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21. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Multimedia Responses to Content Area Topics Using Fact-"Faction"-Fiction
    Students climb into the mind of a spider in this lesson that asks them to compose a spider diary using spider facts, fiction, and "faction"—fiction that sounds like fact.
22. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Paying Attention to Technology: Exploring a Fictional Technology
    Students complete a short survey to establish their beliefs about technology. They compare their opinions to the ideas in a novel that depicts technology (such as 1984 or Fahrenheit 451).
23. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Protecting Our Precious Planet: Sharing the Message of Earth Day
    Students discover that they can make a world of difference when they participate in the online Earth Day bag program.
24. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Rain, Ice, Steam: Using Reading to Support Inquiry About the Water Cycle
    Water is always moving in a continuous cycle from liquid to solid to gas and back again. Students study this never-ending cycle through shared readings, center activities, and experiments.
25. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 26
    Sally Ride, first American woman in space, was born in 1951.
    After exploring information about Sally Ride on the StarKids Who's Who site, students write a letter using the Letter Generator to Dr. Ride's foundation, Sally Ride Science.
26. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Technology and Copyright Law: A "Futurespective"
    Students research and report on instances of how copyright laws have adapted to encompass new technologies. They write articles predicting copyright issues that may arise with new and future technologies.
27. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Textmasters: Shaking Up Textbook Reading in Science Classrooms
    Engage students in content area reading with the Textmasters strategy, which allows students to collaborate with their peers in different roles that enable better understanding of the content.
28. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    The Big, Bad Wolf...Is This a Fact?
    Reading is revamped in this lesson in which students use a multimedia approach to study the books by Seymour Simon.
29. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 10
    The Crystal Palace hosted the first display of life-size dinosaur replicas in 1854.
    After learning about Hawkins' dinosaur replicas, students work individually or in small groups to investigate a dinosaur of their choice, comparing their findings to Hawkins'.
30. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 1
    The first U.S. zoo opened in Philadelphia in 1874.
    Students consider how zoos have changed over the past century and design their own zoo of the future using drawings, posters, dioramas, or other displays.

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