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Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Dinosaur Survival Game

For Students 9th - 10th
If you were a dinosaur, would you have what it takes to survive, reproduce and evolve? Knowing directions (north, south, east, west) and sizing up other organisms in your environment will be crucial to your survival.
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Unit Plan
Other

The Westing Game Student Study Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A chapter by chapter collection of questions for answering, along with vocabulary from the chapter, and one enrichment activity per chapter.
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Article
Other

Outdoor Life: Where to Hunt: Guide to the 8 Best Big Game Hunts in the West

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents information on high quality hunts for big game across the United States. Looks at popularity of the hunt, type of terrain, difficulty level, trophy potential, places to stay, and cost for licenses and tags.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Snoring Wild West

For Students 3rd - 6th
It's the wild west but and the elephant is snoring again! Help your friends by rolling, bumping, hoping, and planning to stop the elephant from snoring. Kids will enjoy this problem solving physics game!
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: West African Kingdoms: Mansa Musa

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery person, Mansa Musa.
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: The States

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn unique facts about each American state. You can also read a more in-depth history of each state, watch videos and play a game about all the states.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Game for Kids: Westward Expansion

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive and fun crossword puzzle game about the Westward Expansion of the US.
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Interactive
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Texas Ranch House

For Students 3rd - 8th
What was it like to be a cowboy in 1867? Visit the Cooke Ranch and explore a cowboy's working and dwelling quarters. Play the interactive games to learn about the many aspects of daily life in the American West. (Click "Interactive...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Why This Pioneering Hopi Soldier Has a Mountain Named After Her

For Students 9th - 10th
Lori Ann Piestewa was the first woman to die on the front lines in Iraq and the first American Indian woman to die serving the U.S. Armed Forces. Piestewa has became synonymous with patriotic Native American sacrifice. In 2008, a...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Okiek

For Students 9th - 10th
"Okiek" is the name of a Kenyan people who formerly lived by hunting game, making beehives, and gathering and trading honey; it is also the name of their language. The collective name "Okiek" includes over two dozen local groups, each...
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Our America: Western Expansion

For Students 3rd - 8th
Reviews of children's literature, student activities, and interactive games from Scholastic that enrich a student's understanding and appreciation of western expansion before the Civil War.
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Activity
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Things to Do at Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Families can come together through games designed to make history something fun and integral to family life. Build a sod house like prairie settlers did in the 1800s. Go back in time to visit five families that lived in the same house...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: The Gene Connection Show [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will discover the difference between inherited traits and learned behaviors by bringing the traits to life in a game of charades. After that, the students will demonstrate knowledge of recessive and dominant traits as they...
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Manatees

For Students 3rd - 8th
Come swim along with the manatees and learn more about them while you're at it! Site includes fun facts, a video as well as games and activities.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Ecosystems in Action [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
In this lesson, 4th graders explore animals and plants that inhabit ecosystems by using movement to deepen the retention of vocabulary. After reviewing the ecosystem players, students will play a call and response game by responding with...
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Interactive
Curated OER

National Park Service: Dison National Historical Site: The Invention Factory

For Students 6th - 9th
This terrific interactive site from the National Park Service describes the different buildings on Thomas Edison's West Orange, New Jersey's laboratory facility. After exploring the buildings, follow Edison's invention and application of...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Abraham Whipple

For Students 9th - 10th
Abraham Whipple (26 September 1733 - 27 May 1819) was an American revolutionary naval commander. Whipple was born near Providence, Rhode Island and chose to be a seafarer early in his life. He embarked upon a career in the lucrative West...
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Interactive
Other

Junior Achievement: Save Usa Interactive Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive money management lessons teach about spending, saving money, financial responsibility, credit, and financial planning.