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El Education: Geology for Kids
4th grade students from the Swift River Elementary School in New Salem, Massachusetts, created this field guide to local geology, featuring "Things to Know" and "Places to Visit", as part of a study of local geology and rocks and...
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El Education: Guide to Energy Sources
This guide was created by 3rd and 4th grade students at the Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as part of a learning expedition on energy sources and alternative energy. Students studied all forms of...
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El Education: A Tribute to Victory
High school students in Dubuque, Iowa, created this book as part of a learning expedition on World War II. In pairs, students conducted extensive interviews, asking veterans to share personal accounts of their experiences during the war....
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El Education: A Beaver Story
This children's book about beavers was written and illustrated by 6th graders after extensive field research with experts in the field. The book is unique in that it offers a continuous fictional narrative at the top of each page, an...
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El Education: Field Guide to Insects in Western Massachusetts
This field guide was created by 2nd graders in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was part of a two-month Learning Expedition that included field observation and collection, classroom experimentation and research, reading from books and...
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El Education: How Does Your Garden Grow?
This book was created by kindergarten students from the East End Community Charter School in Portland, Maine, as part of an eight-week learning expedition on local food and gardens called, "How Does Your Garden Grow?" These young...
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Alex: Who Am I? Learning With Biographies
Students often have difficulty differentiating between genres of books in the library media center. During this lesson plan, students learn to identify a biography and understand the types of information included in this genre. Students...
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El Education: What Is a Mastodon?
An online book entitled What is a Mastodon? by kindergarten students at Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York. The book contains information mastodons including what they looked like, how they ate and drank, and how...
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El Education: E2 River Scientist Study
This book was created by fifth and sixth grade students at in Amherst, Massachusetts. As part of study of the local watershed, students interviewed and worked with local scientists who were involved with studying and promoting the health...
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El Education: It's All Greek to Me
This book was created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine as part of a learning expedition on ancient civilizations, focusing on ancient Greece.The book includes collage-like portraits and background information on famous figures...
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El Education: Insect Cards
These local insect note cards were created by 2nd graders from the Alice B. Beal Elementary Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The project included field observation and collection, classroom experimentation and research,...
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El Education: Wisconsin for Kids and by Kids
An online book entitled Wisconsin for Kids and By Kids created by the students of Winnequah Middle School in Monona, Wisconsin that features some famous people, places, and events throughout Wisconsin's history. Original writing and...
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El Education: Field Guide to Local Amphibians
The Field Guide to Local Amphibians was created by 4th graders in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. It was created as one aspect of a three-month Learning Expedition on amphibians. Students collected town data for a statewide amphibian census;...
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El Education: What's Up?
An online book entitled What's Up? Frequently Asked Questions About Space by 3rd graders at Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York. The book contains information about space and tools used to study space. Original...
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El Education: What's Happening in the Bog?
An online book entitled What's Happening in the Bog by 6th graders at Duggan Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The book contains descriptions and photographs and illustrations of plants and animals found in Duggan Leatherleaf...
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El Education: Economics Illustrated
This book was created by tenth grade students in San Diego, California. It combines student descriptions of economic terms and concepts with original student art that illustrates them. Students were supported by social studies and art...
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El Education: Insect Bookmarks
These bookmarks were created by 2nd graders at the Alice B. Beal Elementary School in Springfield, Massachusetts, as part of a two-month Learning expedition on insects. The learning expedition included field observation and collection,...
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El Education: Tools for Sailors Ahoy, Mate!
In this lesson students learn about sailing and contribute writing, illustrations, and photographs to a class book containing information about navigation equipment, the Beaufort Scale, knots, and the signal system of flags used by...
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El Education: Trees for Everybody Meridian Hill Park Tree Field Guide
An online field guide entitled Trees are for Everybody by kindergarten students at the Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. The book contains student observations, photographs, and original illustrations which provide...
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El Education: Small Acts of Courage
After researching local heroes of the civil rights movement through secondary sources and through primary source interviews, students write biographies of these unsung heroes. The biographies, along with digital photographs, are compiled...
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El Education: Field Guide to the Aquatic Gardens at Forest Park
3rd grade students in Springfield, Massachusetts created this field guide as part of a learning expedition on ecosystems and pond life. Students did fieldwork in the city park and worked with local experts, closely examining the ponds....
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El Education: Adolescence by Adolescents
This "field guide" was created by 7th and 8th grade students in Vergennes, Vermont, as part of a Learning expedition called Adolescent Odyssey and was meant to be a "user's manual" to students' changing bodies. Eighty students did...
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El Education: Forest Park Zoo
This guide to the animals at the Forest Park Zoo was created by 1st grade students at the Alice B. Beal Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was part of a Learning expedition on animals. Students, through fieldwork...
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El Education: Flower City Atlas
3rd grade students in Rochester, New York, created this historical/environmental guide to the City of Rochester as part of a learning expedition on local history. The guiding questions were: How did Rochester become the Flower City? How...