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Arts-Music, Arts-Performance, Social Science

• 17th Century Music & Dance (3-5+)
  The Chrysler Museum & Historic Houses/Norfolk

English & Science

• Adopt a Tree (K-4)
  The Norfolk Botanical Garden

English & Social Science

• The Constantly Changing Bay
  A 7-unit curriculum on the Chesapeake Bay for Grade Four by
  The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA

Language Arts, Science & Social Sciences

• Great Bay Land Grab (9-12)
  Students study uses and abuses of water front property.

• They Live in Guinea (Lessons designed to complement study of
  video of the same name)
  • Elementary School
  • Middle/High School

Language Arts & Science

• Beaver Tales (K-9)
  A study of beavers and their habitat
• Researching the Bay (4-12)
  How to be a better researcher

Mathematics

Lesson Plans for the Graphing Calculator

• Algebra/Stat Analysis
• Natural Inverse Variation
• Quadratic Regression Lab

Mathematics & Science

• Hot Foot (4-12)
  Investigating variations in temperature and its possible effect on location of living things
  
• Sand Shakes & Mud Pies (6-12)
  Investigating natural patterns of sediment organization
  
• Telling Tides (6-12)
  Investigating tidal patterns

Science

• Feathered Feeders (K-9)
• Fossil Geology (5-10)
• Habitat Hunt (6-12)
• Habitat Habits (K-4)
  The Norfolk Botanical Garden
• Hidden Colors (K-5)
  The Norfolk Botanical Garden
• Marine Debris ()
• Marine Population Studies (6-12)
• Marsh March (4-12)
• Menhaden Fish Kill (7-9)
• Pollution Solutions (7-12)
• Seeds of Change (K-5)
  The Norfolk Botanical Garden
• Animations/Temperature Experiments (6-8)
  (Based on data from The Chesapeake Bay Atlas CD-ROM)
• Whose Clues? (K-10)

Science and Social Science

• Age of Exploration
  The Mariners' Museum/Newport News
  
• Going... Going... (2-9)
  A study of the forces of weathering and erosion
  
• Sachets & Nosegays
  The Chrysler Museum & Historic Houses/Norfolk
  
• Where Has All The Top Soil Gone?
  Studing the effect of Best Management Practices on soil erosion.
  
• Where the Water Falls
  To study the movement of water and pollutants in a watershed.
  
• Whose Flotsom is This? (K-12)
  Investigating interrelationships between Trash and the Environment

Social Science

• Bonus March (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• Clues to the Past (4-11)
  Students will study changes over time
• Evaluating U.S. Role in World War II (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• German Propaganda in World War I (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• A History Treasure Hunt/The Time Capsule (PreK-3)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• Imperialism (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• Occupation of Japan (7-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• Values/Ideals of Am. Citizenship (5-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• Working with Timelines (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• World War I (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• World War II (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• World War II - The Home Front (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk
• World War II - New Guinea Campaign (6-11)
  The MacArthur Memorial/Norfolk

Social Science & Visual Arts

• The Jewish Experience in Virginia
  The Chrysler Museum & Historic Houses/Norfolk

• Virginia
  • VA SOL
  • VA SOL Assessment
  • VA SOL met by Bay Link Lesson Plans
  • Teaching Virginia English and History SOL
  • SOL Technology Skills required by 5th & 8th grade
  • Enabling Skills ... to Prepare Teachers to Effectively Support Student Achievement of the Virginia Standards of Learning for Computers and Technology

• National
  • Minnesota
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • New York
  • State Standards: A Selective Comparison
  • Vermont

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