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Information Skills — Grade 8

Goal 5, Objective 5.04

Goal 5

The learner will COMMUNICATE reading, listening, and viewing experiences.

Objective 5.04

Collaborate with others, both in person and through technologies, to identify information problems and to design, develop and evaluate information products and solutions.

Resources aligned to this objective

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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.

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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