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Recycle! Recycle! Recycle!
Students investigate recycling and reusing. They view an online video, create an recycled art collage using picture files in Inspiration software, and write a choral poem about recycling.
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Stop Hunger Now
Students explore the problem of world hunger by reading and discussing a United Nations report on world hunger. They brainstorm ideas for programs to end the cycle of poverty and hunger worldwide.
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Publishing Autobiographies 2
Eighth graders identify the 5th step of the writing process and apply the process to student autobiographies. While in the computer lab, they continue to type their autobiographies, and create covers for their autobiographies.
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Click! Writing Through Digital Photography
Students take their own digital photographs and scan them onto the computer. For each photograph, they write about them and use the internet to research their subject in the photo more throughly. They are graded based on a rubric and...
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Family Gathering Collage
Students explore collages. They observe collages created by a variety of artists. Student create both traditional and computer collages using "family gatherings" as the theme. They manipulate materials and work with various objects.
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Bringing Math to Life with Laserdisc Technology
Students explore various problems. They present their final results and explain the path they followed in order to obtain their answers. Students show their written work as well as orally explaining their work.
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Double Dipping
Fifth graders determine how many double scoop combinations they can make using 5 different ice cream flavors. Then they use Microsoft Publisher to create a brochure for their ice cream shop.
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"Slice of Pi with Neo-Excel"
Students explore diameter, radius, and circumference. They define radius, diameter, and circumference on an online dictionary, identify objects in the room with a radius and a diameter, and calculate the radius and diameter of various...
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PASS the Arts
Students explore math and art concepts, create digital art examples of the concepts, and incorporate these works into a PowerPoint portfolio with explanation and analysis.
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Forces Cause Change
Third graders will gain recognition that physical relationships affect each other and that change occurs when one object acts upon another.The teacher will recognize ways in which technology can be used to enhance the understanding of...
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Tour De Texas
Students are given a budget and an alternative-fuel vehicle. Using a map of Texas, they are given a starting point and determine how to arrive at their destination within 72 hours. They use the internet to research the alternative fuel...
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Zebrafish as a Model for Muscle Development
Students explore the steps of protein synthesis in zebrafish. They view video clips to identify the parts of a zebrafish and observe them as they sequence the developmental stages. In groups they identify the muscles and how proteins are...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Active Transport
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] During active transport, molecules move from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration. This is the opposite of diffusion, and these molecules...
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Intraplate Activity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers volcanic activity occurrence within oceanic and continental plates.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Activation Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of activation energy and why all chemical reactions require it.
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Ck 12: Life Science: Human Causes of Extinction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In addition to habitat destruction, other human-caused problems are also threatening many species. These include issues associated with climate change, pollution,...
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Cellular Respiration Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of cellular respiration and its overall chemical equation. The energy changes that occur during cellular respiration, including in photosynthesis.
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Ck 12: Characteristics of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about the factors that characterize living things.
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Ck 12: Organization of the Human Body
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A variety of learning opportunuties about levels of organization in the human body. Includes videos, activities, discussion questions, and quizzes.
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Ck 12: Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments helping students learn about asexual and sexual reproduction.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Continental Margins
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the differences between active and passive continental margins.
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Ck 12: Life Science: Keeping the Nervous System Healthy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Activities that challenge your brain, such as working on a Sudoku puzzle, are good for the health of your nervous system. Just like you need to work out your body to...
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Types of Volcanoes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Different types of eruptions create different types of volcanoes.
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Ck 12: Life Science: Muscles and Exercise
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Regular physical exercise is important in preventing lifestyle diseases such as cardiovascular disease, some types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Regular...