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- Grade Range
- 10th - 11th
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Students examine the concept of parallax. They determine a method to calculate the distance of objects from their data, participate in a demonstration, and describe how our eyes use parallax to determine the distance of objects. 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
- 9th - 12th
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Students, after expressing various types of angles as music, movements, words, color, feelings, etc., practice problem solving concepts of betweenness, distance, midpoints, and angle bisectors. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students use the CBR sonic rangers and TI83 calculators to collect information about distance versus time. They discover, analyze, and create models to relate distance to velocity and acceleration. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students find area and distance using a variety of applications, technical tools, and mathematical formulas. They find the coordinates of school property, buildings, and patches of weeds on the football field using GPS systems. 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
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Students illustrate how time, rate, and distance are related by using small motorized or mechanized toys. They experiment with uniform motion in the same direction, opposite directions, and round trip. Students write equations and solve for the unknown. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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
- 6th
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Students utilize Excel-generated graphs after experimenting with a simple pulley device to demonstrate the relationship between work, force and distance. The graphs help to illustrate the concepts that the students just arrived at during their experiment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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