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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Choose a Science Fair Project Idea

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great science fair project ideas! Learn how to ask a testable question and choose from elementary, middle school, or high school science fair project ideas. View examples of testable questions, and see what is changed, what stays the...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Investigation Project Samples

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore three science fair project samples about birds, stain removal, and keeping it cool. See how the report is written after the investigation is complete.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Invention Project Samples

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how to present your findings after completing a science fair project. View sample science fair invention projects: junior light switcher, quiet down invention, and stale sandwiches.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The August Wilson Education Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The WQED August Wilson Education Project offers resources to educators including a teaching guide, video clips from the documentary, interactive maps, a biographical timeline, webinars, contests for students, and much more. The goal of...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Arctic Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientific research projects being done in the Arctic are showcased here. Projects cover a variety of topics, e.g., polar bears, the impact of climate change and glaciers. There are numerous links to articles, as well as video and audio...
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Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education: Pblu: Schoolyard Habitat Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An example of a project-based learning opportunity that engages students in learning what a healthy habitat is by working within the school's campus to increase opportunity for animals to find food and shelter, maintaining plants, and...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Antarctic Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Dispatches from more than twenty scientific projects taking place in Antarctica offer insight into the Antarctic ecosystem and the broad range of knowledge scientists are gaining through their studies there.
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Other

State of Wyoming: Occupational Projections 2012 to 2022 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A 562-page report on the labor market for Wyming, and the projected demand for labor in all sectors of the economy, from 2012-2022. (Published July 2013)
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Human Genome Project

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the human genome project and its scientific and social implications. Students work through interactive learning material, understanding the ethics involved in genetic studies. There is a suggested classroom activity...
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Ohio State University

Osu History Teaching Institute: The Manhattan Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will discuss the role of technology of the atomic bomb and explore the destruction of Nagasaki and Hiroshima during WWII. Students will then outline some of the social and political changes that resulted from the Manhattan Project.
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US National Archives

Our Documents: Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative site that tells about the act that authorized the building of the Hoover Dam. Read the complete text of the Boulder Canyon Project here.
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Other

Texas Population Growth, Projections, and Implications [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report analyzing the population changes that have occurred in Texas since the middle of the 20th century, and the expected projections for the future. It breaks the numbers down by race and ethnicity to show that Hispanics will...
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Other

Dams, Projects and Power Plants: Bureau of Reclamation

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive site to locate power plants, dams, and projects found in each state.
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PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Project Kashmir

For Students 9th - 10th
PROJECT KASHMIR attempts 'to navigate the treacherous maze of occupation, insurgency, unrest, censorship, and religious animosity'. The beauty of Kashmir is captured as India and Pakistan continually fight over Kashmir making daily life...
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PBS

Pbs: River Rewilding: Grand River Restoration and Revitalization Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit for students to look at the economic opportunities associated with a river. Students will explore the Grand River Revitalization & Restoration Project. In this unit, they will also learn about two species impacted by the...
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Projections

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage discusses projections, providing two diagrams. This is a great source if you are using it as a reference tool to refresh the fundamentals and formula. This site gives links to related topics.
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Atomic Archive

Atomicarchive.com: The Manhattan Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents on the Manhatten project and the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan in 1945. Content includes letters to and from J. Robert Oppenheimer, written deals and agreements, internal memorandums,...
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Cengage Learning

Houghton Mifflin: Project Based Learning Space

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Project Design Rubric

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric uses the 8 Essential Elements of PBL as criteria to evaluate projects. It describes three levels to assess the design of a project. Definitions and practical examples are used to clarify the...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: K 12 Education Curriculum: Online Classroom Projects

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site presents projects for individual classrooms and collaborative projects that can be done with other classes or schools. Most of these are science projects.
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Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education:project Based Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] PBL-online is a helpful website for educators with training, planning and an exhaustive library of project based learning projects. Credits can be earned through select classes offered.
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Other

Buck Institute for Education: Designing Your Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Step through each of the five design principles presented here to learn how to design effective, engaging projects, and how to manage the process successfully. There are tools for creation, management, and assessment of projects...
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NASA

Nasa: Project Mercury a Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a chronology of Project Mercury, including information on major events leading to Project Mercury, the research and development phase of Project Mercury, and the operational phase of Project Mercury.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Collaborative Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a variety of science topics, these projects link your class with classes around the world in data collection and analysis. There are projects recommended for all grade levels. Begin dates and end dates are listed to help in...

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