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Category Archives: Research
Imagine West Animal Podcast
Today, 2nd graders from Imagine West read the books Where in the Wild? (all about camouflage!) and Terrific Tongues (fun facts about animal tongues!). Listen to the reports below to hear some of the interesting things we learned about … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Books, Group Visits, Podcast, Research
Tagged Animals, books, Mixcraft, Podcast, Research, School Visit, snowball microphone, story time 2.0
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Job Search
We know everyone is pretty excited to start back to school or have their children heading back to the grind. With school starting up, we decided to compile some resources offered by the Library and the Internet to help with … Continue reading
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Tagged Database, Elementary School, High School, Middle School, Research
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Saratoga Learning Center and Google Earth!
Saratoga Learning Center returned to the Learning Curve today and worked with Google Earth in conjunction with a research project focusing on the Civil War. They looked up locations of important Civil War battles and then pinned them to a … Continue reading
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Tagged google earth, Research, School Visit
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Charles Tindley Research Podcast
Need to do some research for a project? 8th grade students from Charles Tindley used the library’s catalog and online databases to research topics related to the Civil Rights movement. Listen to some of their findings below!
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Tagged Civil Rights, Podcast, Research, School Visit
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St. Thomas Research Visit
6th grade students from St. Thomas Aquinas visited the Learning Curve today to research a class project on countries of the world. In addition to checking out books, they also used two kids’ databases available for free via IMCPL’s Just … Continue reading
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Tagged countries, Database, geography, Middle School, Podcast, Research, st. thomas aquinas
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Poetry resource post!
In advance of Christel House Academy’s visit tomorrow, check out some of these great online poetry resources featuring poems of the day, poets reading their own work, videos, and more! Poetry Foundation Poets.org Poetry Out Loud Poetry 180 Writer’s Almanac
St. Pius X school visit…
Students from St. Pius X Catholic School visited the Learning Curve on October 4th. In addition to an introduction to our student research databases, they also did an animation activity using Pivot Animator. Check out some of the results of … Continue reading
Todd Academy visit…
On September 30th & October 3rd, students from the Todd Academy visited the Learning Curve to research topics as diverse as 3-D animation, guinea pig care, healthy living, and many more. Then, they broadcast their reports via the podcasts below.
Lifebridge Community
Today at the Learning Curve, kids from Lifebridge Community researched World War II. Hear their research discoveries with the podcacst player below.