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- 4th
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Students investigate five different reference sources in the Media Center: Atlas, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Card Catalog (Look Up Station), and the Internet. They decide which is the BEST source to use to answer specific questions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the concept of frames of reference in physics. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the concept of frames of reference in physics: that two frames of reference, each moving with respect to the other with a constant velocity v, observe the same accelerations and therefore Newton's laws are the same in both. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students learn the concept of frames of reference in physics. They examine how two frames of reference, each moving with respect to the other with a constant velocity v (constant speed, constant direction). Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students, in groups, choose a reference book they have never used before. They fill out a worksheet about the book and then present what they have learned to the class. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine how motion can be described. They observe and participate in a demonstration of a non-Earth frame of reference, formulate and write a description of a non-Earth frame of reference, and prepare graphs. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students review reference works in the library and how to use them. They locate books on the shelves, and compete in a trivia contest to show speed and accuracy in locating information. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 4th
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Students play a four-square game on the playground while reviewing four main references -- dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, and encyclopedia. Students must throw the playground ball in the correct "square" identifying the correct reference source. Full Review »

