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In The Legend of the Lost Emerald, learners in grades 4-6 will use the same tools, practices, and skills that maritime archaeologists use to locate and dive for shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and uncover the real treasure—the stories inspired by actual shipwrecks and Great Lakes history.

The PFAS Interactive Data Viewer is a mapping tool that incorporates datasets from several DNR programs to show locations throughout Wisconsin that have been impacted by PFAS.

Information included in the PFAS Interactive Data Viewer include locations with known PFAS contamination and whether clean up has been completed; results from testing municipal drinking water for PFAS; locations with PFAS-related fish and game consumption advisories; and waterbodies throughout Wisconsin sampled for PFAS during targeted or routine monitoring.

These data may not reflect current PFAS levels at specific locations.

In this lesson students will interpret diagrams that describe the process of photosynthesis, examine the ingredients and products of photosynthesis and to identify producers and consumers in the food web.

An image showing facets of PICOT. Those facets include P: Population/Problem: Who are the patients that will be studied (e.g., age, race, gender, disease, or health status, etc.) and what problem is being addressed (e.g., mortality, morbidity, compliance, satisfaction, etc.)?

I: Intervention: What is the specific intervention to be implemented with the research population (e.g., therapy, education, medication, etc.)?

C: Comparison: What is the alternative intervention that will be used to compare to the treatment intervention (e.g., placebo, no intervention, different medication, etc.)?

O: Outcome: What will be measured and how will it be measured and with what identified goal (e.g., fewer symptoms, increased satisfaction, reduced mortality, etc.)?

T: Time Frame: How long will the interventions be implemented and data collected for this research?

Featured in section 9.4 of the Nursing Management and Professional Concepts textbook.

This activity asks students to explore cubes with dimensions 1x1x1 up to 4x4x4.  Each cube is painted on all six faces and students are asked to determine how many 1x1x1 cubes have zero painted faces, one painted face, two painted faces and three painted faces.  This activiy requires students to consider volume vs. surface area and also offers students the opportunity to predict and make genrealizations using patterns that are noticed.

Collection of hospital photographs from the parasitology laboratory. This series of photographs of 21 different parastites under the light microscope is freely available to use as part of teaching or student work, and is licenced under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA).

Big Ideas: A fraction represents the division of a whole into equal shares. The denominator is represented by the number of segments on a number line between two whole numbers.
This lesson builds on students' work with partitioning area models of wholes into equal shares. This task requires students to recognize whether number lines were partitioned correctly, justify their reasoning, and partition number lines on their own. Students will be building the foundations of fraction sense on a number line by representing, partitioning, and labeling equal shares. The mathematical concepts in this lesson build toward students' future work with composing, decomposing, and identifying specific fractions on number lines as well as future work with comparing and equivalent fractions.
Vocabulary: number line, line segments, fraction, numerator, denominator, halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, eighths

This slide show can be used to help students identify the parts of a non-fiction book and how to use those features. It is designed for a fourth grade level. Parts covered include: cover, title page, dedication, table of contents, preface, body, footnote, appendix, bibliography, index and glossary.

This lesson involves students in solving a riddle related to multiplying fractions by fractions. Students are presented a riddle and are given think time by themselves to analyze models and try to solve the problem. After some individual think time, students interact with each other to explain their ideas and critique the ideas of others.

The resource involves a video of the lesson in action, a fully written lesson plan, and a handout for students to use to view the models and explain their reasoning.

The story of commercial canning in Wisconsin turns out to be the story of the pea! The history of canning in Wisconsin.

Patrick Rothfuss, author of "The Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear," discusses working with charity causes including Heifer International (as part of his Worldbuilders organization work), as well as general writing topics. He also gives advice to students learning to write. Part of our Wisconsin Writes series of videos designed to help students and teachers observe how successful authors create their work. http://dpi.wi.gov/wisconsin-writes Note to students and scholars: The term "ebulent" as used in this interview does not appear in dictionaries as far as we can tell. If you like the sound of it, you might also enjoy the word "ebullient," a term with a more time-honored history in the language. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/ebullient

Patrick Rothfuss, author of the "Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear," demonstrates his writing process as he composes a blog blog post for his Worldbuilders organization. He also talks a little bit about his fiction-writing. Part of our Wisconsin Writes series of videos designed to help students and teachers observe how successful authors write - http://dpi.wi.gov/wisconsin-writes - which includes an interview with Rothfuss as well.

An illustration of the Pay for Performance model, as featured in section 8.4 of the Nursing Management and Professional Concepts textbook.

Typically, American mortgage lenders will offer potential borrowers a menu of loans, each of which bears an interest rate and an extra amount of "interest" that the borrower must pay at the inception of the loan. This extra prepaid interest is generally referred to as "points" and is computed as a stated fraction of the initial loan balance. The menu generally permits the borrower to "buy down" the interest rate by paying points. If the borrower thinks he or she will hold the underlying real estate for a long period, it is often a good idea to pay points. On the other hand, if the borrower thinks he or she is likely to sell the underlying real estate in the near future, points are often not a good idea.

Experiment using pennies,  water. lemon, and salt to create a battery to power an led light
includes a materials list 
a video of the experiment
an explanation of the concept  behind the battery

This informational text explores how the Inupiat of Alaska's northwest have adapted to changing climate conditions throughout the past and present. The changes impact how close to the ocean they live and how easily they can hunt bowhead whales to maintain their lifestyle. The text is written at a grade two through grade three reading level. This version is a full-color PDF that can be printed, cut and folded to form a book. Each book contains color photographs and illustrations.

This informational text explores how the Inupiat of Alaska's northwest have adapted to changing climate conditions throughout the past and present. The changes impact how close to the ocean they live and how easily they can hunt bowhead whales to maintain their lifestyle. The text is written at a grade four through grade five reading level. This version is a full-color PDF that can be printed, cut and folded to form a book. Each book contains color photographs and illustrations.