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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blurring Genre: Exploring Fiction and Nonfiction with Diary of a Worm
   After reading several examples of how a published author incorporates facts in fiction writing, students research a topic of their choice and write fictional diary entries that incorporate factual information.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Creative Writing in the Natural World: A Framing
   Students practice writing detailed, sensory-rich descriptions by framing a small piece of nature and freewriting about it. From this minilesson, students can develop a variety of types of writing.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Discovering Memory: Li-Young Lee's Poem "Mnemonic" and the Brain
   Students learn about memory by doing a memory-writing exercise, studying the brain to understand how it affects memory, reading Li-Young Lee's poem "Mnemonic," and creating projects to demonstrate their understanding.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction through Paired Readings
   Students read science fiction texts and then use nonfiction texts to extrapolate the scientific principles presented as they discuss the "what ifs" within the context of scientific principles.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Glogging About Natural Disasters
   After researching various natural disasters, students share their findings with each other using glogs, or through poster presentations.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Greetings from the Biomes of the World
   To share their research on biomes, students use iPads to create postcards from all over the world.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Learning about Clouds with Haikus
   Using a mobile app or Interactive activity, students write haikus describing various types of clouds that they have studied.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 9  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Poppin' Fun with Physical and Chemical Changes
   Students will enjoy learning about physical and chemical changes as they turn their own photos into a narrated video using the iPad app SonicPics to illustrate (and eat) their results from a popcorn lab.
9. 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.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Trading Information about Minerals Through Trading Cards
    Using the free Trading Cards Mobile App, students create trading cards to share properties of various minerals with their classmates and connect the use of minerals to their own lives.