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ABE: Adult Basic Education

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206. Holidays on the Net

Activity Description

Use this site to teach your students about American and religious holidays including historical and factual information as well as holiday-related activities.

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels
207. How Stuff Works

Activity Description

How Stuff Works is a Web site that tells you just that - how stuff works. It contains thousands of topics including these main categories:

  • Adventure
  • Auto
  • Culture: Geography, History, People
  • Entertainment
  • Health: Diseases & Conditions, Medicine (including First Aid & Medications), Wellness (including Food & Nutrition, Diet & Fitness)
  • Home & Garden: Real Estate (including home buying)
  • Lifestyles: Cooking, Family (including Education, Holidays, Household)
  • Money: Business (including Jobs), Economics (including Currency, Money & Ethcs, the Stock Market), Jobs, Personal Finance (including Budgeting & Saving, Taxes, Online Banking, Credit, Banking)
  • Science: Engineering, Physical Science (including Chemistry), Innovation, Environmental Science
  • Tech: Computers, Internet, Electronics

Check out the videos quizzes, and games as well. The reading level is intermediate to high so you may have to use it for group or class discussion.

A suggested activity would be to show The Computer Tour Video (Example Web Site, above) and have students fill out the study guide (Example Document, above) How Things Work Computers.

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

Intermediate, High
208. Internal Revenue Service: Understanding Taxes

Activity Description

The Internal Revenue Service has detailed lesson plans to guide your instruction from the introduction of a given income tax concept, through its development, to the lesson conclusion. Materials include printable PDFs for use in a traditional classroom setting, along with interactive online activities. The flexibility of this program allows you to customize this program to fit the learning needs of your students.

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

Intermediate, High
209. Kahoot!: Fractions, Decimals & Percents

Activity Description

Kahoot is a game-based student response system. You can create and play quizzes, or initiate discussions and surveys. They can be accessed by the students using any device with a Web browser including a laptop, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Android, Chromebook, or desktop computer. The app is NOT necessary to participate in a Kahoot! activity.

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels
210. Math Fact Cafe: Math facts, flashcards, and problem worksheet generation tool

Activity Description

Math Fact Cafe provides math fact sheets, flashcards, and online practice for students. The focus of the site is on math taught in the elementary grades K-5, but can be used with ABE students. You can access hundreds of pre-generated math sheets or create custom sheets to meet a student's specific needs.

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

Low, Intermediate
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OTAN activities are funded by contract CN240137 from the Adult Education Office, in the Career & College Transition Division, California Department of Education, with funds provided through Federal P.L., 105-220, Section 223. However, OTAN content does not necessarily reflect the position of that department or the U.S. Department of Education.