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Eastern – includes Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and off map locales: parts of Canada, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, and the Virgin Islands.
Southern – includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
North Central – includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Mountain - Plains – Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming (also includes several Canadian provinces)
Western – includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington (and a few Pacific islands and western Canadian provinces)
Recommended Web sites:
For Teachers:
coollessons.org
http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm
This is a great Web site with rubrics and resources for teachers. Lots of good lesson plan ideas and projects to use in the classroom. An assortment of unit lesson plans and webquests are also available.
Microsoft Office Online: Work Essentials
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011887741033.aspx
Implement PBL with help from Microsoft. Review templates and lesson plans that focus on Microsoft products in their projects. Templates for peer evaluation, student presentations, and PBL structure are available too.
Build-It-Yourself.com
www.build-it-yourself.com/biy-workshops/
wkshp-glts-2002/management/GLTS-lesson-plan.doc
Examine a sample checklist which was created for a project about teen health. This Web site helps define objectives, goals, and strategies that should be considered when planning an activity designed around project based learning.
RMC Denver
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/pbl.htm
This is another good Web site with guides and ideas for planning an effective PBL lesson. Make sure all important features of PBL are included in the lesson. Get ideas on how to evaluate the PBL that is implemented. Was it effective? Did it integrate the strategies that were expected?
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