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California Department of Education

What’s the Plan?

For Teachers 9th Standards
What classes should pupils take to achieve their college and career goals? Explore the options through a lesson designed with the future in mind. Fifth in a series of six college and career readiness lesson plans, the activity challenges...
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Statistics Education Web

Text Messaging is Time Consuming! What Gives?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The more you text, the less you study. Have classes test this hypothesis or another question related to text messages. Using real data, learners use technology to create a scatter plot and calculate a regression line. They create a dot...
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Space Awareness

A View From Above

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Analyzing and interpreting satellite data takes knowledge and patience. Through a detailed lab investigation, young scholars learn the process of analyzing this data. They use technology to create color images and maps from real...
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Curated OER

Blood Cell Basics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a proportional model of blood out of red gelatin, a plastic bag, and rice. They study the components that make up blood and investigate what happens when the arteries in different scenerios. They work in pairs in order to...
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Curated OER

TE Activity: Bubbling Plants

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study a way to quantify the process of photosynthesis during a given time using the Elodea plant. They design a hypothesis that they test in the hands on activity. They compare the amounts of photosynthesis that occur during low...
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Curated OER

Wildflower Beautification Project

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students, in cooperative groups, design and create a wildflower garden for the community. They write letters to property owners requesting use of their land and then write invitations to their parents and to local, state, and federal...
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Curated OER

Mathematical Jeopardy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use the popular game of Jeopardy to explore different mathematical concepts. They are highly engaged with the use of technology for this lesson. They function using higher-order thinking skills in order to create their...
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Curated OER

Categorizing Objects

For Teachers K
Kindergartners practice the important skill of placing things in their correct categories. They must discern between items of clothing and items of food. The use of the Inspiration 7 educational software is effectively used in this...
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National Sailing Hall of Fame

Introduction to Sailboats

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The left part of the boat is called what? An informative lesson and accompanying slideshow presentation introduce middle schoolers to the terminology and parts associated with a sailboat.
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Classroom Law Project

What do cartoonists see in this election?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Cartoons from the 2008 Presidential election provide the text for a lesson plan designed to help learners understand how political cartoonists use persuasive techniques to present a point of view.
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Statistics Education Web

The United States of Obesity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Mississippi has both the highest obesity and poverty rate in the US. Does the rest of the data show a correlation between the poverty and obesity rate in a state? Learners tackle this question as they practice their skills of regression....
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Curated OER

Design-a-Lesson-Packaging a Product

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students in a teacher education class address consumer related issues involving packaging. Using volume, surface area and graphs, they create a package for a given volume of a product. They design modifications for this lesson and to...
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Curated OER

Creating The Virtual Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners engage in a lesson that is about the concept of earthquake design. The lesson includes the integration of technology and how it can be used to create buildings and structures for withstanding an earthquake. Students also define...
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Curated OER

Invent a Backscratcher from Everyday Materials

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore the design process. They discuss why new products are made, examine backscratchers brought in from home and discuss why it is a useful device, and working with a partner draw and construct a backscratcher.
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Curated OER

Eyes in the Sky

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students complete a unit on orbiting spacecraft designed to study astronomical objects. They conduct Internet research on NASA missions, use a satellite dish to downlink information, and construct and launch a rocket out of paper and tape.
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Curated OER

This One is for the Birds

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a bird feeder to form their technological skills and create a better bond with nature. In this nature lesson plan, students use websites, technology, brainstorm ideas, and build models.
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Curated OER

Lincoln Meets Gates

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research historical figures and create presentations for their research using technology tools. In this historical figures lesson, students use the provided links to research historical figures in America. Students then use...
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Curated OER

State Symbols

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine new quarters that have been released. They research how different coins represent their states. They research a state and design a new quarter for that state.
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Curated OER

Art Attraction: Researching the Great Masters and their Works

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students fill out worksheets where they analyze and provide information about different artists, visual art, art techniques, design, and more. For this art lesson plan, students complete 8 worksheets.
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Curated OER

BIOMIMICRY, Housing Naturally: Habitat as Model

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore natural animal habitats. In this lesson on biomimicry and habitation design, students will use classroom and field examples to examine animal habitats. Students will construct a model of a natural animal habitat. This...
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Curated OER

Innovations That Stand the Test of Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a class presentation that explains the value of an innovation to society. In this design innovation activity, students discuss relationships among math, science, technology, and engineering, read a story about design...
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Curated OER

Hero Or Zero?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate science and technology by reading a children's book.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the story Archibald Frisby and discuss the ways we use science and technology in everyday life....
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Curated OER

Wilderness Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students visit an online website to complete animal and plant science activities. In this online education lesson, students visit the Wilderness Classroom website and follow the instructions and plans to learn about the science lessons...
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Curated OER

Practice Exercises in IT Skills Pack 4: Presentation Graphics

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore how to annotate and align clip art as well as create Powerpoint presentations. In this presentation graphics lesson, students expand their IT skills set by completing 4 projects employing clip art and presentation software.