| Middle School , High School |
Business Careers, Music, Technology Media |
Software Programs |
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| 2Tone |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2007%20Projects/Biz-2Tone/2Tone/index.htm |
| Pupils are asked to design and present a data handling system for the management of a fictitious music company called '2tone'. The system should host customer information and be sufficiently robust to provide solutions to problems. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, English Language Arts, Health Phys Ed, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Journalism, Internet, Media Literacy, Visual Arts |
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| A Day in the Life of... |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/solano/ |
| This unit uses multi-disciplinary work to help students learn more about the professional world of sports medicine. Students conduct online research on sports medicine, contact professionals in the field, craft interview questions, engage in online discourse with these professionals, and create a brochure using information obtained from these interviews. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Business Careers, Technology Media |
Digital Media |
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| Assembing a PC |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/ICT-AssemblingPC/AssemblingPC/index.htm |
| A understanding of assembling computer hardware is covered in this unit. This is a photographic resource which has been used to support the technology curriculum. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Software Programs |
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| Bright On Design - A School Business Gives Back |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/hinkle/sigproj.htm |
| Good businesses give back to the community. That's what these Graphic Arts students discover when they apply classroom knowledge to a graphic design business for the school community. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Mathematics, Technology Media |
Money, Software Programs |
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| Business Spreadsheets |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/ICT-Business_Spreadsheets/index.htm |
| This unit provides a scheme of work for students studying GCSE ICT (UK) who often ask the importance of learning spreadsheets. Students imagine that they own a business which is seeking more efficient stock control mechanisms. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Mathematics |
Accounting |
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| Business Studies, Finance and Accounting |
| http://ioe.ac.uk/TeachNetUK/dsalbstein/index.html |
| There are six brief numerical challenges to test the student's knowledge of the key relationships of the unit. Each section also has a collection of multiple choice questions and a data-response task. Students can download spreadsheets of sample accounts that they can analyse using the skills they have learned. They can then suggest strategies for the business to pursue, using their skills of evaluation. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Business Careers, Health Phys Ed, Science, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Biology, Community Culture, Internet |
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| Courage Connection 2 Kids 4 Kids |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/vasallo/vasallo.htm |
| Students help children cope with extended hospital stays when they give helpful hints and exchange stories of personal courage. Helped by high school mentors, students write and post their personal stories on their own Courage Connections web page and share information on careers in health care with the school community. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs |
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| Creating Audio Content with Audacity |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/ICT-Audacity/audacity/index.htm |
| Over four lessons, this project aims to help students produce a radio advertisement using the free audio software "Audacity." |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Writing, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Desktop Publishing |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/ICT-DTP/desktop-publishing/index.htm |
| Students will proceed through the steps of identifying, analysing, designing, implementing and evaluating a document for publication. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Science, Social Studies |
Biology,Botany, Earth Science, Community Culture |
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| Environmental Studies at Millenium Park |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/debear/debear.htm |
| Millennium Park sited on a former landfill adjacent to West Roxbury High recently opened after years of planning and construction. Meeting with park engineers and organizers, students incorporated park-related studies into their curriculum and went on a Web Tour of careers in Biology/Ecology. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Social Studies |
American History, Community Culture |
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| Exploratory Teaching |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/everywhere/profiles/brady.htm |
| Exploratory Teaching is designed for students who are interested in becoming teachers. The course includes the study of teaching as a profession, the history of education, social issues in education, teaching practices and instructional strategies, as well as field experiences in the high school. Students will work as teacher aides and must complete such tasks as designing lesson plans, designing and decorating bulletin boards, and learning various classroom procedures. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Internet |
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| Exploring Careers Online - The Job Hunt |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/ahorton/careers.htm |
| Students will use Internet resources to learn about how to apply for a job, how to key their application letter and resume, and tips on the interview process. They will also learn how to post their resume, cover letter, and employment application directly online, thus learning about the time-efficient changing nature of the workplace. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Mathematics |
Accounting, Money |
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| Finance and Accounting |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Biz-GCSE%20Finance/index.htm |
| This resource focuses on the profit and loss account and the balance sheet, along with the tools required to analyze them. We also look at how businesses use cash flow forecasts, how they find sponsorship, and how they create budgets. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Technology Media |
Geometry, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Geometry Shapes Playground Safety |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/yee/yee.htm |
| How safe are our neighborhood playgrounds? Using the latest statistics from the National Program for Playground Safety, students discover that most of the nation's playgrounds rate only a C. High schoolers observe and report on children at local playgrounds. They research the Internet for safety tips and checklists. Then, they share their word-processed pamphlets, flyers or computer slide shows with high school peers and children from a neighborhood day care center. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts |
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| Get a Job |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/chornik/job.htm |
| What does it take to get a job that will lead to a successful career path? This WebQuest helps students identify positions on the job market and career interests, and understand the application and interview process. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Get a Life! |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/landerson/life.htm |
| Get A Life! is a program that is designed to help students begin preparation for life after high school. It starts with the students creating a web page in which they describe the life they wish to have in ten years. Then they begin research on potential careers. They take several assessment quizzes to find out what career would be suitable for them. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Get Organized with Google Applications |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantwinners/TeachNet09_AnneKornfeld2.htm |
| Students will gain an understanding of the power of the Google Applications as organizational tools to better facilitate time management and student achievement while utilizing state of the art Web 2.0 tools. Students will learn to set up Google/G-mail accounts, personalize their homepage (iGoogle) and toolbar, and use applications to fulfill assignments, collaborate with others in online editing, and keep online calendar(s). |
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| Elementary |
Business Careers, Science, Technology Media |
Physics, Scientific Method, Software Programs |
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| Go Robo |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2007%20Projects/ICT-Go_Robo/Gorobo/index.html |
| Go-Robo is a programming language that enables students to develop control of a range of WowWee Robosapien robots.The software is suitable for KS2-3 (UK) students and makes for cross phase liaison. Girls in particular show high engagement with the robots. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Social Studies |
Global History |
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| Habsburgs, Inc. |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/everywhere/profiles/griffin.htm |
| This WebQuest is designed to help students understand and apply principles of organization and rule in current day businesses or organizations that can be gleaned from an examination of this dynasty. Students will gather Internet research about the Hapsburg Dynasty, then will take one of four roles as determined by the WebQuest. They will then evaluate the effect of the dynasty and apply the ruling principals and structure to a modern-day organization or business. |
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| Elementary |
Business Careers, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Community Culture, Software Programs |
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| I Know Who Takes Care of Me |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet-lab/miami/2002/cdelancy.htm |
| The overall plan for this thematic unit is that people in a community share the same commonalities. This program is a great way to establish a stronger school-community link as well as serving as an introduction to your school's Career Day. |
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| High School |
Business Careers |
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| Introduction to Business |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2007%20Projects/Biz-Introduction/Introduction_to_business/index.htm |
| This series of tasks aims to start students thinking about some of the issues surrounding the setting up of a new business. It would work well at the start of the school year for Year 10/high school pupils as an introduction to what business is all about. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, Technology Media |
Drawing, Media Literacy, Visual Arts |
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| Introductory Skills for GCSE |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/DT-Skills_Course/index.htm |
| This is a course of six lessons, establishing a basic knowledge of equipment, media, product analysis, presentation, and drawing techniques for GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) Graphics Products and Product Design. |
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| Elementary , High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts |
Reading Literacy, Writing |
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| Literacy Leaders: Cross-School Mentoring |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/bower/bower.htm |
| Using the latest technology, high schoolers launch cross-school tutoring by scheduling five Read Aloud sessions with their elementary school Book Buddies. With children as their audience, older students interact in a REAL environment to raise their own learning standards and learn by teaching. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Digital Media, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Networking - Techies as Teachers |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/yee/yee_2.htm |
| How does networking work? Bilingual students with backgrounds in computer technologies demystify how information travels via global networking. By developing and presenting mini-workshops, they enhance the computer knowledge of their lower school classmates. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Reading Literacy, Writing, Internet |
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| Open for Business: Get Ready for HS Internships |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/internship.htm |
| "Open For Business: Get Ready for HS InternshipsÂ" gives the students the opportunity to discuss fears and expectations of the work world, and prepare themselves for internships. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Technology Media |
Media Literacy, Software Programs |
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| Practical Networking |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/ICT-Practical_Networking/Network/index.htm |
| Computer networking is a component of every GCSE (UK) and A level ICT course, but it is largely theoretical. By the use of photographs and illustrations, this site gives a practical introduction to using network components. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, ESL, Science |
Earth Science |
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| Recycle with EPA - Entrepreneurial Paper Activities |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/prussing_sun/prussing_sun.htm |
| How can students Think Globally, Act Locally? A team of ungraded high schoolers and bilingual ninth graders responded to this challenge by applying recycling guidelines to a venture capitalist model. Students visited a recycle center and a plastic s museum to assess how discarded material can evolve into useful and/or aesthetic objects. Identifying paper overuse as a major school problem, the young entrepreneurs hosted representatives from Earthworm, Inc. and learned how to recycle school paper. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Special Ed |
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| Rx for Tired Classrooms - Voc Ed to the Rescue |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/enright/enright.htm |
| Students, who are just beginning to investigate building and carpentry careers, advertise their shop know-how. They enhance classrooms by installing white boards and bulletin boards along with rehabbing chalkboards and creating storage areas throughout the campus. They recycle materials commonly labeled unusable, manage their time, and analyze and solve problems while actively improving the learning environment. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Scratch |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2007%20Projects/ICT-Scratch/Scratch/index.html |
| Scratch is a new programming language from MIT which teaches all the basics of computer programming using a straightforward graphical interface and which allows students to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Social Studies |
Journalism, Literature, Writing, American History |
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| Seeing Through Lyddie's Eyes: A Historical Career Search |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/Ouellet/Ouellet.htm |
| Students study the Industrial Revolution in order to make connections between historical events and their contemporary lives. Students visit the Lowell Mills and observe first-hand the experiences of working men and women during the Industrial Revolution. They relate this to Lyddie, which they read in class, and to two theatrical presentations. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, ESL |
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| Step Into the Real World - Careers & Service Learning |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/chang_feeney_wong/chang_feeney_wong.htm |
| This project recognizes that new immigrants need sudent-to-student guidance on college and career choices long before high school graduation. School partners, Liberty Mutual Group and The Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), provide opportunities for on-the-job observation and training. Students help organize career fairs and share insights with their grade nine peers. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Technology Media |
Software Programs |
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| TechAssist 1 - Networking for Student Service |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/slater/slater.htm |
| Combining technology with service, students come up with solutions for classroom technology problems. Students format computers, install operating systems, configure protocols, download software, diagnose and troubleshoot most common computer problems. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, Mathematics, Technology Media |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Geometry, Visual Arts |
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| Technical Drawing |
| http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/DT-Technical_Drawing/index.htm |
| This project focuses on the development of technical drawing skills at Key Stage 3. With the use of suitable equipment and processes, this project encourages students to visualize and construct graphics and shapes. |
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| Elementary |
Business Careers, Mathematics, Special Ed, Technology Media |
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| Toy Planet |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet-lab/miami/2003/stephenson2.htm |
| Toy Planet is a unit designed to teach children to operate a business. They design a store, supply it with merchandise (on paper) and create advertisements. They also manage the store's debits and credits by using a spreadsheet. They keep track of their products through a database and learn how promote a sale of their merchandise. |
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| Elementary |
Business Careers |
Writing |
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| What Will I Be? |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/forsberg/forsberg.htm |
| The children decide which profession they would like to pursue as adults. They research that profession on the Internet, then type up a paragraph about what they would need to do to be successful in that career. After that, they create business cards for themselves incorporating graphics from the Internet. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Social Studies |
Community Culture |
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| Who Am I? What Do I Want to Do? How to I Get There from Here? |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/everywhere/profiles/ehrich.htm |
| The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to a growing self-awareness that enhances their ability to make career choices that are sympathetic to their skills and joy, resulting in a better sense of what kind of college they should apply to. Students will determine several resources and home/community/school connections that will help them achieve their goals. |
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| High School |
Business Careers, Science, Social Studies |
Chemistry, Earth Science, Community Culture |
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| Wising Up to Water: Simple Yet Complex |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/sweeney/sweeney.htm |
| High schoolers collaborate with Urban Ecology Institute (UEI) at Boston College and Vista volunteers to share chemistry and media technology skills with local elementary students. They investigate water careers, pursue testing techniques, and use curricula from the local water authority and the Internet. |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts |
Poetry Creative Writing, Writing |
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| Write Away |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet-lab/miami/2004/stephenson.htm |
| Write Away is a unit designed to teach students various methods of writing and to be aware of its importance in their lives. |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Poetry Creative Writing, Reading Literacy, Writing, Community Culture, Email |
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| Writing Buddies: The Writing/Teaching Life |
| http://bostonTeachNet.org/lodge/lodge.htm |
| When middle schoolers become Writing Buddies to a group of third graders, they learn how to appreciate the work of young writers while sharpening their own editing skills. Using technology, students exchange writing responses, and engage in thoughtful conversations about what constitutes good writing. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Business Careers, Technology Media |
Internet, Software Programs |
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| You Want It! We Got It! |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/asalcedo/marketing.htm |
| In this unit on market research, students create and conduct consumer surveys, analyze the results, and graph them in a spreadsheet. They draw conclusions from the results and illustrate them in a PowerPoint presentation. |
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