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Conducting Research Online

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In a day and age when publishing online has never been easier, high schoolers need to know how to identify a credible source. Choose the PowerPoint slides most relevant to your lesson and spend more time on the hands-on activities provided.
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Research Techniques: Gathering Credible Sources

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
How can you spot a credible source? What even makes a resource reliable in the first place? Answer some of these questions with this presentation. Although intended for higher education, this PowerPoint could be modified for middle...
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Tompson Solutions

Be a Reporter (The 5 W's and an H)

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Teach your class how to investigate research sources. You can start out with this presentation, which lays out a easy strategy for asking questions and taking down answers that cover the important information.
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Effective Persuasion: Developing Persuasive Arguments

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Use research to strengthen a persuasive argument. Examples of ethos, logs, and pathos are presented, and learners discuss how using research can improve one's argument. Pair this presentation with an example persuasive piece to point out...
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Literature and Humor

For Teachers Higher Ed
From Canterbury Tales to The Odd Couple, this presentation details the different treatments of humor in different literary formats. Numerous authors and works of literature are represented here as examples of satire, irony, comedy, and...
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Quoting, Citing, and Paraphrasing

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Beware! (not only the Ides of March). Warn your researchers of the dangers of plagiarism! After defining the term, viewers are introduced to the consequences of and forms of plagiarism, as well as tips on how to avoid plagiarism....
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Kenan Fellows

The Effects of Environmental Conditions on Aquatic Organisms

For Teachers 8th - 12th
What kind of experiment can your class do to how observe the environment effects on organisms? Groups design and conduct lab experiments to learn about the effects of the environment on aquatic organisms. Based upon knowledge gained...
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Kenan Fellows

Using Water Chemistry as an Indicator of Stream Health

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Will this water source support life? Small groups test the chemistry of the water drawn from two different sources. They then compare the collected data to acceptable levels to draw conclusions about the health of the source. The...
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The United States in the 1920s: The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Music, writing, and activism all tell the story of history! The resource uses these elements and more in a presentation to discuss the Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance. Your class views biographies, discusses important events, and...
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Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Providing a wonderful way to explore reading and vocabulary skills, this resource takes your class on a journey to understand the accomplishments of Lewis and Clark through the eyes of their dog Seaman. It focuses on using the book Lewis...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Rti: Research for Practice

For Teachers K - 1st
This annotated bibliography, published by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), is a compilation of research about RTI. The authors Amy-Jane Griffiths, Lorien B. Parson, Matthew K. Burns, Amanda...
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Human Stem Cell Research [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A recent study in which the authors examined the health and ethical issues related to human stem cell research. As a result of this study, Canada did allow human stem cell research to proceed. The report is in PDF format.
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Questioning the Author [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Improve reading comprehension by using the reading strategy of Questioning the Author. Explains the strategy with scripted examples of the strategy in action, ideas for implementation, research behind the strategy, and more.
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Leaf Group

Classroom: How to Write a Research Paper Outline

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an article focusing on gathering research information including paper requirements, citation information, and content, and then completing note cards and an outline.
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Albert B. Alkek Library: The Wittliff Collections: J. Frank Dobie

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed biography of James Frank Dobie, a Texas author and folklorist who lived from 1914-1964. There is also a lengthy description of the contents of the J. Frank Dobie Papers in the library's archives. (These papers are not...
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University of Texas: Dressed for Success? The Effect of School Uniforms [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive report on the effect of school uniforms on school safety and achievement. For the authors' conclusions, scroll down to Page 21, Conclusion. (Jan. 15, 2010)
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Hopkins Medical News: Colon Cancer Conversations

For Students 9th - 10th
This author relates his family's cancer story as a way of personalizing the work of Dr. Vogelstein and others in the battle to beat colon cancer.
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Iehs: Veronika Doll, "A Lesson I Have Learned From a Witness"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the author's research to learn about the Czechoslovakian immigrant family through the daughter who was willing to freely discuss her parents experiences, but not her own story. Years later, she spent time as a...
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Caro Clarke

Historical Fiction: Who Rules?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the fifteenth article in a series designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on the genre of historical fiction and the role of the author. Is the author a researcher or a story-teller?
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Connective Tissue Disorder Site: Vitamin K

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about vitamin K deficiency and its link to connective tissue disorders such as mitral valve prolapse, scoliosis, and hypermobility. Written by a person who suffers from a connective tissue disorder, this article includes the...
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International Reading Association

Reading Online: Practice Makes Practice, or Does It?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this journal article, the authors sought to determine the relationship between theory from teacher training programs and actual reality of what happens in an instructional setting with new teachers. The researchers concluded that...
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Julia Sets, Complex Deterministic Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's an example of "What a 2 Dimensional Julia Set will look like using modern computers with their sophisticated graphical displays." Gaston Julia published his theories long before computers and as the site's author remarks, "What a...
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Urban Inst: The Health of Children in Immigrant Families

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a report of the analysis of national survey data to gauge the well-being of immigrant children compared with children in native-born families. The authors examine different areas, including family income and environment, child...
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Univ of Oregon: Attributions as Behavior Explanations: Toward a New Theory [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly paper proposes a new attribution theory which is based on the premise that forming an attribution means providing an explanation of something, particularly of behavior. The author first looks at classic attribution theory,...

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