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   MARCH 27 - APRIL 2, 2013
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NOVA LABS  
Grade Range: 6-12

Want to predict solar storms and design renewable energy systems? How about tracking cloud movements and learning cybersecurity strategies? With NOVA Labs you can take part in real-world investigations while using real scientific data.
 

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What Makes Food Healthy   
Grade Range: 5-8
 
What makes a food healthy? This interactive online lesson for blended learning explores why certain foods are a better source of energy and nutrients than others - and takes a closer look at the role nutrition can play in managing diseases. 

 

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Down the Drain
Grade Range: K-2

Learn and practice Spanish, including vocabulary for playground equipment and numbers, with the Oh Noah! "Down the Drain" webisode, related games, and lesson plan.

 

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Dunk Tank: Fractions, Decimals & Percents             
Grade Range: 5-6
 
Challenge students to a Dunk Tank math lesson! In this interactive game show, students will learn about converting between fractions, decimals and percents.

 

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Balance Magic
Grade Range: 3-5
 
NEW Design Squad VIDEO: Wow your friends with this gravity-defying episode-- Build: Balance Magic!

 

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Jim Crow Stories
Grade Range: 9-12
 
A multimedia interactive featuring accounts of living under Jim Crow laws.

 

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The Artist and Their Environment
Grade Range: 9-12
 
Examine how landscape painters reflect their environments in their art, in particular by studying the paintings of Charles Reynolds, a regionalist painter in Oregon. Create a style piece that is a chronicle of a community.

 

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Could You Become a Citizen
Grade Range: 9-12
 
See if you could pass the test given to immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship.

 

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