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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Investigation: Dissect a Flower [Pdf]
A lab activity where students carefully dissect a flower and learn about its different parts. Materials may require sharp dissection instruments. Includes extension activities and test preparation questions.
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Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Which Plant Part? [Pdf]
A lesson in observing a plant or plant community in different seasons for the purposes of recording observable changes.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Learning From Leaves: Adaptation [Pdf]
A scavenger hunt where students find and study examples of leaf adaptations for different environments. This activity is designed to be used on a visit to botanical gardens or greenhouse but could be adapted and used with specimens in...
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Investigation: Pollen Collection [Pdf]
After learning about what pollen is, its health effects, as well as how it benefits humans, middle schoolers take part in a lab activity. For this, they collect schoolyard pollen on slides, stain it, and then examine it under a microscope.
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries: Information and Its Counterfeits
Distinguishing information from propaganda, biased reporting and misinformation is an important skill. This short article defines each of these, and provides examples of each.
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English Listening Lesson Library Online: Learn English Naturally
Homepage with links to an extensive list of videos, audio, quizzes, and vocabulary for English language learners. Sort by level, country, topic, and media.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "In the Library" by W. W. Jacobs
Text of the short story "In the Library" by W. W. Jacobs. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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California Newsreel: Videos on African American Life
This company claims to be the "oldest and most notable non-profit documentary production and distribution center in the nation." It offers a rich collection of videos on all aspects of African American life and history: e.g., Academy...
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Teachit.co.uk: Library of English Teaching Resources
Teachit.co.uk is a free online resource for English teachers. Content includes classroom materials, schemes of work, lesson plans, and teaching tools. Look at the Top 5s, the English Teaching Online, the Teachit Trails, and the Tweakits....
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64 Parishes: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
64 Parishes is a project of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Explore Louisiana's past, reflect on our present, and imagine the future. 64 Parishes represents the evolution of tradition, creating content that reflects the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Natural Disasters in the United States
During the course of this instructional activity, the students will research various forms of natural disasters that occur in the United States and what someone should do in the event of that disaster. The teacher and library media...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: In Search of Free Books
Where can your school, library, or community group find free or low-cost books for kids? There are a number of national organizations as well as local programs you can turn to for help filling the shelves of your library, classroom, or...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Twentieth Century Resumes
Students will use the Alabama Virtual Library and other reference materials available in the library to create a resume for a twentieth century historical figure from United States history, science, or literature. The lesson is designed...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Going Batty
Students will participate in a research project about bats, which will culminate in a virtual field trip to discover more about bats. Students will collect information on the Internet using the Alabama Virtual Library and other...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fishing for Facts!
This lesson will involve a visit to the Library Media Center to research different sea creatures. Using an encyclopedia, young scholars will find two facts about their sea creature. Using the Internet, students will work in small groups...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's Your Style?
Through collaboration with the art teacher and library media specialist, students will use various electronic information sources to research an artist and discover the style of the artist through examination of the artist's work....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animal Adaptations
Students use technology tools to research and produce a multimedia product on animals and their habitats. This a collaborative project involving the library media specialist, classroom teacher, and special education teacher.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Dewey Decimal Goes to Math Class
Math students take an onsite field trip to the library (media center) to meet the Dewey decimal system. An "Essential Question" will be used to a set the purpose for understanding why we use the dewey decimal system. Students will...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Who Am I? Learning With Biographies
Students often have difficulty differentiating between genres of books in the library media center. During this lesson, students learn to identify a biography and understand the types of information included in this genre. Students will...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Do We Have It and Where Can I Find It?
Students will use the electronic card catalog to locate books in the Media Center. Students will determine if the Media Center has a particular item, if it is currently available, and where the item is located in the Media Center.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Air [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students work in small groups to examine stomata on a leaf's upper and lower surfaces. They then conduct an experiment to test whether plants can survive without air, learning about transpiration in the process.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Native American History
These six extensive collections provide first-person historical accounts, audio clips of music and thousands of photographs from Native American cultures. Audio requires Windows Media Player for PCs, and QuickTime for Mac.
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Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Abiotic Factors [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners explore plant communities and observe different types of soil and weather conditions in an attempt to determine cause and effect relationships. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web...
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Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Soil [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students conduct an experiment to test whether plants need soil in order to grow.
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