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Irish Eyes: Taking a Look at Local Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create landscape flyers of local landscapes using digital photography, educational software, and examples of Irish landscapes. This creative-project lesson lasts two weeks, including class time spent collecting photographs...
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Infectious Diseases

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a brochure for a fictional pharmaceutical company.
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Upside-Down Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read various examples of literature. In groups, they brainstorm a list of views that go against what was in one of the stories. They illustrate the opposite ideas and compile them into a class book. They use each other to...
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Online Collaborative Social Studies Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create newspapers and post them online for others to see.
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Critiquing the Neoclassicism/Romanticism Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers request feedback on their projects from Neoclassicist/Romanticist experts they have contacted via e-mail or other means. They work in pairs to critique each other's work.
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Water Around Us

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders learn the effects of temperature on the states of water. Then students create paper snowflakes. Finally students complete a computer project with software which teaches the different states of water.
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Industrial Waste Management / Enforcement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the role of industrial waste enforcement units in the wastewater treatment process. They demonstrate active listening skills and produce a formal letter of thanks that addresses 3 points of information gained from the...
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Class Letter of Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students follow guidelines to collectively draft a class letter that introduces their school to the rest of the participants in an online science experiment about water quality. They post the letter online as part of the larger unit.
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True Settlers of the Pacific Northwest: Who was there with Dr. John Mcloughlin?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discover who was present when the city of Vancouver was founded. Using the internet, they research the various cultures of the area and which were present at the Hudson Bay Company. They discuss each person's role in how the...
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McLean Train Yard

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conduct online research and incorporate graphics and maps into a Powerpoint presentation that details life at the McLean train yard in its heyday.
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Habitat Movies

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create movies of various habitats and animals using their knowledge of the subject and the computer program iMovie. Emphasis is placed on cooperative learning and research.
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The Chemistry of Water / Industrial Waste at My High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain factual knowledge of the nature of industrial waste at on their school site. They gain process knowledge of the laboratory techniques and collection procedures for wastewater samples.
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Gallery Walk/Webquest

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in a gallery walk or Web Quest to study the various roles and processes in the Canadian government.
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Human Development- Love

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of self-love. They determine the meaning and develop an understanding of their own status of self-concept. Class discussion is used to encourage deeper research.
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Myths and Folk Tales

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders perform research in order to appreciate stories taken from the genre of myths and fables. The examples of the stories create a context for students to create their own myths.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing Day 4 Honeybees

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
You mean I have to write my story again, have someone check to make sure it's right, and fix my mistakes? For this lesson, students will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure...
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Handout
Colorado State University

Csu Writing Guides: Peer Review

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A detailed account of how to improve one's writing through the process of the peer review. Includes basic information and content-specific additions, such as peer review guidelines, questions, and online resources.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Strategy Guide: Peer Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This strategy guide explains how you can employ peer review in your classroom, guiding students as they offer each other constructive feedback to improve their writing and communication skills.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of students engaged in the lesson are provided, along with a...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Peer Review: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses the peer review process and how to give an effective peer review. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Peer Review."
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Peer Review: Narrative

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Excellent lesson that teaches a new and more relevant way of conducting a peer review. Through the PQP (Praise-Question-Polish) process middle schoolers gain a greater understanding of how to review others' work as well as improve their...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of the lesson in action are provided, along with a teacher's grading...
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Editing and Rewriting Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site examines all aspects of the rewriting process. Includes advice on how to use computers during the process, comments on peer editing, links to related topics, and an editing checklist.
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Handout
University of Richmond

University of Richmond/peer Editing Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Under the heading "Peer Editing Strategies," you'll find two links, "Do's and Don't of Written Commentary." and "Peer Editing Guide." The first emphasizes being helpful and considerate. The second lists questions to consider when...

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