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Mesoamerican Market Fair

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students organize an Mesoamerican market fair. In this early civilizations lesson, students celebrate the culmination of a unit on Mesoamerican cultures by planning, marketing, and hosting a market fair complete with food, games,...
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Smithsonian Institution

Trait Tracker

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Help mice beat the odds with an exciting activity about traits. Biologists discover the role of diet and other factors on animal traits by participating in a simulation activity. Teams collect and evaluate data to understand how certain...
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Smithsonian Institution

Weather Widget

For Teachers 3rd Standards
What's so difficult about predicting the weather? Scholars work collaboratively to build a device that models how meteorologists use computers to forecast weather. Team members collect and interpret data while working together to...
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Curated OER

Pedal Power Goes Global

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students role play as a consulting firm that has been hired to research various countries and determine if and how the Pedal Power bicycle company should sell its bicycles abroad.