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Carolina K-12

On the Road to Revolution: Creating a Living Timeline

For Teachers 8th Standards
Divided into nine topic groups, from the Proclamation of 1763 to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, your young historians research significant events on the road to the American Revolution, then create a two- to three-minute sketch...
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - The Concorde

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the supersonic Concorde aircraft. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Battle of Lexington and Concord

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the causes of the American Revolution. In this American History lesson, 11th graders read a story "Guns for General Washington. Students read and discuss statements about war. 
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Carolina K-12

First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, and the Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 5th
Your learners will take on the roles of Congressional members in the year 1775 and devise a plan for America after the onset of the Revolutionary War.
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Curated OER

In Search of Shakespeare . Images of Othello: A Shakespearean WebQuest | PBS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students look closely at the text of "Othello." They use an online dictionary, and use various search engines. Students use an online Shakespeare concordance and make intelligent decisions about character. They write an intelligent...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Shakespeare's Macbeth: Fear and the Motives of Evil

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students use an online search engine (or a printed concordance) to locate passages that highlight Macbeth's response to fear and his descent into evil. They analyze the motives of Macbeth's increasingly desperate and evil actions.
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Curated OER

Dipping Into the Pond: Transcendentalism and Us

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders have a basic comprehension of transcendentalism and a familiarity with the principal propenents of the philosophy. They recognize of the unique role played by Concord, MA in the dispersion of transcendentalism. ...
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Curated OER

Ariel, the occasionally, tricksy spirit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers focus on Ariel's character and use online research and close reading in small groups and examine more understanding of the tricks spirit. Each group is assigned a scene and they make notes of Ariel's action, behavior, and...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Charge Intensity and Electric Force

For Students 6th - 12th
Looking for a quick way to supercharge your electricity and magnetism unit? Assign a very responsive interactive designed to illustrate the relationship between charge, electric field, and the resulting forces. Learners experiment with...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Electrostatics: Maze Game

For Students 6th - 12th
Ready to have an a-MAZE-ing time teaching electrostatics? Introduce physical science superstars to an engaging resource that tests their knowledge of attractive and repulsive forces. Pupils change the charge of a ball to guide it through...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Polymers and Monomers

For Students 9th - 12th
You don't want to break these chains! Show young chemists and biologists the basics of polymerization with a simple interactive. The resource gives learners three types of polymers to experiment with, as well as a brief tutorial about...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Reaction Between Hydrogen and Oxygen Atoms

For Students 9th - 12th
Is this resource a great way for your class to observe bonding between oxygen and hydrogen? OH yeah! Scholars learn about the changes in kinetic and potential energy as molecules of oxygen and hydrogen interact. Kinetic, potential, and...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Making and Breaking Bonds: The Effect of Temperature

For Students 9th - 12th
Time to turn the heat up on your next bonding lesson! Young chemists explore temperature, kinetic energy, and bonding through an interesting interactive. The controls allow individuals to vary the temperature, as well as pause progress...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Reaction Between Hydrogen and Oxygen Molecules

For Students 9th - 12th
When molecules of hydrogen and oxygen are combined, how does water form? Science scholars observe changes in kinetic and potential energy during a chemical reaction in an interactive. The resource features easy controls that allow users...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Opposites Attract

For Students 6th - 12th
Whether they pull together or push away from one another, magnets are sure-fire pupil pleasers! Take their study of magnetism to a new level with a fun interactive. Individuals control the polarity of two spheres to observe attractive or...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Visualizing Electric Fields and Forces

For Students 6th - 12th
Shock your class with an exciting interactive about electric fields! Physical science superstars visualize the transparent world of electric fields by changing the charge on a stationary object. They then observe changes in the resulting...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Direction of Force on Charged Objects

For Students 6th - 12th
Make your unit on magnetism a force to be reckoned with! Physical science scholars examine the direction of force on charged objects through a simple interactive. Pupils control the charge of the stationary object, then observe how it...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concentrating Charge and Electric Fields

For Students 9th - 12th
How did Rutherford determine that the nucleus was the center of an atom? Take a look inside the famous Gold Foil Experiment with an interesting interactive. Learners fire a beam of alpha particles at a nucleus containing variable...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Direction of Force Around a Van de Graaff—Negatively Charged

For Students 6th - 12th
Learn about the direction of magnetic force with a very attractive interactive! Young physicists move a positively charged object around a negatively charged Van de Graaff generator and observe the direction of the forces present. A...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Van de Graaff Discharge

For Students 6th - 12th
Your class will definitely get a charge out of an electric interactive! Show young scientists what really happens when you place a wand near a Van de Graaff generator using a simulation. Pupils add varying amounts of negative charge to...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Direction and Strength of Force in Electric Fields

For Students 6th - 12th
Finally, a helpful tool for modeling electric fields! Young physicists explore the unseen world of magnetism via a simple interactive. Individuals move a charged object around a stationary object and see the strength and directions of...
PPT
Curated OER

The Lowell Experience

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Visiting a modern city with a historic past is a wonderful way to show learners how places and technology progresses. Take a visual trip to Lowell Massachusetts and learn about the historic center of textile mill production during the...
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Curated OER

Going Bananas!©

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discuss importance of eating five servings of fruits and vegetables for a healthy lifestyle, and identify bananas as an excellent source of energy.
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Curated OER

Louisa May Alcott: The Candle and the Mirror

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the life of Louisa May Alcott and create an outline of a biography of her life and times.  In this Louisa May Alcott activity, students explore the Transcendentalist involvement in the abolitionist movement,...