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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Why Do Birds Fly in a v Formation?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, the student will make a wind tunnel to test how the formation of birds in flight affects flight efficiency. Make the bird models out of Legos and have fun with this project. The Science Buddies project ideas...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Bone Formation and Development

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module explains bone formation and development. Learn about cartiage, intramembranous ossification, endochondral ossification and bone remodeling.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Format: Short Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes and examples that can be read or listened to explaining how to format short quotes following MLA format.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Mineral Replacement in Fossil Formation

For Teachers 4th
Activity demonstrates two ways fossils are formed.
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Other

Webfoot.com: A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This guide explains what types of formats you should use in your email messages to insure the receiver will receive your message as intended. This website covers fancy text, extended character sets, web links, punctuation and quotation...
Handout
Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University: Formative and Summative Assessment [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides an in-depth discussion concerning summative and formative assessments.
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Free Management Library

Guidelines for Formatting Articles, Reports, and Papers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents rules and guidelines for formatting reports.
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Other

Smekens: Integrate Information Across Diverse Media Formats

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Read about strategies to help students integrate information across diverse media formats. Includes video. [4:18]
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Examples of Business Letter Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Examples of a business letter in block and indented formats.
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Other

Odessa College: Three Part Format: Definition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interesting site provides information about definition essays with example formats and a model essay.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Fossil Formation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learn how fossils are created.
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University of Texas at Austin

Tex's French Grammar: Formation and Placement of Adverbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar is a wonderful site with clear explanation of formation and usage of adverbs, with usage examples and interactive practice exercises (written and audio).
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Making a Landform Model

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In the NGSS, one of the performance expectations is for the children to develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area. In the science practices, the children also must develop and use models....
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Soccer for Kids: Formations

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about soccer formations and player positions and responsibilities. Which soccer formation is best?
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Other

Space Science Institute: Alien Earths: Star and Planet Formation

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the lives of stars, and how stars and planets form. The Interactive activity, 'Planet Families' requires Adobe Flash and cannot be launched.
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American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Formation of a Precipitate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab activity where students observe a chemical reaction by creating a precipitate. In this lab, students will create soap scum by combining hard water with soap. Lab activity includes both student and teacher information sheets.
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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition

Ovec: Stream Formation and Erosion

For Students 3rd - 8th
A detailed description of stream formation and the erosion process that occurs.
Article
Leaf Group

Classroom: How to Write a Summary Paper in Mla Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This article by YaShekia King focuses on writing a summary paper in MLA Style.
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Read Works

Read Works: Researchers Beginning to Better Understand False Memory Formation

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about research showing how the brain can create very realistic false memories. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Factors Affecting Soil Formation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the main components of soil and how it forms.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Formatting Science Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site outlines the necessary elements of a scientific report. The site is broken down into the follow segments: title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion. Within each section is a contents section as well as a...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Email Etiquette

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a guide for those interested in writing emails in the proper format. Provides information on format, attachments, and length.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M3: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 3 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about adding shapes and graphics to spreadsheets, using drawing tools to format them, using the autosum function,...
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Other

Grinnell College: Reblesky: Debate Guidelines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set of debate guidelines includes information on debate format as well as preparing for a debate. It uses a computer science class debate prompt.

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