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\nHow Things Fly\n

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\nStudents observe photographs of selected twentieth-century aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum and note differences in the design of aircraft wings, fuselages, and engines.\n
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\nHow Things Fly\n

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\nStudents, by drawing on their own experiences, discuss and examine the basic physics of flight. They participate in a variety of activities regarding flight.\n
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\n\"Stories\n\n
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\nStories of the Wrights' Flight\n

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\nStudents examine and compare primary and secondary source accounts of the Wright brothers' first flights on December 17, 1903.\n
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\nMoney Talks\n

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\nStudents move from fact finding to interpretation as they examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. In the final exercise, they use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during...\n
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\nThe Rocky Shore\n

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\nYoung scholars compare a realistic landscape painting with a photograph of the same place.\n
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\nLandforms All Around\n

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\nStudents create a \"Landform Dictionary\". They develop an overlay map and participate in hands-on activities to identify the key characteristics of landforms. They discuss the plant and animal life of these areas. Handouts for the lessons...\n
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\nSpy on a Spider\n

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\nStudents view slides or live specimens to name and describe the distinguishing features of groups of arthropods, especially spiders and insects. They complete worksheets, observe webs and then search for and record where spiders can be...\n
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\nCreatures from Planet X: Spiders\n

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\nYoung scholars are given a description of some fascinating animals from \"Planet X\". They follow the descriptions given to illustrate one of these animals paying careful attention to introduced vocabulary such as 'appendages',...\n
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\nFacts, Feats and Folklore: Spiders\n

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\nStudents review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.\n
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\nLetters from the Japanese American Internment\n

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\nLearners make deductions about life in an internment camp by reading and comparing letters written to Clara Breed. Along the way, they consider the advantages of looking at a historical event from the multiple points of view of...\n
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\nLanguage Arts: Survival Diaries\n

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\nPupils are able to compose a dialectical journal entry which analyzes information presented in a text. They are able to compose a creative journal entry which develops characters, presents events in logical order, and includes sensory...\n
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\nCommonwealth of Antarctica: Classroom Antarctica\n

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\nThe focus of this site is Antarctica. Designed for fifth- through eighth-grade students, this site contains detailed lesson plans, learning activities, digital images, and links to related resources.\n
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\nAntarctica Online: Life in Antarctica\n

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\nExplains the history of the U.S. Antarctic Program and describes each of the three stations operated by the United States, of which McMurdo Station is the largest. Following that is a description of how seasons are experienced in the...\n
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\nRoyal Geographical Society: Discovering Antarctica\n

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\nResource-rich website will help students understand the challenges that Antarctica faces, the history of its exploration and the relationship between Antarctica and the rest of the world. Activities reveal insights about how it feels to...\n
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\nEncyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change: Ice Cores and History of Climate Change\n

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\nArticle describing research done in the West Antarctica, where ice cores were removed to a depth of two miles, providing information on climate change over the last one hundred thousand years. (Date published: Feb. 2, 2011)\n
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\nAmerican Museum of Natural History: The Endurance\n

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\nLearn about Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated voyage to Antarctica aboard the \"Endurance\" and about the amazing rescue that followed, after the expedition was forced to abandon ship. Uses actual expedition photographs and diary entries to...\n
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\nEl Tren Del Fin Del Mundo\n

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\nSpanish content; learn about the farthest south region of the world in Argentina which is presented via the story of a prison i the region and the supply railway that was created for it's purpose. See how the rail is not a tourist...\n
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\nNational Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Exploring the Solar System With Antarctic Meteorites\n

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\nHow can meteorites teach us about the early solar system? Check out this webcast with Dr. Cari Corrigan as she shares her discoveries from meteorites that landed in Antarctica. [34:48]\n
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\nScience Friday: A Community of Ancient Bacteria\n

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\nWe'll talk with researcher studying a community of bacteria that has been isolated from the surface for millions of years. They describe some of the biochemical processes that have allowed the bacteria to survive below glacier ice, and...\n
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\nAmerican Museum of Natural History: Amazing Albedo\n

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\nThis lesson is a lab in which students use thermometers, white and dark paper, and lamps to measure differences in albedo between the light and dark materials. Connections are made to albedo in Antarctica.\n
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\nAssociation of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Cocos (Keeling) Island\n

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\nLearn about religion on Cocos (Keeling) Island, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile, which includes general facts, history, and religious data.\n
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\nPbs Learning Media: Studying Antarctic Seals\n

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\nLearn firsthand from a young Antarctic researcher about a long-term study on the reproductive history of Weddell seals in this video segment adapted from WomenInAntarctica.com. [3:33]\n
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\nNational Museum of Natural History: Hall of Mammals: Leopard Seal\n

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\nBrief overview of the leopard seal and an accompanying photo demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to eat meat.\n
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\nOhio State University: Admiral Richard E. Byrd\n

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\nThis concise site contains a brief history of Byrd's life along with an easy to read chronology of major events in his life.\n
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