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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: Lesson Plan: How to Analyze the News [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan focusing on the importance of understanding how the news is a product with a specific scope, structure, slant and style at the forefront of its production.
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Handout
United Nations

Unesco: Information and Communication Technologies in Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
This UNESCO handbook for teachers delves into information and communication technologies in schools. Scroll down through the pdf document to pages 5 through 8 for a list of specific topics included in this extensive resource.
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Website
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Consumer Tools

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Useful age-appropriate lessons and activities meant to educate kids about their finances as they grow. Geared toward ages 3 through 18+, each module identifies 4 specific milestones students should understand in order to achieve...
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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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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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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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Website
Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Reverse Brainstorming: A Different Approach to Brainstorming

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Reverse brainstorming is a creative way to explore critical thinking strategies. Learn how it works and read applicable examples to build a creative mind.
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Website
Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Leadership Skills: Become an Exceptional Leader

For Students 9th - 10th
Site lists a wide range of resources on the various approaches and techniques of developing leadership skills. Quiz allows participants to find their personal qualities of leadership, browse different leadership styles, or discuss...
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Lesson Plan
NBC

Nbc Learn: Innovation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Included here are 11 videos and lesson plans exploring the process of scientific innovation. Simply click on the video and a detailed lesson/s are integrated.
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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network

For Students 9th - 10th
The Media Awareness Network (MNet) "promotes media and Internet education by producing online programs and resources". MNet provide resources pertaining to blog & news, media issues, research, educational games, and special initiatives.
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Handout
Other

Association for Educational Communications & Technology: Learning From Tv

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Research regarding what is internalized and learned from television and the responsibility parents and educators have helping students to decipher between reality and fabrication. Media literacy, or how a viewer perceives what they are...
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Professional Doc
International Reading Association

Reading Online: Classroom Strategies for Exploring Authenticity in the Media

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Four innovative classroom activities that actively engage students in analyzing and criticizing media messages. SL.11-12.2 Eval&Integrate sources
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Professional Doc
Other

Coalition for Quality Children's Media: Kids First!: Healthy Media Lifestyle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Be a part of teaching students to think critically about what they view. Links to KIDS FIRST! endorsements, films, and upcoming media attractions. Be a part of the KIDS FIRST! and help nurture a healthy media lifestyle for young people...
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

National Institute for Science Education: Doing Cl

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do you start building collaborative learning structures into your coursework? Authors provide some practical considerations to make this learning style work for you.
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Activity
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Companies: Critical Thinking Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
10 valuable critical thinking exercises ranging in subject matter. Includes questions and exercises regarding biological development, language usage, morals, values and ethics, and thought cycles.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Biocomplexity: The New Bioscience Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
Embrace biocomplexity as a newer concept in science. Discover why it might be important to merge data from very diverse studies and analyze them.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Aaas: Project 2061: Topic: Human Body Systems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Create a science test that checks for student understanding in science, for common misconceptions, as well as for correct ideas. This is a list of key ideas related to Human Body Systems. For each key...
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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

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...