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Curated OER

Make the Links-- a Safe Forest Visit

For Students 4th - 5th
In this social studies instructional activity, students consider some of the risks inherent in a visit to the forest wilderness. Students read about the important steps in being safe: look, think, plan, act, check and report. Students...
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Curated OER

Activity Sheet: What Do You Do? Forest Ecologist

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ecology activity, students read an interview with a forest ecologist before they act as an ecologist and spot the difference between two forest scenes on a black and white activity. They circle the wildlife and the clues left...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Carbon Converters

For Students 7th - 8th
In this environmental science worksheet, students will read several paragraphs about greenhouse gases and the role trees play in clearing carbon dioxide from the air. Then students will use data about carbon dioxide stored in trees to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Simple Harmonic Motion

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study harmonic motion and its oscillation.  In this simple harmonic motion lesson students demonstrate a series of regular oscillations and explain the theory behind the experiment. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Lonely Planet Travel Guide in Fraud Scandal

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Lonely Planet Travel Guide in Fraud Scandal," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, 2 graphic organizer, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Prince William Quiet on Royal Romance End

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Prince William Quiet on Royal Romance End," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Pop Star Kylie Returns to Stage in Sydney

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Pop Star Kylie Returns to Stage in Sydney," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mind your Manners Guys on your First Date

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read an article that outlines the things one should not do when eating out on a first date.  In this lesson, students complete several activities to reinforce comprehension of the article, including a vocabulary assignment, a...
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Curated OER

Irritating British Bedtime Habits

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read an article that discusses bedtime habits in Britain. For this lesson, students explore the complaints of people and their night time habits, then complete several activities to expand their thoughts on the article. 
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Curated OER

Life of Thomas Edison

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the life of Thomas Edison. In this Thomas Edison instructional activity, students explore major life events of Thomas Edison. Students investigate the inventions of Thomas Edison.  Students discover how various fields...
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Storybooks and Games

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore stories, games and coloring pages on an interactive website. In this pre-reading activity, students have free access to stories, coloring pages and simple games at the Lil' Fingers website.
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Website
Other

History News Network: How the Telegraph Helped Lincoln Win the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Abraham Lincoln participated in battle strategy in real time thanks to the telegraph. Read the fascinating story of how Abraham Lincoln was intimately involved in the course of the Civil War due to the increased use of the telegraph.
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Website
Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: A Line Through the Wilderness Humboldt Telegraph Station

For Students 9th - 10th
The Humboldt Telegraph Station was established in the Saskatchewan wilderness in 1878 and was operated by George and Catherine Weldon. It served as a critical communication tool during the battle at Batoche. The history of the station is...
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Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Military Telegraph Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Ciphers, codes, and wiretaps were all part of the telegraph service in both the Union and Confederacy. Read about the importance of the telegraph in relaying information and obtaining plans surreptitiously. From "Photographic History of...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: The Invention of the Telegraph

For Students 9th - 10th
This site chronicles the invention of the telegraph by Samuel Morse (1791-1872 CE).
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Morse Telegraph 1844

For Students 9th - 10th
The man most commonly associated with the telegraph, Samuel Morse, did not invent the communications tool. But he developed it, commercialized it and invented the famous code for it that bears his name.
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Article
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Transatlantic Telegraph Cable 1858

For Students 9th - 10th
The main figure behind the first transatlantic telegraph knew very little about the science or engineering behind it, but was convinced that with it a fortune could be made. Read about these findings here.
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Activity
Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center: Diy Telegraph [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Instructions for how to build a telegraph device for sending a message in Morse code.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Telegraph

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore the concept of Morse Code and how signals are transferred over great distances by using telegraph machines based on electromagnets using our interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video...
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Unit Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: First Transcontinental Telegraph System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Jump back in time to October 24, 1861, when the first transcontinental telegraph was completed, thus hastening the end of the Pony Express.
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Website
Other

The Telegraph: Calcutta

For Students 9th - 10th
The Telegraph is Calcutta, India's local/regional/national news source online.
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Handout
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Granville T. Woods: The Multiplex Telegraph

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Granville Woods' successful invention, the multiplex telegraph, which greatly improved railroad safety. From the Lemelson-MIT Project.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Gauss Weber Telegraph 1833

For Students 9th - 10th
Several years before the telegraph created by American inventor Samuel Morse revolutionized communications, two German scientists built their own functional telegraph.
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Telegraph

For Students 9th - 10th
The telegraph was an electronic means for the rapid and reliable transmission of coded information over extended distances. In time it was also perfected to interpret and print the electronic symbols into readable text. By 1848 a...

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