th - 10th
Search of National Library of Medicine for all current research articles on a specific topic. Students must enter key words in the search box. Results are abstracts of research articles.
Website
Information Fluency

Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
Website
Information Fluency

Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: In Search of Globe Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use GLOBE search tools to locate and display data from schools, and then use the data to answer questions regarding weather and climate.
Article
College Grad

College Grad: Internship Search

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are an undergraduate or graduate student looking for an internship, co-op or summer employment, search our database of internship opportunities.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hello, Are You Listening?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students gain a basic understanding of the engineering components behind telecommunications, in particular, the way telephone communication works to link one phone to another for conventional landline and cellular telephones. During this...
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Other

Classroom Tech: Web Searching Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
Presented as a helpful guide for educators wishing to teach their students how to search the web, this site provides several guides and quizzes for use in the classroom.
Website
Other

Internship Programs: The Internship Search Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to search for an internship by occupation, state location, or company, both in the United States or internationally. Most internships listed are for college students.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Get the Word Out at Mc Donalds!

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Students take part in a hypothetical scenario that challenges them to inform customers at a local restaurant of how their use and disposal of plastics relates/contributes to the Great Pacific garbage patch (GPGP). What students...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Searching for Bigfoot and Others Like Him

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Cryptids, creatures of questionable existence, are used as a source of data to guide students into the creation of their own GIS data layer in Google Earth. The activity serves the purpose of a tutorial to teach students how to make data...
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Other

The Association of Boarding Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you'll find information about boarding schools, learn how to apply and search tools to help you find schools with specific programs or courses.
Website
Other

Voice of America: Special English Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
Special English is a Voice of America broadcast devoted to helping English language learners learn English. You'll find scripts of previous broadcasts, with audio files so that you can read along with programs as you listen. A revolving...
Lesson Plan
The Tech Interactive

The Tech Museum of Innovation: Save the Hiker [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Can you build a device that will deliver life-saving treatment to someone in a hazardous situation? During this lesson, students will learn how energy is converted and transferred between objects. Working in groups and through the...
Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington: Do It: (Stem)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Educators searching for resources to help teach STEM material to students with disabilities will find a plethora of publications, videos, training materials and other sources provided by the University of Washington "DO-IT" program.
Activity
Other

Classroom Tech: Web Facts [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
One skill that students must practice is the ability to harvest the good information from the Internet that is worth keeping. This site provides a research exercise that teachers may assign to students to help them improve this skill....
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: The Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
Genes can sometimes be a difficult topic for students to understand, but this article provides a nice description of genes, how they work, and the disorders that can sometimes arise. The article also touches on how genetic engineering...
Handout
Other

Biographical Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are able to connect to a search engine containing a dictionary that "covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to present day."
Handout
Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
This search engine is great for beginning lessons, brushing up on basic info, or as a reference for student projects.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: News Debate Phone Patrol

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the police being able to search through cell phones without a search warrant. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.