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Achievers International
An entrepreneurial program from the United Kingdom which allows students to form a small company and export and import locally manufactured products to and from a foreign partner group. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Achievers International Ltd
ACRL - Information Literacy
Tutorials and standards for information literacy. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: American Library Association
Across the Generations: Exploring U.S. History through Family Papers
An exhibit of 63 primary source documents and images offers an unprocessed glimpse of American history by means of four collections of family papers. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Libraries
Action for Healthy Kids
Learn how to improve children's nutrition and physical activity to promote good health and the readiness to learn. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
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Actionbioscience
Build your collection of bioscience teaching materials. Articles, lessons, web resources about the environment, biodiversity, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers in science, and bioscience education. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: American Institute of Biological Sciences
Ad Dissection 101: Exposing Media Manipulation
A complete unit of instruction teaching students the skills needed to interpret advertisements and commercials complete with an initial quiz, assignments, and an ad design activity. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: IDEAS - Interactive Dialogue with Educators from Across the State
Ad*Access
An online collection of over 7000 advertisements published between 1911 and 1955 that revolve around Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina
APPCNC is a non-profit organization that partners with communities in North Carolina to prevent teen pregnancy through Advocacy, Collaboration and Education (ACE). APPCNC has been recognized nationally for its innovative work in the area of teen pregnancy... (Learn more)
Format: website/general
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Adolescent Pregnancy Project
Adolescent pregnancy and parenting guides for pregnant and parenting adolescents and those who care for them. Resources are specific to North Carolina. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: UNC Chapel Hill School of Government
Adventure Learning Foundation
Photographs and travel journals from Southern Africa, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Baja California, Alaska and Yukon. Interested teachers may register their class to track the travelers on their next trip. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: QuestConnect.org
Adventures in Ideas
Professional development offeringsAdventures in Ideas offers a variety of seminars. Adventures In Ideas Weekend Seminars, co-sponsored by the General Alumni Association, explore trenchant cultural, moral and social topics that are content-based from... (Learn more)
Format: website
Provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon
An animated adventure story with multimedia components to engage the K-4 audience and illustrate Earth science concepts. There is also a text-only version of this children's book available on the site. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics
The Adventures of Echo the Bat
An interactive story about a bat that introduces concepts of the electromagnetic spectrum, light, remote sensing, and biodiversity. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics
AERA: American Educational Research Association
Professional organization with practical applications of educational research results including ideas for school or policy reform and teacher education. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: AERA
Aesop's Fables: Online collection
A collection of over 655 Aesop's Fables and related resources. Selected fables are accompanied by images and audio. This website also includes works by L. Frank Baum, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Dickens. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: John Rogers
Afghanistan Unveiled
This site provides information and lesson plans to accompany the film Afghanistan Unveiled, which focuses on the experiences of women. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Independent Television Service
Africa Access Review
Annotations, critiques, and teaching ideas about children's literature from Africa. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Africa Access
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
A searchable collection of African sounds including greetings and songs as well as images of cities, buildings, artisans, and other cultural and natural subjects. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries
Africa for Kids
An interactive website that uses images, audio, and fun activities where kids can listen to songs, make masks, and more to learn about African culture. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: PBS Kids
African American Odyssey
An online exhibit featuring a variety of materials such as rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, and musical scores to document the African American quest for equality. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Library of Congress