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- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students explore local and regional US geography through the use of a simple AM radio at home in the evening. By practicing listening and note-taking skills, and completing a listener's log sheet, students identify radio stations by call sign, frequent Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students write short poems, starting each line with "I am," describing in their own words who they are and what is salient to their identity. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine different music styles played on AM radio versus FM radio. They compare a 1972 music hit from AM radio with a 1972 hit album on FM radio. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students examine the basic concepts of radio waves and magnetic fields. They study how the AM radios are built and demonstrate the concepts of amplitude and frequency. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students create an "I Am" poem, but instead of writing about themselves, they write about another object. They illustrate their finished typed copies of the poems and include them in a class booklet of poems. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students study magnetic fields, sound waves and how AM radios work. They determine the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves, and define amplitude and frequency of waveforms. They watch demonstrations that introduce them to these concepts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students create a working radio by soldering circuit components supplied from an AM radio kit. They demonstrate an efficient soldering technique, identify the circuit components used to construct their radio, and explain how their radio is functioning. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students write an 18-line, three stanza "I Am" poem about themselves. They listen to and discuss various poems, explore the Shel Silverstein website, and write and type their poem using word processing software and clip art. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students read the book "Smarty Pants" and create I Am books. They take a picture walk, identify the rhyming words in the story, read and write sentences about a character in the book, and write a page for a class "I Am" book. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students demonstrate that AM radio signals can travel many 100's of miles at night. They listen to as many radio stations as possible obtaining the call signs and places of origin during the nighttime hours. Full Review »
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