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Groups Coming to America

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use text or other references to locate different types of information about the Mayflower and pilgrims. They create a presentation for lower elementary classes about the Pilgrims.
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Novel Topics Research Unit

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use a variety of research tools to locate information about a topic that is included in a novel that they are reading. They work with a partner to research the topic, record bibliographic information, and to complete a...
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Illinois' Habitats Happening

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the scientific inquiry method to examine the ecosystems and biomes in Illinois. Using the characteristics of a local habitat, they identify the best conditions for an ecosystem to survive and how a slight change can damage...
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Mystery Research Unit

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in a "Solve the Media Center Mystery" using the directions that are included in the instructional activity. They role play as detectives as complete the activity and choose a research topic. They develop...
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Foreign Language Dictionary Unit

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a Spanish or French language dictionary using online resources. They decide on a theme for their dictionary. They complete the template sheet by adding a word for each letter of the alphabet and inserting graphics...
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Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners explore air and clouds by watching demonstration. They perform an experiment to measure air pressure changes.
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Making Sense of the Census

For Teachers 5th - 8th
For this unit of lessons, students make sense of the census. They examine why a census is taken and participate in activities.
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Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and relate the poem, "Clouds" by Aileen Fisher to a demonstration on cloud formation. They create clouds in jars using ice water and matches then discuss the ways clouds can be used to predict weather.
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Spatial Characterization of Animal Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners identify biotic and abiotic factors which may alter the observed patterns in plant communities with different structural characteristics, climate, or environmental constraints.
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Scientific Inquiry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers make inferences about what activities occur at different places in school. They form a hypothesis as to how space is used. They simulate how archeaologists explore past people by designing and conducting a research project.
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Making a Mountain Out of a Snow Hill: Skiing, Winter Sports, Economics, Business, Problem Solving

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how to select among choices of variables and analyze the cost-benefit ratio of their short and long term planning in a team activity as they consider the planning and operation of a ski slope.
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Flying Geese

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the Flying Geese quilt pattern, and discuss and identify the pattern. They write a paragraph titled, My Quilt Report, summarizing the information discussed about the quilt patterns.
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The Cost of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research the salary for a career of interest. They consider what kind of lifestyle that career would provide and graph their information for comparison.
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The Revolutionary War People and Events

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research events, institutions, and individuals that influenced history during the American Revolution. They create a four-frame cartoon depicting the information they have studied.
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Correlation and Regression

For Teachers 11th - 12th
In this statistics workshop students find the value of linear correlation coefficients in three situations. Students find equations of the regression lines for 4 problems.
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Aortic Stenosis Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe how blood flows through the heart and the anatomy of the aortic valve. They examine the condition of aortic stenosis and create diagrams of the condition in the heart. They complete experiments using the model they...
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Divided We Stand

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars figure out how to arrange seating in a concert hall given specific requirements. They better explain how dividing can allow us to arrive at mathematical solutions quickly and logically.
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Questions for Today: Communities

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover how questionnaires help communities to determine the needs of its citizens. They make an analogy between a survey of students about their school and a survey of citizens about their community.
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Miracle of Winged Migration

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the life cycle of insects by researching butterflies. In this insect migration lesson, students identify the Monarch butterfly, where they inhabit, and what their migration consists of. Students utilize the Internet to...
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Using an Amortization Table

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students search the Internet to find a site that contains an amortization table and make a hypothesis about the results of changing time and rate. They examine the affects of time and rate on a mortgage and discuss the difference in the...
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In Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students observe organisms in their habitat and record their observations. They then draw conclusions about the organism's habitat needs and food sources.
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Presidential Database

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research the Presidents of the United States. They develop generalizations about the nature of the Executive Branch using the researched information. Students complete a Query worksheet about the Presidents.
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Conservation Success Index

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students read information about trout habitat preservation and visit the various links to learn a fish species and its current habitat range. In this habitat conservation instructional activity, students read passages about use the Trout...
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Careers in Mining

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine the different careers related to mining. They watch and discuss a video, take a survey of interests and discuss the mining careers that they might be interested in, and create a drawing of themselves doing one of the...

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