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Activity
Education Development Center

Digital Literacy: Skills for the 21st Century

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This tool kit makes the case that critical and creative use of multimedia authoring tools such as PowerPoint must be taught to students. Lessons, background material, assessment and interactive activities are included.
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Website
Science Museum of Minnesota

Thinking Fountain

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore Thinking Fountain's gallery of ideas and lessons, showcase your work in galleries, and find books that you can use with these science inspired activities.
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Website
Science Museum of Minnesota

Thinking Fountain

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore Thinking Fountain's gallery of ideas and lessons, showcase your work in galleries, and find books that you can use with these science inspired activities.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: In the Mix Lesson Plan on Peer Mediation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
PBS In The Mix offers a lesson plan on peer mediation, which is a formalized way of presenting problem solving.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: In the Mix Lesson Plan on Peer Mediation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
PBS In The Mix offers a lesson plan on peer mediation, which is a formalized way of presenting problem solving.
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Unit Plan
Cornell University

Cornell University: Digital Imaging Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
You may view, print, or search this digital imaging tutorial from the research department of Cornell University Library in English, Spanish, or French.
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Lesson Plan
Newspapers in Education

Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Lessons Library

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists publish simple, inventive lesson plans and ideas for classes in editorial cartooning, caption writing, and news analysis. Lessons include "cartoon blanks" that...
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Handout
Other

Kathie Nunley's Layered Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Dr. Nunley presents her "Layered Curriculum" approach to teaching. This program focuses on increasing levels of complexity.
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Website
Other

Podcasting Resources for Educators & Students

For Students 9th - 10th
Gary Stager provides an extensive list of podcasting resources for teachers and students.
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Website
Other

Baltimore County Public Schools: Biomes: Now and When (Online Research Model)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Biomes lesson designed to answer the question, how do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome? integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Includes directed questions, assessment guides, project...
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Unit Plan
Other

Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
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Unit Plan
Other

Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
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Website
Other

Ncesse: Student Spaceflight Experiments Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A competition for students in Grades 5 and up, in which they design an experiment that would fly in space under conditions of microgravity. Winners in local competitions are chosen to submit their designs for inclusion in a...
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Website
Other

Christopher Columbus Awards

For Students 6th - 8th
The Christopher Columbus Awards is a national, community-based science and technology program for middle school students. The program challenges the students to work in teams, with an adult coach, to identify a problem in their community...
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Article
Other

The Educational Podcast Network

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit EPN whether you are already experienced with podcasting and are looking for some interesting educational podcasts or you are brand new to podcasting and want to know more about what it is and how you might use it for educational...
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Article
Other

Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
NCREL provides a detailed report on the use of technology for student improvement. Click on Action Options and scroll down the area designated for teachers to view NCREL ideas on classroom implementation.
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Website
Other

Ncte Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An overview of the updates for the national standards for English Language Learners in a 21st century community. Set by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, this site includes elements of...
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Website
Other

Ncte Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An overview of the updates for the national standards for English Language Learners in a 21st century community. Set by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, this site includes elements of...
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eBook
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Ncrel: Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
NCREL provides a detailed report on the use of technology for student improvement. Click on Action Options and scroll down the area designated for teachers to view NCREL ideas on classroom implementation.
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Website
Other

Baltimore Co. Public Schools: Chesapeake Bay Food Webs (Online Research Model)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Food webs lesson, which focuses on Chesapeake Bay habitats, integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Lesson directs students to answer the question, how does a human-caused stress placed on the environment...
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Interactive
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Media Education Lab: My Pop Studio

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Get ready to go behind-the-scenes of the television you watch, magazines you read, music you listen to, and websites you visit! The 'studios' let you.. Create, Comment, Control. Targeted at girls, the...
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Website
Other

First Light Movies

For Students 9th - 10th
UK-based First Light Movies provides a forum for young filmmakers to learn about films and filmmaking, showcase their own work, find funding, explore careers in the film industry, and connect with others with similar ambitions and talents.
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Interactive
Other

Benetton: Benettonplay!

For Students 9th - 10th
Suite of games and animation tools where players can design, draw, and play a variety of multimedia games. Flipbook is great for creating frame-by-frame animations that tell stories or simply explode with color. Other games, Odd One Out,...
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Article
Virtual Salt

Virtual Salt: Introduction to Critical Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to the concept of Critical Thinking examines the true definition and gives examples where it can be used as a constructive force.