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A Wet Welcome Home

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate data collection and analysis.  In this Algebra I lesson plan, students create a scatter plot and find the equation of best fit in a simulation of a leaking water pipe.
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Cost of My Classroom Lights

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate how expensive it is to use fluorescent lights.  In this lights lesson, students get a worksheet with cost per hour to run a fluorescent. Students set up a equation to calculate the the cost of running one...
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"States of Matter"

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the different states of matter by experimenting in class.  In this matter lesson, students participate in a lab activity moving from one station to the next creating different formations of matter....
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Our City's Temperature

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use a thermometer to record temperatures from their homes throughout the city, and then hypothesize reasons for the temperature variations. They use a weather graph worksheet that's imbedded in this lesson to orgainize...
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Planets in Proportion

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students apply estimation strategies and proportional reasoning to determine a scale comparing the planetary bodies to Earth. They convert measurements of time and distance using scientific notation. Both the metric and customary units...
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Physics: Forces and Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the effect of Earth's gravity on an object's weight. In this force and motion lesson students understand the role of gravity when you drop an object. Students experiment with small items. Students measure in Newton's....
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Electromagnetic Pick-up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate electromagnetic energy. In this magnetism instructional activity, students will create an electromagnet and test changes with increased energy. They will compete by building the strongest electromagnet.
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Greenhouse Effect: Pop Bottle Experiment

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore global warming by conducting a weather experiment. In this greenhouse gas lesson, students define the greenhouse effect and the impact on our ozone layer. Students utilize a soda pop bottle, floodlight bulb, thermometers...
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OUT OF THIS WORLD AND INTO OUR CLASSROOM

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create projects on Astronomy using math concepts and use of Internet resources.
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The Layered Earth

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students role play plate tectonics by creating a "plate statue" made up of students. In this earth science instructional activity, students describe how Earth's movement cause earthquakes and volcanoes. They draw and name the different...
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The Art and Science of Fractals

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the world of fractal images and the mathematics behind them. They explore fractal sites on the Internet. They create their own fractal designs. They publish a calendar displaying their favorite fractal art.
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Possible Careers

For Teachers 7th Standards
Is a STEM career the right choice for me? Lesson four in a six-part career and college readiness series introduces seventh graders to the world of STEM occupations. Individuals use their Holland code results to select, research, and...
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House Insulation

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Make sure your house is warm in the winter. Pupils analyze graphs of heating costs for two similar houses and make hypotheses for why the costs differ. They then build models of houses with appropriate insulation to reduce heating costs.
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Processes on Complex Networks

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Introduces your class to random processes in networks with an activity that uses information about disease spread using the susceptible, infectious, resistant (SIR) model. Participants determine whether a susceptible person becomes...
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Packaging

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Wrap up an engineering lesson with a worthwhile project. An engineering design task challenges groups to develop a package for a pharmaceutical company given constraints on the volume. Learners then create a presentation to highlight...
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How Does Your Tree Measure Up?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars work in pairs or small groups to gather data about a tree. Each group might gather data about a different tree; all groups might collect data about the same tree; or two teams might gather data about each tree and compare...
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Pizza Possibilities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create and interpret line plots, bar graphs, and circle graphs. The lesson assumes mastery of conversions from fraction to decimal to percent, construction of angles, and at least an introduction to graphs displaying data.
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Patterns and Algebraic Expressions

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Scholars will solve problems, create patterns, and write algebraic expressions. In addition, they will learn how to represent a number with a variable.
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Mitosis And the Cell Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students determine the approximate time a cell spends in each phase of mitosis by counting cells in each phase from a prepared slide. They use a few simple calculations to estimate how long cells spend in each cycle in the body.
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Puttin' It All Together

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners explain the concepts of kinetic and potential energy and how it can change forms.  In this energy, motion, and frictional forces lesson students participate in a hands on activity that includes calculating energy.
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NUMB3RS Activity: Chains and Pyramids

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Watch an episode of the TV show, NUMB3RS and then explore the mathematics of chain letters and pyramid schemes, both of which involve geometric progressions and exponential growth. They discuss why both are dangerous and illegal.
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Frost Depth Study

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete activities to study the frost and frost depth. For this frost study lesson, students use frost tubes to study and measure the frost at their school. Students measure the frost in the tube and enter their data online to...
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Seasons and Cloud Cover, Are They Related?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use NASA satellite data to see cloud cover over Africa.  For this seasons lesson students access data and import it into Excel. 
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Grid Frame Mapping

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners map and describe a small area of the schoolyard.

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