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Discovering Dinosaurs: Planning your Summer Vacation

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students utilize the features of the Atlas of Canada website to plan an imaginary vacation from Victoria, British Columbia to Drumheller, Alberta.
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Nunavut, Our Communities

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research the Online Atlas of Canada to locate the communities of Nunavut. Students examine the geographic area and characteristics of the communities.
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America the Beautiful

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students listen to a read-aloud discussing the landmarks of the United States. In pairs, they use the internet to research a landmark of their choice. They create a visual aid to be given with a presentation sharing the information...
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Com-Post With Us? Learn About Recycling While Having Fun

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars examine the importance of recycling to help the environment. In groups, they make a compost bin on the school grounds recording how the material changes from week to week. They collect other materials for recycling like...
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Clean Kansas Water

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars gain an understanding of ways we can be responsible custodians of our water supply. Students explore the governor's clean water initiative involving the Lower Kansas/Republican river basin and the pollutants present there.
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Regions: Meet the Experts Presentation

For Teachers K - 4th
Students gather information and create a web site on prairies and plains using a variety of resources, including the internet.
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Exploring Life in Jamestown Settlement

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders locate Jamestown settlement on a historical timeline and research colonial life. They name a restaurant, identify who their potential customers might be and prepare a typical colonial menu.
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Exploring Life in Jamestown Settlement

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils research a historic timeline and other texts to explore life in the colonies and the Jamestown settlement. Students investigate what the settlers ate while in the colony. Pupils prepare foods similar to colonists' foods.
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Exploring Life in Jamestown Settlement

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine life in early colonial settlements. Students investigate what settlers ate and create a menu for a fictitious restaurant in a settlement.
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Japan: A Cultural Study

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders "take a trip" to Japan. They discover what life is like for a typical Japanese child and compare/contrast it to life in America. They give an oral presentation of Japanese holidays and festivals.
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African Cities Are Modern

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners create a mobile that compares the way of life in modern cities in Africa to rural villages in Africa.
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Loss of Wetlands: Subsidence

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students observe subsidence and the effect it has on wetlands with a classroom demonstration. They think about the impact of global warming and the sea level and how it affects the marsh.
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Nobody's Home

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in a simulation activity that examines the economic impact of the construction of a reservoir-both the positive and negative side.
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African Rain Forests

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students draw a picture and label the layers of a rain forest in Africa.
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In Line with Time

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a timeline of inventions and inventors made out of light colored bulletin board paper.
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A Guided Tour

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify differences in information found on the internet and in print books. They practice navigating between different pages and using shortcuts. They evaluate a site and share their findings with the class.
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Routing Explorers

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read excerpts from an explorer's journal and then become investigators and navigators themselves. Students answer questions about the difficulties and time it took for the explorers to travel from Washington to New Orleans and...
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The State Of Wisconsin

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils investigate the state of Wisconsin and use sound to experience the concept differently. They listen to Native American songs of a tribe in the state. Also they listen to the frogs that live there in the classroom or out in the...
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Global Story Book

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students work with a school in another country to produce a Global Story Book. They write stories and design pictures that describe both cultures.
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The Voice of the Individual

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the role of the individual in society as a whole. Individually, they design and create their own calling card as used in the past. They put together an art kit in which they are able to use outdoors. To end the...
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Exploring Japan Through Learning Centers

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore the Japanese culture and literature through various learning centers. They compare and contrast story details in two stories and complete a Venn diagram. After comparing the stories, they rotate to different...
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Natural Wonders

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this natural wonders worksheet, student unscramble words, using lyrics to a song titled "Natural Wonders." An answer key is included on page 3. No song link is given.
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Computer Matching

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice using the Internet through computer matching.
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Learning about a Culture from a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify environmental influences on a traditional culture, animals and plants important to a traditional culture, and interpret the identity of a traditional culture from objects and a creation story.

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