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Information Skills — Grade 8
Goal 4, Objective 4.01
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Literature Biography Project
- For this project, students will learn to develop the various processes used in researching and writing a biographical research paper, including brainstorming, notetaking, outlining, creating a bibliography, and writing the final draft. This project is designed to act as an independent study geared toward AG or Level 3 and Level 4 students, but each step in the research process can also be taught directly to students in the classroom.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Sandra Dail.
- Submarines: Using mass, volume and density to create a working submarine
- The students will design a submarine that will float, subsurface, sink, and return once again to the water's surface by external manipulation of the submarine outside of an aquarium. In order to accomplish this, the students will use not only the concepts of mass, volume, and density but will also integrate buoyancy and ballast in their submarine design.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Amy Koonce.
- We all live downstream
- This lesson uses the North American Streamside exhibit of the North Carolina Zoological Park as an inquiry-based starting point for a stream ecology study.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills, Computer Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Eddie Hamblin.
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- Lewis and Clark: A Legacy to Remember
- Students design a memorial that illustrates the legacy of the Lewis and Clark expedition from a geographic perspective. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Lewis and Clark: Native American Contributions
- Using handouts and maps, students learn about specific instances in which Native Americans helped the Lewis and Clark expedition overcome obstacles. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Lewis and Clark: Overcoming Obstacles
- Using handouts and maps, students discuss the challenges and obstacles the Lewis and Clark expedition faced, focusing on how geographic information can influence a decision. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Nearsightedness
- This lesson gives students the opportunity to examine the nature of scientific research in the context of research pertaining to myopia, or nearsightedness. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Would you have helped out?
- Students will investigate the dangers faced by escaping slaves and their helpers on the Underground Railroad. Students consider whether they would have helped the escaping slaves. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic