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Curated OER

Discovery Atlantis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Atlantis. In this geography lesson, students research selected websites to discover information about the lost continent of Atlantis. Students use the fruits of their research to participate in a debate regarding the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Carnival Celebrations: Masks and Vejigantes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Carnival. In this Puerto Rico Carnival lesson plan, students discover the history of the cultural celebration as well as the significance of the elaborate masks worn for the festivities. Students create their own...
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Curated OER

Enigmas

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils research various "mysterious" elements of literature, math, science, technology and life itself.
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Curated OER

Uncovering the Tales of Famous Explorers and Their Historical Expeditions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate various expeditions throughout history to new and or uncharted territories. They participate in groups in order to develop and produce television news magazine segments about some of these historical expeditions.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Nova: Secrets of Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is after a PBS special on NOVA, "Secrets of Easter Island". Archaeologists and a crew tried to find out how the huge statues were created and physically moved around the island. If you can't find the information here that you...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: What Can We Find in a Pond?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Explore Easter Island in this module to learn about the animals and their habitats.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Easter Island Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, you'll look at a single event-the collapse of the population on an island-from different points of view. You're going to try to make sense of what happened there, and you'll do this using an interdisciplinary approach....
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Easter Island Moai

For Students 9th - 10th
Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning "statue"). Read about the intriguing history of these statues.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the location, history, and language of Easter Island.
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Other

Travelling Historian: Easter Island, a Land Time but Not Tourists Forgot

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive examination of Easter Island and its history along with numerous photographs.
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Other

Sacred Sites: Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed report on one of the world's most famous, yet least visited archaeological sites, Easter Island. This site covers many of the theories surrounding the island, ancient and recent history and has some great pictures.
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Handout
Other

Mysterious Places: Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Easter Island has been a hotbed for speculation for many years. Contrary to the popular belief that aliens are responsible for the island's mysterious statues, this website presents the true story behind the statues.
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Website
Other

South Pacific Organizer: Easter Island Travel Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive resource about Easter Island. It explores the mystery of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and its indigenous inhabitants, the Rapanui by covering the land, weather,history, flora and fauna. A dateline, and list of...
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Handout
World InfoZone

World Info Zone: Easter Island Rapa Nui

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives some basic geographic and historical information on Easter Island located in the South East Pacific. Includes photos.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: What Makes Up Our Circulatory System?

For Students 5th - 7th
Help Atua learn how our blood works, and what our circulatory system has to do with this.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: Senses: Observation of Living Familiar Things

For Students K - 1st
Students investigate how the senses are used to make observations about objects and things in the environment.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: Why Do Young Grow Up to Look Like Their Parents?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Kevin and his grandfather, Omag are going to the zoo. Join them and learn all about animal classification and life cycles.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Nova: Eastern Island Moai (Stone Sculptures)

For Students 9th - 10th
Easter Island's famous carvings, called moai, bear silent witness to the collapse of the Polynesian culture that once thrived there. View these massive artworks and read about the deforestation of the island. An excellent site for...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Nova: Secrets of Lost Empires

For Students 9th - 10th
NOVA ferrets out long-forgotten secrets of architects and engineers of the early civilizations. Content focuses on the trebuchets of medieval Europe, the pharaoh's obelisks of ancient Egypt, the moai statues of Easter Island, the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

World Info Zone: Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives some basic geographic and historical information on Easter Island located in the South East Pacific. Includes photos.
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Graphic
Curated OER

World Info Zone: Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives some basic geographic and historical information on Easter Island located in the South East Pacific. Includes photos.
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Interactive
OneWorld UK

One World: The Story of an Island and a Planet

For Students 3rd - 5th
Elementary students will appreciate these stories of how man's appearance on planet Earth affected all creatures and life!
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Graphic
University of Texas at Austin

Perry Castaneda Library: Chile Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of links to various maps of Chile- political, relief, topographic, economic etc. and a map of Easter Island as well as other islands.
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Handout
Other

Thor Heyerdahl: Sea Routes to Polynesia

For Students 9th - 10th
A lecture that gives theories about how the people of Easter Island were able to cross the Pacific. Provides maps and pictures of the island to go along with lecture points.

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