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Write! Science
Compare and Contrast
The ability to compare and contrast is one of the most fundamental thinking skills of the scientist. In this activity, students develop this capacity as they compare and contrast scientific concepts1
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The ability to compare and contrast is one of the most fundamental thinking skills of the scientist. In this activity, students develop this capacity as they compare and contrast scientific concepts with regard to specific characteristics. Students use this exercise as the basis for a compare and contrast paper.
Write! Science
How Does This Thing Work?
We take appliances, machines, and electronic devices for granted. Take your television for instance. You turn it on and programs magically appear in full color with sound. How does it work? In this a1
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We take appliances, machines, and electronic devices for granted. Take your television for instance. You turn it on and programs magically appear in full color with sound. How does it work? In this activity, students explore how things work.
Write! Social Studies
Re-inventing the Government
In order to vote, we must register well in advance, take time out of our schedule to go to an authorized location, stand in line, provide proper identification, wait for our name to be located, and t1
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In order to vote, we must register well in advance, take time out of our schedule to go to an authorized location, stand in line, provide proper identification, wait for our name to be located, and then we can actually vote. Why can’t we just... In this activity, students re-invent the government, or at least a part of the government.
Write! Science
Science or Fiction?
For many centuries and in many cultures, people have used questionable medical practices including using leeches, herbs, animal extracts and even dirt. For years, alchemists mixed metals to come up w1
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For many centuries and in many cultures, people have used questionable medical practices including using leeches, herbs, animal extracts and even dirt. For years, alchemists mixed metals to come up with gold. Astrologists attribute numerous phenomena to the cosmos. Are these practices science or fictions? In this activity, students explore the scientific basis for such practices.
Write! Math
Personal Problems
Word problems are a natural mix of writing and mathematics. In this activity, students write personally relevant word problems, and share them with teammates. Then, teams write a team word problem an1
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Word problems are a natural mix of writing and mathematics. In this activity, students write personally relevant word problems, and share them with teammates. Then, teams write a team word problem and share it with other teams.
Write! Social Studies
Visualize Hisotry
When you hear the word Hiroshima, what do you visualize? Can you illustrate what you imagine? In this activity, develop students’ visual/spatial intelligence and make history become vivid by having s1
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When you hear the word Hiroshima, what do you visualize? Can you illustrate what you imagine? In this activity, develop students’ visual/spatial intelligence and make history become vivid by having students draw and describe images that come to mind from historical events.
Write! Social Studies
Time Lines
When was World War I? How about World War II? Truly understanding historical events involves not only learning the details of the event, but understanding its relationship in time to other events. In1
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When was World War I? How about World War II? Truly understanding historical events involves not only learning the details of the event, but understanding its relationship in time to other events. In this activity, develop students’ logical/mathematical intelligence as students work in teams to sequence events on a time line.
Write! Social Studies
Battles Over the Bill of Rights
The battle lines over the Bill of Rights are drawn and redrawn again and again. The news is filled with articles about banning pornography from the internet, computer chips that allow parents to keep1
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The battle lines over the Bill of Rights are drawn and redrawn again and again. The news is filled with articles about banning pornography from the internet, computer chips that allow parents to keep selected television programs from appearing on their home TV, the right of citizens to carry weapons, and prayer in public schools. In this activity, students take a stand on issues dealing with the Bill of Rights.
Write! Social Studies
News Report on History
The standard format of newspaper articles is to lead with basic information on who, what, when, where, why, and how. In addition to the five w’s, the writer attempts to make the lead (the first parag1
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The standard format of newspaper articles is to lead with basic information on who, what, when, where, why, and how. In addition to the five w’s, the writer attempts to make the lead (the first paragraph) interesting or creative enough to entice the readers to continue reading. Information is reported in descending order of importance. If space requirements demand, the article can be cut, at the end, where the least important information is written. In this activity, students write a newspaper article on any social studies topic.
Write! Social Studies
Political Cartoons
Political cartoonists have an uncanny ability to convey a tremendous amount of meaning with an illustration and just a few words. Sometimes the cartoon is biting, sometimes it’s hilarious, often it’s1
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Political cartoonists have an uncanny ability to convey a tremendous amount of meaning with an illustration and just a few words. Sometimes the cartoon is biting, sometimes it’s hilarious, often it’s both. In this activity, students plan their political cartoon with a partner, create it and share it with teammates.