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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Invitations to Inquiry With Data Using Field Scope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Invitations to Inquiry are short instructional activities designed to help middle and high school students work with large data sets. Teachers and students use the interactive FieldScope platform to collect, visualize, and analyze...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Inaugural Materials Exhibition

For Students 9th - 10th
How has the Presidential Inauguration Day changed through the years? Take a look back at eighteen presidents on the day they took the oath of office. Primary source documents capture the historical significance of this day and include...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Exploring the Power of Allusion

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Something seems familiar here: Students learn how allusion invites more into a text. Using "The House On Mango Street" students will learn about allusion by paralleling events from both the Bible and from Greek mythology.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: New York Swing: Design Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to transform a common-style backyard area to include plants that will invite wildlife like songbirds, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Ellen Engseth, "Resources for You at the Ihrc Archives"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article offers to share IEHS's extensive immigration resources with educators and explains how to get access them. It also invites scholars to consider applying for their signature Grant-in-Aid Awards, offered annually, for support...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Cfp: Inheritance and Innovation: An International Symposium on Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
The Institute of American Studies at Northeast Normal University cordially invites U.S. and other international scholars to attend "Inheritance and Innovation: An International Symposium on Migration, Ethnicity and the History of...
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PBS

Pbs: Real World Proportional Relationships: Gender Wage Gap

For Students 6th - 8th
Using this infographic, learn how wage equity today compares with data from 50 years ago, at the dawn of the equal pay movement. The accompanying classroom activity invites students to explore the change in the gender wage gap from 1965...
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A&E Television

History.com: Why the Wampanoag Signed a Peace Treaty With the Mayflower Pilgrims

For Students 9th - 10th
The peace accord, which would be honored on both sides for the next half-century, was the first official treaty between English settlers and Native Americans, and a rare example of cooperation between the two groups. On the orders of...
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Guild Music: Carl Maria Von Weber

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a short biography on the life and work of Romantic composer Carl Maria Von Weber.
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Frog Symphony

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This inquiry focuses on analyzing spatial and temporal data for frog calls to determine the best time of day and location to hear a symphony of frogs. Click on the link for teaching guides and handouts.
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Frog Eat Frog World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using maps and graphs of large data sets collected in FrogWatch, middle schoolers will determine the range, preferred land cover, and proximity to water of the American bullfrog to figure out the bullfrog's requirements for food, water,...
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Chesapeake Bay Algal Blooms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry, students engage with mapping data to determine what kind of land coverage is contributing the most to harmful algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Click on the link for teacher resources for teaching guides and...
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Budburst Lilac Festival

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this Inquiry, students predict the best date to host a lilac blossom festival so that lilacs are in full bloom in the city where students live. Students are introduced to Project Budburst, a citizen science project in which volunteers...
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Asking and Answering Questions With Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This inquiry is intended to provide students with practice developing investigable questions that need data, and specifically large datasets, to be answered. Click the teacher resources link for teaching guides and student handouts.
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Stocking Rivers With Trout

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This inquiry looks at fish farming and the management of trout by state environmental resource specialists in Colorado. Students will practice working with data generated from a statewide citizen science project called River Watch of...
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Heavy Metals in Waterways

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This inquiry focuses on heavy metals in waterways in Colorado. Students will learn about heavy metals and data collected about them from citizen scientists, and then analyze the data in tables and maps to identify possible evidence of...

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