Straight Curve™ Mathematics and PLATO® Courses in the Top 20 in District Administration's Top Products for 2007

PLATO® Courses and Straight Curve™ Mathematics are in the top 20 products in the Internet category of District Administration's annual feature of the year's Top 100 Products. Products are nominated by readers and will be included in the publication's annual round-up later this year in time to help educators with budget planning for the next school year.
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Ground-Breaking Straight Curve™ Mathematics Product Line Expanded

Curriculum Deepens Instructional Focus on Most Difficult Concepts in Alignment with NCTM Curriculum Focal Points
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Failure is NOT an Option at Delano High School

With online learning from PLATO Learning, Delano sees a reduction in failure rates from 19% to 1%, increased student confidence, improved attendance, and expanded learning options for all students—from at-risk to advanced placement.
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Vocational Education is Shifting Focus, STLToday.com

It was once the refuge of high school students who weren't headed to college; for the kids who didn't excel at academics or preferred getting their hands dirty. But "vocational" education — the former province of budding mechanics, welders and secretaries — is shedding its grease-stained, dictation-taking image.
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Financial Education — Bonus Pay for Teachers, ABC News

The Department of Education recently launched the first federal program to use bonuses to motivate teachers who raise test scores in at-risk communities, and awarded the first $42 million of the $94 million Teacher Incentive Fund last month.
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The Heart
The first heart transplant in the U.S.A. was successfully performed on an adult patient on January 6, 1968. To commemorate this significant achievement, this month Nettie's is dedicated to the human heart.

Grades K–2

It's a Big, Big World — Feel the Beat
Feel your heartbeat. Discover how your heart beats faster when you exercise.
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National Science Content Standards:     Standard F:         Science in Personal and Social Perspectives K-4,         Personal Health

PLATO® Projects for the Real World, Level C — Keeping Healthy, How Exercise Affects Your Heart

Grades 3–5

PBS Mathline — Health: Healthy Hearts
Calculate your resting heart rate in beats per minute and estimate how long it would take for your heart to beat a billion times. Compute your average maximum heart rate and attempt to reach your target heart rate zone while exercising.
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National Science Education Standards:     Content Standard C:         Life Science grades K-4 and 5-8:             The characteristics of Organisms

PLATO® Projects for the Real World, Level D — Body, How Your Heart and Lungs Work

Grades 6–8

A Directed Listening—Thinking Activity for The Tell–Tale Heart
In this lesson, students participate in a Directed Listening–Thinking Activity (DLTA), in which they listen to the story The Tell–Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe read aloud and answer prediction questions at designated stopping points during the reading. Students then discuss and write a written response to the story at the conclusion of the lesson in the form of either an acrostic poem or comic strip. This lesson works well at Halloween or at the beginning of a mystery unit.
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National Science Education standards:     Content Standard C:         Life Science: 5-8:             Structure and Function in Living Systems

PLATO® Life Science: Structure and Function of Tissues and Organs

Grades 9–12

NOVA — Electric Heart: Operation Heart Transplant
Explore the steps in a heart transplant operation by performing a heart transplant in this virtual operating theater.
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NAEP Grade 12 Science:     Science Skills:         Life Science:             Organisms:                 Functions and Interactions of Systems within Organisms

CyberEd® Biology: Annelids

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