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Adobe ColdFusion 8 for Education

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High school students now have access to Adobe’s ColdFusion software to help them develop Web applications and expand their tech prowess. Adobe also offers educators resources for teaching digital design and more through its Instructional Resources page and Rich Internet Application Teaching Resources page. Teachers will find K-12 lesson plans at the Digital School Collection Teacher Resources page.

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Climate Classroom

Free

Students, teachers, and parents can actively work to slow the effects of global warming. From the National Wildlife Federation, this site provides climate curriculum for kids in grades 4-6 and for teens. The extensive resources include lesson plans, activities, actions to take, and more information about the Global Warming Crusade, in which donors adopt a classroom by purchasing educational materials about climate change and its ramifications for the Arctic.

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CNN Student News

Free

Geared for secondary school students, this offshoot of CNN not only posts the latest news but also supplements articles with maps, transcripts, videos, classroom activities, quizzes, one-sheet backgrounders on newsy topics, and links to related articles. The Classroom Edition section offers a guide to selected CNN television programs, listing grade levels, subject areas covered, learning objectives, and curriculum standards.

FreeRice

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How do you get information to come alive for students? By connecting classroom learning to a larger issue, like world hunger. Through a partnership with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the United Nations World Food Programme, FreeRice does just that with online quizzes in chemistry, art, grammar, vocabulary, geography, math, and foreign languages. For every correct answer your students give, FreeRice will donate 20 grains of rice to those in need. It takes 20,000 grains to feed one person for one day, but students’ widespread participation will help the fight to end world hunger.