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Performance
Radford University

Filling Up a Swimming Pool Task

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Swimming pools are no fun without water. For a pool in the shape of a trapezoidal prism, scholars first calculate the amount of water needed to fill the pool. They use experimental data on water flow to determine whether to haul water...
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Curated OER

Swimming Pool Mural

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research art analysis by creating a mural in their class. In this artistic expression lesson, students research the work of Keith Haring and discuss his personal style and how it reflected body movement. Students utilize paints...
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Curated OER

Stroke Length Does Matter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A guide for competitive swimmers to take a look at how stroke length contributes to swimming efficiency. There is a PowerPoint and several websites for the swimmers to visit to gather information. They then keep track of their swimming...
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Sri Atmananda Memorial School

Rising Water

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
An engaging, and not to mention attractive, lesson plan has prealgebra and beginning algebra scholars examining linear relationships. They consider the rising water level as a swimming pool is being filled. They do so by charting and...
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Curated OER

Transportation Systems: Two Liter Boat Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and build full-size boats made out of two-liter plastic bottles, chicken wire, and plywood. Then they race the boats, with the boat's designers "manning the hull", in the school's swimming pool.
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Filling the Pool

For Students 10th - 12th
Fill your mind with math as you think about filling a pool. Given information about the rates of two pipes, one filling a pool and one draining a pool, learners determine a piecewise function that models the volume of water in the pool...
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Mascil Project

Water Quality

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do you prevent the spread of water-borne illness in large public swimming areas? Scholars discover the challenges to identifying safe water through an inquiry experiment. They then produce posters sharing their understanding of water...
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Curated OER

Biodiversity in Illinois-Pond Habitats

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders construct a pond habitat in the classroom using a small swimming pool partially filled with water, real cattails, a tree log adjoining, and plastic animal life appropriate to a pond setting. They examine the frog in detail...
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Unit Plan
North Carolina State University

Exploring Genetics Across the Middle School Science and Math Curricula

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Where is a geneticist's favorite place to swim? A gene pool. Young geneticists complete hands-on activities, experiments, and real-world problem solving throughout the unit. With extra focus on dominant and recessive genes, Punnett...
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Curated OER

Bacteria Pool Party

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the organisms of bacteria. They are given a culture of bacteria that can be observed under a microscope. The students make observations that are recorded. The lesson includes the mention of specific safety...
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Curated OER

The Stone Boat Mystery

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars design and execute a lab through which they study the distinctions between density, buoyancy, and volume.
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Curated OER

Our Natural Resources

For Teachers K - 3rd
Your class will learn about natural resources and man-made items and differentiate between them. They chart resources from seven pictures and explain how each natural resource is used.
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Curated OER

# 14 Experimenting with Copper (II) Solutions

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students determine that the relative concentration of copper ions in water can be determined by a color comparison. They make a copper (II) sulfate solution of a given concentration. Students dilute their initial solutions until their...
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Curated OER

Concept Attainment Model: Volume and Surface Area

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Using a concept attainment approach, learners identify surface area and volume by sorting examples (photos) that depict each concept (positive)  from those that don't (negative). Then as a class, they develop definitions of each term...
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Curated OER

Forces of Nature: The Challenges of River Travel

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine how river travel affected the Lewis and Clark expedition. They define gravity, slope, and velocity, conduct a river formations experiment, complete an activity sheet, and watch a video about Lewis and Clark.
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Curated OER

Air Pressure & Barometers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe, measure, and record data on the basic elements of weather over a period of time (i.e., precipitation, air temperature, wind speed and direction, and air pressure). Then, they make a barometer and keep record of...
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Curated OER

My Wet Robot

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design an underwater vehicle. In this engineering lesson, students will design an underwater robot that includes specific systems for it to function properly. Each group will present their prototype to the class.
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Curated OER

Water Works Wonders

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine where water is found in the world, how we use it, and the various forms it takes. They observe the refraction of light through a prism, record the day and night sky over a week's time, and create a topographic model of...
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Curated OER

Filtering Water to Prevent Pollution

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners explore techniques used to filter water and different pollutants. In this prevention of water pollution lesson plan, students define water pollution and list ways water is polluted. They explore water purification and complete a...
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Curated OER

Sounds Good to Me

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine density and hardness of wood samples based on several investigations. For this physical science and music lesson, students visit four centers and perform tests on wood samples to determine densities and hardnesses....
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Curated OER

Establishing Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study how Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium was established and what assumptions and conditions are necessary to reach Equilibrium. They record class data on their charts. Frequencies are calculated.
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Curated OER

Vienna Loses the Sofiensale

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use the Internet to discover more information about Sofie Hall in Vienna. They examine the building's history and photographs. They also analyze the role of Johann Strass and his importance for the city of Vienna.
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Curated OER

EPA Pesticides Reduction

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars examine the effects of pesticides on the environment and bugs. They answer questions as an assessment.
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Curated OER

What Is Mining

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student develop a vocabulary of "mining words" and study about exploring and mining for minerals. They break into groups and are assigned an area at the "mine" to do their "exploration" for the valuable "coal". The coal is represented...

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