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Entries from July 26th, 2009

Eliminate Elementary School Research Trauma

July 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts, Content- Cross Discipline

Using this site for an elementary research project would surely reduce stress (for teachers and students) and improve student learning.  From the Kentucky Virtual Library, How to do research is a kid friendly visual approach including planning, searching for information, note taking, sharing (the sharing page is packed with 21st Century learning options) and evaluation. [...]

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The best yardstick ever!

July 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Content - Math, Content - Science

Micrometers or light years- Universcale compares them all.  Compare the DNA with an atom (DNA is larger) to a nanoparticle (DNA is smaller).  This is a fascinating approach to investigate scale- especially with those items too tiny (or huge) to be viewed in the classroom.

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