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- 9th - 12th
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Students describe alternative theories for how the first humans came to the Americas, and explain evidence that supports or contradicts these theories. They examine the role of skepticism in scientific inquiries. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students use their creativity with the knowledge learned about the Middle Ages. A.D.400-1500. They use their information and creativity to design a castle and a personal coat of arms, then plan a medieval feast. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use a video, the Internet and hands-on activities to explore how to determine the age of rocks and fossils based on radioactive decay data. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to a brief lecture on the precession of the equinoxes and of its possible link to the occurrence of ice ages. They discuss the theories proposed by Louis Agassiz and Milutin Milankovich. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students create a contemporary coat of arms and illuminated page. They study contemporary artists who combine text, symbols and images in altered books and create an altered book page of their own. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the Middle Ages through Powerpoint presentations and books. During the presentations students work on various reading skills by reading made up papers about the Middle Ages detailing certain events in history. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research and examine the various levels of society during the Middle Ages. They select a person from Medieval society, conduct Internet research, complete a WebQuest, and create a five-day journal written from the perspective of their selected person from the Middle Ages. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students become familiar with the concepts of conflict and change and the relationship between them. They then analyze medieval social groupings to understand relationships among people and people groups. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students investigate growth rates of flowstone formations. They view a virtual field trip and discuss how flowstones form. They observe the cave fieldtrip and predict the growth rate for a cave formation. They graph growth rates and calculate ages of the formations. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students use a list of events of the Early Middle Ages (without dates). they look up the events and complete the included worksheet blanks. They discuss the dates and events then complete a time line with the information. Student select five events to annotate with an icon. they lable a map of Europe. Full Review »

