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Special Triangles and Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 11th
In this special triangles learning exercise, students examine given special triangles.  They determine the length of a missing side and/or the measurement of a missing angle for given triangles and quadrilaterals.  Students justify their...
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Thin Lens Equations #4-Both Types

For Students 9th - 12th
In this thin lens worksheet, students answer 20 questions about the images produced by converging lenses and diverging lenses. They determine how far the image is from the lens, they determine if the image is upright or inverted and they...
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Auroras

For Students 7th - 9th
In this aurora activity, students read a description of an aurora observed by Captain Standard in 1859. Students interpret the description with a drawing giving as much detail as possible using colored media to capture what they read.
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Sum of Exterior Angles of Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Have fun calculating angles for different polygons. The class differentiate the relationship between the interior and exterior angles of polygons. They discuss linear pair as it related the polygons and their angles. This is done as they...
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Applied Science - Physics (5B) Post Lab

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze optical images. in this optical lesson, 5th graders look at how light reflects and refracts. They discuss different types of lenses and how they change the picture that is taken. 
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Applied Science - Technology (5A) Lab

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore electromagnetic waves and light. In this light lesson plan, 5th graders draw the parts of a wave of the electromagnetic spectrum. They compare a flashlight to a laser to see how the light looks when shined through...
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A Distant View

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students investigate the essential concepts of how lenses work to magnify vision, and then build simple telescopes to demonstrate their understanding. They write a description of how their telescope could be improved and how it works.
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Exploration of Light

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe the video, Exploring Light and Color. They access a website to create their own light show. They conduct lab experiments to investigate refraction, reflection,and other light-related topics.
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Extreme Flashlight Tag

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders view a Powerpoint show about reflecting light. They experiment through a reflection simulation on the internet. Students complete the activity by using mirrors and light to complete send light to a specified spot.
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Polygons in Real Life

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and label different types of polygons in real life situations. Using a digital camera, they take pictures of polygons on the school grounds, tally the number of shapes found, and answer discussion questions.
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REFLECTIONS OF SCIENCE

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover the different types of mirrors, their properties and some of their applications. They have already been introduced to some of the properties of light and have already experienced some of the different types of mirrors...
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The Virtual Electron Microscope

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the world of the very small using a Flash plug-in Virtual Electron Microscope. They complete and discuss an activity in which unknown samples are placed under the computer simulated microscope to determine where the...
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Exploring the Night Sky: Summer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explain how moon phases occur. They describe and explain at least two common misconceptions that people have about the moon. Students explain what a star is. They explain 3 ways that the night sky has been used throughout history.
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Determining Area

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers conduct chemical experiments. In this chemistry lesson, they investigate reactions using the CBL system. Learners will graph and analyze their data using a TI.
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Perimeter

For Students 10th
In this perimeter activity, 10th graders solve and complete nineteen various geometry problems. First, they find the length of given segments in addition to the perimeter of a kite. Then, students find the value of a variable so that the...
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Discovering Cohesion, Adhesion and Surface Tension

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate cohesion, adhesion and surface tension through observations and lab experiments. In this cohesion, adhesion and surface tension lesson plan, students rotate to 5 stations around the room and experiment at each...
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Regular Polyhedra

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the history of geometry and its different shapes. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders practice seeing three dimensional shapes and explain why there are only five polyhedra. They relate all the new materials...
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Pick's Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate polygons and their lattice. In this calculus instructional activity, students record data using different methods. They analyze their data and draw conclusions based on the relationship between the area and the...
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Interior Angles of Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students investigate the interior angles of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, students create the formula to calculate the angles inside a triangle. They observe the total sum of a triangles angle on the navigator.
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To See or Not to See: The Colors of Light

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders describe and conduct an experiment that identifies the physical properties of light. They explore sources of visible light and an electromagnetic spectrum. Students explain the conversion of one form of energy to another.
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Quadrilateral within Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the properties of quadrilaterals. In this geometry lesson, students solve problems dealing with construction and designs. They work with quadrilaterals, midpoints and parallelograms.
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Intelligence Preference

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders describe how light behaves when it strikes a surface. In this physics lesson, 8th graders investigate how the different types of mirrors reflect light. They work with their chosen group on a task they selected.
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2-D Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of two dimensional polygons. They complete a vocabulary chart with the teacher or in independently. Students are shown various polygons in order to classify them and then asked to draw one of them from...
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Intro To Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of quadrilaterals and how they are used to create a rectangle for a door. They create a drawing of a quadrilateral while finding the sum of the angles. They practice problems...

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