Unit Plan
National Security Agency

What’s Your Coordinate?

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Your middle schoolers will show what they know with their bodies when they become the coordinate plane in this conceptual development unit. Starting with the characteristics of the coordinate plane, learners develop their skills by...
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Curated OER

Bungee M&M's

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders experiment with M&M's and a cup attached to a spring to to simulate a bungee jump. They graph the results of the experiment and make predictions for continuing the experiment. They determine the "line of best fit."
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Curated OER

The Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use the attached worksheet, Where's My Location? - Directions, to play a game in which they plot points on a grid.
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Economics and emissions

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders produce a manufactured good and monitor energy consumption.  For this Math lesson, 8th graders practice their basic math and accounting skills.  Students participate in a business simulation. 
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Exploring Human Traits

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore human behavior by participating in a class science game. In this human characteristics lesson plan, students identify different human traits that are passed down by each generation and the purpose each of them have....