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Speaking of Research: Animal Welfare and the 3 Rs
An explanation of the 3 Rs of animal research - standards against which any animal research project is measured. They are Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement.
National Institutes of Health
Nih News Release: Marfan Syndrome Research
Article describes characteristics of Marfan Syndrome and reviews research project involving mice with mutant fibrillin gene.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Researching Information: Comparing Electronic and Print Texts
This instructional activity allows students to compare and contrast print text structure with that of an online site. Students work together and use worksheets in comprehending the informational text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct...
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Galaxy Zoo
Explore the universe like you have never seen it. Take part in classifying images of galaxies taken from the Hubble telescope archives. This is a crowdsourced scientific research project.
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Lisbon School District: Digital Book Reports and Research Projects
Students in Grades 2, 3, and 4 researched wild animals and a person in American history. They wrote and presented reports and created movies. This page presents three examples of their digital book reports in video format.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Paper Writing: Research Paper: Research Techniques
This site presents writers with information about appropriate resources to use when writing research papers and useful tips on how to find these resources. Students can read through a vocabulary section to learn the definitions of common...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Research Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments
Contains plans for a lesson on taking notes that is part of a larger unit on researching a state symbol. It works on skills like figuring out what information is relevant and irrelevant, using a variety of sources, and paraphrasing. In...
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Project Foundry: Project Based Learning Ideas
Choosing an end product for PBL can be challenging due to the sheer number of possibilities. To encourage high-level products, it is beneficial to know students' interests and learning styles. The following product grid categorizes...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Personal Heritage Project
This research project requires students to connect with the past by researching both primary and secondary sources for family history. Their findings are presented in a keepsake portfolio and in a multimedia presentation comparing the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Gossip to Learn: A Juicy Approach to Research
Though teachers might use this student-centered, technology-based, one or two-day research project to introduce any author, English 12 teachers may wish to use the lesson to jump-start a unit on British literature from the Romantic...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: The Human Genome Project
This site from Access Excellence gives an introduction to the Human Genome Project. The page links to a graphics gallery and to discussions about related ethical issues.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: From Here to Narnia
This lesson will provide eighth grade Language Arts students with an inquiry-based research project based on C. S. Lewis' classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The student will determine the author's purpose in writing this...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Cross Disciplinary Proficiencies: American Diploma Project Benchmarks
Students must graduate from high school with not only a firm foundation in mathematics and English, but also with the ability to approach with confidence new and unfamiliar tasks and challenges in college, the workplace and life....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Wv Youth Reporting Project
Use the resources in this collection to learn how a middle school teacher from West Virginia promoted reading, research, interviewing, writing and speaking skills as his students explored some tough issues. Students worked with a public...
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
Famsi: The Piedras Negras Project (2000)
Many details of the excavation processes at Piedras Negras allow researchers to write a probable history of the Mayan peoples who lived at this site until the time of its collapse.
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Trans Pacific Project: Transpacific Migrations
What an incredible resource that looks at Transpacific migrations peopling the Western Hemisphere, the Pacific islands, and the Chinese diaspora. Included is information about genetic research that traces DNA patterns across the world....
California Institute of Technology
Cal Tech: Robotics Home Page
This is the robotics home page from California Technical Institute. It has information on CalTech robotics research projects on kinematics mechanical systems.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: How to Choose Credible Sources
This tutorial focuses on choosing credible sources for a research project. It offers two versions of a slideshow: a non-audio slideshow and an audio slideshow which explains the information as it is shown. They each define terms, offer...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Louisiana Purchase: An Offer We Couldn't Refuse
This lesson explores the circumstances surrounding the United States' acquisition of the Louisiana Territory. To research these topics students will integrate a variety of print and technology resources. Students will apply the results...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Genetic Research: Decisions to Be Made
Examine current genetic research and the ethical implications of this research. Explore expert opinions on the ethical implications of mapping the human genome.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Birth of the Environmental Protection Agency (Epa)
By the late 1960s, issues of unchecked land development, urban decay, and air, noise, and water pollution came to Americans' attention. In November 1971, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a large-scale...
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University of New Hampshire: Contaminated Sediments Center
This site provides links to descriptions of various environmental research projects being done to develop the best methods for treating different types of contaminated sediments.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Projected Paragraphs
A lesson plan in which learners read a text and highlight the most important details. Materials are included. [PDF]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Genome Sciences
The LBN Laboratory uses the data generated by the Human Genome Project to actually map the genes within the decoded genome.
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