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El Education: Adolescent Anatomy and Disease [Student Project]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
10th grade students at Dayton Regional STEM School in Beavercreek, Ohio, created this book, Adolescent Anatomy and Disease. This project is the culmination of several months of student work and represents a collaboration between the life...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Mathematical Recipe Metaphors

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Barry Lane's books entitled Reviser's Toolbox and 51 Wacky We-Search Reports are used as mentor texts. Used as a refeference, the concept of recipe poems can be instructed to the students and the genre of "how to" books,...
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El Education: What Snake Am I?

For Students 2nd - 4th
An online book entitled What Snake Am I? by 2nd graders at The Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton, Massachusetts. The book contains information about different snakes found around the world. Original writing and illustrations...
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El Education: Geology for Kids

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
4th grade students from the Swift River Elementary School in New Salem, Massachusetts, created this field guide to local geology, featuring "Things to Know" and "Places to Visit", as part of a study of local geology and rocks and...
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EL Education

El Education: A Tribute to Victory

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High school students in Dubuque, Iowa, created this book as part of a learning expedition on World War II. In pairs, students conducted extensive interviews, asking veterans to share personal accounts of their experiences during the war....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Am I? Learning With Biographies

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
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...
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EL Education

El Education: E2 River Scientist Study

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This book was created by fifth and sixth grade students at in Amherst, Massachusetts. As part of study of the local watershed, students interviewed and worked with local scientists who were involved with studying and promoting the health...
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EL Education

El Education: Wisconsin for Kids and by Kids

For Students 6th - 8th
An online book entitled Wisconsin for Kids and By Kids created by the students of Winnequah Middle School in Monona, Wisconsin that features some famous people, places, and events throughout Wisconsin's history. Original writing and...
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EL Education

El Education: What's Up?

For Students 3rd - 8th
An online book entitled What's Up? Frequently Asked Questions About Space by 3rd graders at Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York. The book contains information about space and tools used to study space. Original...
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EL Education

El Education: What's Happening in the Bog?

For Students 6th - 8th
An online book entitled What's Happening in the Bog by 6th graders at Duggan Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The book contains descriptions and photographs and illustrations of plants and animals found in Duggan Leatherleaf...
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EL Education

El Education: Economics Illustrated

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This book was created by tenth grade students in San Diego, California. It combines student descriptions of economic terms and concepts with original student art that illustrates them. Students were supported by social studies and art...
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EL Education

El Education: Forest Park Zoo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide to the animals at the Forest Park Zoo was created by 1st grade students at the Alice B. Beal Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was part of a Learning expedition on animals. Students, through fieldwork...