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BLS Career Information: What Interests you?
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At this site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics find out about possible careers in your future by selecting a job based on what school subject you like.

Subject:
Career and Technical Education
Mathematics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
U.S. Department of Labor
Provider Set:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Date Added:
08/28/2023
Babies & Big Boy Feet
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Kindergarteners need a basic understanding of measurement that leads them to know that the smaller the unit the more it takes to measure the same object using less larger units.

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Mathematics
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Lesson Plan
Provider:
BetterLesson
Date Added:
12/01/2022
Back-to-School STEM Kits: 1st Grade
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A collection of five interactive activities and labs to help young learners understand science, technology, engineering, and mathematics concepts while also actively experiencing the engineering design process. This resource includes both educator and family guides, materials lists, and extension activities. Activities include an introduction to scientists, engineering, and the design process; designing an oven; ice cream and slime; movement; and growing a plant.

Subject:
Design and Technology
Engineering
Science
Technology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative
Provider Set:
Back-to-School STEM Kits
Date Added:
09/01/2020
Back-to-School STEM Kits: 6th Grade
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A collection of seven interactive activities and labs to help young learners understand science, technology, engineering, and mathematics concepts while also actively experiencing the engineering design process. This resource includes an educator guide, materials list, and extension activities. Activities include an introduction to the engineering design process; asteroid impact; density; variables; and physical science.

Subject:
Design and Technology
Engineering
Science
Technology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative
Provider Set:
Back-to-School STEM Kits
Date Added:
09/01/2020
Bacteria Transformation
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Students construct paper recombinant plasmids to simulate the methods genetic engineers use to create modified bacteria. They learn what role enzymes, DNA and genes play in the modification of organisms. For the particular model they work on, they isolate a mammal insulin gene and combine it with a bacteria's gene sequence (plasmid DNA) for production of the protein insulin.

Subject:
Engineering
Life Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Kimberly Anderson
Matthew Zelisko
Date Added:
09/18/2014
Banks, Credit & the Economy
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This lesson presents a crash course in the relationship between money, banks, and lending in our economy. Students first learn the basics about money and banks. Then they then learn about banks' role as lenders and find out why lending plays such a huge role in our economy. Students learn about the Federal Reserve, inflation, and the Fed's role in regulating our economy. Finally, they learn the difference between loans that serve as investments and loans for things that decrease in value, as well as the ugly side of borrowing and lending. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Describe the role of the Federal Reserve as the nation's central bank. *Explain the impact of banks and the Federal Reserve on the money supply and the national economy. *Identify the importance of saving and borrowing in the U.S. *Identify the role of banks in channeling funds from savers to borrowers. *Explain that the government creates currency and coins and that there are additional forms of money. *Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using credit.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
iCivics
Date Added:
03/25/2022
Be a Super Digital Citizen
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How can we be upstanders when we see cyberbullying? Online tools are empowering for kids, and they also come with big responsibilities. But do kids always know what to do when they encounter cyberbullying? Show your students appropriate ways to take action and resolve conflicts, from being upstanders to helping others in need. Approximately 45 mins.

LESSON OBJECTIVES: Reflect on the characteristics that make someone an upstanding digital citizen. Recognize what cyberbullying is. Show ways to be an upstander by creating a digital citizenship superhero comic strip.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Digital Citizenship
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Technology
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Common Sense Education
Provider Set:
Digital Citizenship
Date Added:
04/21/2022
Beatrix Potter's Naughty Animal Tales
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Through studying Beatrix Potter's stories and illustrations from the early 1900s and learning about her childhood in Victorian England, students can compare/contrast these with their own world to understand why Potter wrote such simple stories and why she wrote about animals rather than people.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEment!
Author:
Individual Authors
Date Added:
11/19/2020
Beginning Writers Compare E-mail with Letter Writing
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Contains plans for three lessons that teach younger students the differences between letter writing and e-mail writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

Subject:
Arts
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Being Aware of What You Share
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How can you protect your privacy when you're online? Kids share a lot of information whenever they go online -- sometimes on purpose, sometimes not. But do they understand that online privacy isn't just what they say and post? Help your students learn about their digital footprints and the steps they can take to shape what others find and see about them. Approximately 50 mins.

LESSON OBJECTIVES: Reflect on the concept of privacy, including what they feel comfortable sharing and with which people. Analyze different ways that advertisers collect information about users to send them targeted ads. Identify strategies for protecting their privacy, including opting out of specific features and analyzing app or website privacy policies.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Digital Citizenship
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Technology
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Common Sense Education
Provider Set:
Digital Citizenship
Date Added:
04/21/2022
Belonging to a Movement: One Crazy Summer
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Reading the novel One Crazy Summer, set in 1968 Oakland, CA at the height of the Black Panther movement, students explore the meaning of community, identity, and what it means to be part of a revolution.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Provider:
Fishtank Learning
Provider Set:
ELA
Date Added:
11/19/2021
Bernoulli's Principle
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Bernoulli's principle relates the pressure of a fluid to its elevation and its speed. Bernoulli's equation can be used to approximate these parameters in water, air or any fluid that has very low viscosity. Students learn about the relationships between the components of the Bernoulli equation through real-life engineering examples and practice problems.

Subject:
Engineering
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Denise W. Carlson
James Prager
Karen King
Date Added:
09/18/2014
Big, Big Data
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How do companies collect and use data about you? Every time we go online, we're giving away information about ourselves. But just how much data are companies collecting from us? Hint: It's probably a lot more than we realize. Show your students these three tips on how to limit the data that companies collect. Approximately 45 mins.

LESSON OBJECTIVES: Explain why information about them and their behaviors is valuable to companies. Analyze how certain types of data are used by companies. Learn three strategies to limit individual data collection by companies.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Digital Citizenship
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Technology
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Common Sense Education
Provider Set:
Digital Citizenship
Date Added:
04/21/2022
The Big Data Dilemma
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of online tracking? Many of us are aware that we're being tracked when we go online. It's one of the ways our favorite websites and apps know how to recommend content just for us. But how much information are companies actually collecting? And what are they doing with it? Digging into the details can help us make smart decisions about our online privacy and how to protect it. Approximately 50 mins.

LESSON OBJECTIVES: Define online tracking and describe how companies use it. Identify the benefits and drawbacks of online tracking to both companies and users. Analyze specific examples of online tracking and take a position for or against them.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Digital Citizenship
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Technology
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Common Sense Education
Provider Set:
Digital Citizenship
Date Added:
04/21/2022
Biodomes
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Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of various environments and the engineering design process to design and create their own model biodome ecosystems - exploring energy and nutrient flows, basic needs of plants and animals, and decomposers. Students learn about food chains and food webs. They are introduced to the roles of the water, carbon and nitrogen cycles. They test the effects of photosynthesis and transpiration. Students are introduced to animal classifications and interactions, including carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, predator and prey. They learn about biomimicry and how engineers often imitate nature in the design of new products. As everyday applications are interwoven into the lessons, students consider why a solid understanding of one's environment and the interdependence within ecosystems can inform the choices we make and the way we engineer our communities.

Subject:
Biology
Engineering
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Christopher Valenti
Denise W. Carlson
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date Added:
11/11/2008
Biology: Genetics
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College-level course focusing on the principles of genetics. Course topics include structure and function of genes, chromosomes and genomes, biological variation, population genetics, use of genetic methods to analyze protein function, gene regulation, and inherited disease. Course features include lecture notes, assignments and solutions, and exams and solutions.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Provider Set:
OpenCourseWare
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Bivariate Data
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Students combine their knowledge of linear functions with knowledge of data representations and analysis to make the jump from univariate data in one variable to bivariate data in two variables.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Provider:
Fishtank Learning
Provider Set:
Mathematics
Date Added:
11/19/2021
Blast Off! Vocabulary Instruction Using a Virtual Moon Trip
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3, 2, 1... Blast off! Students learn new vocabulary by taking a virtual field trip to the moon, read-alouds, creating a picture dictionary, and completing a final writing activity.

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Arts
English Language Arts
Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
11/18/2020
Book Report Alternative: Characters for Hire! Studying Character in Drama
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In this alternative to the traditional book report, students respond to a play they have read by creating a resume for one of its characters.

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English Language Arts
Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary
Reading Foundation Skills
Reading Informational Text
Reading Literature
Speaking and Listening
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
11/18/2020
Book Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology
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Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to write group book reviews after reading texts in literature circles. Students also learn about research and documentation as they put together their reports. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

Subject:
Arts
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
08/07/2023