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- 9th - 10th
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Students create ways to find the number of square miles that lie in a triangle having vertices at A, B, and C. They compute the distance between two points and use Heron's formula to find the area of the triangle. Finally, students substitute the Pythagorean theorem to derive the distance formula and calculate the answer. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast equation and expression. They write equivalent expressions using the distributive property and determine if two or more expressions are equivalent. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students comprehend that inventions can change the way we live. They comprehend that many inventions start out with design flaws and are refined later by subsequent inventors and designers. Students are explained that the computer, was invented in 1834 by Charles Babbage and still being refined, is an example of such an invention. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss Galileo's conclusions about the position of Earth in the solar system raised objections from the Church. They work in groups, each group research one of the issues or other similarly controversial ones. Students are exposed to both sides of the issue-arguments for proceeding with scientific inquiry or breakthroughs as well as aarguments for not proceeding. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss Alice's adventures at the bottom of the rabbit hole and how readers often compare those adventures to human dreams. Discussion turns to examples of surrealist paintings from the 1920s and 1930s and what those painters may have been saying about the culture they were living in. They write one to two paragraphs explaining how Carroll and surrealist painters comment on reality. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore and investigate the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. They research the legends and myths that have sustained the aurora throughout history. Each student discovers how NASA scientists and engineers utilize satellite technology to measure and record data analysis of the Northern Lights. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students explore and examine how patterns, measurement, ratios and proportions are utilized in the research development and production of airplanes. They meet a pilot from the Federal Aviation Association who describes the growth of air transportation and its relationship to mathematical patterns. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students explore art during the Renaissance period through the use of math. They solve word problems based upon historic documents of Renaissance Italy which contain real life situations, currencies and formulas. Students discover both art and math history as they read given story problems. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students study the Golden Ratio and its relationship to Renaissance artists. After exploring proportions and ratios used by Renaissance artists, students create a mix of ten variations of color paint, and record the ratios of primary colors used to get each variation. They predict how much colors would change with different ratios. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discuss the history and culture of the Ancient Mayans. They practice writing the Mayan numerical symbols, and then solve math problems using these symbols. Students write their own word problems, and create their own number system. Full Review »
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