Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Technology and Copyright Law a 'Futurespective'

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for five lessons that ask students to write newspaper articles predicting how copyright law will adapt to new technologies in the future. They will do this after reviewing instances of this in the past. In addition to...
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Other

Mit Technology Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Technology Review is a magazine by MIT which seeks to "promote the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society." It provides you with daily technology information including events, discussions, and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Career Writing Prompts: Speech Pathologist

For Students 9th - 10th
This Career Clip features Carrie Kane, Speech Pathologist at Good Shepherd in Allentown, PA. She uses technology in many ways to help those that are having problems with speech. Her best career advice came from a supervisor and that she...
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Other

Fuel Our Future Now: Gr. 6 8 Module: Designing a Vehicle for the Year 2020 [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this 6-8 teaching module, students learn about natural resources, human impact on the environment, and engineering design in vehicle transportation. Using real world scientific data and scientific reasoning skills, they investigate...
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School in the Park

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
School in the Park is a unique program connecting inner city schools and students with academic and cultural experiences through local museums to offer opportunities which might not otherwise be available to them. This particular program...
Primary
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Physorg.com: Technology: Engineering: Robo Copters in Marines' Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the possibility of using robotic helicopters, summoned by a soldier's digital handheld, to assist in a combat area.
Handout
United Nations

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: Technology and Innovation Report 2021 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 196-page report on technological innovation and change. It discusses the enormous potential benefits of technology as well as the risk of amplifying inequalities between developed and developing countries. The report is...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Planning Your Future Career in Advanced Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
In this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore the range of industries that produce and rely on advanced technology and learn how their skills and interests may align with career opportunities in this cutting-edge sector.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Solar Absorbers and the Future of Electricity

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about solar panels being used to create electricity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Interactive
Other

Ion Future: The Stem Career Exploration Game

For Students 9th - 10th
A game-based learning environment of free online games that encourages students to explore STEM careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Other

Mit Technology Review: Tomorrow's Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles about innovations in automotive technology. Titles include: Prying Open the Prius, Cheaper Fuel Cells, Better than Hybrids, and Free Power for Cars.
Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Speech Recognition for Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Speech recognition, also referred to as speech-to-text or voice recognition, is technology that recognizes speech, allowing voice to serve as the "main interface between the human and the computer." This Info Brief discusses how current...
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University North Texas: Texas Center for Educational Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides links and descriptions to their various projects as well as other web resources.
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University North Texas: Texas Center for Educational Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides links and descriptions to their various projects as well as other web resources.
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University of Vienna (Austria)

University of Vienna: Maths Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Vienna, Austria, created this site to help bring the worlds of math and technology together. You have access to many applets and downloads that allow you to create lessons, tests, and puzzles. There are also great...
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Other

Engineering Your Future Ohio: Della Steam Plant Case Study

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson gives a real world example of challenges and choices engineers face in their careers. The Della Steam Plant Case Study allows students to analyze and present finding about a problem found in the power plant's turbine system....
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Robo Helpers

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about new robots that learn to walk like humans. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Other

Silicon Valley Art Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...
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Other

Silicon Valley Art Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...
Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Future Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
This portable transport vehicle shows what is possible in terms of future transport. Its space age design is unlike anything seen in use today.
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Curated OER

Foveon: X3 Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Foveon's company CEO, Federico Gaggin(inventor of the microprocessor), has now developed a new technology called X3. X3 technology is a direct image sensor process which make CCD technology take a back seat. Learn more about the X3...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Autumntime by Anthony Lentini

For Students 7th - 8th
The story "Autumntime" by Anthony Lentiniis set in a future where technology meets almost all human needs. It also provides a guided reading mode, assessment, discussion questions, and teacher's guide. [Free account registration required...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Nova: The Stuff of Smartphones

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive explores the anatomy of a smartphone showing the materials and technology involved in making one while questioning what environmental impact the phones will have in the future.