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Submissions from 2010

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PROBE (Problem-based Learning Activities for K-12 Science), Jody Stone

Submissions from 2009

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Algebra Rules Object Boxes as an Authentic Assessment Task of Preservice Elementary Teacher Learning in a Mathematics Methods Course, Audrey C. Rule and J. E. Hallagan

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Making Cereal Box Dioramas of Native American Historic Homes and Culture, Audrey C. Rule and Lois A. Lindell

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Creating, Evaluating, and Improving Humorous Cartoons Related to Design Principles for Gifted Education Programs, Audrey C. Rule and J. S. Schneider

Submissions from 2008

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A Menu of Activities in Different Intelligence Areas to Differentiate Instruction for Upper Elementary Students Related to the Book Because of Winn-Dixie, Caroline F. Elser and Audrey C. Rule

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Teaching High School Age Students with Special Needs the Four Situations for Subtraction, K. A. D. Miller, Audrey C. Rule, and V. M. MacEntee

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Three Authentic Curriculum-integration Approaches to Bird Adaptations that Incorporate Technology and Thinking Skills, Audrey C. Rule and M. T. Barrera III

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Preservice Elementary Teachers' Images of Inventors, Audrey C. Rule, E. L. Bisbo, and V. Waloven

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Hands-on Materials for Teaching about Global Climate Change through Graph Interpretation, Audrey C. Rule, J. E. Hallagan, and B. Shaffer

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Humorous Cartoons Made by Preservice Teachers for Teaching Science Concepts to Elementary Students, Audrey C. Rule, D. A. Sallis, and J. A. Donaldson

Submissions from 2007

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Rule Making K-2, Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education

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Rule Making Pre-K, Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education

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Conflict Resolution [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education

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Physics of Sound [Grades PreK-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education

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STEM in Cooking: Exploring the Beginnings of Chemical Engineers [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education

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Preservice Elementary Teachers Increase Descriptive Science Vocabulary by Making Descriptive Adjective Object Boxes, Audrey C. Rule, S. Crisafulli, H. DeCare, T. DeLeo, K. Eastman, E. Farrell, J. Geblein, C. Gioia, A. Joyce, Kaylea M. Killian, K. Knoop, A. LaRocca, K. Meyer, J. Miller, V. Roth, J. Throo, J. Van Arsdale, and M. Walker

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Air Masses, STORM Project

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Air Pressure and Weather, STORM Project

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Be Particular About our Matter!, STORM Project

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Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere, STORM Project

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Clouds Over Your Head, STORM Project

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Concentration is Essential for this Task!: An Activity in Comparing of Concentrations, STORM Project

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Decoding METAR Data, STORM Project

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Do the Dewpoint!, STORM Project

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Drawing Isobars, STORM Project

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Drawing Isotherms, STORM Project

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Factories - Friends or Foes?, STORM Project

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Finding the Planetary Boundary Layer, STORM Project

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Fronts, STORM Project

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Highs, Lows and Patterns in the Wind, STORM Project

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How Fast Does the Wind Blow?, STORM Project

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Indoor Air Pollution, STORM Project

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Is Air Quality in the Index?, STORM Project

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It’s Time for a Change, STORM Project

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Mid-Latitude Cyclones, STORM Project

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Oxygen Give and Take, STORM Project

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Particulate Matter Matters!, STORM Project

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Patterns of Temperature, STORM Project

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Precipitation Patterns, STORM Project

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Reading and Using Meteograms, STORM Project

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Reading Universal Time, STORM Project

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Structure of the Atmosphere, STORM Project

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There's a Hole in My Umbrella: A Mini-Unit on Acid Deposition, STORM Project

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There's a Whole Lotta Spillin' Goin' On!, STORM Project

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There's a Whole Lotta Spillin' Goin' On!, STORM Project

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To Burn or Not to Burn, STORM Project

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Trouble Breathing?, STORM Project

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Understanding Dispersion Models Using Computer Technology, STORM Project

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Upper Air Plots, STORM Project

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Weather Around Highs and Lows, STORM Project

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Weather Maps and Fronts, STORM Project

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Weather Station Plots, STORM Project

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What's the Temperature?, STORM Project

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Where Did the Water Go?, STORM Project

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Where Is it Hot or Cold?, STORM Project

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Which Way Does the Wind Blow?, STORM Project

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Winds around Highs and Lows, STORM Project

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You're One in a Million: An Activity in Comparing of Concentrations, STORM Project

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America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie Activity Guide, University of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Submissions from 2006

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Preservice Elementary Teachers Create Mathematical Mystery Object Boxes to Review and Teach Numeration, Algebra, Geometry, and Measurement, Audrey C. Rule, E. Grueniger, D. Hingre, K. McKenna, and Rov C. Williams

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Preservice Elementary Teachers Use Drawings and Make Sets of Materials to Explain Multiplication and Division by Fractions, Audrey C. Rule and J. E. Hallagan

Submissions from 2005

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Bubbles [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education

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Developing Mathematical Reasoning through Playing Group Games [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education

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Let it Flow: Exploring Water Movement [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education

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Ramps & Pathways [Grades PreK-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education

Submissions from 2003

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Common Water - Iowa Adaptation, Iowa Academy of Science

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Poetry for Teaching Elementary Mathematics Topics, Audrey C. Rule and J. Kagan

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Activities for Differentiated Instruction Addressing All Levels of Bloom's Taxonomy and Eight Multiple Intelligences, Audrey C. Rule and L. H. Lord

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Environmental Print Activities for Teaching Mathematics and Content Areas, Audrey C. Rule, S. McIntyre, and M. J. Ranous

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An Iowa Supplement to the Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide [Credits], Marcene Seavey and Betsy Fitzgerald

Submissions from 2002

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Dilemma Derby - Iowa Dilemma Cards, Iowa Academy of Science

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Water Address - Iowa Specific Cards, Iowa Academy of Science

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Decision Support Systems: Concepts and Resources for Managers, Daniel J. Power

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Mathematics in the Real World, Audrey C. Rule

Submissions from 2001

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Rulemaking with Young Learners [Grades Pk-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education

Submissions from 1999

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Crystal Shape Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Recognition of Three-dimensional Crystal Shapes and Planar Geometric Shapes of Crystal Faces, Audrey C. Rule

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EleFantastic Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Science Concepts and Vocabulary Associated with Elephants, Audrey C. Rule

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Measurement Activities for Increasing Student Curiosity for Animal and Space Topics, Audrey C. Rule

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Symmetry Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Recognition of the Point Symmetry of Designs, Audrey C. Rule

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Wolf Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Concepts and Vocabulary Associated with Wolves, Audrey C. Rule

Submissions from 1988

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Outlook on Groundwater: Middle School / Junior High, Heidi Andre and Roger Beane

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Outlook on Groundwater: Senior High, Bernard Hermanson and Joyce Meyers

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Outlook on Groundwater: Elementary, Nancy Lockett and Patricia Mead