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United States Fast Facts
Resource Type: Student Site
Subject Areas: Social Studies, Information and Technology Literacy
Appropriate for Grades: Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
This is an excellent site for students who are in need of information on the United States. There is an alphabetized list of states...
Last updated: 11/12/09

Write Letters to Commemorate 9/11
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Appropriate for Grades: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
In this lesson students commemorate the 9/11 anniversary by writing letters to fire, police, or emergency medical personnel in their communities or to the...
Last updated: 11/12/09

An Immigration Graph
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Appropriate for Grades: Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
Students practice reading and understanding information in a table; and, converting the 1899 and 1924 imigration information to graph form.
Last updated: 11/04/09

Automated Weather Observing Site Map
Resource Type: Teacher Resource/Reference
Subject Areas: Science
Appropriate for Grades: Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
This is a great site for quickly finding weather forecasts for anywhere in the United States. Once into the forecast there are links to...
Last updated: 11/04/09

Bread Bag Nightmares
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Science
Appropriate for Grades: Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
Ever wonder exactly what mold is? And how did it get there? And why sometimes it’s green and other times black or white? Did...
Last updated: 11/04/09

Can Microbes Tell the Difference?
Resource Type: Teacher Resource/Reference
Subject Areas: Science
Appropriate for Grades: Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
The purpose of this site is to compare the energy content of various sweeteners by measuring yeastÕs production of carbon dioxide when using sweeteners...
Last updated: 11/04/09

Creepy Critters
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Science
Appropriate for Grades: Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
Creepy Critters are discovered on a new planet. Your task is to develop a classification system and compare these alien Creepy Critters to organisms...
Last updated: 11/04/09

Madison Planetarium
Resource Type: Student Site
Subject Areas: Science
Appropriate for Grades: Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
If you live in Wisconsin and want to take your students on a great field trip, the Madison Memorial Planetarium would be a great...
Last updated: 11/04/09

Martin Luther King Jr.: A Fact or Opinion Activity
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Appropriate for Grades: Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
Students discuss the difference between fact and opinion, read or listen to a brief biography of Martin Luther King Jr. Then students complete the...
Last updated: 11/04/09

A Brush with Wildlife
Resource Type: Student Site
Subject Areas: Information and Technology Literacy, Art and Design Education
Appropriate for Grades: Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
Creating a composition is one of the most exciting and challenging aspects facing an artist. How do you use art principles like balance, contrast,...
Last updated: 11/02/09

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