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Japanese Poetry: Tanka? You're Welcome!

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Japanese tanka poetry. In this Japanese poetry lesson, students identify analyze the structure of tanka poetry. Students complete the activities at the given links for the lesson and compose two tanka poems.
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Microbiology Design Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover dangers to human health by researching what's in our drinking water.  In this water purification instructional activity, students discuss the conditions of water in undeveloped countries and why it is unsafe to...
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read and analyze a poem about a speaker's posthumous view of war, assess the purpose of an author's note and evaluate the effect of the point of view on the reader's response. They work in groups to discuss and analyze the poem.