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Curated OER

Can Anyone Be a Leader?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the concept of leadership and identify leaders from the past and present. They brainstorm qualities of effective leaders, research a leader from the past and develop a presentation on their findings and choose a local...
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Cultivating Legends

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research individuals considered to be icons. After reading an article about Sylvia Plath, they create written analyses about them along with visual representations. Students discover the differences between icons and heroes.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Fact and Opinion 3: Post Test

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about facts and opinions where they identify sentences and identify facts or opinions. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Hereos and Celebrities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a vocabulary game using new words. They use a Venn diagram to distinguish between a celebrity and a hero. They take a vocabulary quiz to complete the lesson plan.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Things Fly

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students, by drawing on their own experiences, discuss and examine the basic physics of flight. They participate in a variety of activities regarding flight.
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Living Biographies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders present a dramatic living biography of a famous person based on previous reading and research.
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Things Are Looking Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a description of a person in their community. They brainstorm a list of role models and what qualities make a role model. They interview a panel of role models.
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Curated OER

Chances Are: Talking Probability

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore probability and the process of data analysis and predictions. They participate in two activities, one involving a calculator and one the Internet, in which they make predictions and conduct activities to test their...
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Identifying and Categorizing Worthy Attributes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write research questions. In this worthy attributes instructional activity, students discuss famous persons and what sets them apart from others. Students identify questions to guide prior to researching a famous person.
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Look Mom, No Wings!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners explain how drag, weight, lift and thrust work together to make something fly. In this physics lesson, students measure their jump height and record data on the table. They reason out why they can't remain airborne for long.
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Curated OER

Changes of Musical Elements in Popular Music Through the Decades

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students probe samples of European classical, American jazz, and rock and roll to analyze the similarities and differences. The styles and form of these three types of music are examined for tempo, timbre, and rhythm.
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Lesson Plan
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Adverbily

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders act out a verb or adverb. Fellow students try to guess the word.
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Lesson Plan
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Investigation 2 - Zoom Balls

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create Zoom Balls to explain how sometimes both forces of push and pull need to be used at the same time.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation 1 - Push and Pull

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the forces of push and pull on motion
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Handout
National Basketball Association

Nba: Legends Profile: Michael Jordan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the player profile of Michael Jordan. Content includes his various player statistics and personal information.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Math Behind Michael Jordan's Legendary Hang Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the affect of gravitational acceleration by calculating what Michael Jordan's hang time would be if he played basketball elsewhere in the universe.
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Handout
ESPN Internet Ventures

Espn: Michael Jordan Transcends Hoops

For Students 9th - 10th
ESPN article that discusses Michael Jordan's legendary basketball career with the Chicago Bulls.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Jordan, Michael

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia article is about Michael Jordan's basketball career from high school through his experience with the Washington Wizards. There are links to websites that give further information.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Sports Hero Michael Jordan

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn why Michael Jordan is considered sports hero and an inspirational athlete to many. This article provides information on Jordan's exceptional sports career and on Jordan's contribution to children through the James R. Jordan Boys...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Michael Jordan: Chicago Bulls Basketball Player

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about Michael Jordan and his basketball career with the Chicago Bulls.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Espn: Michael Jordan

For Students 9th - 10th
ESPN article that discusses Michael Jordan's legendary basketball career with the Chicago Bulls.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Barbara Jordan: 1976 Dnc Keynote Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [4:50] of Barbara Charline Jordan's keynote address for the 1976 Democratic National Convention on July 12, 1976, in New York, NY.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Barbara Jordan: Statement on the Articles of Impeachment

For Students 9th - 10th
This is text and audio of Barbara Jordan's statement on the Articles of Impeachment delivered on July 25, 1974, at the House Judiciary Committee meeting discussing the Impeachment of President Nixon for his involvement in Watergate.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Some People Go Bald?

For Students 9th - 10th
What do Charles Darwin, Michael Jordan, and Yoda have in common? They, like many other historical and fictive individuals, are bald. Scientists have long pondered, why do some people lose their hair, and how can we bring it back? This...

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