AOM's

All AOM's (Articles of the Month) will be given at the beginning of the month and are due at the end of the month. Articles can be uploaded to focus and submitted any time during the assigned month.


AOW Rubric
AOM August - Swallowed Legos for Science (Standard only)
AOM August - Kids make great citizen scientists (Advanced only)
AOM September - We are stardust (Advanced only - upload to focus)

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