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Creating Historians: Giving Scholars the Answers

For Teachers 4th - 6th

How allowing index cards on tests can empower critical thinking; part one of a series on approaching social studies as a group of historians.

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Condensation Polymerization: Preparation of Two Types of Polyesters

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed

College-level or AP chemists use phthalic anhydride to synthesize two different polyesters, one linear and one cross-linked in structure. A detailed materials list and well-written procedures are provided on a lab sheet. Learners write...

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Animal Fact or Fiction?

For Teachers 6th - 12th

Read and discuss the article "Welcome to Cicadaville (Enter at Your Own Risk)" to gain a better understanding around the confusion regarding cicadas and locust swarms. In groups your young analysts research statements about animals to...

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Mastering the Mighty Melville

For Teachers 11th - 12th

“Bartleby the Scrivner” as an existential forerunner to The Office? Dense and often dark, Herman Melville’s stories abound with Biblical allusions and complex symbols. If you are considering using Melville’s novels or short stories with...

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Lions and Tigers and Wolves, Oh My!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd

New picture books will tickle the funny bone while indulging a child’s love for animals.

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Use iPads to Enhance Your Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th

Cut through the numerous available iPad apps to find the ones that will help you to start using this terrific tool right away.

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CSI Interdisciplinary Projects

For Teachers 8th - 12th

Work across content areas with an engaging project that highlights higher-level thinking, teamwork, and a STEM focus.

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Warm Up with Winter Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th

Try these cool writing lesson ideas that promote creativity and increase vocabulary.

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Read Between the Lines

For Teachers 7th - 9th

Build comprehension, inference, and conclusion skills by encouraging learners to see the importance of reading between the lines.

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Honoring Our Pets During National Pet Week

For Teachers 4th - 5th

Recognize National Pet Week with reading and writing activities to celebrate the animals in your pupils' lives.

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How to Throw a Party Like Gatsby

For Teachers 8th - 11th

Compare the classic novel with visual adaptations in order to teach imagery, historical context, and adapting material across mediums.

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Taking Stock in the New York Stock Exchange

For Teachers Pre-K - 11th

Would your scholars enjoy an extra $100,000 of hypothetical cash? Have some fun with the stock market on this historical anniversary.

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Start Planning for the Fall Now

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th

Spend some time reviewing the current school year in order to give yourself a break this summer.

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Inside the Mind of the Unreliable Narrator

For Teachers 9th - 12th

Create interdisciplinary connections and promote high-level inferences by studying unreliable narrators.

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A Quest for Author Importance

For Teachers 8th - 10th

Class members discover information about an author through a WebQuest and a brochure project.

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Playing with Prepositions of Place

For Teachers 5th - 6th

Transform the way you teach prepositions of place with Harry the Hiker, the age-friendly, easy-to-understand model.

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Reel in Learning with Reptiles

For Teachers 4th - 5th

Whether it’s all about a Jackson Chameleon or a North American Bearded Lizard, learners will be eager to embark on informational text with reptiles.

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Eight Things You Should Know About Online College Courses

For Teachers Higher Ed

Massive open online courses are changing the face of higher education, offering both opportunities and obstacles.

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Mathematics Assessment Project

Identifying Similar Triangles

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards

Math whizzes work with angle sums and exterior angles to figure out the measure of other angles. This particular publication provides comprehensive support in the form of an anticipatory activity, questions designed to prompt discussion,...

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Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck - Beautiful Presentations and Slideshows with Charts and Graphs

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed

Create beautiful and simple presentations, sales pitches, lessons, and visual stories that utilize Getty Images, high quality photos licensed under Creative Commons, as well as your own prints. What you create will demand people’s...

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Vivid Apps

Strip Designer

For Teachers 2nd - 8th

Let everyone bring out their inner Stan Lee, and practice creating visually-pleasing comic strips that represent and liven up their stories, essays, personal experiences, and the personality of the creator.

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