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Keyboarding Scattergories

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in a keyboarding game in order to increase their accuracy and speed. Using a PowerPoint presentation, they work together in groups to review the placements of the letters on the keyboard. They complete each...
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In pictures: Young reporters tour TVC

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students view a wide range of young reporters and their accomplishments. They view all the places they toured and then analyze one particular place in pictures. Students create a portfolio out of their pictures for view.
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Becoming familiar with National Public Radio

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students listen to a National Public Radio program. They summarize the program, and write a script from a controversial newspaper article that could be a part of the NPR program they listened to.
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Can We Live in Peace? Middle East: A Region in Turmoil

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders analyze three monotheistic religions as an appreciation of the Middle East. For this world religions lesson, 7th graders analyze the beliefs and the leaders of the three major religions. Students research a topic and...
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I Want To Take A Picture In 1866!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the role of technology. In the Civil War lesson, 8th graders look at the advent of photography and determine the impact of photography on the Civil War.
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How to Handle and Dispose of Household Products Safely

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils engage in the study of household cleaning products, how to read the labels and how to use them safely and also how to properly dispose of the containers when they are empty. They read the labels and determine if the products...
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Can I Be Swayed?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify loaded words and examples of bias in print media. They describe how media can be used to manipulate public opinion. Students identify examples of interest groups that use media to sway public opinion in order to impact...
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Using Coordinate Geometry by Land, Sea and Outer Space.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a table of values and plot points, as well as construct a graph on a coordinate grid. They construct two graphs on the same coordinate system, and identify the point of intersection. Students represent and record...
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2, 4, 6, 8 . . .What Do We Appreciate-Patterns, Patterns, Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover and predict patterns in a numerical sequence. Through the Internet and video segments, students begin with basic number patterns and extend their knowledge into higher math skills. They will also create new patterns...
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Special Report: Flood of the Great River

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together in groups and role play the role of television crews. Using the internet, they research specific events of the Mississippi River flooding and report their findings to the class from different angles. They are to...
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Reading and Listening for Information

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students practice their reading and listening skills in order to obtains accurate information. In preparation for a Moon, Mars, and Beyond Mission project, they read short stories about planet and moon mythology then answer questions...
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Stop the Bus: Confronting Our Assumptions About Muslims in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Virginia Interfaith Center's A More Perfect Union "Misunderstanding" Ad Campaign, view two episodes of PBS America at a Crossroads series, examine historical context of colonialism and geo-political tensions in Middle...
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Careers in Television

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss and research how a news program is produced. They watch a web based video before working in small groups to produce a news program. They role play different jobs as they produce the program to share with at least one...
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Space Science:Wherever You Go, There You Are

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore navigation principles by observing, measuring, and interpreting data to determine locations. Using a compass, compass rose, and a transit, they plot courses and discover the workings of the Global Positioning System...
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Flight Direction

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are introduced to NASA's Connect Series and Flight Direction programs. They explore the world of aeronautics and their missions. Students receive a front role set to the concepts and skills involved with the various NASA programs.
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Festival of Flight Special: Opening Space for Next Generation Explorers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experience the dynamic skills and processes needed to design the next generation of launch vehicles at NASA. They view how mathematics, science and technology all work together to achieve excellence in human space flights.
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Reflecting On The Past, Looking Towaards The Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers engage in a lesson that is concerned with the formation of a multimedia presentation to create a documentary of a middle school. They take photographs with a digital camera and use computer software to create a school...
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Confronting Genocide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover what the term genocide means and are assigned to groups to reasearch an act of genocide in order to answer each question from their worksheet. They then compare their results making special notes of patterns they observe.
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Ways to Share Books

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this book report idea sheet, students are given a list of 20 possibilities for creating a non-traditional book report (e.g., making a diorama; making a poster).
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Music and the Media

For Students 4th - 6th
In this music media learning exercise, learners read the statements about television and theme music and then identify the four themes from popular t.v. programs.
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Complete The Sentence 6

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students read 10 intermediate level sentences. Students choose the best word to complete each sentence. For example, "I was so cold I was..."
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Complete The Sentence 7

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students read 10 intermediate level sentences. Students choose the best word to complete each sentence. For example, "We're running...of cornflakes."
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Telemetry

For Students 9th - 11th
In this telemetry worksheet, students will read about how telemetry works and the different ways that scientist use telemetry to gather data. Students complete 2 short answer questions based on the reading.
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Electromagnetic Radiation and the Bohr Atom

For Students Higher Ed
In this light worksheet, students calculate the frequency and wavelength. Students practice applying Planck's constant and determining the energy of a photon. This worksheet has 9 problems to solve.

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