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Topographic Mapping Skills

For Students 5th - 9th
In this geography worksheet, students read an excerpt about topographic maps and why they are useful for various jobs. They also respond to eleven questions that follow related to the excerpt and locating specific map points on the map...
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Comparing Data on Graph A and Graph B

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders gather and graph data.  In this graphing lesson, 2nd graders collect data and graph this information using tally charts, bar graphs, pictographs, or tables. They make predictions about the outcomes.
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Stopping Global Climate Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students synthesize or express concepts towards solving the question posed at each lab station about climate change. After all lab teams have finished, the teacher facilitates a class discussion on teams' responses to each station.
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Simple Machines: Inclined Plane

For Teachers K - 8th
Students use an inclined plane to move a heavy load.
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Reaction Time

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review important vocabulary to explain measures of central tendency and reaction time. In pairs, they measure reaction time of dropping and catching a ruler. Data is collected after repeated catches and information is...
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Quad Squad

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students pretend they have visited a forest research station on an overnight field trip. They study forest fires, use compass directions, read maps, interpret imagery, and think about the impact of fire on ecosystems.
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The Great Grid

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the coordinate plane.  For this middle school/Algebra I lesson, students use dice with numbers and signs to play a game in which they must locate points on a coordinate plane.  Students work in teams to place three token...
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Mapping the News

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore cartography.  In this map skills and map making lesson, Students work in groups to create wall size world maps including legends, compass roses, latitude and longitude, and physical features.  Students collect current...
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Data Analysis and Probability

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students make their own puzzle grid that illustrates the number of sit-ups students in a gym class did in one minute, then they make a histogram for this same data. Then they title their graph and label the scales and axes and graph the...
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Double Data

For Students 6th - 7th
In this data worksheet, students answer 4 questions about a double line graph. For example, "How can you use the graph to figure out when each alligator grew the most?"
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Ocean Waves and Tides

For Students 7th - 9th
In this ocean waves and tides instructional activity, students match 12 given terms to their definitions related to tides, gravity, the structure of waves and the moon. They also label 4 diagrams of the moon and sun as creating spring or...
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Rotational Inertia

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars spin themselves to understand rotational inertia. In this Inertia lesson, students will also use ramps, balance beam and pendelum to conduct rotational inertia experiments. Young scholars draw conclusions to explain...
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Fitting Periodic Functions-Distant Planets

For Students 7th - 9th
For this periodic functions worksheet, students use given data of the speed of a star and find the best fit periodic function that follows the trend in data. They determine the amplitude, offset phase and the formula for the angle. They...
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Changing Perspectives on the Sun's Diameter

For Students 8th - 10th
For this sun's diameter worksheet, students use a photograph taken by the SOHO satellite of the sun showing a change in diameter from one month to another. Students find the average diameter of the sun, they determine the percent change...
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Sunspots and the Sun's Rotation

For Students 6th - 9th
In this sun worksheet, students use a Sunspotter to observe the rotation of the sun by identifying the presence of sunspots and watching them rotate over time. Students calculate how many days it takes to see the sunspots they observe in...
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Exploring Transformations: Translations and Reflections

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners perform translation and reflection. They identify the coordinate points of the new graph and create a formula for the movement. They identify the pre-image the and after image.
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Poster Design For Peace

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the elements and principles of design. They design and create posters to promote world peace.
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Up We Go

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the use of number lines in problem solving situations in this series of lessons. They participate in activities in which they move forward and backward on number line on the playground before doing paper and pencil...
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Career Stories

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write and solve word problems related to career stories.
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Functional Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students perform functional analysis. In this pre-calculus lesson, students recognize the different elements of a function, graph a function and analyze it. They synthesize composites of other basic functions.
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Data Analysis 2

For Students 8th - 10th
In this data analysis worksheet, learners read and interpret given line graphs. They determine the range and average. This one-page worksheet contains five problems.
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Determining Epicenter Distance

For Students 7th - 10th
In this earthquake worksheet, students determine the distance of the epicenter based on the S-waves and P-waves on a seismograph. This worksheet has 4 problems to solve.
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Adding Integers Using an Integer Line

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
In this integers worksheet, students use integer lines to add the positive and negative numbers. They can show the answers online.
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Temperature and Negative Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this intermediate temperature and negative numbers instructional activity, students record the temperatures on 4 thermometers. Students also respond to 6 short answer questions regarding temperature.

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