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Rio Salado College Online: E Learning Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Rio Salado College allows individuals to take courses off campus trough a system called distance learning.
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Welcome: Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The "Learn Lab" spends its time testing and developing approaches to cognitive thinking and measures modeling to maximize the learning that occurs in a classroom. This program from the University of Pittsburgh offers many classes online...
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E Learning Innovations: Teletraining Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
The Teletraining Institute offers several online degrees. A course catalog is provided on this page as well.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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Professional Doc
Edutopia

Edutopia: Activities That Prime the Brain for Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Brain breaks and focused attention practices help students feel relaxed and alert and ready to learn. Brain breaks create a state of relaxed alertness, while focused attention practices help students slow down and focus on a stimulus....
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Resilience

For Students Pre-K - K
Giving new things a try helps children learn, grow, and take on challenges! These resources teach kids and parents that they are always growing and learning!
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Oppenheimer: The Computer Delusion

For Students 9th - 10th
A controversial article from The Atlantic magazine suggesting that there is no evidence to show that using computers in schools improves either teaching or learning. Argues against cutting enriching programs in art and music to fund...
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US Department of Education

U.s. Doe/making Connections:how Children Learn

For Students 9th - 10th
Some of the factors and situations that influence the act of learning in children.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Old Brains New Tricks

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you teach an old brain new tricks? The Why Files have organized a site that discusses the effect of aging on the brain's learning capability.
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Crescent Public Schools

Crescent Public Schools: Educational Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents some of the major theories of learning, their principles, and how they impact learning. Covers constructivism, behaviorism, Jean Piaget's developmental model, brain-based learning theory, control theory of motivation,...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Pavlovian Reactions Aren't Just for Dogs

For Students 9th - 10th
Benjamin N. Witts sketches a few situations in which people are conditioned to react in a Pavlovian way, from dating to parenting. [3:54]
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Other

Jlp Publications: Proverbs Commentary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an overview of Proverbs by Robert Brow. The book of Proverbs has been outlined into seven different major topics that are presented in an outline form. Very complete and factual.
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Other

World of Education: Cultural Learning Styles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learning style and culture - what's the link? This article provides a summary of learning styles theory and the literature on learning style and culture correlations.
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Other

Harnessing the Web: Intro to Networked Project Based

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This tutorial site for NetPBL (Networked Project-Based Learning) offers guidance for developing collaborative learning.
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Other

Audiblox: Foundational Reading Skills

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
What types of reading skills do students need to be successful? This informative site focuses on students with learning disabilities. Explore!
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Quia

Quia: A Feast of Homonyms

For Students 6th - 8th
Test your knowledge on Homonyms by using "Matching, Concentration, Flashcards, or Word Search." Site by Quia.com.
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Quia

Quia: Polyatomic Ions Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives you a little Quiz about how much you really know about polygons.
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Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Human Toolmaker

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you enjoy building airplanes, cars, houses, or robots with Lego blocks? Humans are the only animal species that can create complicated constructions from simple Lego blocks - our Lego building ability is "human-specific," since it is...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Redefining the Role of the Teacher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article from Edutopia focuses on how students learn in the classroom. It discusses the shift in teaching from lecture-based in favor of student directed instruction.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Intellectual Disability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Informative article for Kids from Kids Health provides facts on intellectual and developmental delays and disabilities. Read about the causes and what its like for kids with special needs.
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United Nations

Unesco: Education: Most Influential Theories of Learning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concise descriptions of the major theories of learning.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian Learning Lab encourages the discovery and creative use of its rich digital materials, more than a million images, recordings, and texts. Search results display pictures rather than lists to make it simpler for all users....
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Summer Reading

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here are some great ideas for summer learning and reading.
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Other

Sputnik Observatory for the Study of Contemporary Culture

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A program designed to encourage thinking and ongoing learning in people who have the energy to develop ideas and work them through because the possibilities are endless.