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Further Study of Neoclassicism and Romanticism
Students continue to conduct Internet research to answer the remaining N/R questions. They are encouraged to contact and communicate with N/R professors or other experts, either singly or over e-mail discussion lists.
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Story Assignments
Students choose their beats and decide what areas of school and community news they cover.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Final Reports
Students write reports of their research findings to be shared with friends and families. They develop their reports into web pages for publication on the Internet.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit:
Students conduct secondary source research using the internet and library resources to research the backgrounds of their family's cultural and ethnic heritages.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Oral Histories
Pupils conduct oral histories of family members to explore their cultural and ethnic heritage after developing a set of research questions.
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Essay Exchange Unit: Response to Essays
Students receive and read electronic reviews of their essays.
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Essay Exchange Unit: Thesis Development
Young scholars identify areas of interest and conduct preliminary research using on-line and library resources to develop their thesis statements.
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Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect Visualizer
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
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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Word Meaning Using Prefixes
Fifth graders use structural analysis to identify root words with prefixes such as dis, sub, re, and pre.
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Polygons
Fourth graders identify and describe lines, shapes, and solids using formal geometric language. They use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer and outline of polygons.
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Social Studies Timeline
Third graders make a timeline for the information covered in their social studies textbook. They use Inspiration software to create a timeline that includes information from the social studies chapter.
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History of Transportation
Students use Inspiration to create a time line which represents the evolution of transportation which has changed the way we travel.
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Big Green Monster
Students listen for the purpose of following directions and use the strategy of drawing to comprehend a story read aloud.
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Put Your Heart Into It
First graders sort Valentine candies according to kind. Data is inserted into a spreadsheet and displayed in various graphic formats.
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"Favorite Fairy Tale Characters"
Third graders enter the results of their survey on a spreadsheet. They construct a bar graph showing the results.
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Adding Flags and States to you State Report
Third graders word process, edit text and add images from the Internet to a document. They explore copyright, fair use, how to evaluate web sites and citing sources.
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Home on the Biome
Fifth graders study six major biomes, graph temperature and rainfall, and present their findings to the class.
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War On Battle of the Books
Students participate in a statewide Battle of the Books competition. They read books and answer questions about them to earn points for their school.
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Awesome Animals
Students collect data from classmates about their favorite animal. They use the ClarisWorks graphing program to enter data, graph results, and interpret data.
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Entry-Level Job Interviewing
Students discover specific information to remember when preparing for an interview and create a presentation based on the information
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Dr. Teeth and Dr. Gums To The Rescue
Second graders role play as dentists researching teeth and their care. They create a slide show showing how a character, Bear, can take care of this teeth explaining habitats, diets and teeth.
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The Hawaiian Islands
Fourth graders present information of people, places, and environments. They collect, organize, and analyze date to use with these representations.
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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs
Second graders conduct survey and sort data according to categories, construct bar graph with intervals of 1, and write a few sentences about their graphs.