Guest Contributions Format and Process
The SMILE program lesson format is as follows:
Subject Area (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics)
Title of lesson (One line)
Author and Institution (if appropriate)
Address (home is optional if institution address is included)
City, State & zip
Contact (phone or e-mail)
Included in the objective(s) should be the grade level that this
particular lesson is aimed at. (e.g. This lesson will introduce the
sixth grade student to ...)
A list of materials needed for the lesson. Please indicate how many
students the list is for. (e.g. The following materials are for one
group of three students.)
Give a fairly detailed description of how the lesson should be
How should the student(s) be evaluated on the concepts presented in
(The following three sections are optional but suggested)
The total length of the paper should not exceed 3 pages (165 lines).
If drawings or diagrams
are to be included, they should be done either using standard keyboard
symbols and letters or included as jpg or gif images.
Prospective contributions in HTML, plain ASCII text or Microsoft
Word should be e-mailed to
Your contribution will then be considered by the SMILE staff.
Since this project is funded by the National Science Foundation and the
Illinois Board of Higher Education, the author retains the copyright to
the lesson(s) with the condition that the lesson(s) may be freely
classroom use but MAY NOT be reproduced or used for profit without the
express written permission of the author.
Thank you for considering a contribution.
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