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Book Club Lesson Plan: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Designed to be used in conjunction with other schools, the activities and lessons here could be used by a single class as well.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Find Center of Milky Way Galaxy Using Globular Star Clusters

For Students 9th - 10th
The Milky Way is the edgewise view of our home galaxy, a disk made up of billions of stars. The Sun resides on one of the spiral arms of the disk, 30,000 light-years from the thick hub of the galaxy. The actual center, with a black hole...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Pleiades

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Pleiades, seven sisters and goddesses of the mountains, who were turned into doves and then stars to form the famous Pleiades.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Demonstrating the Distances of Stars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the use of the parallax effect for determining distance in space, and explore the arrangement and relative distance of stars in the galaxy. Create a sample star field and transform it into a three-dimensional model.
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Toronto Star Newspapers

Toronto Star: Portraits of the G20 Leaders: David Cameron, United Kingdom

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of British Prime Minister, David Cameron, one of the G20 leaders at the 2010 Toronto Summit.
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Toronto Star Newspapers

Toronto Star: Portraits of the G20 Leaders: Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Federation

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, one of the G20 leaders at the 2010 Summit in Toronto.
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Toronto Star Newspapers

Toronto Star: Portraits of the G20 Leaders: Lee Myung Bak

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak, one of the G20 leaders at the 2010 Toronto Summit.
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Toronto Star Newspapers

Toronto Star: Portraits of the G20 Leaders: Recep Tayyip Erdogan

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the G20 leaders at the 2010 Summit in Toronto.
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Toronto Star Newspapers

Toronto Star: Portraits of the G20 Leaders: Hu Jintao

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of Chinese President, Hu Jintao, one of the G20 leaders at the 2010 Toronto Summit.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Stationed in the Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the factors that impact an astronaut's freefall in space. Differentiate between zero gravity, weightlessness and freefall.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Mars, the Red Planet (Level 2)

For Students 3rd - 8th
A general introduction to Mars. Includes a glossary of terms and two images of Mars. Many interspersed links to more graphics and more detailed information about the planet Mars. Also includes a printable version and links to other...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing Day 4 Honeybees

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
You mean I have to write my story again, have someone check to make sure it's right, and fix my mistakes? In this activity, students will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure...
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Five Main Types of Graphic Organizers

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site provides information on how to use each graphic organizer. There are also 21 different graphic organizers for you to see.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Bram Stoker

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site provides a brief biography of the author Bram Stoker that highlights his works. The site also contains a link to the full text of his most famous work, Dracula.
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Celestia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a free space simulation that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions. There is a forum for teachers and lesson plans that help enhance student use of the simulation. A program must be downloaded in order to...
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters:charlie Chaplin

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this site for biographical information on one of the best known silent movie stars of all time. His style of acting is still evident in films of today.
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Other

Arlington National Cemetery: History of Arlington National Cemetery

For Students 3rd - 8th
The National Cemetery site gives information about the famous, and not-so-well-known people who are buried there: war heroes, presidents, chief justices, explorers, historical figures, etc.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Argumentative Writing/wwi & Wwii Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this unit, students will gain background information on historic wars. Student will compare different media forms about these events, attend to different perspectives, research the unit's essential question, and then write an...
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Educational Paperback Association: Lois Lowry

For Students 9th - 10th
An autobiographical summary by Lois Lowry on her personal life can be found here, along with a biography about her literary career. A bibliography of her works and a list of awards she has won are also included.
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Van Gogh Gallery

Van Gogh Gallery: The Starry Nights

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay that discusses three interpretations of Van Gogh's "The Starry Night."
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Similar Triangles: Using Parallax to Measure Distance

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to stretch your imagination? One good way is to try to imagine how far it is to a distant star. How much farther away is it than the moon is from the earth? In this project, you'll learn one way of measuring the distance without...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Nasa & Trappist 1: A Treasure Trove of Planets Found

For Students 9th - 10th
Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of these planets are firmly in the habitable zone. In this video, NASA Scientists...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Find 28 More Exoplanets

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Maggie Fox's article explores a new string of "exoplanets" discovered orbiting distant stars. This research leads to numerous possibilities, one of which being the existence of planetary systems containing life...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Oscar Robertson

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Oscar Robertson, an American basketball player who starred in both the collegiate and professional ranks and was considered one of the top players in the history of the game. As a player...

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