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Let Me help You! In this task, students will research a historical reform movement and create a culminating presentation that encourages the community to volunteer and take action. This task includes: |
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Let the Sunshine In In this task, students will collect and analyze data to predict how a product will work. This task includes: |
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Lilac Phenology The Lilac Phenology task is part of the Biosphere Unit from Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE). In this task, students will learn about plant response to light by setting up simple investigations in the classroom. Students will observe and classify local plants based on their patterns of change other than growth. Students will also learn about plant pigmentation and photosynthesis while conducting simple investigations to demonstrate the presence of pigments other than chlorophyll in leaves. Thus task includes:
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Linear and Exponential Models In this task, students will label tables, draw graphs, and examine linear relationships. This task includes: |
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Living the Dream In this task, students will examine the American Dream and what that means to people from different walks of life. They will examine how this manifests itself in sociological issues and then define what it means to themselves. This task includes: |
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Local History Project In this task, students will research their community's history and share their findings with their global fears. This task includes: |
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Local History Project In the Local History Project task, students will conduct research about the history of their local communities and then share their findings in the form of essays, power point presentations, art and photos in an on-line forum. |
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Lost Postcard Collection In this task, students will roleplay as Odyssues, cataloging their journeys through the book through a series of postcards. This task includes: |
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Louis XVI This task requires students to consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of a document as historical evidence. Students with a sophisticated understanding of how to source a document will be able to explain that Jefferson's memoir is useful as evidence of Jefferson's thoughts on Louis XVI's leadership and his observations while in France. They will also observe that Jefferson's memoir was written many years after his time in France, making it less useful as specific evidence about Louis XVI's leadership. Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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Love and War In this task, students will explore the question of whether or not love and war are related. Students will learn about war through World War II texts, delve into the ways chemicals have been used in warfare, and culminate in writing their own newspaper article. Alternately, students will learn about love through reading poetry and creating their own perfume after studying about pheramones. This task includes: |
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