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Do something.org
Do Something is a nationwide network of young people who know they can make a difference in their communities and take action to change the world around them. As part of Do Something, young people are asked what they want to do to make...
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Ordnance Survey: Mapzone: Geography
Take a look outside, at the landscape. Explore the world, the features of the earth, the impact of weather on the earth through this resource. Discover weather, climate, glaciation, rivers, and urban development.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Who Is in Your Online Community?
[Free Registration/Login Required] By learning the Rings of Responsibility, 2nd graders explore how the Internet connects us to people in our community and throughout the world. Help students to think critically about the different ways...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Ensure Successful Student Transitions From the Middle to High School
The 9th grade year is critical to students' success in high school - the influence of a broader number of peers (both positive and negative); the potential of developing bad habits such as skipping class; and entry into a larger,...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Animal Game Impact of Human Activity or Natural Disasters
A description of a activity where students first listen to a story where they begin to think about and discuss the impact humans and natural disasters have on the environment. They then play a board game. This requires preparation...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Chart It: Grades 6 8
Students will learn to assess people's intentions and the impact of their words and actions, both positive and negative, in online environments. Requires free membership.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Carol's Classroom: Speaking and Listening: Prepare for Discussions
This video lesson [4:11] focuses on clear communication and active listening, essential social-emotional skills, that help lay the foundation of positive learning environments. They can develop these skills and take responsibility for...
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
University of California: A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems
Maps in different categories such as fishing, climate change, and pollution were pulled together into a composite map that shows the impact of humans on the world's oceans. Analysis at the time (2008) showed that 40% of the world's...
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Azoomee: E Safety Lesson 3: Online Bullying
This instructional activity teaches students how to identify online bullying and how it iffers from real-world bullying. [2:21]
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Study: Sharing I Pads Beats 1 to 1 Programs for Improving Student Learning
This article from Education Week discusses a study where kindergartners who shared iPads in class scored higher on literacy assessments than their peers in 1-to-1 or tablet-free classrooms. The researcher said the results suggest that...
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Learning for Justice: Part of a Community Online
This instructional activity focuses on helping young children learn to participate in different kinds of digital communities. Students will solidify and work on what they know about being part of any community.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Putting a Stop to Online Meanness
[Free Registration/Login Required] The internet is filled with all kinds of interesting people, but sometimes, some of them can be mean to each other. With this role play, help your students understand why it's often easier to be mean...
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Teaching Tolerance: Producing Digital Information
This lesson focuses on what it means to produce digital content and share information using online platforms.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific Breakthroughs in Germany: Curing the Storm in the Head
Explore medical breakthroughs in treating epilepsy. Discover how negative and positive particles behave in an electrically neutral environment, and perform an experiment to demonstrate how the human body can conduct electricity.
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Wes Tech Vision: Competing Visions of Handheld
This powerful article attempts to answer the question 'How can we use instructional technology to positively transform teaching and learning environments, to prepare students and teachers for the twenty-first century?" It provides...
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Land Pollution
What is land pollution? Discover the causes and effects, how you can help, and other fun facts.
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Careerlab: 99 Ways to Say "Very Good"
This CareerLab site lists 99 ways to say "very good". It is a good site to explore better alternatives to workplace violence.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Acropolis
Acropolis, 'the highest point of the city.' Many of the important cities of Greece and Asia Minor were protected by strongholds, so named. The A. occupied a lofty position, commanding the city and its environs; inaccessible on all sides...