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- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students engage in information research about a US state. They demonstrate their ability in using the computer, including the Internet and Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, use reference material, and organize data about PA in a brochure. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students reinforce the use of an atlas and reference materials. They discover how geographic location can make living easier or harder. They draw an assigned journey on a map, categorize survival needs, and prioritize options during the journey. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students use a variety of reference materials to complete a trivia-question scavenger hunt assignment. They seek answers to questions in many curriculum areas. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students locate reference materials, utilize them to find information, and organize that information into their own words or original artwork. They display their work in shadow boxes. The boxes are then judged as to their completeness. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students analyze the formation and purpose of a "Works Cited Page" placed at the end of a research paper. A variety of bibliographic entries are evaluated to format the correct usage of order, spacing, punctuation, and abbreviation in the citings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students participate in a scavenger hunt to match various reference materials to their functions; evaluate appropriate computer-generated sources, and determine which sources need dated information vs. today's ever-changing information. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students acknowledge the importance of using the table of contents, glossaries and indexes in books to find needed information. They also investigate where to find reference materials in the library and on the Internet. Students tour the library and its facilities. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students practice using a variety of reference materials. They are asked how they find out about unfamiliar subjects. Students check the origin of jeans in the dictionary. The teacher explains that the encyclopedia tells about Benedict Arnold. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students discuss reasons to use reference materials, identify correct reference material to use for specific information, find answers to specific questions by locating information in encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, almanac, glossary, thesaurus, and/or telephone book, practice finding and exploring listed Internet sites for reference materials, and correct ready-made paper using Spellcheck, Thesaurus, and print functions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students complete a Pacific Island puzzle by using longitute and latitude reference materials. Students use geographic tools and resources to compare location and human-environment interaction. Full Review »
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