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This document has a teacher concepts/directions cover page, a two-page student activity (answer sheet and map with questions), and a two-page answer key including color visuals. It can be copied in black-and-white if needed and the activity will still work. The purposes of this are to have student practice their measuring, circle, and line construction skills while learning the basics of topographical features, navigating points by straight lines with bearings, navigating points by triangulation

Useful as an instructional handout or reference for writing and science writing, this four-page document in MS-Word 97-2003 format can be printed as is or easily modified. It is a compilation of forty-one Latin phrases that are useful and just plain good-to-know, with pronunciations, definitions, and examples.

This 5400x7200 pixel file can be easily submitted to a local printer and made into an 18x24 glossy poster for classroom display. It can also be printed yourself as an 8.5x11 student notebook reference page. This poster provides instruction and reference concerning the important concepts of variables, prefixes, units, and significant digits. It uses concise explanations and well-selected examples.

This editable single-page handout (in older MS-Word format for compatibility back to Office '97) provides clear guidelines for science students when writing up experiment or demonstration results. It provides point values that you can use for your grading rubric, and suggestions for how students can present an organized paper in a standardized scientific format.

This zipped folder can be easily extracted into a stand-alone offline folder, experienced through your web browser. Click on the "field_trip_start" file and it will allow for navigation through some basic instruction in the DNA molecule (even if your Internet connection is inactive). Use with a SmartBoard and students can click on and narrate through the pages in front of the class, or put separate copies on classroom computers and let students explore. Five pages are included: "actual DNA image