About MarcoPolo Content New Lessons MarcoPolo Calendar ... Plug-Ins Teacher Resources New MarcoPolo Lessons Check back each Friday to see the newest lessons added to MarcoPolo, or access all MarcoPolo lessons and resources in the MarcoPolo Search Engine Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO EconEdLink Audio Listening Practices: Exploring Personal Experiences With Audio Texts ReadWriteThink In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students keep a daily diary that records how and when they listen to radio, music, and other streaming media or archived broadcasts. Students then analyze the details and compare their results to published reports on American radio listeners. They conclude by reflecting on their findings and writing a final statement on their audio literacy practices and interests. Dear Librarian: Writing a Persuasive Letter ReadWriteThink In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write to their school librarian, requesting that a specific text be added to the school library collection. They use persuasive writing skills as well as online tools to write a letter stating their case. Students then have an opportunity to share their letter with the librarian. Xpeditions In this Xpeditions lesson, one of a multi-part unit on the Genographic Project, students consider ways in which the project is impacted by scientific and technological advances, including those in life sciences, communications, and transportation. They learn why indigenous communities play such a crucial role in unlocking the secrets of our common ancestry, examine how those communities are being threatened, make projections about future challenges to their ways of life, and consider how research such as the Genographic Project can play a role in preserving them. The Genographic Project, a partnership of the National Geographic Society and IBM, is a five-year study to understand the human journeywhere we came from and how humankind came to populate the planet. | |
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