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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Persuasion Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable graphic organizer for students to use when writing on opinion or persuasive essay. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas, lesson plans, and other resources are also...
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council: Questions and Answers

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn all about the Exxon Valdez oil spill in this easy to read, detailed, question/answer format. The links on the left hand side will take you to pictures, maps, lingering impacts and lots more.
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National Institutes of Health

National Heart & Lung Institute: Overweight and Obesity

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about all aspects of obesity and being overweight! Click on the main topics along the menu bar to access detailed facts ..including causes, risks, who is at risk, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention. Links to related sites...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Lion Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian National Zoo provides a detailed lion fact sheet. Content includes a look at the lion's size, geographic distribution, status in the wild, habitat, diet, reproduction, life span, and behavior.
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Jamestown Questions and Answers [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This document presents important questions about the Jamestown settlement, along with detailed answers. Topics include the Native American Powhatan Indians and their interactions with the settlers, the purpose of creating the settlement...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Vampires: Folklore, Fantasy and Fact

For Students 9th - 10th
The myth of the bloodsucking vampire has stalked humans from ancient Mesopotamia to 18th-century Eastern Europe, but it has differed in the terrifying details. So, how did we arrive at the popular image we know, love and fear today? And...
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Coyote

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about coyotes. Besides finding a detailed description of the coyote, you'll also learn about some of its unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Mammal Fact Sheet on coyotes is information on their habitat...
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Lambert Dolphin's Library: Facts on Noah's Ark

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage explores the facts surrounding Noah's Ark as specified in the Bible. Content includes a focus on the design of the Ark, its size, its construction, its cargo, its final resting place, and the spiritual meaning of the Ark....
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Visual Impairment Facts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Written by an ophthalmologist, this site provides detailed information on the definition and causes of visual impairments, also including information on diagnosis. Be sure to click on tabs down the right side of the article for...
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Quia

Quia: Reading for Facts

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
This interactive quiz assesses students' reading comprehension skills of informational text passages. Students will read 30 short passages and answer question about a detail for each.
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Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Antimony

For Students 9th - 10th
Very thorough assembalage of data on antimony, its properties, uses and sources. Detailed.
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BBC

Bbc Science & Nature: Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are some awe inspiring photos of cheetahs. Included you can also find a fact sheet detailing such things as: physical description, distribution, habitat, statistics, and more.
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Prezi: Facts Are Sometimes Called Details

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
What are facts? Slideshow explains how to find facts while reading and that they are sometimes referred to as details.
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Gray Fox

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on the gray fox provides details on physical characteristics, adaptations, range, habitat, conservation, diet, and other extra-fun facts.
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Gila Woodpecker

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on Gila woodpeckers provides details on physical characteristics, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Harris's Antelope Squirrel

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on Harris's antelope squirrel provides details on physical characteristics, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Townsend's Big Eared Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on Townsend's Big-Eared Bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other extra-fun facts.
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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum : Animal Fact Sheet: Mexican Free Tailed Bat

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet on the Mexican free-tailed bat provides details on physical characteristics, migration, range, habitat, conservation, diet, reproduction, and other interesting facts.
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PBS

Dialogue for Kids: Bear Facts & Information

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Dialogue for Kids site by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game features detailed information on bears, their lifestyle, habitat, and much more. Links and lesson plans can be found here as well.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Energy and Work Amusement Park Style

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a lesson presenting energy and work. It covers: types of energy, forms of energy, work, law of conservation of energy, and renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. In the activities section, one will find links to Internet...
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Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Qwerty Keyboard Invention

For Students 9th - 10th
Where did the idea of the QWERTY keyboard come from? Read about typewriter inventor, Christopher Sholes, and how he came up with his idea of a new keyboard design way back in 1875. Additional links to related sites, fascinating facts,...
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Princeton Review

The Princeton Review: Career Veterinarian

For Students 9th - 10th
Vocational information about becoming a veterinarian. Details requirements, typical day in the life, and facts and figures regarding veterinary work.
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Wonderclub: Snowy Owl

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that Eskimos sometimes eat owl meat? You will find interesting facts and detailed information about the Snowy Owl on this competent site.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Chlorine

For Students K - 1st
Read fun facts and details about the element Chlorine, while learning about its characteristics, properties, uses, discovery, and where it is found.

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