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Activity
101 Questions

Water Tank Filling

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Grab your classes' attention with a video presentation of a problem to solve. Young scholars develop a plan to predict the time it takes to fill a tank with water. Video footage provides the statistics they need to make their conclusions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Interpreting the "Tank Man" Symbol

For Students 9th - 12th
The iconic image of the Tank Man is imitated in this political cartoon analysis, in which learners examine a cartoon depicting a similar standoff. The original image is pictured, and learners compare it to a more modern cartoon of the...
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Health Smart Virginia

Shark Tank - Mental Illnesses

For Students 8th - 10th
Young entrepreneurs research and develop a Shark Tank-style pitch for a solution to help people who have a mental illness. After the presentations, research groups complete a rubric for each product and vote for the one product they feel...
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Teach Engineering

Above-Ground Storage Tanks in the Houston Ship Channel

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce your class to storage tank failures caused by major storms with an activity that looks at how the concepts of Archimedes' Principle and Pascal's Law affect the storage tanks along the Houston Ship Channel. The background...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fish Tanks: Volume and Surface Area

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Given a very realistic challenge, your young geometers design residential fish tanks in rectangular and triangular prism shapes. They compute the volume of water each will hold. They also determine the size of plastic covers for each...
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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Propane Tanks

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
As an assessment task, learners must determine the radius of a new tank that has double the capacity of a given tank. Task tests knowledge of determining volumes of cylinders and spheres.
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Teach Engineering

Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The challenge: determine whether a tank will float. A design activity has groups work as engineering teams in order to determine the stability of given tanks and liquid contents. The teams need to determine the equations to calculate the...
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Activity
US Environmental Protection Agency

A Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Intended as a follow up to the Protecting Your Drinking Water activity, young environmentalists use their assessment of the a hypothetical town's water supply to debate the installation of underground chemical storage tanks. With the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Fuel Level in a Spherical Tank

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this spherical tanks and fuel level worksheet, learners are given a diagram showing the effects of gravity or acceleration on the level of fuel in a spherical tank. Students solve 3 problems including finding the general formula for...
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Lesson Plan
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Decision Making a Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the potential hazards to the water supply. In this ecology lesson, students role play a town hall meeting to discuss the proposal of a storage tank construction in their place. They present their arguments and vote on a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

First Word: Tank

For Students 1st - 2nd
First and second graders read the word tank and then trace the word five times. They write the word on the lines and then circle the word.
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Interactive
Curated OER

The Big Tank Small Tank Problem

For Students 4th - 7th
In this liter worksheet, students complete a word problem where they figure out how much water is added to two different tanks. Students complete 1 problem.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Decision Making - A Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the establishment of a tank farm. They focus upon the issue in class discussion in the form of a mock town meeting. Students come up with possible solutions to its...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tank Trials - Measuring Germination

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students observe and measure seed germination. In this life science lesson, students use 'tanks' to observe a set of seeds as they germinate and begin growing, make predictions, and record their data. Lesson includes background teacher...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Water Tank Problem

For Students 10th - 12th
In this volume of a cube problem, students compute the number of gallons of water in a cubical water tank (one mile cubed). They must determine how long it will take to drain the tank at a rate of one gallon per second. The solution is...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Far Can You Go On a Tank Of Gas?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the distance they can travel on a tank of gas. In this algebra lesson, students use ratio and proportion to solve word problems. They graph their results and discuss their findings with the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plants in Your Gas Tank: From Photosynthesis to Ethanol

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Explore ethanol and how it is produced. Young scientists investigate photosynthesis and fermentation to the concept of conservation of energy and mass. They discuss the environmental and economical benefits of ethanol as a fuel additive.
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Lesson Plan
National Woman's History Museum

Wilma Mankiller: Cherokee Leader

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Middle and high schoolers consider the characteristics that make for a great leader. For example, they investigate Wilma Mankiller, the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Researchers read a short biography, watch a...
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Lesson Plan
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The Tank Man

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the events surrounding the confrontation at Tiananmen Square between Chinese forces and "The Tank Man." They discover how censorship affects what the media reports and what the public learns. Students research China's...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Leaking Underground/ Storage Tanks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is about the concept of storage tanks and how they are used. The advantages and disadvantages of them is discussed with the facts given by the teacher during lecture and concurrent discussion.
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Bonneville

Photovoltaic Solutions "Shark-Tank Style"

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Come up with a great idea and change the world for the better. Working in groups of three, learners apply their knowledge of photovoltaic systems to design a battery-powered electric vehicle capable of replacing gas-powered cars. They...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Youth Activity: How People Get Their Water Reservoirs: "Holding Tanks" for Drinking Water

For Teachers K - 8th
Students experience and participate in "Riding the Water Cycle" with this lesson. They explore, analyze and study the role of reservoirs in maintaining a reliable supply of drinking water. Each student constructs a model of a reservoir.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Tank

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students have a better grasp of the ecosystem of the St. Mary's river. They analyze how the tank is meant to be a miniature of the river. Students inquire how to take care of the tank and its inhabitants. They are introduced to Fundulus...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2007 AP® Calculus BC Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
Provide a review for the exam so individuals don't tank. AP® provides the free-response questions for teachers to use to help their pupils prepare for the exam. The six BC questions from 2007 include regions bounded by functions, water...

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