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Curated OER

21st Century Medicine: Nerves of Steel

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students model a sarcomere's action, they gain a kinesthetic and visual understanding of muscle contraction. They use this exercise stimulates the production of myosin and actin. Students use two colors of clay, make a "sandwich" of...
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Indiana University

World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun

For Teachers 12th
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
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Curated OER

Anatomy of a Kick

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils investigate the muscle system operating in the kick of a ball. The order in which the six muscle groups contract is noted as the movement is produced by the contraction of opposing muscles required to move a limb in opposing...
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Art Institute of Chicago

Send a Postcard

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the painting, and...
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Technology's Affect on Life

For Teachers 1st
First graders read and analyze hypothetical scenario in which accident at local power company causes homes and businesses to be without electricity for five days. Students create chart listing which tools, appliances, and equipment would...
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Curated OER

Being a Teenage Parent

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners analyze their current daily schedule. They write about how their daily schedule would be different if they had a baby at this point in their lives. Students identify how their priorities and decisions would be affected if...