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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Inside Scoop: Rembrandt [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the art of Rembrandt. Includes a suggested art activity and simple art analysis questions.
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University of Missouri: Getting the Most From Your Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Steve Buttry, writing coach at the Omaha World-Herald, shares tips for effective interviews that really make the best stories. Practical suggestions to help you "Get the scoop." SL.11-12.6 Speaking tasks
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the scoop on the causes, treatments, and symptoms of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). Be sure to read the whole article and to click on the side tabs to the right for additional information on this painful disease.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Ice Cream Talk: Practice Nouns and Verbs

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Ice scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Successfully name the correct parts of speech in the game and watch the ice cream scoops pile up.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Web Guides: Baseball Resources at the Library of Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd. Get the scoop on the history of baseball provided by the Library of Congress. View old baseball cards, historical baseball moments, and bibliographies for baseball researchers are...
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Globe

The Globe Program: Soils Module

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this storybook, the GLOBE Kids are on the trail of Scoop, an eager dog who loves to dig holes in the soil. At each hole Scoop has dug, the Kids use their journals to record characteristics of the soil. Learning activities help...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Human Genome Project

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the science scoop on the Human Genome Project by considering the answers to these three questions: What is a genome? What is the Human Genome Project? What does it mean to me?
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: War of 1812

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the scoop on the War of 1812. What led up to the conflict? Who was involved?
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.
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Ties Magazine: Think Big

For Students 9th - 10th
Hear from one company who specializes in making oversized art. Get the inside scoop from William Kreysler and Associates (WKA) on how monumental sculptures and billboard signs are created.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Electromagnetic Deflection in a Cathode Ray Tube, Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Many people interact with cathode ray tubes for part, if not most, of the day without having a clue how they work. Here's the inside scoop. (Java tutorial)
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College Grad

College Grad: Dress for Interview Success

For Students 9th - 10th
Campus fashions don't cut it here. Get the straight scoop on dressing the part for interview success.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Choose Your News

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news and how the smart reader can tell them apart. [4:48]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mammoths vs. Mastodons: What's the Criteria for De Extinction?

For Students 9th - 10th
There's been a lot of talk and research interest around the possibility of resurrecting certain organisms (or, at least their genomes) from extinction, with Woolly Mammoths being prime candidates for such an endeavor. But what about a...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Souper Scooper

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This hands-on, inquiry based lesson is an extension of the AMSTI Science Module, Solids and Liquids. Students use nonstandard units to measure beans in a soup mix. Students predict how many beans will be in a scoop. Students group beans...
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Yellow Journalism and James Creelman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Frederick A. Moritz tells the biography of a yellow journalist, James Creelman. Learn more about yellow journalism during the Spanish-American War and the Sino-Japanese Wars and the impact yellow journalism played in world affairs.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Ice Cream Talk: Nouns and Verbs

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Choose to play this game with verbs, nouns, or both. Each correctly identified word gives the monkey a scoop of ice cream. Each incorrectly identified word gives the monster a scoop. Help the monkey be the first to reach ten scoops.
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Doubting Hall: The Novels of Evelyn Waugh

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a quick tour of several of Waugh's novels. The site provides the opening lines of the books, the setting, and a brief synopsis. Included are such works as "Decline and Fall," Black Mischief," and "The Loved Ones."
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Democratic Presidential Nominee Sen. John Kerry & Running Mate Sen. John Edwards

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR presents coverage of the 2004 Democratic Convention. Watch archived coverage, hear all the speeches, and get the scoop.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Where Does Dirt Come From?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great question! Dr. Universe refers to her friend Jim Harsh, a scientist, from Washington State University to answer.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Henri Matisse

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at how Matisse used color and at how contemporary theories about optics and color influenced his work. The essay describes how a group of artists along with Matisse--Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Seurat among them--became tired...

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