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OneWorld UK

One World: Hot Earth: Climate Change for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Younger students will love this colorful yet educational site on global warming and climate change. Easy to read factual information is included. Available in many different languages.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Make Inferences in Informational/expository Texts

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Use different organizational patterns as guides for summarizing and forming an overview of different kinds of expository text while distinguishing factual claims from...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Make Inferences in Informational/expository Text

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] By using different organizational patterns as guides, learn how to make subtle inferences and draw complex conclusions while distinguishing factual claims.
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Read Works

Read Works: Fact/opinion Kindertarten Unit: Identifying Facts, Forming Opinions

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using Animal Smell by Kirsten Hall to teach students to find factual information inside informational texts and begiE3229:E3236n to form opinions based on information within the text. Includes...
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Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion Kindergarten Unit: Fact

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity using Animal Touch by Kirsten Hall to teach students to find factual information inside informational texts. Includes ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Red Shouldered Hawk

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed site contains a wealth of factual information about the Red-shouldered Hawk. Topics include: cool facts, description, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status. Sounds of this species can be...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Anhinga

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into an abundance of factual information, photos, and sounds of the Anhinga on this thorough site. Topics highlighted are: cool facts, description, similar species, range, and other names.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: California Condor

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed site contains a wealth of factual information about the largest flying bird in North America. Topics include: cool facts, description, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction and conservation status. In addition, the...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: Mooncake

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn factual information about the moon and how light creates shadows. Noting that authors oftentimes use their imaginations to create stories, 1st graders explore how misconceptions and misunderstandings can often be...
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Space Telescope Science Institute

Amazing Space: Comets: Comet Facts, Myths, and Legends

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive book full of interesting information about comets - their discovery, beliefs about them, factual information, and famous comets. An 'All about comets' link at the bottom of the page has lots of background information on...
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US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Census in Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
Factual information to discuss in schools from the U.S. Census Bureau includes population clocks, state facts, and important information that affects the world of the student.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Science as Storytelling for Teaching the Nature of Science

For Teachers 10th - 12th
For this activity, students first read an essay entitled Science As Storytelling, then respond to the questions accompanying it. The purpose of the lesson is for students to develop a deeper understanding of science as more than just...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Lo Que Necesitas Saber Sobre Las Drogas

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this article to understand the addiction process and factual information concerning various classes of drugs. The article contains links to similar sites as well. In Spanish.
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Adventure Learning Foundation

Adventure Learning Foundation: Patagonia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Thorough, informative site about the region of Patagonia. Besides factual information, this location also features a journal and photographs of the "World of Wonders" expedition.
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Harvard University

Harvard Medical School: History of Sickle Cell Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is put out by a professor of the Harvard Medical School. It contains factual information on Sickle Cell Disease and the information is set up by links under different subject headings. This is a great site to check out on the...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Bovid

For Students 9th - 10th
Some factual information on bovids can be found in this Wikipedia encyclopedia article. There is also a table that provides scientific classification information on bovids as well.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Drugonyms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research factual information about drugs, and work as a team to convey that information to the class.
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Other

Students of the World: Russia

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out some factual information about Russia. Here you will find the national anthem, information about the physical geography, the climate in an easy to read graph form, the language, population, economy, natural resources,...
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WebMD

Web Md: Measles (Rubeola)

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides great information on Measles (Rubeola). Links provide facts on symptoms, medical tests, wellness and support. This site is well organized and contains great in-depth factual information along with a picture.
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Purdue University

Purdue University: Cannabis Sativa L.

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on Cannabis sativa is organized into fourteen brief sections, each presenting factual information about the Cannabis Sativa plant. Here, read about its uses, as well as its chemical makeup, physical description, and...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: What the Animals Do and Say by Eliza Follen

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book What the Animals Do and Say by Eliza Follen [1870], This book offers factual information about animals in a fictional narrative.
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Rock'n on Shakey Ground [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
The basics of earthquake science including factual information about how and why they happen. Also includes some hands-on activities and experiments for students.
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Nature Canada

Nature Canada: Roseate Tern

For Students 9th - 10th
More research into the roseate tern needs to be undertaken as it is not clear where it spends the winter. The species is threatened in many areas around the world, largely due to an over-abundance of gulls that prey on them and take...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: John Ciardi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Presents factual information on the life and literary career of poet John Ciardi. Also presents a selected bibliography.

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