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March 13, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Fiber Maine-ia 8 – Maine Fiber Today

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Activity:  Discovering Maine’s Fiber Producers, Processors, and Artists
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Brief Description: Students will research the revival of Maine’s Fiber industry with the establishment of small farms and mills. Using a map of Maine students will use computers to visit specific web-sites to learn about modern Maine fiber production.

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March 12, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Fiber Maine-ia 6 – Stitches and Stories

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Activity:  Traditional Rug Hooking
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Brief Description: Students will learn how early Maine families used worn out or outgrown clothing to make quilts, rugs and other useful items. Both boys and girls learned to sew. Students will research early samplers and rugs and make a basic rug using early techniques.

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March 12, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Fiber Maine-ia 3 – European Trappers and Traders

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Activity: Finger Crochet a Trapper’s Belt
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Brief Description: Students will learn about early trappers and traders and their role in the development of North America. These Europeans used the available resources to survive and flourish. Students will be involved in research to produce a report or art project, as well as the finger crochet project.

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February 15, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Sharing the Planet

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Brief Description: Students will be able to identify some of the important roles insects play on the earth as well as identify insects that are harmful and helpful to the environment. Students will be able to graph the different types of insects and play games using a bingo board.

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January 16, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Hygiene for Horror

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Brief Description:  Students will understand cause and effect as well as comparing and contrasting in this lesson and by the end will be able to draw conclusions. Students will learn what contributes to the spread of infectious disease and how pest management can control the spread of infectious disease.

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January 16, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Ant Antics

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Brief Description: Students will use the Scientific Method to examine alternative pest control methods. They will test the effect of organic controls on ants versus chemicals.

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January 14, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

A Pest by Any Other Name

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Brief Description: Students use critical thinking skills and conduct research on alternative methods to pest management. They will observe, graph, and interpret data while learning the role that insects play in nature. Students will also compare pests that are harmful and pests that are helpful.

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January 14, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Presto, Changeo

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Brief Description: Students will learn about the importance of green plants and the process of photosynthesis. They will learn new vocabulary and do experiments to test their hypotheses using plants. Students will also be able to act out and present the steps of Photosynthesis.

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January 14, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Extreme Makeover

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Brief Description:  Students will research a topic by using multiple sources as well as mathematical functions, comparing and contrasting, and following verbal directions. Students will learn and understand the concept of life cycles, and recognize the similarities and differences in living organisms regarding their life stages and spans.

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January 14, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Everybody is Somebody’s Lunch

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Brief Description: Students will research, observe, compare and contrast, and discuss the food chain and how pest management can affect them. They will determine how living things are connected and in what ways as well as the overlap of different food chains and webs.

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