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The Frontiers Decade: CyberDecade
Students explore robotics. They design and draw a robot that will search for deposits of underground minerals.
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Fastest Glacier
Students compare and contrast continental ice sheets and a glacier. They discuss how glaciers form. Students research the average winter and summer temperatures for their area. They predict what might happen to the Greenland...
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Cycling Energy
Fourth graders are introduced to how electricity is produced. In groups, they compare and contrast the linear production of energy with other forms of mechanical energy production. They try to make a turbine work acting like it is part...
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WorldWatcher Activity: Using Data to Investigate Issues and Solutions
Learners use the WorldWatcher program to identify the issues affecting their country they have been using for these activities. In groups, they identify each issue and identify the solution or develop their own. They present their...
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Not a Drop to Drink
Students design an experiment to determine which liquid is water. In this chemistry lesson, students perform the experiment as outlined in their design. They record observation and formulate conclusion.
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A Full Load
Middle schoolers calculate the shipping costs between two destinations. In this math lesson, students determine the distance between two places using google map. They calculate the amount of gas needed to get to a specific destination.
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Small
Young scholars research visual arts by examining a children's book. For this art identification lesson, students discuss the history of art after researching information on the Internet. Young scholars read the book Small which discusses...
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Oily Oceans
Students, after reading Jack, the Seal and the Sea, by Gerald Aschenbrenner, get a hands-on knowledge of the effects of oil on water, and those things that come in contact with it.
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Life Cycle of Butterflies
Pupils identify ways plants and animals make changes related to the seasons, specifically focusing on the life cycle of butterflies.
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What Is Industrial Design?
Students explore the processes used by industrial designers to design useful, safe, and appealing mass-produced objects. They select an object from their home or classroom and redesign it to improve its function, feel, and/or appearance.
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How Do Airplanes Stay off the Ground?
Students use balloons and string to duplicate Bernoulli's Principle of wing shape and its affect on liftoff.
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PROBLEMS/SOLUTIONS
Pupils choose an interesting problem related to space travel and then design a plan to solve the problem. They present their solution to the class.
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Stargazing Astronomy: A Ceiling Full of Stars
Students make an observe a planetarium using a can with nail holes, black paper and a flashlight.
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It's A Free Country, Isn't It?
Students examine immigration into the United States. They identify the rights and responsbilities of being a citizen of this country. They create a new verse to be included in the National Anthem.
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Where Has All the Water Gone?
Students identify how we use water everyday. They determine the amount of water used in different activities. They finally explain why the water supply is limited and how we can conserve water.
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Citizen Participation
High schoolers compare and contrast political parties and interest groups. They examine the role citizens play in how to improve the community. They develop a survey to determine the needs and services opportunities in their community.
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I See a Rainbow
Students identify the different colors in a rainbow. They experiment with dropping food coloring into a water and then making ice cubes. They discuss what happens to the water in the freezer
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Anne Frank: Nutrition - Anne Frank and Me
Third graders study concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
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Decomposition
Students create a compost pile and chart changes as the materials decompose. Students draw pictures of items placed into their "landfill" and predict how and whether the item will change or not. After two weeks, students write...
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Decomposition
Students create a compost pile and chart changes as the materials decompose. Students draw pictures of items placed into their "landfill" and predict how and whether the item will change or not. After two weeks, students write...
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Earth Day Trash Survey Unit
Students develop a questionnaire to distribute via e-mail or Web page forms that visitors fill out based on the data they gathered during their clean-up activities.
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Design and Construct A Road Sign Support
Students use simple materials to design, build, and test a model of a free-standing structure used to support overhead road signs. Students view a video on the engineering design process and conduct research by observing actual overhead...
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"YIKES! Your Body Up Close" by Mike Janulewicz
Students use a Venn Diagram to analyze data from their class.
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