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Educator Voices: Grade 3 Research Skills Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Describes the process teachers went through to create a lesson unit where students first brainstormed what it means to do research, then were tasked with choosing a topic, researching it, and presenting on it several days later. The...
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Basic Steps in the Research Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive list of the important steps in researching and writing a report or project. Includes links to tip sheets for each step.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Research Project: American Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete the...
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Alex: Greek Playwright Research Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this lesson students research Greek playwrights, analyze their works, and explain how their works relate to the 21st century.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Aspire: The Aspire Breadboard

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a tutorial for creating a breadboard with an LED display as an educational outreach effort for the Telescope Array cosmic ray research project near Delta, Utah. When completed, the breadboard could be programmed to use actual...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Building Research Skills 2 3

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Check out this site to learn more about building research skills for grades 2-3. This site offers suggestions for activities that will sharpen your abilities.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Investigation Project Steps

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and print out steps that will help you with your science fair project, from topic forming and researching to analyzing and drawing conclusions..
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San Diego State University

San Diego State University: Researching Research

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This comprehensive unit site from the San Diego State University is geared towards seventh grade math and science students. "Students will chose a research project currently in progress and research it using traditional techniques, the...
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University of Washington Libraries: Starting Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you need help knowing where to start your research, or if you're a teacher looking for a way to help students understand the research process, this resource is terrific. Interactive tutorials on a number of topics offer review quizzes...
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Black Hills Institute of Geological Research: Unearthing T. Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the steps of paleontologists as they excavate Tyrannosaurus bones. This project took place in 2004 but there is plenty of useful information on the website for learning more about the T. Rex. Such as, how do you tell a male from a...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating Question and Answer Books Through Guided Research

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that develop research skills in primary students by having them create their own question and answer books. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Career Technical Education Research

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students document their research for a year long capstone project. (Creating an Engineering Report)The students will be following the requirements for the Siemens Math, Science Technology competition....
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Strategies and Research in Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Summarizes what is known about learning from research on the brain and suggests related strategies to use in the classroom. Also discusses the main techniques and strategies that are in wide use today including, for example,...
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The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery: The Earhart Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Earhart Project is an international group of scientists, historians, and other individuals who are investigating whether there is any truth behind the idea that Amelia Earhart and her flight navigator, Fred Noonan, might have been...
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US National Archives

Docsteach: A Revolution, a Reaction and a Reform: National History Day

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will analyze primary source documents related to the National History Day (NHD) theme for 2011-12: Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History, determine how the documents are connected to the theme, and evaluate the effectiveness...
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Gscrp: Social, Economic and Political Change

For Students 9th - 10th
The Global Social Change Research Project discusses why society develops the way that it does, how the various political systems develop, and how different customs and social systems come about. Some specific topics include: "what is...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Going Batty

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beanie Baby Habitats Collaborative Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With the booming market of "Beanie Baby" type stuffed animals being so prominent in students' lives, this project brings that interest into the classroom through the use of research, science, hands-on experiences, and technology. The...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring the Speed of 'Light' With a Microwave Oven

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, you will measure the speed of light using a microwave oven, some egg white, and a ruler. This short project proves to be an extremely interesting choice for a science lab, with pictures for illustration, and thorough...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do Submarines Need Fins?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this science project, you can investigate how submarines use stabilizing fins to move forward. Exploring friction and buoyant force you will get closer to understanding how these large ships function. Research resources are included...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Gaming?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project you will examine real data from a California research scientist of over 3,000 video game players. The objective is to see if there is such thing as a videogame addict.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing Behavioral Incentives

For Students 6th - 8th
Research has shown that positive reinforcement is an effective means of influencing behavior. This experiment looks further to determine which type of reinforcement-praise or reward-is more effective with young children. The objective of...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Puppy Proportions: Growth Spurts & Weight Gain in a Dog

For Students 3rd - 8th
Puppies prove to be a fun and useful aid in this adorable experiment! By having access to, and measuring a puppy's body dimensions over a period of weeks or months, you can discover if segments of canine anatomy develop at different...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Are Fingerprint Patterns Inherited?

For Students 9th - 10th
Fingerprints are used as reliable identification because each person's fingerprints are unique. This lab allows you to research and discover if these unique patterns are created randomly or influenced by genetics.

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