TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environmental Interactions
In this activity, students create a "web" to identify and demonstrate the interactions among the living and non-living parts of an environment. This information allows students to better understand what an environment is and to also...
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Teach Engineering: It's All in the Package
In this activity, students explore the concept of "reducing" solid waste and how it relates to product packaging and engineering advancements in packaging materials. Students read about and evaluate the highly publicized packaging...
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Teach Engineering: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Students are presented with examples of the types of problems that environmental engineers solve, specifically focusing on air and land quality issues. Air quality topics include air pollution sources, results of poor air quality...
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Ohio Department of Education: Educator Jobs in Ohio
This resource provides guides for finding an education job in Ohio.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Understanding Jobs, Teens, and Taxes
Students review Internal Revenue Service webpages and respond to questions to explore the relationship between working and taxes.
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Teach Engineering: Write On!
In this activity, students create a book, newspaper or other published work to communicate what they have learned about engineering and the environment.
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Teach Engineering: Choosing a Pyramid Site
Working in engineering project teams, students evaluate sites for the construction of a pyramid. They base their decision on site features as provided by a surveyor's report; distance from the quarry, river and palace; and other factors...
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Teach Engineering: Go With the Flow
Students gain an understanding of the difference between electrical conductors and insulators, and experience recognizing a conductor by its material properties. In a hands-on activity, students build a conductivity tester to determine...
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Teach Engineering: I've Got Issues!
This lesson will introduce students to environmental issues. Students will recognize environmental opinions and perspective, which will help them define themselves and others as either preservationists or conservationists. Students also...
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Teach Engineering: 3 Rc (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)
In this lesson, young scholars expand their understanding of solid waste management to include the idea of 3RC (reduce, reuse, recycle and compost). They will look at the effects of packaging decisions (reducing) and learn about...
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Teach Engineering: Keep Spreading the News
In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the critical role communication plays in an engineer's life. Students create products to communicate their learning about the engineering role in the environment.
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Teach Engineering: Sea to Sky
In this lesson, students learn about major landforms (e.g., mountains, rivers, plains, valleys, canyons and plateaus) and how they occur on the Earth's surface. They learn about the civil and geotechnical engineering applications of...
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Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy
For this lesson, students are introduced to the types of renewable energy resources. They are involved in activities to help them understand the transformation of energy (solar, water and wind) into electricity. Students explore the...
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Survival Korean for Esl Teachers
27 words and phrases a teacher can learn to help connect with his or her Korean-speaking students (or give essential classroom instructions)! Part of a larger site with information about ESL teaching jobs and locations of ESL schools.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department (Iad)
The Incredible Art Department website started in 1994 and has grown into a huge site with a wealth of resources on teaching art, student research, careers in art, art history, games, links to art galleries and museums around the world,...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Recreation Workers
This resource provides information about careers for recreation workers. Included is information on working conditions, training and job outlook, in addition to several other topics.
Education Development Center
Digital Media Arts: Introduction to Visual Arts and Digital Media
Digital media curriculum for teaching high school students how to communicate through media. Students learn the fundamentals of art and design and the technical skills to prepare them for careers in the arts, media, and entertainment...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Dancers and Choreographers
This resource gives details about dancers and choreographers. Includes nature of the work, working conditions, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Teachers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics offers an overview of the whole teaching field, from kindergarten through high school.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Thinking
Contains plans for seven lessons about working dogs that teach critical thinking skills and a vocabulary strategy called Word Storms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Dance Teacher Magazine
This is the online site of Dance Teacher Magazine, which provides information, assistance, and ideas for professionals with careers as dance teachers.
NASA
Nasa: Aerial Photography: The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon
An animated adventure story, developed by NASA, that helps children understand earth science concepts by using satellite photography and other types of aerial photographs to identify physical features on the surface of the earth. Teaches...
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Federal Bank of Richmond: My Money
For elementary students, this booklet of activities teaches basic money skills and concepts. Includes lesson plans.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Work (El Trabajo)
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: jobs, ordinals, days, months, dates, verbs. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce...