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\nNational Debt and Wars\n

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\nTake a functional approach to the national debt. Learners collect information about the national debt by decade and plot the data. They determine whether an exponential curve is a good fit for the data by comparing the percent changes...\n
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\nMay the Force Be with You: Weight\n

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\nToo much material will weigh you down. The sixth segment in a series of 22 highlights how weight affects a plane. Pupils learn that engineers take the properties of materials, including weight, when designing something. \n
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\nSix Minutes of Terror\n

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\nHelp your class understand the design challenges when trying to land a remote spacecraft on a planet. Class members examine the provided information to understand how each component of a spacecraft is designed in order to safely land a...\n
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\nAirplanes Everywhere: Land! Water! Sky! Oh, My!\n

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\nHow important is aviation? Using the background information, teachers provide the class with a brief history of aviation. The class discusses how airplanes are important to the area of transportation in the 17th installment of a...\n
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\nMay the Force Be With You: Drag\n

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\nDo not let friction drag you down! The 11th segment in a series of 22 focuses on the fourth force acting upon an airplane—drag. Pupils learn about the effects and causes of drag.\n
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\nManned Mission to Mars\n

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\nTo go or to not to go — the question for a mission to Mars. This resource provides details for a possible manned mission to Mars. Details include a launch schedule, what life would be like on the surface, and how the astronauts would...\n
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\nMay the Force Be With You: Thrust\n

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\nForce the plane through the air. The lesson introduces the force on an airplane that makes it go forward. Pupils learn how Newton's laws of motion apply to flight in the eighth segment of a 22-part unit on flight.\n
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\nRed Rover Robotics\n

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\nHelp your class understand the importance of exploration using robots. with a resource that provides a short history of robotics as a lead into looking at Martian robotic exploration missions. The activity specifically looks at the...\n
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\nAir Pressure\n

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\nInvestigate what is pushing on us. An intriguing lesson has pupils calculate the amount of force on various squares due to air pressure. Using the data, individuals create a graph in the third lesson of the Up, Up and Away unit...\n
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\nStay in Shape\n

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\nUsing their knowledge of right triangles, pupils find out how far a ship is from a light house. Class members determine how far around the world a ship would be sailing at a constant speed.\n
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\nWindy Tunnel\n

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\nLift—it is about the wing's attack. Using a virtual wind tunnel, pupils investigate wing shape and angle of attack. Learners use worksheets to record their observations and to convert verbal relationships into mathematical equations in...\n
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\nDr. Seuss Day\n

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\nFirst graders celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday. Moving through six stations in small groups, first graders rotate on the teacher's signal through several engaging activities connected to Dr. Seuss's books and poetry.\n
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\nKinetics of the Acid Decomposition of Thiosulfate\n

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\nSeveral factors affect the rate of a chemical reaction including temperature, surface area, and concentration. Using an experimental approach, learners explore the effect concentration has on this rate while maintaining consistency with...\n
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\nSolar Power\n

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\nHow much solar energy is available at my location? An engaging resource provides a presentation along with script to give the class background information on determining solar radiation. Pupils then work through a worksheet to...\n
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\nWater Power\n

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\nYoung hydrologists observe a waterwheel which helps them investigate the transformations of energy that occur when the blades of a hydro-turbine are turning. They work together in pairs and pretend to be engineers who are building a new...\n
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\nFun with Air-Powered Pneumatics\n

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\nHow high did the ball go? Engineering teams build a working pneumatic system that launches a ball into the air. The teams vary the amount of pressure and determine the accompanying height of the ball. An extension of building a device to...\n
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\nMale Reproductive System\n

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\nYoung pupils are introduced to the male reproductive system, the process of reproduction and conception through worksheets, discussion, and instructional guidance. \n
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\nThe Colligative Properties of Solutions\n

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\nHow can you relate colligative properties of solutions to everyday situations? Pupils first discuss the concepts of density, boiling and freezing points, then demonstrate how to accurately determine the boiling and freezing point of...\n
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\nProtecting Our City with Levees\n

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\nTeams use the design process to design, build, and test a model levee to protect the town from a wall of water. A handout provides a price list for the materials learners can use to build their levee within a budget.\n
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\nThe Grand Challenge\n

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\nMagnetic resonance imaging, just how safe is it? The introduction to unit study of magnetic resonance imaging technology presents the grand challenge questions of how an MRI machine works, the risks involved, the physics involved,...\n
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\nBreaking the Mold\n

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\nA little too much strain could cause a lot of stress. Groups conduct a strength test on clay. Using books as weights, pupils measure the compression of clay columns and calculate the associated strain and stress. Teams record their...\n
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\nCost Comparisons\n

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\nOur final proposal for the cost of the bridge requested is ... In the last segment in a series of 10, pairs work together to develop a proposal for a city bridge design. The class completes a cost comparison between concrete and steel to...\n
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\nApplications of Linear Functions\n

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\nIt's not so straightforward — lines can model a variety of applications. Pupils experience linear relationships within the context of science, including Hooke's and Ohm's Laws. Class members got a taste of motion and speed from the...\n
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\nUsing Hooke's Law to Understand Materials\n

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\nProvide a Hooke for a lesson on elasticity with an activity that has groups investigate a set of springs. They use a set procedure to collect data to calculate the spring constant for each spring using Hooke's Law. The groups...\n
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