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Shopping and Consuming Online Fall 2007

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Arts, Science and Technology
Collection: Webcast UC Berkeley Course Lectures
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Shopping and Consuming Online. From Art 23AC: Foundations of American Cyber-Culture - Fall 2007. How do new media reinforce pre-existing social hierarchies and also offer possibilities for the transcendence of those very categories? Our course offers students an opportunity to think critically about, ... More »

Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries, Spring 2007

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This class will give students the chance to better the lives of others by improving wheelchairs and tricycles made in the developing world. According to the United States Agency for International Development, 20 million people in developing countries require wheelchairs, and the United Nations Development ... More »

Determining Dinosaur Speeds

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: DLESE Community Service Center (SERC)
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This exercise has students determine how fast a dinosaur was moving based on the tracks it made. It allows students with minimal quantitative background to become motivated and begin to develop an appreciation for dimensional analysis as they see whether or not they could outrun the track-making dinosaurs. ... More »

Story Shackles (Linking Students To Written Text)

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Humanities
Collection: LEARN NC Lesson Plans
Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

Abstract: Chain your students to reading a given text critically!! Story Shackles is an imaginative and stimulating way for students to acquire the ability to retell events of a story or text, sequence the action or happenings in a story, or to simply summarize the plot, main ideas with supporting details, or ... More »

Along the Trail of Tears

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Collection: LEARN NC Lesson Plans
Grade Level: Primary

Abstract: A part of history is often forgot when teaching younger students. This is the relocation of the Cherokee Indians when the white settlers wanted their property. The US Government moved whole groups of Indians under harsh conditions. This trip became known as the Trail of Tears. Using this as a background ... More »

LEGO Robots

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Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: WGBH Educational Foundation
Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

Abstract: In this segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members use computers to program a robot in preparation for the FIRST LEGO League Challenge tournament. Despite meticulous planning and programming by its designers, an autonomous robot can encounter unexpected challenges. This is true for both LEGO® robots and ... More »

Adjacent Angles

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Collection: Math Open Reference
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: An interactive applet and associated web page that show the concept of adjacent angles (two angles that share a common leg). The applet shows three line segments with a common endpoint. The user can move the center one and see that the angles on both sides (the adjacent angles) of it are affected. Applet ... More »

Writing with Caribbean Teachers: the Reading-Writing Link

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: Connexions
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This module seeks to encourage teachers to see themselves as writers. This is one way of improving their own writing skills and readying themselves to teach writing. It also seeks to link the reading habit to the act of writing. The ideas came from the expressed needs of student teachers in Trinidad ... More »

Unhinged!

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: WGBH Educational Foundation
Grade Level: Primary

Abstract: The environment plays a critical role in shaping the evolutionary changes that organisms undergo. For animals, food is one of the most important components of the environment. This video focuses on snakes and some of the most important adaptations of these remarkable creatures.

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