E-Pals Around the World

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Students will be able to identify the parts and format of a friendly letter. Students will write a friendly letter using the appropriate format and proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Students will also be able to identify the parts of an e-mail message and write and send e-mail messages. Students will communicate with an e-pal according to a specified timeline. (Confirm permission with your district and county officials before implementing this lesson.)

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Author: Laurie A Henry

Strong Family Traits Inspired by Duck Dynasty

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Students will be able to identify traits of strong familiies and recognize the traits in their own families as well as others. Students, then, create a PSA to help spread the word on the importance of strong families.

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Author: K.Graybill

Goal Setting and Decision-Making: Short & Long-Term Goal Setting

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Students will identify what is important to them and begin setting educational and personal goals.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: State of Florida Department of Education

Module A: Lesson Plan 2: Understanding the Workplace

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Students will be able to describe the benefits and challenges of being self-employed and the qualities a person needs to possess to be self-employed.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Florida Department of Education

Walt Disney World Vacation

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Students will plan a one week trip for four (2 adults and 2 children) to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. They will be given a budget of $3,000. Students will use Microsoft Excel to develop a budget and create a PowerPoint to present their vacation.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Jennifer Swartz

Biotech Careers

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This comprehensive resource from Bio-Link is an alphabetical listing of careers related to biotechnology. Each listing includes a detailed job description, salary information, education and training requirements, and links to short videos that contain additional information and/or interviews with people in that career.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Bio-Link

Employability Skills Framework - Source Matrix

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This resource provides a source matrix that compares the employability skills identified by a sample of national and state standards and assessments used to develop the Employability Framework.

Material Type: Reading

Author: U. S. Department of Education

What Did Dogs Teach Humans About Diabetes?

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This short video lesson explains the contribution dogs have made to the treatment of diabetes through the discovery of insulin. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Duncan C. Ferguson, Chet Knebel, Jeremy Jusay, Katie Wendt, Aaron Augenblick, Kristofer Wollinger, Alex Gendler

Lab Safety Rules

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This resource is a collection of lab safety rules typed on individual cards.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Maria Krech

Illinois Ag Mag: Careers

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This online agricultural magazine for kids contains articles that define each of the major areas of agricultural science, including agricultural business, plant science, animal science, ag mechanics, environmental services, food science, and natural resources. Career descriptions are included for each area.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Illinois Ag Mag: Sheep

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This online agricultural magazine for kids contains articles about the sheep farming industry.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Illinois Ag Mag: Poultry

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This online agricultural magazine for kids contains articles about the poultry production industry.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Illinois Ag Mag: Beef

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This online agricultural magazine for kids contains articles about the beef cattle production industry.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Illinois Ag Mag: Horse

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This online agricultural magazine for kids contains articles about the horse farming industry.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Illinois Ag Mag: Pork

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This online agricultural magazine for kids contains articles about the pork production industry.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Career One Stop: Spanish Career and Cluster Videos

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Students will explore Spanish language versions of more than 300 careers, organized into the 16 career clusters.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Career One Stop

Iowa Wind Power (video)

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This short video explains how a school district in Iowa is learning and earning with wind power.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: National Geographic Society

America's Heartland: Episode 110 - High Tech Dairy

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With this resource students will be introduced to the Waybright family of Mason-Dixon Farms near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Students will see the improvements of state-of-the-art milking parlors to a waste system that doesn’t let cow manure go to waste. This historic farm is a living laboratory.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: KVIE

America's Heartland: Episode 120- Maple Leaf Duck Farm

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With this resource students will be introduced to Scott Tucker owner of Maple Leaf Duck Farms. Duck is a specialty product that’s big in Asia and growing quickly in the U.S.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: KVIE

America's Heartland: Episode 201 - Singing a New Song

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With this resource students will be introduced to Willie Nelson, a legendary country singer, who is using his celebrity to champion the creation and use of biofuels.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: KVIE