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- 5th - 8th
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Students use web quest to take a trip back in time to hear what those living at the time had to say about a devastating earthquake and then visit the future to compare to the possibility of an earthquake in Memphis. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students complete questions about plate tectonics using web pages as references. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research separate elements of the theory of Plate Tectonics, then share that information with each other, drawing conclusions from the culminated information. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students use an interactive map and make trade decisions as they follow the Silk Road. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students complete a worksheet, first with known information, and then with researched information. They create a Power Point, video, or radio broadcast as a presentation technique to convey the results of their research. Students learn to use a Graphic Organizer to sort their internet resources. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the value of gold. They participate in an online simulation of travel along the Silk Road. They examine the trials that the travelers experienced and decide what they would do for gold. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study background information about earthquakes from their science books. They research facts about earthquakes, and earthquake safety. Students focus on of Wisconsin would have earthquakes. They make a PowerPoint presentation on earthquake safety. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students use clay to form models of the different landforms and then complete a data table using a map, atlas, or the Internet to locate famous landforms in the United States. Students complete various activities, writing down their observations in a journal used at the end of the unit as assessment. Students draw and label the six landforms, as well as picture of two slow and quick changes to the earth's crust. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concepts related to the historical events following the Civil War and Reconstruction. They use the story of a earthquake in order to create context for research and finding further comparable information. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students explore natural disasters by reading stories about volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. They explore safe behaviors in order to understand what to expect in a catastrophe. Students practice safe evacuation procedures and share that information with younger students. Full Review »

