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Curated OER

Seedy Business

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate how a seed germinate to become a plant. They study a lima bean to review the parts of seeds.
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Curated OER

Getting the Children Out of the Business

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are introduced to the topic of child prostitution. They identify the main causes of being directed this way and the international and regional organizations that are trying to stop the cycle. Using the internet, they research...
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Curated OER

On The Road: The Business of Music

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students pretend their band at school has been booked for a multi-city tour. In groups, they research prices for accommodations, transportation and their salary. To end the lesson, they calculate a price for a small, mid and large level...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Pupils explore the meaning of the ancient Greek word aretê and the place of virtue in historical athletic competition and modern sports. They begin by reading an informational text on the goal of sports in education, and then evaluate...
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Lesson Plan
Visa

Dream Big: Money and Goals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Whether their objective is independent living, going to college, or buying a car, pupils will participate in discussions and complete worksheets to gain an understanding of how short- and long-term goals play a large role in helping...
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Unit Plan
EngageNY

Relationships Between Quantities and Reasoning with Equations and Their Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Graphing all kinds of situations in one and two variables is the focus of this detailed unit of daily lessons, teaching notes, and assessments. Learners start with piece-wise functions and work their way through setting up and solving...
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Virginia Department of Education

Soap, Slime, and Creative Chromatography

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you think chromatography paper suffers from separation anxiety? Young chemists make soap, slime, silly putty, and experiment with chromatography in this lesson. The material includes clear instructions for each experiment along with...
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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Suzi's Company

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Don't use an average resource ... use this one. As a middle school assessment task, learners first determine mean, median, and mode of salaries given in a frequency table. They then investigate how a change in one value changes the...
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Lesson Plan
Rochester Institute of Technology

Skateboard Assembly - Line Balance

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Utilize the lesson on utilization. The second installment of a nine-part technology/engineering series teaches scholars about the flow of a balanced assembly line and the definition of utilization. Videos, activities, and simulations...
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EngageNY

The Mathematics Behind a Structured Savings Plan

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Make your money work for you. Future economists learn how to apply sigma notation and how to calculate the sum of a finite geometric series. The skill is essential in determining the future value of a structured savings plan with...
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Activity
Beauty and Joy of Computing

Search Engines

For Students 9th - 12th
Which search engine is best? The last lab in a unit of five leads the class to investigate search engines. Working in groups, individuals read and discuss articles related to searching the Internet. Pupils develop suggestions that would...
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Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Let's Learn About Stewardship and River Basins

For Teachers 8th
What does it mean to be a good steward? Middle school environmentalists learn to care for their state's waterways through research, a guest speaker, and poster activity. Groups must locate and learn more about a river basin and the human...
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Unit Plan
Junior Achievement

Community and Economy

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
What does it take to make a town run smoothly each and every day? Scholars create their own Biztown with hands-on interactive activities. Using games, demonstrations, and decision-making skills, they learn what resources they need for a...
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The Lemonade War: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Sibling rivalry or all-out war? The Lemonade War tells the story of a brother and sister who begin a competition selling lemonade. Scholars read to find out who will win. The resource includes vocabulary words, comprehension questions,...
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eBook
Open Oregon Educational Resources

Technical Writing

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Hate having to look in multiple sources to find information?Technical Writing contains all information in one book! The book covers everything from defining technical writing, giving examples of technical writing, and tips for creating...
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California Department of Education

Hitting the Write Note: Writing a Proposal

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
To whom it may concern ... Scholars undergo the process of writing a letter to an authority figure. The lesson plan asks writers to compose a formal letter requesting a music therapy space. Pupils learn how to submit a project proposal...
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Purdue University

Can You Design and Construct a Better Candy Bag?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Bag the sweet resource for later use! Pupils learn about engineering design by developing a new, improved bag for candy from thin plastic sheets or from paper. The bags are to be visually appealing, but should also be functional. To...
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Unit Plan
Radford University

Let's Buy a Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Ready to buy a car? Learners research different makes and models of cars to decide on the best one to buy. They collect data on cost, fuel efficiency, safety ratings, and insurance costs, then create and analyze data displays to make...
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K20 LEARN

Identity Theft: Don't Let This Happen to Your Grandma!

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Class members consider how people steal online identities as they discover the essential elements of identity theft and consumer fraud. Pupils demonstrate learning by creating a poster or video about how to avoid identity theft. 
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EngageNY

Forming a Research-Based Claim: Creating Stakeholders Charts

For Teachers 6th Standards
Present the facts. Scholars create presentations of their research on DDT using their Cascading Consequences chart and a Stakeholders Impacts chart as visuals. They discuss the term stakeholders and create a Stakeholders Impacts chart...
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EngageNY

Letters as Informational Text: Comparing and Contrasting Three Accounts about Segregation (Promises to Keep, Pages 38–39)

For Teachers 5th Standards
Letters ... a lost art or good resource? Scholars add letter writing to their informational text chart and describe the features of a letter. They then look at page 38 in Promises to Keep and complete a Perspectives Venn diagram. To...
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Lesson Plan
Anti-Defamation League

Stereotypes of Girls and Women in the Media

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
A two-part lesson plan has scholars researching the stereotypes in portraying women and girls in the media and the impact of these representations. To conclude the lesson plan, participants write a letter of praise to sources that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bill Gates: Sultan of Software

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students learn the biography of Bill Gates including his rise to richness through Microsoft and his ability to face his adversaries in turbulent legal disputes.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How British is your Financial English?

For Students 7th - 11th
In this grammar activity, students choose the English word they use most often to describe fifteen English terms and fifteen multiple choice questions.

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