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What's the Connection Between Convection and Inversion?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders observe a simulation demonstrating the difference between convection and inversion. They explain where and when convection and inversion layers occur and how each impacts air quality, and by connection, human health.
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Catapult Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand the need for carefully defining the problem before searching for a solution. They understand the need for carefully defining the problem before searching for a solution. Students compare a variety of catapults and the...
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How Economic Systems Developed

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the basic functions of the various economic systems. As a class, they identify the main characteristics of capitalism and the advantages of division of labor and specialization. They describe the relationship between...
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Proportionality: The X-Plane Generation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students meet NASA researchers who describe the relationship between force, energy and motion. They discuss how NASA's experimental X-plane is being tested to make space travel more reliable and show how proportionality and ratios are...
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Exploring Marine Ecosystems in the Caribbean and Maine

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare the marine habitats of Maine and the Caribbean using temperature, tides, ocean currents, latitude and longitude. In this marine ecosystems lesson, students analyze maps to complete graphic organizers that evaluate the...
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One Plus One Makes New

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the properties of matter and how they change when composite materials are produced.  In this informative lesson students write up a question and procedure to an experiment then analyze and draw conclusions based on the...
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Sounds Like Science: Drums

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the science of sound. In this sound lesson plan, students craft drums from various materials and respond to questions regarding pitch, force, and volume.
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Going in Cycles: The Life of an Aluminum Can

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the life cycle of aluminum cans. In this recycling activity, students review the manufacturing process and how to make a closed loop cycle. Students also have the opportunity to present what they've learned to others...
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Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore forms that water can take and examine the water cycle. For this hands-on science lesson, students participate in activities that require them to change water to a solid and back to a liquid again.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore water and ice. In this 3 states of matter lesson, students work with a partner to observe, illustrate, and describe the characteristics of an ice cube in a cup. The ice cube is observed again in 15 minutes and changes...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils study the liquid and solid states of water. In this water states instructional activity, students complete three experiments to study water as it cycles from a liquid state to a solid state and back. Pupils finish with a Venn...
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Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore forms that water can take. In this science lesson plan, students participate in hands-on activities that require them to change water to a solid and back to a liquid again.
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Come Fly With Me

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students apply the Bernoulli Principle. In this flight lesson, students design and test a glider.
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Principles of Flight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the principles of flight. In this flight lesson, students construct a model plane and investigate the forces acting on the flier. They will measure the thrust and calculate the stored energy.
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Systems of Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve systems of equations. In this algebra lesson, students use elimination and substitution to solve for the point of intersection. They use graphing to see where the two lines intersect.
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Kansans on the Move

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore U.S. history by researching the state of Kansas. In this transportation lesson, 2nd graders research the transit habits of Kansas residents in the past and how challenging it could be for them to get around....
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Sky 2: Shadows

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore space science by participating in a shadow experiment. In this sky observation lesson plan, students identify how the sun creates different sized shadows by moving across the horizon. Students utilize yard sticks,...
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine their eye's blind spot. In this biology instructional activity, students explain what causes this visual deficiency. They give real life applications of this concept.
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Airports

For Teachers Pre-K
Students respond to movement cues while maintaining their balance. For this movement and balance lesson, students gain understanding of general self space concepts while imagining themselves as an airplane. Students respond to high,...
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How's the Air Up There?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with soda cans and water to discover why air pressure is greater closer to Earth's surface.
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Battery Depletion and Piecewise Linear Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine a recent flight of Pathfinder. In groups, they use the information to create a table of values showing the battery charge of the space machine. They predict what the charge would be further on in the mission. They use...
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Four Forces of Flight

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore the four forces of flight. They investigate the four forces of flight: lift, drag, thrust and weight (gravity). They experiment with flight-testing various objects commonly found around the house and constructing paper...
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Pitot Tube Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a NASA Web-based text and use its information to complete an activity which uses a pitot tube to calculate the speed of an airplane.
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WHY DO SOME THINGS FLOAT WHILE OTHERS SINK

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore how density can cause things to sink or float by experimenting with a jar, oil and corn syrup.

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