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The Facts on Nuclear Power

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students browse a Web site to gather information about nuclear power. They explain how nuclear power is generated and used.
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Jobs on File

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gather information about how people in their community make a living through surveys and interviews, organize the data, and create a Jobs on File notebook for completed surveys.
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Early Explorers Web Quest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the Canadian atlas online to research early explorers and settlers in Canada. They also complete a Web Quest to gather information from maps. They make generalizations about the early settlement patterns as well.
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Biomes -- Part 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils use the internet to locate and gather information on the world's biomes. They compare and contrast biomes to ecosystems and describe the human effects on ecosystems. They answer questions to end the lesson.
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Organizing a Business Trip: A Technolgy-Integrated Project

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars research the Internet to gather information about silk and make travel arrangements for a business trip. They create a memo to participants, create a database of suppliers, a letter to suppliers, design company letterhead...
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Our Country's Landforms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars investigate the many different landforms that are found throughout the United States. They use the internet and other resources to gather information. The information is used to prepare a multimedia slideshow and to create...
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Environment and the Earth

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students were involved in environmental service learning and they gathered information from academic buildings for a database. The data allowed them to use an establish baseline data on light use, recycling, and water fixtures in five...
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Wet Heads

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers apply the steps of the scientific method to an experiment. They complete an instructional activity of scientific inquiry and use a spreadsheet software to create a graph illustrating data gathered.
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Country Research

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research a given country using teacher selected websites. They gather notes about their country in an organized manner. They then create a PowerPoint including a reference page displaying the information they gathered.
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Forensics 101

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners interpret how to communicate information and ideas in ways that are appropriate to the purpose and audience through spoken, written, and graphic means of expression. They use information-gathering techniques, analyze and...
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How to Answer Moral Questions

For Students 7th - 9th
In this character education worksheet, learners respond to five short answer questions related to ideal moral judgment. First, they explain why it is important, which components is most difficult, and how one engages in rational and...
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We Are Philanthropists- Soup service Families

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a service project. In this philanthropy lesson, students gather with their families to discuss how they can give to others. Students and their families prepare jars of dried soup mix that will be distributed to local...
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The Ocean Floor

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners explore the ocean in this earth science lesson. They use the Internet to gather information on parts of the ocean including the beach, ocean floor, continental shelf, trenches, and the animals that inhabit these parts.
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Graphing Trash Material

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate recycling. In this reuse and recycle lesson, students examine the number and kinds of materials they discard.  It also encourages them to think about taking action by reusing and recycling some of these items....
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Tree Identification to Observe Diversity of a Given Nature Area

For Teachers 2nd
In this tree identification activity, 2nd graders read A Tree is Growing, discuss what makes up a forest, brainstorm characteristics of leaves, gather samples of leaves and examine their samples. Students will sort leaves and compare...
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Exploring Gender Bias in the Workplace

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate gender bias in the work place.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students gather research on the current statistics about a profession which focuses on the female//male ratios and the pay scale of the...
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Lesson Two: Use Various Sources to Locate Names of People Who Embody Various Attributes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research a person who has made a difference. In this research lesson, 6th graders create a list of people that they would be interested in researching. They choose one and gather information about that person to put on a...
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Tides of Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the Internet to gather information on tides and then use this information to determine the period of revolution of the moon around the earth (part 1) and the relative pull of the sun and the moon on the tides (part 2).
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Reading A Historical Photograph

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine a historical photograph to gather information and draw conclusions.
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Populating Deerfield: A Workday for Researching the Colonial families

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore who were the colonial families that populated Deerfield and what evidence can be gathered that reveals a part of their life stories to the researcher.
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BIOASSESSMENT OF STREAMS

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students work as a team to gather organisms from a stream to evaluate if the water quality is excellent, good, or fair to poor.
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Pop Clock

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students review the Census Bureau's Homepage, gather information regarding population trends in order to make predictions on future populations.
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Coastal Weather Issues: Planning for a Hurricane

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders utilize internet resources to gather, analyze, and interpret hurricane data. They develop a public information booklet that be used as a guide for the community to use when preparing for a hurricane.
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Reality Check

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice living on a budget. They must plan for rent, utilities, and food and determine if they can afford the luxuries of a phone, car, gas, movies, clothes, etc., using a newspaper to gather their information.

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