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Simplicity of Electricity
Students examine how to make an electrical circuit. They listen to a teacher led discussion, design a switch to control a circuit, and construct a signaling device.
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Solar Cell Simulation
Students study photovoltaic technology. In this photovoltaic technology lesson, students simulate a photovoltaic system. Students discuss how to simulate a cloudy day.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Mining
Students explore nonrenewable energy resources. In this coal lesson plan, students investigate how coal is formed and how it is used as a source of energy. Students mine for "coal" using toothpicks and chocolate chip cookies.
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Bartering for a Balanced Lunch
Students explore economics by participating in a goods exchange activity. In this bartering lesson plan, students define bartering and practice obtaining goods without using monetary means. Students utilize milk, bread, cheese and other...
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Apple Anatomy
Students explore produce by examining an apple in class. In this microscopic food instructional activity, students slice an apple in a specific manner so they can fit it onto a slide and view it through a microscope. Students identify...
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Let the River Run
Young scholars explore the environment by reading a story in class. In this water formation lesson plan, students define environmental terms such as rivers, streams, gulf, oceans and lakes. Young scholars read the story A River Ran Wild...
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Gingerbread Spacecraft
Students explore the different parts of the Cassini spacecraft. In this space science instructional activity, students create a model of the spacecraft using food products. They compare and contrast their model with the real one and...
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In Round Numbers
Students explore the concept of rounding. For this rounding lesson, students use their calculator to round three digit numbers to the nearest 10 or nearest 100. Students round fractional numbers to the nearest tenth, hundreth, and...
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Eighteenth-Century Slave Codes
Students explore slavery by reviewing the written laws intended to keep African Americans subservient. In this U.S. slavery instructional activity, students analyze a time-line of the history of African Americans. Students discuss the...
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Find an Animal! Find a Book!
Learners identify the themes of different books by classifying their genre. In this genre lesson plan, students examine a specific animal by reading both a nonfiction and fiction book about the species. Learners compare the different...
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What's Growing? Lesson Plan
Pupils study the life cycle of plants by growing a seed in a paper cup. They record observations of the changes they see. When the plant sprouts, they plant it in soil in a paper cup. Next, they continue to draw and date their observations.
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What's Deep in the Ocean?
Students examine the role of an oceanographer in trying to explore the ocean. Using wax paper, they divide it up to show the sunlight, twilight and midnight zones. To end the lesson, they identify the types of plants and animals that are...
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Whale Scale
Students estimate relative size and scale of humans, animals, and objects. They verify their estimations through research and measurement and then draw themselves in proportion to other creatures, both larger and smaller, in a selected...
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Weather Quilt
Students observe weather conditions, record them in their journals for a week, and understand how weather affects their lives. They then represent how weather affects the way they play and live on a quilt square and document their study...
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Watershed Ways
Students connect the water cycle concept with local fresh water availability and consumption. They identify waterways in their own region. Students define, predict, research, and map local watershed areas. They research the positive...
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Track a Tsunami
Students comprehend tsunamis, where they are likely to occur, and that underwater earthquakes cause them. They discuss what can be done to protect people form a tsunami, such as using computerized bupys, wave simulation machines,...