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- 8th - 9th
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Students correlate surface radiation with mean surface temperature of several geographic regions. They observe how these parameters change with latitude and construct an understanding of the relationship of solar radiation to seasonal temperature variation. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a study of the civilizations of the western hemisphere. They use the maps found online and in an atlas to map out the location of each civilization. They collect the information and compare it to the eastern hemisphere. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of the environment and how humans influence it. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to help students reflect upon the problem and its cure. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concept of economic indicators and how they are used to measure the health of a government. They read from several websites provided in the lesson for resources to help understand the vocabulary and define how they apply to the economy. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students study spiders. They view spider silk through a microscope and compare it to human hair or other fibrous materials. In groups, they compare the strength and elasticity of spider silk. Finally they watch a teacher demonstration on polymers. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover the requirements needed for fossil formation and explore why the Patagonia region in Argentina is rich with fossils. They view and discuss a Discovery Channel video on the topic. In small groups, they conduct internet research on dinosaur eggs, meat-eating dinosaurs or plant-eating dinosaurs. A worksheet guides their research. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research the equator without leaving the classroom. They work in groups to take a virtual tour of one of five countries on the equator: Ecuador, Indonesia, Kenya, Brazil, and Singapore. Students are explained that the term encyclopedia means. They review the basics of note takingl. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a dramatic reading of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and discuss scenes that affected them strongly. After discussing the motivation behind writing the book and some of the historical inaccuracies they choose a scene from Miller's play and rewrite it from the perspective of today. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students search and study the various web sites on the rain forest. They determine parts of speech of each new word. Once this has been done, they read the composition first silently and then aloud. They demonstrate comprehension of the reading by completing various comprehension questions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students utilize oral tradition to create a story. After reviewing the art of storytelling and oral tradition in the region, students create their own story to be told in class using the oral storytelling tradition. Storytelling rubric with detailed explanation is included. Full Review »
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