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- 2nd - 5th
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Students watch a video on the 1930's Dust Bowl phenomenon and discuss the causes for such drastic erosion. They recreate Dust Bowl conditions using plastic tubs, sand, small weights and blown air. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students review the location of different tribes of Native Americans. They examine their culture and how it has effected today's Americans. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the effects of wind and water on landforms in the Badlands and Tablelands of North Dakota. Images imprinted on the North Dakota quarter are used to initiate student research and discussion. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students access information at remote sites using telecommunications, identify impacts by reviewing past El Ni??o events, make and use scale drawings, maps, and maps symbols to find locations and describe relationships. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explain how California became an agricultural and industrial power. They trace the transformation of the California economy in its political and cultural development since the 1850's. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the benefits of urban agriculture. They discuss and explore different types of agricultural methods. They design their own school garden after researching plant and garden types. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students retrieve and interpret data on the distribution of selected estuarine animals at various stages in their life history. They compare the distribution of selected species in two or more estuaries and draw inferences about the ecology of the estuaries. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the process of desertification in the Sahel region of Africa. They discuss photos from a National Geographic magazine, analyze the physical/political map of the Sahara, identify the causes and effects of desertification on a handout, and write a conversation between two people. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students study the geography, people, history, governments, and economies of the Middle East. They develop a basic vocabulary of Arabic terms and work with various materials in creating an aesthetically pleasing, easy-to-understand board game for their own use (and for use by their peers). Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students investigate what the Dust Bowl was and explain the causes and consequences for the American people and the landscape. It also helps give students an understanding of what the Dust Bowl farmers endured. Full Review »
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