Students investigate the notion of home-schooling and the use of technology as an instructional tool while comparing these ideas to their own school experiences. They develop and conduct a survey centering around home-schooling and technology.

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6th - 12th

Students explore the nature and composition of a comet. They research comet facts, legends, and myths. They identify different types of comets and describe what happens to a comet as it travels closer to the Sun.

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6th - 12th

Students discover articles of current events dealing with the experiences of immigrants in the United States. They brainstorm words used to describe immigrants. They answer questions to end the lesson.

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9th - 11th

Students view "My Hero" at MyHero.com and discuss characteristics of heroes and share their own hero. They participate in a discussion and write a paragraph or create a web page about their hero.

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3rd - 5th

The goal of this lesson is for students to place the events of the 2002 servicing mission of the Hubble Space Telescope in the correct sequence. Students increase their knowledge about technology and working in space by completing "Be the Mastermind Behind the Mission."

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5th - 8th