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The Dog Days of Data
Students practice an alternative form of data presentation. They practice sequencing data, identifying the stem-and-leaf, creating stem-and-leaf plots, and drawing inferences from the data by viewing the plots.
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The Dog Days of Data
Students are introduced to the organization of data This lesson is designed using stem and leaf plots. After gather data, they create a visual representation of their data through the use of a stem and leaf plot. Students
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Garden Pests & Problems: Toad Town
In this garden pests & problems toad town worksheet, students read and follow directions for building a home and a pond for a toad to help with insect control in a garden.
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Little Black Book
Students are introduced to simple folk dances, already having been introduced to dances with an 8-count beat. They perform various dance steps.
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Genes and Heredity
Students identify different traits and whether the traits are inherited or acquired.
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Creating a Leaf Collection and Classroom Herbarium
Students categorize leaves they collect from trees outdoors by consulting a variety of sources. They discuss how the form of a leaf reflects its adaptation to its environment.
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The Battle of the Experts
Students view the "Smoking Gun" video as an illustration of someone claiming to be an expert who really is not one. They discuss the fact that some experts also come with biases and personal agendas. Students research experts from...
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Container Gardening: A Rainbow Garden
In this container gardening a rainbow garden worksheet, students look in a catalog or garden center to find flowers in every color of the rainbow, then list the names of the plants.
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Logic Puzzle: Who Teaches What?
In this logic puzzle, students determine who teaches what using 14 clues. The answers are listed at the bottom of the page.
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Tree Search
Fifth graders plan and conduct investigations to identify and record tree species. They complete Forest Plotter and write about tree species found and draw pictures of them.
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Creating a Leaf Collection and Herbarium
Students gather and identify leaves for a collection. They discuss how a leaf's form reflects its adaptation to its environment. They press the leaves in a book and glue them on construction paper.
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War Expectations
High schoolers determine what they think Americans currently expect regarding warfare and its cost in human lives and examine the sources of these expectations.
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Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden
This site provides information on the Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden located in Blacksburg. If you click on the link "Photographs" you will see how two different gardens were constructed. Click on "What's Blooming" and get a beautiful...
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Virginia Tech: Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Virginia Tech's Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering offers an academic program where these two disciplines are blended. Links to research, facilities, people, programs, news, etc.
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Virginia Tech: Frequently Asked Questions About Quasars
This site from Virginia Tech provides answers to a list of questions about quasars.
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Virginia Tech: Digital Library & Archives: Models of Curriculum Integration
This e-journal, from Virginia Tech, provides and comprehensive background and a visual reference to interdisciplinary curriculum.
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Virginia Tech: Time Management, Study Skills
This site from the Virginia Tech University contains a link to "time management strategies for improving academic performance". By clicking on this link, a step by step course in managing time better will show up. A very interesting site...
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Virginia Tech: The Eniac
This site has the description and history of the ENIAC, including its development and use in World War II.
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Virginia Tech: Study Skills Checklist
Survey-style checklist that asks the students several questions in order to evaluate his/her study skills. The questions are categorized so the student can tell where to focus in order to maximize study time.
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Virginia Tech Digital Library: Teacher Socialization in Technological Education
Teacher preparation, and especially technology teacher preparation, is the focus here; the differences from a preparation for a classroom are explored through educational literature and research.
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Virginia Tech: Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory
The Feminist Theory Website at Virginia Tech University provides a list of all types of feminist literary criticism and theory.
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Virginia Tech: Flower and Tree Reproduction
This is the reproduction chapter from an online text, courtesy of the Forest Biology Department of Virginia Tech. Learn about trees, their flowers, and other details of their reproductive cycle.
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Virginia Tech: A Multicultural Literature Bibliography
A list that provides either the teacher or the student with a list of books that gives a representation of the multicultural society that exists in the United States. A brief synopsis of each book is given along with a suggestion for the...
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Virginia Tech: Alan Review: Using Short Story Collections
A comprehensive article from Alan Review on ways of using short story collections in the classroom; Norma Fox Mazer's collection, "Dear Bill, Remember Me?" is included under section #4.