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Secret 'Lives'

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Students read an online article in preparation for researching a period in history and interviewing someone who lived during that time. They investigate how they have participated in history.
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Getting Under Your Skin

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Students design advertisements that promote and explain the science of new transdermal drug therapies to the general public.
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Back to the Future

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the benefits of new technology for the home and its possible drawbacks.
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Lessons in Learning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share their opinions about public education by responding to one-question interviews. After reading an article, they discover new recommendations for the No Child Left Behind Act. They prepare a three-part reader response to...
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Tech It or Leave It

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define "status symbol" and identify such items. They discuss the purpose of beta testing new technologies. They examine new ways that current technology is tested and publicized. They work in groups to develop proposals for...
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"Write" Answers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the Q.& A. articles found each week in Science Times, focusing on how the answers are presented in a clear and logical way, as well as the relevance of understanding science's roles in our daily lives.
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Skating on Thin Ice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an article describing a controversial new theory for treating anorexia nervosa, research other eating disorders, simulate case studies and suggest possible treatment for these cases.
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Serving Up Reality

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the factors that go into running a restaurant and examine how the restaurant industry impacts the economy of the United States. They create skeleton proposals for new restaurants and consider the costs of this type of...
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Techno Toys for Trendy Tots

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students reflect on their favorite childhood toys and assess their continued appeal. They work in pairs to redesign classic toys and create posters to represent their new models.
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Feeling for Answers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the legal issues related to a suicidal or depressed college student by reading and discussing the article, "Laws Limit Options When a Student Is Mentally Ill." They write essays considering how the events at Virginia...
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Going Medieval

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the concept of medieval ages. They conduct research using a variety of resources and use the information to perform in some roleplay activities. Students also create research papers...
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How Taxing are Taxes?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the ways that taxes are levied based on taxable income. They analyze how a new series of tax cuts might affect people of different income levels and their tax rates.
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Sell Phones

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work in groups as competing teams responsible for preparing and presenting a comprehensive marketing plan to the board of a "new" cell phone company.
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Get Set!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create vivid descriptions for various sets used in the new movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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All You Need Is Love

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the differences between adult love and teenage love. After reading an article, they explore a relationship that began as teenagers and ended in marriage later in life. In groups, they create posters about famous...
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Workin' (More Than) 9 to 5

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the roles of men and women in the work force. They explore how each one should balance family life. They develop questions that are about men and women and how they perceive their roles at work, home and in leisure...
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Party Like It's 1992 or '84 or '76 or '68!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore, analyze and study how political party platforms have changed over time. They create a party platform time line by researching Republican and Democratic Party stances on various issues during the last few decades.
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Inspection Gadgets

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine the weapons used in past wars to prepare for a mock weapons inspection, then write a report detailing the state of weapons technology during a specific time period.
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A Quest for Freedom

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Students study the atrocities of slavery. They examine the issues raised by the legacy of slavery in Brazil by reading and discussing "Brazil's Former Slave Havens Slowly Pressing for Rights." They create a slave identity based on...
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Magnetic Polls

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the New Hampshire primaries and the polling process by analyzing polling information, examining the effects of polls, and creating graphs that represent polling data.
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The Origins of Man

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils learn about new technologies being used to update what is known about human evolution and migration. They then compare the new theories to the traditional knowledge.
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Invisible Invaders

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research various epidemics that have devastated the world population focusing on the historical events taking place during the times of the epidemics and the epidemics' effects on these societies.
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A Hard Cell

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine appropriate and inappropriate uses of personal communication devices. They invent and critique new communication devices. They critique the communication technologies developed.
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Unplugged

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read the article "Power From the People Breaks the Hold of Batteries and Plugs." Students work in groups to examine various sources of power. Students debate the advantages and disadvantages of each power source. They assume the...

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