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Electrical Engineers for a Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners build a robot out of a 3-¿¿ inch floppy disk drive, two floppy disks, and some other miscellaneous supplies. They apply information they gather about electrical circuits from a web-based circuit design program.
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Cold Fusion?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply their knowledge of relativity and nuclear radiation to the concept of cold fusion. They also read the article from the website listed in the related and resource websites and discuss the article with the class.
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Geologic Time: Relative and Absolute Dating

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate relative and absolute dating; determine the difference between the two dating systems; and apply this knowledge by creating a geologic timetable of their own.
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The Case of the Crooked Cartoon: Newton's Laws Set the Standard

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students have the opportunity to use higher-level thinking skills and to apply their talents to previously learned material. It provides an opportunity for visual, auditory, and tactile/kinetic learners to utilize their particular...
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Biotechnology -- An Introductory Lesson to the Study of the Structure and Manipulation of DNA

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the structure of DNA and how it works. They discover jobs in which use biotechnology and answer questions. They use the internet to discover other ways biotechnology can be applied.
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Genetic Counseling

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply the principles of ethical decision making to actual cases. They appreciate that there is usually no one "right" decision. Students compare their conclusions to those of individuals who are in the field.
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If Your Mom Has Big Feet, Will You Have Them Too?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils describe and apply the Mendellian principles of genetics, focusing predominantly on dominant and recessive genes. They demonstrate how two parents contribute genes and how those genes appear in their offspring. They describe...
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Density of Glass Fragments

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore how the density of an object is determined and determine what a "physical property" is. They demonstrate how science can be applied to police work.
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Create a Waste Action Plan

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students apply their knowledge to identify waste solutions for their families and homes. Students generate an individual action plan that works for their family and create a magnet to display their waste plan. Students apply the...
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Pixel Transmission

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop code systems to transmit information between groups. They explore, explain and apply techniques used to transmit remote sensing data to better understand remote sensing images.
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Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners, in groups, design a procedure to calculate the mass of gas molecules in the classroom by measuring the volume of the classroom and researching the density of air. They apply changes in air density with altitude and effects on a...
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Tension and Compression

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine tension and compression by manipulating objects that are strong in each but not in both. Students apply their observations to the construction of a model of a beam bridge, suspension bridge, and inverted triangle...
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DNA Fingerprinting with Restriction Enzymes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students will illustrate how restriction enzymes work by piecing together parts of a puzzle. Then they apply this knowledge to help them analyze genetic evidence from the scene of a crime as well as to help them comprehend how a DNA...
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Genetic Engineering

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students will apply their knowledge acquired from two guest speakers to writing a three hundred-word essay on either the pros or cons of genetic engineering. They will try to persuade the reader of their essays to agree with their stance...
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Recycled Sailing Vessels

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars discuss how recycled materials can be used to create art and how this will apply to their artwork. They create a sailing vessel using recycled materials that they find.
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Rosa Parks Community Garden

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate how we depend on plants as the original source of most food. They investigate the parts of plants, and which parts are edible. Students are explained that the garden is also a classroom and the same rules apply.
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Mendellian Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students describe the inheritance patterns other than simple dominance. They are taught how Mendel's principles apply to all organisms. Students review the use of Punnett Squares. They are taught the principles of probability and...
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Energy Efficiency Ambassadors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and compare two products that provide the same function but require different amounts of energy to do the job. They examine and demonstrate energy efficiency and discover how it applies to different technologies and...
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Where Have All the Road Salts Gone, Long Time Migrating

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine what happens to road salt after it is applied to the road during a storm. In groups, they collect their samples using a conductivity meter and enter their data into a database. They analyze and discuss the data...
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Electrical Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare and contrast a cell and a battery. In this physical science activity, students explain how they create energy. They conduct an experiment to apply what they have learned in this activity.
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STS Biology - Teaching Controversial Topics

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Each of the three activities submitted presents difficult science topics in the context of the human experience. The activities focus on real-world problems, which have science components, from the students' perspectives.
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Dishing the Dirt Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a soil center on their school grounds. They begin to write in their science journals. They participate in an experiment that helps the community begin their own gardens.
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Ocean Microstructure Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the microstructure of the ocean by analyzing graphs created by Dr. Mike Gregg of the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory during the EPIC 2001 research cruise on the Ronald H. Brown NOAA vessel.
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Case Studies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils apply their knowledge of "I Values " and have mastered the use of the "Decision Making Model," they are ready to study case studies. They use case studies use to figure out punnet squares, and family traits.

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