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Inaugurating a President

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the traditions and history of the U.S. Presidential Inaugurations. They examine the topics George W. Bush talked about in his inaugural address and determine if his remarks clearly outlined what he has done.
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"To Terraform or Not to Terraform?"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners analyze an article written by an engineer at NASA proposing colonizing Mars with human explorers on the fastest track possible. They are invited to react to the article through several activities.
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WWW, Part 3: The Future

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore a variety of Internet sites provided to provide tools to speed up their net experiences. The lesson was originally written for librarians with little or no net experiences.
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"Almaden" by Kim Chi-won

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read "Almaden" about a Korean woman living in New York. They give a brief background on Korean history and culture and discuss point of view. In groups, they work on discussions questions together.
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The 2007 Iditarod: "Timeline"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the timeline of the Iditarod Race in Alaska. Creating their own timeline, they add events of importance to their lives. They must have accurate dates and able to read the timeline once it is completed. They share their...
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How's the Weather

For Teachers 4th - 9th
"How's the Weather?" is an exercise that combines science and math as students graph the weather along the Iditarod Trail. They complete a double-line graph of the weather of a chosen checkpoint over the course of one week. Students...
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Civics: State Vs. Rowe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the case of State vs. Rowe to discover the duties of the three branches of government. They explore the concepts of separation of powers and checks and balances to assess how they apply to an actual situation.
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Becoming Authors

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create the illustrations for their contrbutions for the class book. The students create a tough sketch on a plain piece of paper. Once the students have a plan they begin illustrating their page, using any materials...
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Geometric Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore geometric patterns. Given three straws of various sizes, students conduct tests, and search for patterns, to determine if the various sizes would form a triangle. They use the Triangle Inequality Theorem to determine...
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Exploring Geometric Patterns and Relationships

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the concept of geometric patterns. They use a review of patterns with numbers for a warm-up activity.Then the teacher does examples with the students attempting to find the pattern.
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Encounter with an Interviewer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the Mark Twain short story, Encounter with an Interviewer. They study "the interview" and discuss the role of the interviewer and the person being interviewed. They conduct mock interviews, constructing questions and...
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Native American Sand Painting

For Teachers 3rd
Children write Navajo journals pretending to be a Native American for four days. Student then begin their art project. After lightly penciling in their sketch of the land and environment of the Navajo, the students receive brown...
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Exploring New Frontiers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students gather information about the contributions of various explorers. Using the internet, they discover the many viewpoints of those who conquered new frontiers. They examine and compare life 200 years ago to their life today.
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Entertaining Vancouver's Youth During World War II.

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students investigate relevant period documents and artifacts and have the opportunity to replicate a 1943-44 entertainment experience by viewing a program of World War II era motion pictures on site at Vancouver's historic...
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It's Not Just a Man's World

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process. They summarize information learned from their assigned text. They identify ways in which the actions of particular individuals influence their...
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The Great Chase

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils use the text "The Great Chase" to explore characters, views, and using words and phrases from the text. They write character profiles that describe the characters in the story. Students use key words and phrases from the story.
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What's the Point

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice the strategy of summarization to be able to understand and comprehend the text. They study how to get rid of unnecessary or repeated information and find the most important items or events and then write a statement...
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Give Me the Facts!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars study how to summarize a reading passage to improve their comprehension. They read a non-fiction passage and use five steps to summarize it while working in groups of three. Next, as class, they decide which group provided...
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Design and Function of Native Watercraft

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students design clay boats and test their floating ability. They sketch and record each test different boat designs. They compare their designs to those of native Inuit vessels by looking at images and attempting to determine the...
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The Pros and Cons of Dams

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate the use of dams on rivers in order to manage water uses in particular the Flathead River and Lake. They make presentations about dam management and write a persuasive paper on the issue. If possible they visit the...
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Sun Spot Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use Excel to graph monthly mean Greenwich sunspot numbers from 1749 to 2004. They perform a spectral analysis of the data using the free software program "Spectra". Short answer and thought questions related to the graphical...
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Daisyworld: Interactive On-line PC and Mac

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students use a JAVA interface to explore the Daisy World model to illustrate a mechanism through which - according to the Gaian hypothesis - biota might optimize their abiotic environment by means of negative feedback.
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Sea Floor Spreading II

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students import ocean bathymetry data from text files. They then graph these observations along with model predictions to assess the model's ability to simulate observed topographic features of the North Atlantic. Students use Excel to...
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Sea Floor Spreading II

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students import ocean bathymetry data form either the topex web site or text files. They then graph these observations along with model predictions to assess the model's ability to sumulate the observed topographic features of the North...

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