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\n\"Letters\n\n
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\nLetters from the Japanese American Internment\n

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\nStudents examine letters of Japanese-American children during internment in World War II. They discover what it was like in the camps and how they were treated once they were released. They also view photographs of the camps.\n
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\nUncovering the Tales of Famous Explorers and Their Historical Expeditions\n

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\nStudents investigate various expeditions throughout history to new and or uncharted territories. They participate in groups in order to develop and produce television news magazine segments about some of these historical expeditions.\n
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\n\"Pictures\n\n
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\nPictures Telling Stories\n

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\nStudents see the importance of primary sources in the study of history, but also the limitations of relying only on primary sources of taking the money, as it were, at face value.\n
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\n\"Nazis\n\n
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\nNazis Flying Saucers – Film Sparks UFO Debate\n

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\nStudents explore the aircraft used in World War II. In this World History lesson, students read an article that describes a \"flying saucer\" created by the Nazi's. Upon completion of the reading, students answer questions on the article,...\n
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\nEvery Day Edit - Larsen Ice Shelf\n

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\nIn this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Larsen B Ice Shelf. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.\n
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\nTour Of South America\n

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\nMiddle schoolers explore South America. In this geography lesson, students research landmarks of historical or national significance and use their findings to create slideshows.\n
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\nIce Cores: Modeling Ice Sheets\n

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\nIce cores provide scientists with knowledge of historic melt layers, air temperatures, greenhouse gases, and climate stability. Scholars work in groups to build layers representing snow and ice over thousands of years. Then, groups...\n
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\nContinental Drift\n

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\nBe sure to come prepared to discuss the theory of Pangaea and the two super-continents, Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Collaborative learners look for fossil evidence that supports the theory that one super-continent divided into two. They...\n
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\nWatching Crystals Grow\n

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\nAmazing science can sometimes happen right before your eyes! The class gets cozy as they watch crystals grow. They use Epsom salts, rocks, and food coloring to create crystals. They'll observe the entire process, documenting every step...\n
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\n\"Investigating Soil Color and Texture\"\n

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\nNinth graders will identify/understand the differences between soil and dirt. They will classify soil color accurately and use Munsell notation to describe it (Munsell books provided).Students will classify soil texture using the feel...\n
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\nPlants and Animals: Partners in Pollination\n

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\nLearners describe the complementary relationships between pollinators and the plants they pollinate, identify adaptations that flowers have developed to \"encourage\" pollination, and create and draw their own \"designer\" flowers.\n
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\nMineral Scavenger Hunt\n

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\nStudents complete a scavenger hunt worksheet as they find examples in their classroom, at home, etc., of minerals. Excellent worksheet!\n
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\nCreate a Classroom Exhibit: Rocks and Minerals\n

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\nLearners bring in rocks and minerals from home. They observe them and describe them carefully, completing a worksheet. Finally, a classroom exhibit is created.\n
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\nPlants and Animals, Partners in Pollination\n

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\nStudents participate in multiple hands-on activities to explore reproduction and pollination. In groups, using a cotton swab and powder, students simulate being pollinators and plants. They name the parts of the flowers and the function...\n
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\nRocks and Minerals\n

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\nStudents bring rocks and minerals from home to investigate in the classroom. In this rocks and minerals lesson plan, students observe all the rocks and minerals brought into the class and answer 7 questions about the features of the...\n
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\nUnder the Spell of Spiders\n

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\nStudents examine spiders. In these spider lessons, students will view spider images and live spiders to determine physical characteristics, habits, and habitats. Students will examine fantasy and folklore about spiders to create and...\n
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\nThe Westward Movement\n

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\nYoung scholars study the westward movement through examining stamps. In this westward movement lesson plan, students draw conclusions, determine cause and effect relationships and examine the westward movement of the United States by...\n
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\nHow Size Shapes Animals\n

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\nYoung scholars investigate how size affects large and small animals differently. In this animal lesson plan, students determine how size affects different animals by constructing their own animal out of marshmallows. Once young...\n
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\nGoing...going...gone? Tropical Rainforests-How They Work, What They Do for Us, What's Being Done to Them...\n

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\nSixth graders explore the Tropical Rainforest and come to understand what it is and how it affects the ecosystem. In this rainforests lesson, 6th graders write about the Tropical Rainforest, imagine they are in the Tropical Rainforest,...\n
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\nFeature Column: Virtual Field Trips\n

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\nStudents discover ways to stay healthy by utilizing Internet education software.  In this computer technology instructional activity, students investigate Internet programs that simulate a field trip by showing images and video....\n
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\nWeather and Climate\n

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\nYoung scholars explore all the facets about weather and analyze how weather and climate are connected through time. They consider how weather changes and the effects of weather on the present state of the Earth's climate. Alterations to...\n
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\nWhere's King Solomon when we need him?: Good decisions on resources\n

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\nHigh schoolers use geographic information to suggest how to manage natural resources through a simulation. They engage in a simulation, and decide how to protect, allocate, and exploit the resources of a hypothetical location.\n
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\nViews of the American West: True or False?\n

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\nStudents explain that a landscape painting may or may not accurately represent a specific place. They identify techniques that create the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface.\n
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\nClimate and Cultures of Africa\n

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\nStudents gain an understanding of the relationship between climate and culture in the sub- Saharan Africa. Students will complete short exercises pertaining to the various cultures of Africa and the climate in which they live....\n
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