This document contains a collection of posters and other materials from the MERIT 2007 conference. The posters cover various topics including the alphabet, copyright guidelines, biomes, art styles, history, earthquakes, the California gold rush, and using iPods in the classroom. Other sections discuss physical fitness, French pastries, respect, project planning, vision and influence, peace, imagination, and genetics. The document provides a wide range of educational resources and information on diverse subjects.

1. MERIT 2007
Landscape Posters

2. The ABCs are Everywhere!
Baby Fire
Water
Rabbit
Where will you find your alphabet?

3. Do you have…
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5. PRODUCER HERBIVORE CARNIVORE
AQUATIC FOREST
BIOMES
GRASSLAND DESERT
OMNIVORE DECOMPOSER SCAVENGER

6. ART STYLES
Impressionism
Cubism
Abstract/Non Representational
Expressionism
Surrealism Realism

7. Where did our Democracy come from?
Ancient Greece and Rome...
The Roman Senate
The English Political Tradition...
Signing the Magna Carta
Enlightenment Philosophers... THE CONSTITUTION
John Locke
Its All In Here...

8. Earthquakes
How can we predict earthquakes?

10. Eureka!
Gold found in California!
4 th graders wanted as miners!
Send an i-movie postcard home to
keep in touch with family!

11. Hayward
How did we get here?
Where are we going?

12. Using Ip o d ’ s to Teach the Writing Process
Develop student writing, reading, speaking and
presentation skills.
S tu d e n t
In s p ir a t io n
H ig h e r L e v e l T h in k in g
P r o b le m S o lv in g S k ills
A r t is t ic a n d C r e a t iv e

13. GET OUT & ENJOY LIFE
Catch a Wave
Take a Walk
Move
Eat Right
Plan to Thrive…
"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body,
it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity." John F. Kennedy

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15. All Great Projects Need a
Plan
What is your main idea or theme?
Have you made a storyboard?
What materials and resources do you need?
What tasks need to be done in order to
finish your project?
Does everyone in the group have a job?
What is your work timeline?

16. What’s your niche?

17. Your Vision of
Personal Societal
Reflection Influence
Family Literary
Connection Themes
Research Evaluate
Peace

18. Questions to Consider
»How does conflict affect people?
»What is my vision of peace?
»How can I create peace in my world?

19. People Who Make a Difference

20. Imagination
Is Your
Only
Limit

21. 你 會 怎 麼 表 示
對 別 人 的 尊 重 ?

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Track each stock’s daily value in your Excel line graph
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23. Why Sex?
How mutation and sexual reproduction lead to genetic variation in a population
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