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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Facts About Earthworms

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource on earthworms, offering the following sections: "Facts about Earthworms," "Migration and Annual Cycle," and "Lessons Activities and Information."
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Oriole

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource that deals with the characteristics, life cycle, ecology, and conservation of the Oriole. In addition, there are lessons and activities that can be used in the classroom. The migration and annual cycle are also...
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Hummingbird

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource on hummingbirds, organized into the following sections: "How to Track Hummingbird Migration," "Migration Updates," "All About Hummingbirds," "Lessons, Activities, and Information," "Challenge Questions," and "Ask...
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Signs of Spring: Frogs

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive presentation that answers a number of questions about frogs. In addition, this resource contains lessons and activities that can be used in the classroom. A general overview is given of migration and the annual cycle.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Monarch Butterflies

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Observe monarch butterflies and report their sightings online. Share and review the sightings with other students/classrooms to track hemispheric migratory patterns.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Tulip Gardens

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Track tulip growth as the season changes from winter to spring. See how temperature, rainfall, and sunshine affect growth and help scientists look for patterns of climate change.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Report Your Sightings

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Observe various migratory species (hummingbirds, butterflies, etc.) and report their sightings online. Share and review the sightings with other students/classrooms to track hemispheric migratory patterns.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Judy Brophy: The Sun's Daily Cycle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Impressive animated slideshow presentation on the sun's daily cycle and how the sunlight changes hour by hour over the course of a day. Includes a teacher guide with lesson plan ideas and activities.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Frequently Asked Questions About Bald Eagles

For Students 9th - 10th
Questions and answers that touch on all the essentials about bald eagles (anatomy, reproduction and young, diet and feeding behaviors, migration and flight, habitat and range, and conservation).
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Humpback Whales

For Students 9th - 10th
A very informative article that answers questions related to characteristics of the humpback whale plus life cycle, ecology, behavioral adaptations and conservation. The migratory patterns of this whale are also tracked.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Right Whales

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive article that answers a number of questions about the right whale. Questions deal with characteristics, life cycle, ecology and conservation. This site also contains lessons and activities that can be used in the...
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Caribou

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource that contains facts about caribou, challenge questions, lessons, activities and migration information. The migration pattern of the caribou is also tracked.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Adaptations: Fit for Survival

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan will help students explore adaptation, especially as it relates to migration. Students will come to realize that adaptations can be behavioral as well as physical. Students are assigned a particular animal to investigate...
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Whooping Cranes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Track the migration of whooping cranes, once on the verge of extinction. Follow new crane chicks from their hatching to the day they complete their first fall migration at 5 to 6 months of age.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Hummingbirds

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Observe hummingbirds and report their sightings online. Share and review the sightings with other students/classrooms to track hemispheric migratory patterns.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: American Robin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Observe robins and report their sightings online. Share and review the sightings with other students/classrooms to track hemispheric migratory patterns.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Bald Eagles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Track bald eagle migration. Report your sightings and observations to the bald eagle tracking map.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Gray Whales

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Track gray whale migration. Use live data to observe migration patterns.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Compare and Contrast Ideas

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
This reading resource discusses the strategy of comparing and contrasting ideas. Students will learn definitions and explanations for similes, metaphors, and analogies. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they...
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Monarch Butterfly: Journey North: Monarch Migration Update

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and learn about monarch butterfly sightings and migration, and what those can tell about the species.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: American Robin: Spring Fever

For Students 5th - 8th
Here's an experiment to test the hypothesis about the migration of the American robin. Is the arrival of the robin in a certain area predicated on a certain temperature? The process and resources you'll need to test the hypothesis are on...
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Gray Whale Migration Study

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow gray whales as they make their long journey from Mexico to their feeding grounds in the Arctic. This webpage gives students background information and up to date news about the migration of the gray whales. Also, students can...
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Annenberg Learner: Reading Like a Historian

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
During this 8-day unit, students will engage in collecting text evidence and then writing about their findings. They will answer the following question with credible, well-explained evidence: Why did Andrew Jackson and Elias Boudinot...
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Annenberg Learner: Insights Into Algebra 1. Workshop 4

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Determine the height of a bouncing ball by creating a quadratic function for each.