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PBS

Arthur’s World Neighborhood: Bibliography for Kids

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Support young learners as they expand their cultural awareness with this list of children's literature on countries from around the globe. Including both fictional and non-fictional texts. This resource will help...
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Lesson Plan
Code.org

Finding Trends with Visualizations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils often hear about trends, but they don't always see them. The eighth lesson plan in a unit of 15 requires individuals to use the Google Trends tool. Class members identify patterns in the visualization before presenting the...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Meiosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Intrigue the class by completing a instructional activity on meiosis, filled with challenging and insightful activities to spark the interest of every person in the room. Each member of the class learns about genetic disorders due to...
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Activity
Super Teacher Worksheets

My Explorer Report

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This is the perfect resource to accompany your class project on famous explorers! Learners detail basic information about their chosen explorer, his/her main events of exploration and means of transportation, and finally,...
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Unit Plan
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NASA

Space-Based Astronomy on the Internet

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young scientists compile everything they have learned into a report in the fifth and final lesson in a unit on the visible light spectrum. Access to photos from observatories, telescopes, and satellites allows learners to compare...
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Advocates for Human Rights

Who are Immigrants?

For Students 8th - Higher Ed Standards
What do Jerry Yang, Patrick Ewing, John Muir, Charlize Theron, Peter Jennings, and Saint Frances X Cabrini all have in common? They are all immigrants to the United States. Famous and not-so-famous immigrants are the focus of a resource...
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Handout
Shakespeare Globe Trust

Fact Sheet: Writing Plays

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Who were some of the popular playwrights of Elizabethan England? Using the provided fact sheets, scholars research playwrights, explore three different types of plays, and learn about censorship in Elizabethan England. 
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Pulitzer Center

Facing Risk: Journalists and their Families

For Students 9th - 12th
Facing Risk is a powerful film that urges journalists who are committed to reporting from the world's hotspots to engage in difficult but essential conversations with their families before leaving on assignment. Interviews with...
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West Virginia Department of Education

Intelligence of Authentic Character - News Coverage and John Brown's Raid

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
The resource, a standalone, shows how news coverage of John Brown's Raid began when the event happened and how that reporting shaped perception in West Virginia history. The resource includes interesting anticipatory discussion...
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Curated OER

Butterflies, Butterflies, Butterflies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Transform your class into a butterfly museum! Research different types of butterflies, their habitat, and life cycle. Interactive components such as PowerPoint presentations, Claymation movies, and webpages add pizzaz to the museum...
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Activity
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Chemical Education Foundation

Teacher's Guide to Science Projects

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Do you find the idea of having a science fair with all of your students intimidating? Use a guide that provides everything you need to know to make project-based learning manageable. The resource includes options for four...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Presenting Powerful Outlines for Science Fair Reports

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine and reflect on the role of science reports in the larger scientific community and become familiar with one scientist's experience preparing a report. They identify key points to build a strong science report and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

RESEARCH PROJECT

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students develop a list of famous people and choose an individual from the list. They create a web design for notes. They research their individual and add information to their bibliography. They finish by writing a report on the person.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animals of the Desert: Research

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this desert animals research worksheet, learners prepare to write a report on a desert animal. Students read the list of animals, choose one and do the research to answer 8 questions about this animal.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Research Cards

For Students 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, 3rd graders focus on the writing of factual information. Using these cards as tools, students respond to the question, "Did you know..." by filling in information about a given topic.
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Organizer
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Student Handouts

Graphic Organizer: Reference Citations

For Students 3rd - 11th Standards
Pupils practice researching sources and logging citation information with this graphic organizer. After posing a general topic, groups of students are asked to devise general questions about that topic, and to research sources...
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PPT
Curated OER

Researching and gathering information

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Though text heavy, these nine slides present clear instructions for each stage of the research method that students should use to organize information about Saguaro Cacti. A good introduction to organizing research for a writing...
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Printables
Polk Bros Foundation

Read to Learn

For Teachers 3rd - 10th Standards
Prepare for a research project or just use this worksheet on its own. Class members choose a topic, write a big question about it, and note down information they find about it. The final product is a longer written assignment in the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Report Writing in Primary Grades

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn how to read a short section and parepare a sentence to share with the group. Students listen to the reading of expository text, restate, in sentence format, one fact learned from that text, and produce a report.
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Curated OER

Freedom and You

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the American Revolution. For this Revolutionary War lesson, students research facts about the American Revolution, write an expository essay, and peer edit for good content. The paper is suggested to be written after...
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Curated OER

U.S. State Reports

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils conduct Internet research on a chosen U.S. state. They include information about the history, climate, geography, symbols, and tourist attractions of their state, and write an original poem.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Researching Vertebrates

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research and present a paper about vertebrates. In this research and writing lesson plan, 5th graders research information about vertebrates which they include in a paper and presentation. They determine how to present...
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Activity
Mesa Public Schools

Country Project

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Give your young learners the chance to discover more about countries in their world community with a research project. Class members write reports on an assigned country and include such major features as geography, important historical...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils complete a series of activities to discover life in ancient Egypt. They create want ads for pyramid workers, design vocabulary flash cards and dictionaries, and research famous Egyptians. They also research the "Curse of the...

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