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Imagining Homes and Environments

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss relationship between environments, natural resources and housing, establish connection with students in classroom or school there, and paint pictures of what they think homes look like based on basic data about environment.
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Art Across the Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create drawings of their own homes and those that they imagine might be found in a foreign country, conduct research on that particular foreign country using exchange artwork and questions with another group of students in that...
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Selecting A Destination

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers utilize atlases, maps, and Internet resources to select destinations and places to stop along the way on a day trip. They examine and write about the reasons they want to visit the particular places they chose.
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Letters to Local and State Legislators

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students locate their local or state legislator's address. They write and send letters to their local and state legislators critiquing their voting record on environmental issues and sharing their own views on these issues.
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Environmental Voting Records of Legislators

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students collect and record data on the environmental voting record of their local and state legislators using the Internet. They identify examples of environmental problems or endangered species in their state.
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Application

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students apply and generalize data, and prepare and present an oral presentation with a visual aid.
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Local Heart Rates

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students determine the type of data needed to test their inferences. As homework, they check and record heart rates of fellow students, teachers and family members. During their next class period, students enter all data into the database.
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What's in a Name?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use Internet and library resources to find the meanings of their first and/or last names and discuss the evolution of the concept of naming individuals.
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Story Assignments

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students choose their beats and decide what areas of school and community news they cover.
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Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect Visualizer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work in small groups to study the various aspects of global weather and discuss the possibility of a Greenhouse Effect.
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Immigration Explorations, Part I

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students visit a number of web sites on immigration created by other Students, evaluate types of research used, structure of sites, and what types of information were included.
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Pick a Holiday

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the Internet resources provided and their own searches to select and investigate a holiday of interest to them. They present their findings to the rest of the class in a format of their choice.
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Website Publishing

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students visit the student-created John Schick's Virtual Ellis Island Museum website. They evaluate the sorts of research the students carried out to create their site, how they structured the site, and what sort of information and...
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Immigration Explorations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students visit John Schick's Virtual Ellis Island Museum in order to complete research and evaluate how students created their site, how they structured the site, and what sort of information and graphics they included. This list is...
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People Of The Plains

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson that discusses how Native Americans lived in all different parts of North America. They focus on investigating the region's natural resources and how the indians used them to build shelter, make clothing, and...
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Sentences And Sequencing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice writing complete sentences and sequencing three or more events. They listen to at least one version of the story read aloud and work cooperatively to put the story events in proper sequence. They access a...
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Celestial Seasonings

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars review and discuss video about the relationships between the Earth, Sun and Moon. They create a HyperStudio stack about the Earth, Sun and Moon including created animation. Students present their finished product to the...
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Nothing to Fear

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read from the book, "Nothing to Fear," and discuss living in New York during the Great Depression. They write entries and summaries in their learning logs to share with the class. They work in groups to create a database...
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Air Born

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students make wings that produce enough lift to fly a hand held styrofoam glider.
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Art: Mirror Of History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students show through art how major human events have changed American Culture. Students write in a journal to keep track of studying that is done during the unit. They also create an oral report.
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Nationalism and Conflict-Two Fronts, Two Perspectives!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the major conflicts of the 20th century. After watching a video, they discuss the various types of technology and how they were used in World War I. They watch excerpts from films covering different wars and view them...
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Charlotte's Web Venn Diagram

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, together as a class, construct a Venn diagram of characteristics they see in two classmates. Then, they independently create another Venn diagram comparing/contrasting two characters from the story Charlotte's Web. They share...
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Visit a Historical Site

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research a historical site and determine the site's historical significance to their community. They research the events surrounding the site and conduct field research in order to examine a certain time period. Students write a...
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Measuring "pHacts" about Acid Rain

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders gather and graph information regarding the pH of rain. Working cooperatively with an internet partner, 6th graders gather and record information about the pH of the rain in their local area. They graph this information...

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