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Like Comparing Bison and Fish
Fourth graders examine the cultures of early American Indians in North America and how geographic characteristics impacted the development of American Indian cultures. Students discuss Lewis and Clark, their journey, the Plains Indians,...
Curated OER
Ideology and Icons
Students explore the role of media in society. They explore the influence of cultural icons and the responsibility of the consumer. Students evaluate positive and negative influences. They consider conscientious choices and evaluate...
Curated OER
Helping Families in Trouble Unit
Students discover the importance of planning for the future and examine what goals they want for themselves and for their families. They also explore the importance of communication in a family, their views of therapy, and ways a...
Curated OER
Bio-Poems
Fourth graders practice typing skills. They select favorite poetry and use word processing technology to type it. Students keep their hand on the home row and say the letters as they type from their written work. They use capitol...
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Texas Struggle for Civil Rights
Seventh graders research three key people and three organizations important to the civil rights movement in Texas. They find five facts about each and their significant contributions to American civil rights.
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Adult Roles and Responsibilities
Students explore goods and services. In this money management instructional activity, students pick a $100.00 item they would like to buy and they use the internet to research that specific topic. With their research they answer...
Curated OER
New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay response to one of the passages.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M2: L1: From the Ground Up: Create Basic Formulas
In Module 2 Lesson 1 of this course on spreadsheets, students begin learning how to create formulas in a spreadsheet. They learn also about the importance of remembering the correct order of operations. Includes slideshow tutorials.
Other
Roller Coaster Database: Cedar Point: Gatekeeper Roller Coaster
Learn the facts about the Gatekeeper roller coaster in Sandusky, Ohio. Includes information on the speed, height and materials used to create this popular ride.
Other
Job Hunt: Create an Internet Resume
Your traditional printed resume must be supplemented now with a 21st century version that is compatible with e-mail and with Internet and database search technologies.
Other
Freedom on the Move: The Lion's Side: Creating a Resistance Newspaper
Students will use the Freedom on the Move database of runaway slave ads to re-envision runaway ads to reflect the bravery of the enslaved who liberated themselves. They will construct narratives from the perspective of formerly enslaved...
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Dev Info: Gameworks: Create Your Own Game
Playing games online is a great way to encourage creativity and social networking--you might even learn something! But creating an online game is even better. You will learn a brand new process, create a whole new world, and publish a...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Tantalizing Tessellations!
For this unit, students will be taught several techniques for creating tessellations and will respond to their learning in their Math journals.
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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: M1: L4: Starting Here, Starting Now! Beginning a Spreadsheet
In Module 1 Lesson 4 of this course on spreadsheets, students create their first spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel. Includes slideshow tutorials.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M6: L4: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills
In Module 6 Lesson 4 of this course on spreadsheets, which is the final lesson of the course, students review what they have learned in the previous three lessons about using templates, using data validation tools, and importing data...
REMC Association of Michigan
Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 13. Dig the Data
This tutorial contains ten quests. You will learn to create spreadsheets and charts, use formulas, and make decisions based on data. The first five quests has students plan a party and in the last five, they collect and analyze data for...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
This site is useful because it offers a database of over 300,000 questions asked on surveys since the 1930s. Also contains Latin American and Japanese data bank retrieval system as well. Listing of general social surveys 1972-1998.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spreadsheets: M1:l3: Operating System and Spreadsheet Applications Screen
In Module 1 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students begin learning how to use Microsoft Excel to create spreadsheets. Slideshows walk them through how to navigate the menus and tools of Excel.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M5: L3: Customization: Modifying a Worksheet
In Module 5 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to work with two or more spreadsheet workbooks at the same time where they have related data and how to create different customized views. Includes slideshow tutorials.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Justice and Injustice
In this self-guided unit, you will be exploring the themes of justice and injustice. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, and learning activities. At the end of the unit, you will follow the research process to...
Other
Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers
IJIMS is a project designed to introduce students from underrepresented populations to digital, web-based journalism opportunities. Participants create an online magazine to learn computational thinking via digital media, interactive...
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Personal: Let's Go Shopping
This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners to practice spreadsheet skills in inputting data and creating function formulas. The activity is based on the collection and comparison of shopping receipts using max,...
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Tonya Skinner Business Ed Lesson Plans: Grocery Shopping
This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners to plan a class party while organizing the budget details in a spreadsheet program. Learners will demonstrate computer skills in inputting data, formatting data, and...