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Develop Students’ Media Literacy
An offshoot of the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck.org, FactCheckEd.org helps students become savvy media consumers. The nonpartisan site turns a critical eye toward political statements of all stripes, scrutinizes misleading advertising claims and gives youth pointers on evaluating information found online. It also provides a dictionary. For educators, the site offers lesson plans and guides for teaching critical thinking, tips on the proper use of sources and strategies for recognizing deceptive arguments.
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Free, printable Young Novelist Workbooks will get students’ creative juices flowing. Inside each workbook—one for elementary school, one for middle school and one for high school—you’ll find worksheets and activities that will spark your students’ imagination and guide them through their “noveling” journey.
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Dive into the SEA
Dive into the Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA), a treasure trove of aquatic science resources in English and Spanish for K–12 teachers and students. You’ll find Interactives, Lesson Plans and Explorer’s Guide related to Plants and Animals, People and Cultures, and Places: Land and Sea. You can browse the site by Topic, Concept or Grade Level.
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Just the Facts, Please!
Unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life with Detective LaPlant and his partners, Bud and Sprout. They need your students’ help to find clues, conduct experiments and solve problems as they journey into the world of plants. The six interactives in the Great Plant Escape are accessible in English and Spanish.
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Help Students Plan for Their Future
With financial support and assistance from Microsoft Corp.’s U.S. Partners in Learning, students across the nation now have access to CareerForward^TM, a free online course covering globalization, career planning, financial literacy and entrepreneurship. CareerForward empowers students at any grade level in middle and high school to take charge of their own education, career path and future prosperity.
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Turn Students into Aspiring Scientists
The Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education have launched Siemens Science Day, providing free standards-based videos, tools and hands-on activities for earth, life and physical science that educators can use to turn students in grades 4–6 into aspiring scientists. Each activity includes how-to information, step-by-step directions for in-class use, materials lists, at-home extensions that promote learning beyond the classroom and related video clips. More activities will be added to the site in the coming months.
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Analyze a Historic Speech
This comprehensive lesson plan for English language learners focuses on the final part of Barack Obama’s presidential victory speech. Students complete pre- and post-listening activities, including a focus on the literary style of the speech and Internet-based research tasks. The lesson is available at intermediate and advanced levels, along with a video clip, on OneStopEnglish.
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View the World Through Different Lenses
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the proportion of different resources they share, and by their contributions to human society. Presently the site includes nearly 600 maps. Maps 1–366 are also available as PDF posters. Use the menu at the top of the homepage to find a map of interest. Subjects range from Youth Literacy to Education to Pollution and even to Population in Year 1 and Year 2050!
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Become a History Detective
PBS’s History Detectives is devoted to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects. Look for Black History Month special airings throughout the month of February and introduce your students to the skills and techniques used in historical investigations. Visit the History Detectives site for more information, including lesson plans.
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Model the Scientific Process
Created by the National Academy of Sciences, the iWASwondering Web site encourages young people, especially girls, to pursue an interest in science. Lia, the teenage cartoon character who hosts the site, guides visitors through interactive resources and activities developed for middle school students. The site includes science labs, games, interactive comic strips and a teacher guide, as well as ASK IT!, a moderated forum and free online resource designed to model the scientific process. Students are invited to identify and formulate a scientific question, expand on an existing question and pose possible answers to other users’ questions. They can also vote for the questions they’d like to see answered by a scientist. The activity creates an online community that encourages logical thinking, problem solving, collaboration and inquiry-based learning.
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