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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students contemplate the worst man-made disasters in history, focusing on the Titanic, read/discuss the article 'The Titanic's Mystique in Digital Packages,' and create an 'Internet scavenger hunt' - Web sites and related questions about the Titanic. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students design, build, and test the specifications (water displacement and load line) for a model boat. The lesson focuses especially on integrating design principles with inquiry-based experimental skills. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students describe the weather conditions and location of the Edmund Fitzgerald when it sank in Lake Superior. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students research and write a play about the Rouse Simmons, the Christmas Tree Ship that sank in 1912. They write the play and create the props before presenting the play. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students participate in a variety of activities surrounding Rock & Roll music, lyrics, drama and visual art and how they all help demonstrate examples of literary terms. They use Rock & Roll as an effective aid to stimulate their literary vocabulary and to broaden their knowledge about the art of writing. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students become familiar with Great Lakes ships and shipping while practicing memory skills and reading. They discuss the difference between a boat and a ship. Students work in groups of two. Each team gets to turn over two cards on their turn. They can consult each other about which card to turn. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students explore Lake Superior. They conduct a variety of interdisciplinary activities such as writing stories regarding its water cycle, drawing a diagram of an aquatic food web, and identifying exotic species critical to the ecosystem Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students design, build, and test the specifications for a model boat. They investigate the water displacement and load line relationship to make sure their boat can carry a cargo without sinking. This is lesson two in a three lesson unit. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students identify figurative language devices used by the author in a given text. They explain why authors use these techniques in their writing and practice using figurative language devices in their own writing samples. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students read and explore different types of poetry, ballads, and sonnets. They identify the symbolism and imagery in each poetry. After studying poetry, students create an anthology of their own which includes various poetic devices. Students illustrate each poem. Classwork is collected and organized into a booklet. Students share their poetry with the class. Full Review »

