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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students expand their awareness of the types of educational programs there are to choose from and the careers related to those college and training programs. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students determine the mileage from the local community to various scenic attractions in the Four-Corners-Region. They receive direct instruction and carry out activities in cooperative group settings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students study the distances between the Sun, planets, and small bodies. They create a model demonstrating the scale distances. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students calculate a light day, light hour, and light minute from the standard of a light year. After establishing the distances, a one meter scale is created to demonstrate the distance between the sun and the planets of our solar system. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students examine the distances between the Sun, planets, and smaller objects in the Solar System. They design a model using beads that shows the scale distances of the Solar System using astronomical units converted into a 10 centimeter scale. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students investigate how far the rainforest in Rio Negro, Colombia is from their school and determine how long it would take for a school bus to drive there. They listen to a read aloud of "Chayo's Andean Home" before completing map work that explains time and distance covered. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students create a plan for participating in a distance learning course. They plan the time necessary to complete a program of study and create a portfolio to outline the plan and track progress. The portfolio can also be used as a method of assessment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students comprehend the distances between the Sun, planets, and small objects in the Solar System. They create a model demonstrating the scale distances of the Solar System using astronomical units that have been converted into a 10 centimeter scale. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore and evaluate several distance learning Web sites. They defend whether or not they would like to participate in the distance learning experience by either writing a proposal for including this distance learning project in their science classroom or school or by writing a justification of why they did not like it. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in an activity to figure out the problem of how much distance is covered in order to stop a moving vehicle. The information in the lesson is specific to the Texas Instruments computer program. The lesson incorporates graphing from using line graphs. Full Review »

