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Do your students struggle to find quality resources when completing research projects? Using the CRAAP analysis tool can be a great way to determine the validity of an online resource. This unit allows students to learn what good resources look like, practice an evaluation of an example website, and retain a tool to be used in the future for additional projects and activities. This product includes: CRAAP Lesson (Google Slides)CRAAP Practice Assignment (Google Slides)CRAAP Analysis Worksheet (PD

Looking for a new way to incorporate science and math concepts into one assignment? Look no further! This assignment includes mean/median/mode, box-and-whisker plots, algebra, and graphing, perfectly blended into a journey of climate change, data trends, and citizen science. Warning: this is a difficult assignment! There are 125 data points to analyze and compile, which takes some time to organize. If students are given a digital version of this assignment, they can copy the table of temperature

The Pollinator Protection Plan gives students an opportunity to connect ecosystems, pollination, and conservation with their real-world family and home. They are encouraged to think critically about steps they can take to protect native, wild, and domestic bees in their community. This Google Doc includes three web links (can be printed out OR linked to students' devices) that provide examples of measures that can be taken, as well as the importance of pollinators in the ecosystem. It also incl

This is a great group project to introduce students to the solar system. On day one, groups of four get together and research one planet. On day two, groups present their findings to the class while the rest of the students take notes in their own presentations. By the end, every group should have a completed Slide presentation on the whole solar system, which can be saved on the computer or printed out into a booklet.