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The Center for Applied Special Technology (Cast)
CAST is an educational non-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people. Their goal is to produce innovative learning technologies based on their research. Learn more about integrating and applying this...
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Tape Sculpture: Tape Casting Tutorial
A fun casting project to try using clear packing tape. On this site there are step-by-step illustrated instructions plus video and pictoral examples.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
Friesian School
Friesian.com: Caste System Stages of Life in Hinduism
This comprehensive article from friesian.com covers the Caste System and also discusses the stages of life in Hinduism. Includes a graphic organizer.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Counting Casts 2
In this 7-problem quiz/practice, using the numbers given, students must determine how many different ways can you cast this scene.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Casting Challenge (Practice)
This is a casting challenge: Using the information given, pick a selection of robot heads, arms, and bodies so that when they are combined in all possible ways, you get a crowd of exactly 12 robots. You have a budget of $300.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System
A self-evaluation using primary sources assesses labor, slavery, and caste in the Spanish colonial system.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: De Vries's Bronze Casting Quiz
Test your knowledge of De Vries's bronze casting technique.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Counting Casts 1
This is a 7-problem quiz/practice, Using the interactive tool, determine how many different casts are possible.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: And Then There Were None: Casting the Characters
Learners will work in pairs to cast their own movie version of the novel. Students must have a knowledge of the characters and setting from the novel. Casting of the characters must correlate with the character traits mentioned in the book.
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum: Make a Fossil Mold and Cast [Pdf]
In this activity, students will make a fake fossil cast using plaster of Paris. A second activity on comprehending the size of dinosaurs is included in this file.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Cast Your Vote!
Cast your vote and answer some questions on the accuracy, usefulness, and impact of polls. Then read about what role polls play in an election.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Earthworm Castings: Soil for Young Garden Plants
Everybody knows that worms are good for the soil, but not everybody knows why. Here's a project that investigates just one of the ways earthworms improve the earth.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Cast Your Vote!
Upper elementary, middle, and high school students can use this exhibit to get an understanding of how polls and elections are conducted. The discussion includes random samples, margins of error, and other concepts related to statistics.
iCivics
I Civics: Games: Cast Your Vote
This resource is an interactive educational game that places the players in control of all three branches of government to test their abilities to turn issues of concern into full-fledged laws. In the debate, choose the questions to help...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Adriaen De Vries's Bronze Casting: Direct Lost Wax Method
Using Adriaen de Vries's stunning 17th-century sculpture Juggling Man as an example, this article examines the laborious process of creating a bronze sculpture with the direct lost-wax method.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sticks and Stones Will Break That Bone!
Students learn about the strength of bones and methods of helping to mend fractured bones. During a class demonstration, a chicken bone is broken by applying a load until it reaches a point of failure (fracture). Then, working as...
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Nbc
The official home of NBC includes information on local news, national news, shows, show castings, videos, mobile, and games.
Princeton University
Princeton University Art Museum: Creating a Bronze Vessel
Wonderful photographs and animations explain how the Chinese of the Shang and Zhou dynasties (ca. 1600 B.C. to 256 B.C.) cast bronze. Excellent site for studying how the Chinese made bronze, one of the important technologies of ancient...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Othello: The Challenges of Staging the Play
These activities encourage young people to join the debate about how to stage and cast Othello. They will debate the pros and cons of different productions and plan how they would stage the play if they could do so themselves. Included...
Curated OER
Friesian.com: Caste System Stages of Life in Hinduism
This comprehensive article from friesian.com covers the Caste System and also discusses the stages of life in Hinduism. Includes a graphic organizer.
Curated OER
How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
Curated OER
How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
Curated OER
How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.