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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: The Curious Microbe

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site focuses on unusual microbes that inhabit an extreme environmental niche on our planet. Individual articles are written in a tone suitable for general audience.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Botany Online: Features of Flowering Plants: Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
Site details the parts of the flower as well as provides links to terms such as seed, calyx, corolla and many more.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Environmental Health & Safety: Ernest Rutherford

For Students 9th - 10th
A clear telling of Rutherford's place in the history of human understanding of radiation.
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Primary
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Great Society Speech, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the complete text of the "Great Society" speech of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Website
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore global business through country insights, global resources, geography, and more. Specific help for teachers and graduate students is under the heading "Academy."
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Website
Other

Klass Kids Foundation: Amber Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explores the Amber Plan by state. Learn what the Amber plan is, how the plan works, and what the initial criteria are to put the plan in action. Content also includes a state-by-state analysis of the Amber plan in each area.
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Has My Child Been Exposed to Lead? When and How to Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Connie Hill of Columbus, Ohio, got some unsettling news after her son's 12-month checkup .A nurse called to say that the 1-year-old's blood lead level test had come back as slightly elevated, which would put him in the top 2.5 percent of...
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Lesson Plan
Other

State of Michigan: What Was Life Like During the Great Depression?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site contains a lesson plan in which students will interview someone who lived during the Great Depression, and gather information for presentation.
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Activity
Other

State of Michigan: Reminiscences of the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
A site with a nice personal touch. Memories from four individuals about their time spent during the Great Depression years in the 1930s.
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Handout
Cayuse Canyon

The Us50

For Students 9th - 10th
This clickable map of the United States gives students access to research information from history and tourism to attractions and famous historic figures.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

What Are the Factors That Affect How Strongly Objects Interact With Each Other?

For Students 9th - 10th
Exploration of models of electric field to explain how charged objects interact with other objects via simulations, practice and activities. Sponsored by Concord Consortium and the CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University.
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Website
NSTATE

Netstate: Michigan, Edna Ferber

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography is included here, along with an early photo of Ferber (1885-1968 CE). Focuses primarily on her writing career.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Anishinabe Ojibwe Chippewa: Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Though written for grades 3-5, this lesson plan can be easily changed to help students of all ages learn about the Chippewa people. Additional resources provide historical, cultural, and geographical facts concerning this Native American...
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Website
Other

Midwestern Higher Education Compact

For Students 9th - 10th
The MHEC serves students from several states. The program provides reduced out-of-state tuition rates at designated colleges.
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Graphic
Other

Detroit Institute of Arts: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The Detroit Institute of Arts is the fifth-largest fine arts museum in the United States, with over 60,000 works. Individual artworks may be viewed in "Collections". Areas include Asian art, African, Oceanic, and New World art, ancient...
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Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Biometrics: Hand Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young scholars use hand geometry to prove their own identification.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Upper Eastern Peninsula Intermediate School District: Unit 2: Where Am I?

For Students K
This unit plan from the Upper Eastern Peninsula Intermediate School District provides focus questions, content expectations, and resources to support social studies units. During Unit 2, students will learn about their "local" and...
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Activity
Other

Mackinac Center: The Crash of 1929 an Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyzes the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and looks closely at the factors leading up to the Crash. Gives a perspective from the State of Michigan. A Graph is included to show the rise of unemployment during the Great Depression....
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1821

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and territories in 1821 after the Missouri Compromise, showing the Free States and territories, the Slave States and territories, and the transitional territories at the time. The map is color-coded to show the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

The u.s. At the Close of the Revolution, Showing Land Claims of States, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States at the close of the American Revolution showing the western land claims extending to the Mississippi River by the individual states after the Treaty of 1783 with Britain. The map shows the frontiers with the...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Brook Trout for Kids

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn about the brook trout. What it looks like and eats. Where do they live in fresh water?
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Johnson, Earvin "Magic"

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this encyclopedia entry to find out about Magic Johnson's basketball career and his foundation to fight HIV/AIDS.
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eBook
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The Founding of the Last 'Colonies'

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on the last mass emigration of Dutch citizens from the Netherlands in 1800s who came for economic and religious reasons and settled in Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Handout
Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez: Gratz v. Bollinger

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great resource that gives both a brief summary of the case Gratz v. Bollinger and audio of the oral arguments heard before the Supreme Court. A great resource for teachers/students learning about the court's position on...

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