Re: Target: integrated units 6-12

["Irwin - Maureen S." <msirwin@UMD5.UMD.EDU>]

Using the EPA website for students (www.epa.gov/students, I think) the
seventh grde science teacher at a former school and I worked together to
develop a unit on environmental concernsciaicd rain, fossil fuels, water
and air pollution etc.  The website is excellent, content rich, and easy
to
navigate, but has so many nooks and crannies we considered it important to
teach the navigation of it, making suggestions for searching within it,
using the many charts and diagrams provided, splitting the screen for
notetaking or cut-and pasting illustrations, and of course, accurate
attribution.  We also had backup with print reference sources, and the
kids were able to expand on what was found at EPA with some of t he print
sources, showing the value of both.

Maureen S. Irwin
Director of the Library
Rye Country Day School
Rye, N.Y.

msirwin@umd5.umd.edu    **Any book you have not read is a new book ;-)**

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