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PBS

Pbs:search for a Vaccine

For Students 9th - 10th
Questions & Answers with an AIDS researcher and his information about the search for a vaccine for the disease.
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Other

Whalenet: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
An interacive educational website wich focuses on whales and marine research. There are special links for students, teachers, and the general public. Learn about certain whales, go on a tour, and more.
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Other

Space Research Institute: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Space Research Institute.
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Other

Journalist Express: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Journalist Express lists more links than you could visit in a lifetime. This is another site to save for future reference.
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Other

Power Reporting: Computer Assisted Reporting in the Newsroom

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read about a 10-step program for implementing a workable program for using computers in the newsroom consistently and effectively. Journalism today is increasingly reliant on computer-based technology.
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Other

Fqs: Debate "Quality of Qualitative Research"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This link provides information about forming you debate speech. It foucuses on the quality of the quantity of your speech.
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Other

Hamlet Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent site offering a directory of web pages devoted to Hamlet. Links are divided into categories: directories, discussions, full text, humor, movies, papers, spinoffs, and summaries.
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Other

Bare Bones Lesson 6: Creating a Search Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
One of the most overlooked steps in research is preparing a strategy before beginning a search. This mini-lesson will help you construct time-saving searches.
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Diffen

Diffen.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Diffen aims to provide a one-stop shop for information that is unbiased, free, concise, and easy to understand.
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Project Living History [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Inquiry research is self-directed and project-based on the grade-level curriculum. Students begin an area of inquiry research becoming a critical historian. Focusing on research writing involves reading and a digital search on Destiny...
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Pen Pals Around the World [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students improve skills in all subjects and connect with other students while learning about another country. The students began by researching our country. The students chose which topic they wanted to present in our video. During our...
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Other

West Ed: Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Information for teachers about how to use technology in the classroom in varied ways.
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Other

Creating a Family History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What do you know about creating a family history? This site offers a complete lesson plan for developing a sense of how your own family history fits into the bigger picture of the world's history.
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Other

University of Idaho: Information Literacy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module focuses on Information Literacy including internet basics, locating, evaluating, sharing, and documenting information.
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Other

Inpe: National Institute for Space Research

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the homepage of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research with links to specific programs in more defined categories like space and atmospheric sciences, meteorology, space engineering and technology, and more.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Research and Documentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of the importance of research and documentation and links to specific information for each.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Organization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of the six parts of a thesis paper with links to more information on each.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of the six steps of the research process with links to more information on each.
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Other

Swan Catalog: Searching All Libraries

For Students 9th - 10th
This System-Wide Automated Network serves 77 libraries in the Chicago suburbs. It's instructive in how a computer catalog of library materials works.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: The Nature of Science: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer five comprehension check questions about the nature of science in this interactive quiz.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: I Chart

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable inquiry chart designed to help students ask questions and collect information from various texts when conducting research on any topic. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: I Search Chart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable inquiry search graphic organizer to help students organize questions and sub questions while working through the research process. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: History Comes Alive: Developing Fluency and Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Let the power of imagination and inference serve as a "time machine" to bring Benjamin Franklin into the classroom! History and science come to life in a dialogue with Franklin the inventor, developed through lesson activities that...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Storytelling in the Social Studies Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
People make the past come alive as students research and then share stories about famous Americans who promoted democratic ideals.