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- 5th
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Students explore ways to measure the height of an inaccessible object. They measure lengths using a tape measure or ruler. Students measure angles using a protractor and estimate heights. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students study the natural land wonders, and natural disasters by using creative writing. Students study and research tectonic plates and mountain formation, "7 Wonders of the World", tornadoes, and reforestation. Then they write creative papers and make a class database to build upon their learning. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use Cartesian coordinates or degrees of latitude and longitude to locate important locations within their specific countries. They Use a grid to apply the concept of latitude and longitude, or positive and negative Cartesian coordinates, to determine the position of an object in the room. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students understand how mineral deposits are formed and why they are not evenly dispersed. They create and describe three different precipitates from four solutions simulating mineral ore deposit formation in sedimentary rock. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students become familiar with the forces involved with erosion that takes place all around us. This lesson deals with mechanical weathering of the earth's surface and landforms. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students explore how to use specific dating methods. Counting tree rings will show them how to find out absolute dates. Relative rock dating methods will let them determine relative dates, and technical dating methods like radiocarbon dating will help them determine substance dates. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students comprehend that static electricity is the cause of lightning. They comprehend that lightning forms because of an accumulation of electrical charges inside a cloud due to friction from dust, ice, and water droplets. Students also comprehend that the bottom of a cloud becomes negatively charged and discharges a lightning strike when enough charge has built up. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize that wind speed increases the height of ocean waves. They set up an experiment to illustrate how air currents affect wave action and measure the resultant waves. In addition, they write a report describing the experiment in detail, reporting the results, and stating the conclusions he or she drew from the results. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students review what they recall about tornadoes. They discuss what a tornado is like, what kind of damage a tornado can do to homes and other structures, and how a tornado is formed. Students brainstorm how engineers and architects could create and test designs for tornado-proof buildings. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate th anatomy of a flower. They investigate the structures and processes by which flowering plants generate pollen, ovules, seeds, and fruit through dissection, Full Review »
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