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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Crash! Bang!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students learn about the physical force of linear momentum - movement in a straight line - by investigating collisions. They learn an equation that engineers use to describe momentum. Students also investigate the psychological...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Prehistoric Connection

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan is an adaptation of Activity 92 from Project Learning Tree. Learners will research the four prehistoric time periods and compare and contrast them with their lives. By doing this, they will recognize the difference...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Modern Syrians

For Students 9th - 10th
Outdoor costume of modern Syrian Men. - Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Modern Syrians

For Students 9th - 10th
Outdoor costume of modern Syrian Men. - Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893
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Activity
Other

C.a.s.t.l.e. Technology: Student Page: Compare and Contrast

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
A lesson plan requiring students to work in groups to create a modern version of a popular nursery rhyme and then compare and contrast the original version with the one they have created.
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Handout
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Invention of the Week: Cyrus Mc Cormick

For Students 9th - 10th
Called the "Father of Modern Agriculture," Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which turned the prairies of the Midwest into "the 'breadbasket' of the nation." This article, in addition to telling about the creation of the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Career Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The project will consist of Internet research and Modern Language Association (MLA) style reports created in Microsoft Word. Each student will create their own report. This project will give learners an opportunity to increase their...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather Forecasting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students begin this lesson by considering how weather forecasting plays an important part in their daily lives. They learn about the history of weather forecasting -from old weather proverbs to modern forecasting equipment - and how...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Rough Science: Island General Store

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site asks users to imagine that they are stranded on a tropical island far away from any modern day conveniences. Provides experiments for users to learn how to make candles, glue, insect repellent and toothpaste.
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Activity
Other

Mr. Pitonyak's Pyramid Puzzle

For Students 9th - 10th
Students estimate the cost of building an Egyptian pyramid with modern materials and ancient building methods in this math project.
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Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Batteries With Built in Fire Extinguisher Answer to Exploding Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the science and dangers behind exploding betteries in modern tech devices.
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Website
Other

National Association of Manufacturers: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the home page of the National Association of Manufacturers and is a great starting point to learn more about modern manufacturing.
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Other

Musarium: Body Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
A photo essay of the hardware behind prosthetic body parts made of modern, artificial materials.
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Article
New York Times

New York Times: 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow

For Students 1st - 9th
If you don't know that the incandescent light was a failure before it was a success, it's easy to write off some modern energy innovations like solar panels because they haven't hit the big time fast enough. Worse, the fairy-tale view of...
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Online Course
Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: War, Literature, and Technology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a content-rich interactive site which guides you through the literature of war. Access the history of war literature to take you to a timeline, study authors' writings about war, learn about metaphorical language, and put into...
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Activity
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Kids Work! History of Medicine

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief history of medicine told in five snapshots of time: ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the early modern period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), and modern times.
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Unit Plan
Other

Open University: Design in a Nutshell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of design, particularly the gothic revival, then take an interactive quiz to decide your design "alter ego," where you will choose between gothic, Bauhaus, modern and postmodern schools of design. [1:49]
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Build an Arch Animation

For Students 5th - 7th
How were the enormous cathedrals built in the middle ages with no modern technology? Watch this interactive source to find out and then play a game where you become the builder.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics I: Classical Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a classic mechanics course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course teaches modern physics, thermal physics, fluid mechanics, solids mechanics, celestial mechanics, momentum,...
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Website
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web Japan: Nipponia

For Students 9th - 10th
Nipponia is an online magazine, published quarterly, that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world. Browse articles on life and culture, travel and history, science and technology, art and entertainment, nature and geography,...
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Lesson Plan
Other

African American Inventors Who've Changed Your Life (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Integrated lesson plan focusing on the contributions that African American inventors have made to modern society. Includes rationale, day by day plan, links, and other information.
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Handout
Other

A Brief History of Computers and Networks

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides historical information on computers and networks, from the beginning of mechanical calculators in the 1640's to modern times.
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Handout
Other

Hill Air Force Base: Fact Sheets: William "Billy" Mitchell

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief account of the foresight of Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell (1879-1936), who understood early on that airplanes would play a huge role as a weapon in fighting wars. He is considered the father of the modern air force,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo Galilei

For Students 9th - 10th
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 - 8 January 1642) was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope...

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