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Let's Write a Newspaper Story

For Students 4th - 6th
In this let's write a newspaper story learning exercise, students choose a story, explain why they chose this story, then write what they will do to make this a successful newspaper story.
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Painting the Hallway with Pixels

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create science design to be painted on the wall in the hallway of the science area of the school building. They measure space available, make a scale model of the design, and paint different pixels.
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Classification of Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a cloud slide show presentation and identify types of clouds. They estimate height based on cloud's appearance. They discuss the vague nature of cloud nomenclature and compare it to the English standard measurement system.
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Science: Reading a Compass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate how to take bearings using a compass. In pairs, they select objects in the classroom then write down its first initial and bearing. They exchange papers and try to disciver their partner's object.
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Fiber of Life

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the importance of plants to individuals and society through a multi-discipline set of activities. They observe and draw different leaf structures and then create a book about trees and photosynthesis. They explore ways...
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Other Countries

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars select a country and conduct research on the culture, population, geography, and government of their country. They conduct research using the Internet and a variety of resource books, and write and publish a report that...
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A-Z List

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice using vocabulary terms about the Louisiana Purchase by creating a picture dictionary, an ABC book of terms, a word sort, or a game. Each project should include people, places and terms as they relate to the Louisiana...
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Map Reading

For Teachers 1st - 4th
After examining a map from 1803 and 2003, they explore how to become map readers. They describe what they see on the map from 1803 and compare the information to the map from 2003. Learners create their own map of the neighborhood that...
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Completing a Piece of Text

For Students 5th - 6th
Here's a worksheet to help advanced ESL learners work on reading comprehension. Students read an article about Google and decide where in the article each of the missing sentences belong.  
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Planet Earth

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Earth worksheet, students review the characteristics of the Earth including it's rotation and revolution. This worksheet has 9 fill in the blank and 7 short answer questions.
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Black Holes and Tidal Forces

For Students 8th - 10th
In this black holes and tidal forces activity, students solve 5 problems in which they find the tidal acceleration and answer questions about spaghettification.
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Critical Reading: Intelligence Augmentation

For Students 6th - 10th
For this critical reading worksheet, students read a short passage regarding intelligence augmentation and then answer five questions based on the reading.
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Keeping Watch on Coral Reefs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a tutorial on coral reefs then investigate corals under stress.  In this Earth Science activity students prepare a written report and explain the relationship between coral reefs and their zooxanthellae.
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Titan and the Other Moons of Saturn

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify and describe the moons of Saturn. They sort the moons by their characteristics. They write a paragraph describing the moons to end the lesson.
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Finding Jupiter's Moons

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students explore Jupiter's Moons. They calculate and predict the location of Jupiter's 4 large moons. In addition, they draw Jupiter with its moons correctly shown for the time of the observation.
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What is an Explorer

For Teachers K - 1st
Students become explorers. They examine a picture of an explorer and create props to explore within the classroom. Students are studying the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. They explore how to read a map and create a map of the classroom...
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Solar Storms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the cycles of solar activity. They plot the solar activity and use the graph to answer a number of questions and explain the relationship between the solar storms and sunspots and the impact on earth and space travel.
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Weather Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use yearly averages over a five-year period to understand weather trends for a specific area.
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Geographic Information Systems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the concept of geographic information systems (GIS) and its basic components. They explore an application program using GIS technology and list the various uses for GIS.
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Precession

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how Hipparchus, around 130 BC, used a shift in the predicted location of a lunar eclipse to detect a slight shift in the path of the Sun around the sky. They examine the elliptical orbit in which the Earth travels around...
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Alaska the Elephant

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore an Internet website, locating and matching the shape of an elephant's head to a state in the U.S. They complete an Alaska worksheet, identifying other geographical locations surrounding Alaska.
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Robots from Junk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create balloon and rubber band models of robotic rovers to investigate the concepts of mass, torque, and friction. Through research and planning, students construct a rover test-bed that simulates the Martian environment.
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Deep Jungle: New Frontiers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars study the world's rainforests for unusual plant and animal species. They explore how biologists use infrared cameras to explore jungles.
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Beaufort Wind Speed

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate temperature, wind speed, humidity, air pressure, and direction. They compare their findings with those of the media. They apply the use of various tools to measure weather factors.

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