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El Education: Reshaping Rochester

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After learning about the effects of re-watering a dry water way in their city, students realize that public support would be needed for such an undertaking. In order to determine public support, students design and implement a survey,...
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El Education: Reshaping Rochester: Spreading the Word Brochure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After learning about the effects of re-watering a dry water way in their city, students create a brochure to highlight the information they gathered and boost public support for this project in their community.
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El Education: A Revitalization Report

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In 2008, the ARTWalk 2 Planning Committee in Rochester, New York invited the sixth grade students at Genesee Community Charter School to make a meaningful contribution to the expansion of public art in Rochester. A Revitalization Report...
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El Education: Revitalize Rochester

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the effects of a city restoring water to a dry waterway and then create a report designed to inform and persuade voters to reconsider their views after voting down such a restoration in Rochester, New York.
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El Education: Revitalize Rochester Poster

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After writing a report on the effects of restoring water ways in various cities, students create a poster advertising the presentation of the report to city officials and asking the public to attend in order to learn more about this...
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El Education: River Calendar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student of various ages work together to create an illustrated calendar of animals they observed and researched.
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El Education: Rmsel Birds: A Neighborhood Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students complete fieldwork and research on different types of local birds to complete a field guide. The guide provides information and illustrations for each bird along with a focus on the type of feet the birds have and the various...
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El Education: San Diego Bay: 2008 Tide Calendar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students complete original research to create a calendar. Each calendar month includes a page with informational text and original photographs featuring different endangered animals of the San Diego Bay including tidal information and a...
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El Education: San Diego Bay Calendar 2007

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students complete original research to create a calendar. Each calendar month includes a page with informational text and original photographs featuring different aspects of the natural or cultural history of the San Diego Bay.
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El Education: San Diego Bay: A Call for Conservation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work together with scientists from universities, research centers, zoon and aquariums to research and study ecological aspects of San Diego Bay and the species that indicate the health of the ecology within the bay area.
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El Education: San Diego: A Story of Exploitation and Restoration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work together with college professors, museum experts, naturalists, historians, and industry leaders to research and create a field guide indicating the effects of growth and changes in hunting and fishing industries in San...
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El Education: Sapling Rise a Micro Field Guide

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Students create a field guide for a three foot by three foot plot of ground. Students name their plots, graph temperature, create an inventory and table to record observations, make illustrations, and write informational text based on...
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El Education: Searching for Freedom Matisse Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use colored note cards to create silhouettes of each other. Each silhouette is a physical expression of freedom and slavery. Students cut out the silhouettes to create the Matisse Cut-Out style graphic.
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El Education: Seasons of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students make multiple visits to a nursing home to develop a relationship with one person and learn about his or her life. Then students use a combination of illustrations, photographs, digital pictures, and biographical text to create a...
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El Education: Self Portrait Poster

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create self-portraits which are then cut and pasted into one classroom collage.
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El Education: Self Portraits

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work through drafting process to create self-portraits that later become the covers of autobiographical books.
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El Education: Signs From a to Z

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
As part of a study on Deaf Culture, students work together to create an alphabet book of American Sign Language Each page has an original illustration of the signed letter accompanied by a sentence using alliteration to give several...
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El Education: Snakes of the Pioneer Valley

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A field guide to local sakes using research and photographs with permission of the photographer. This example was completed as an individual students project, but the guide could be completed as a class project as well.
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El Education: Somewhere in the Park

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
After visiting a local park, students write sentences about the things they see in the park and created ripped-paper collages with partners to illustrate their sentences.
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El Education: Space Illustrated

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students gather information through research, local experts, and personal observations to answer their questions about space. The information is then written into articles and students compile them as well as illustrations, games,...
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El Education: Springfield, Usa an Atlas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students from Springfield, Massachusetts learn about geography by creating maps and gathering information about the cities and towns named Springfield throughout the United States of America. Students gather information through book and...
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El Education: Stream Water Quality Report

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Middle school students partner with undergraduate students at a local college to test the quality of the surface water in their town. Students gather data and research to write a final report for each of the eight areas tested, and then...
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El Education: Study of Bones and Skeletons

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research animals and their skeletons and write informational text to share the information. The text is accompanied by digital images found online, and students' pages are combined into a class book.
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El Education: The Study of Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students learn about various insects and use original text and illustrations to create a book including information such as habitat, life cycle, diet, behavior, predators, and other interesting facts.