TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Toward a Science of Simplicity
Simplicity: We know it when we see it- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer. [19:05]
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Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Mirror, Mirror [Pdf]
The goal of this PBS lesson is for students to apply spatial reasoning, problem solving, and critical thinking skills to assess which regular polygons will tessellate. A detailed lesson plan that includes related worksheets, lesson...
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Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Sidewalk Capers [Pdf]
The objective of this lesson is for students to, "explore spatial relationships by determining the area of various shapes and creating tessellation patterns." Using a variety of hands-on activities, students apply concepts of geometry,...
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Pbs Kids: How to Be an Inventor
Part of the Real Stories series from "Martha Speaks," this read-along story teaches young children how easy it is to be an inventor.
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Pbs: Black Kingdoms of the Nile
A geometry lesson that examines the history and structure of ancient pyramids and engages students in constructing pyramid models. A comprehensive lesson that considers students with diverse learning styles. Math concepts introduced...
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Curriculum Rationale
Why are the arts important in education? This article explains why arts education is important to helping develop 21st century skills in todays students.
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The Case for Chess as a Tool to Develop Our Children's Minds
It is the goal of every teacher to help our students to become better thinkers. This article looks at the game of chess as a way to help develop the thinking skills in our students.
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Hsor Modules
This site offers a lesson plan where students learn about networks and how to solve network problems. The lesson plan requires problem solving skills with a scientific approach.
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Global Grocery List Project: Homepage
At this site from the Global Grocery List Project, students collect data on the prices of common grocery items and submit their findings. They can then compare the data they collected to data from students around the world. There are...
The English Teacher
The English Teacher: Beowulf Lesson Plans
These teaching notes for Beowulf provide a model for your own lesson plan and as a basic resource to study Beowulf. These notes can help you remember the pertinent points of Anglo-Saxon epic poem and help to deepen your understanding.
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Emsl: The River Crossing Problem
The lesson plan for an interesting word problem concerning swimming and rowing across a river, being swept downstream by the current, and walking back up the other side. Basic arithmetic skills are all that are needed to approach the...
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Act, Inc.: Work Keys Assessments: Teamwork
Take tests online to determine your teamwork abilities in work and professional settings. This website describes 4 levels of teamwork, which expand upon "The traditional 3 Rs of reading, writing, and arithmetic by becoming one of the...
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Exploring Computer Science: Computational Thinking [Pdf]
The head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, Jeannette M. Wing, discusses the importance of addressing computational thinking with young learners.
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Computer Science for Fun: Mathemagic: The Magic of Computer Science
The CS4FN magic collection are easy mathematical card tricks with a twist, where every trick comes with a link to some computer science concept.
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Computer Science Education Group: Distributed Expertise Learning Modules
Interdisciplinary learning modules that provide engaging and easy-to-use materials for teaching computer science concepts in other content courses.
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Computational Thinking Illustrated
An illustrated cartoon guide to solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior!
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Iae Pedia: Computational Thinking
Find some facts behind computational thinking, learn the history of this problem solving method, and understand how it affects different disciplines.
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Super Pages: Super Thinkers: The Peetnik Mysteries
The town of Clutterbuck is full of mysteries. Select a mystery and use the tools and information provided to help Penelope Peetnik and the Problem Solver's Agency solve the mystery.
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Google for Education: Presentations on Cs and Technology for Young Children
Teach young children the basics of computer science and computational thinking skills through this collection of ready to use presentations aimed to engage young learners.
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Read Write Think: Making Thinking Visible With Math Journals
Contains plans for three lessons that ask students to write Math Journals of their thinking processes while solving problems. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
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Read Write Think: Guess What's in the Bag a Language Based Activity
Contains plans for a language activity called "Guess What's in the Bag." Learners try to guess the object in a bag in order to develop descriptive language, listening, and problem solving skills. In addition to objectives and standards,...
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Pbs Mathline: Bead Dazzling (Proportional Reasoning) [Pdf]
A comprehensive instructional activity on algebraic thinking where students create and identify patterns using proportional reasoning. Research based, this instructional activity includes technology connections, items for discussion, and...
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Pbs Mathline Lesson: Mix It Up [Pdf]
A lesson plan based on the story, "Oliver's Fruit Salad," where students explore the concept of proportional reasoning through modeling, student sharing, and questioning. A great introductory lesson plan for this concept that is sure to...
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Exploring Computer Science: Computational Thinking for Everyone
The head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, Jeannette M. Wing, presents her vision that computational thinking will be a fundamental skill used by everyone in the world by the middle of the 21st Century.