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- 9th - 12th
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Students apply their knowledge of the physics principles of force, energy and motion to researching the physics behind amusement park rides. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the concept of frames of reference in physics: that two frames of reference, each moving with respect to the other with a constant velocity v, observe the same accelerations and therefore Newton's laws are the same in both. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the concept of relative dating. They determine the age sequence of geological events by analyzing a cross section. They identify geological principles as well. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the principles of the United States government. Using the internet, they research the history of the ideas of equality, rights and the purpose of government. They use the Constitution to discover how each principle was incorporated into our government. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the principles of government: equality, individual rights, purpose of government and the Declaration of Independence. They research the historical background of those principles. Students examine the U.S. Constitution and identify ways in which those principles were incorporated as our government was being created. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students examine the concept of relative dating. They observe a teacher demonstration of geologic layers with a sandwich representing the various layers, analyze a cross section of bedrock, and create a drawing of a cross section of bedrock that includes an intrusion, extrusion, inclusion, and fossils. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students explore how to read fossil range charts. They develop an knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the fossil record. Students become familiar with the concepts index fossil and fossil range. Students use bar graphs to plot fossil ranges. They develop an knowledge of 'relative time' using fossil range charts. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct a variety of activities to investigate the principles of heat transfer, and apply those principles to understanding air (wind) and water (ocean) currents on both a local and global scale in this Science lesson about the Weather. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students investigate: the size, variety, and habitat of foraminifera fossils, one of the microscopic organism groups that provide the organic material that becomes oil. They investigate the process of transportation and deposition of sediments in a water environment. Pupils also investigate a black shale or oil depositional environment existing in North America during the Acadian Orogeny. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students study African culture and learn the origins of Kwanzaa. They recognize that Kwanzaa is Swahili for "first fruits of the harvest." Students identify and comprehend the values and meanings of the nguzo saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa. They create a Kwanzaa plaque displaying the nguzo saba surrounded by harvest fruits. Full Review »

