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Chernobyl 1 - Radiation Released
Students investigate the Chernobyl nuclear disaster by mapping out the winds carrying radiation and viewing a short video about the aftermath and subsequent health problems. They then calculate the amount of radiation that people were...
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Energy Resources
In this energy worksheet, students will review the different types of energy and how energy can be created and conserved. This worksheet has 10 matching and 11 short answer questions.
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Testing Water for Hardness
Students discuss the nature, cause and effect of hard water. Each student conducts a soap test on a sample of hard water where the hardness is known measuring the height of the bubbles produced.
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The Water Cycle
Students are introduced to the components and importance of the water cycle. They are shown how groundwater moves using a model. Students list 9 places on earth where water is found. They define the terms cycle and water cycle.
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Electricity
In this electricity instructional activity, students review what makes up electricity by filling in the blanks of 18 statements with terms from a word bank. Students then complete a crossword puzzle by placing 12 terms into the puzzle.
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Microwave Cooking
Middle schoolers learn the basic principles of microwave cooking and prepare a dessert in the microwave using correct procedures.
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Bread in a Bag
This instructional activity focuses on making bread, but also spends some time on the origins of wheat. In order to make the bread, each class member receives a kit full of the materials they will need. Included here is a detailed list...
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If You're Under Pressure, Blame It On The Air Force
Students complete an experiment in which they demonstrate that air exerts a force. In groups, they create their own siphon and define air pressure. They estimate the time it might take to siphon various amounts of water. They collect,...
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Convection in a Pan
Students watch a demonstration using a plastic bag and a hair dryer to create a hot air balloon. After the demonstration, they discuss the results and whether or not hot water behaves the in the same manner as hot air. They conduct...
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 7
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. From 4 choices, students fill in the space to make each sentence correct.
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Old Photographs: Windows to the Past
Students examine several types of old photographs and compare them to photography today. Students search for historical photographs and draw conclusions about the time period from the subject matter. Students explain how a camera...
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Water Vocabulary
For this water vocabulary worksheet, students explore facts about water. Students complete fifteen multiple choice questions about water and it's characteristics.
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Convection in a Pan
Students explore convection. In this lesson on heat and energy, students investigate how heat moves in convection currents. They use their finding to better understand how convection currents effect the movement of tectonic plates.
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Water Cycle Adventure
Students take an imaginary journey through the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students identify the various parts of the water cycle, listen while their teacher leads them on an imaginary journey through the water cycle, and...
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Getting from Place to Place
Students examine modes of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on modes of transportation over the past 300 years. Students respond to questions about the lecture.
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Hurricane Strength: Spatial Association of Wind Speed and Water Temperature
In this hurricane worksheet, students read and analyze satellite images of hurricane Rita. They complete 4 short answer questions about it.
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Changes and the Individual
Students evaluate the social effects of inventions and other developments on the lives of ordinary individuals. They create a profile of an individual who might have lived at that time and whose life would have been affected by those...
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Uses of Coal
Learners be aware of the products made possible by coal by studying about the four major markets of coal: electric utilities, industrial/retail users, the steel industry and exports.
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Hazardous Waste
Students define technology and relate the definition to the production of electricity using nuclear energy. They also list the technologies involved and relate the use of these technologies to their effect on society in general, and...
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Imagery and Emily Dickinson
Seventh graders explore imagery, particularly in relation to figurative language.
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Focused Learning Lesson: World Geography
Students examine the impact that humans have had on the environment and the difficulties the environment can cause. They also examine major physical changes as a result of human action or natural causes.
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Mobius Band
Tenth graders discuss sides of a shape and how to collect data correctly. In this geometry activity, 10th graders examine shapes and count the surfaces on the shape. They read the history of Mobius Band and relate it to surface area.
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Life During the Industrial Revolution
Seventh graders present information about the Industrial Revolution. In this Industrial Revolution instructional activity, 7th graders work in groups research inventions and prepare an information poster for the invention. Students...
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Chernobyl 2 - Air Currents
Students create a scale model of the affected area of the Chernobyl disaster. Using this scale model, they simulate the explosion and the resulting uneven dispersal of fallout due particularly to wind direction and weather conditions.