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Unit Plan
University of Kentucky

Virtual Workshop: The Light Course

For Teachers 9th - 10th
On line course on light for graduate credit or professional development, that emphasizes handson activities you can use in your classroom.
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Online Course
University of Kentucky

Virtual Workshop: The Course on Electricity & Magnetism

For Teachers 9th - 10th
On line course on Electricity and Magnetism for graduate credit or professional development, that emphasizes hands on activities you can use in your classroom.
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Online Course
University of Kentucky

Virtual Workshop: The Course on Temperature and Heat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
On line course on Temperature and Heat for graduate credit or professional development, that emphasize hands on activities you can use in your classroom.
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Website
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: The Astronomy Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
Find tools to calculate astronomical distances and sizes, to view various Solar System models, to compare gravity's affect on weight, and more. A good place to find interesting facts, simple animations, and astronomy links to physics and...
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Professional Doc
Other

Nas: Studying Classroom Teaching as a Medium for Professional Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) and the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI) took advantage of a unique opportunity to bring educators together. In August 2000, following the Ninth International...
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Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Professional Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Annenberg Learner provides free online workshops for teachers in the areas of the arts, social studies, language arts, math, science, and educational theory. These are suitable for continuing education. These workshops can be used...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: For Educators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains many links to projects and workshops, as well as educational resources.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nasa: The Case of the Prize Winning Plants [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This program uses a scenario with fictional detective characters to present plant growth to students. While the unit focuses on the basic needs and parts of plants, the topics of plant classification and adaptations, soil formation and...
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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: K 5 Geo Source

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of content, activity and assessment ideas, printable resources, links, and research-based articles geared toward teachers of Earth science but suitable for all elementary science educators. In addition to offering materials...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Making Civics Real: Controversial Public Policy Issues

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of lesson plans contains background information on the teacher and school featured in the one hour video Workshop 7: Controversial Public Policy Issues.
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Handout
Other

Robert J. Sawyer: Writing Workshops

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features a list of columns written by Robert Sawyer. They include: Great Beginnings, Point of View, Constructing Characters, Show, Don't Tell, Description, Research, and more. W.9-10.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3e Narratives, W.11-12.3, 3a,...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Parkinson's Disease Workshop

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online biology course highlighting Parkinson's disease. Course topics include clinical characteristics, structural neuroimaging, neuropathology, genetics, and cognitive function. Course features include reading suggestions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Functions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Take a a look at examples of functions, and then explore functions representing arithmetic operations followed by boolean and string types. Throughout the workshop children do various assignments calculating function result or drawing a...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Reasons for the Seasons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A well-designed science investigation that has students examine and graph seasonal temperature data from cities at different latitudes. They describe trends they see, and explain what they think causes these trends. They then identify...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Calculating the Radius of the Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Science students often have difficulty thinking about large spatial scales. The purpose of the exercise is to redo Eratosthenes' calculation of the radius of the Earth using data from to sites in ancient Egypt. The excercise teaches...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Interpreting the Geologic History of Canyon De Chelly

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Earth Science teachers will combine field observations with the information given in the classroom to interpret the geologic history of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.
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Website
Information Fluency

Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
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Website
Information Fluency

Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
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Website
American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Hompage

For Students 9th - 10th
ChemCenter, available from the American Chemical Society, provides chemistry news, reference sources and other public services.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Mars for Educators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A wealth of educator resources for studying Mars. Includes lesson plans relating to Curiosity, imagining Mars, and classroom activities exploring Mars.