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Curated OER

Shaky New Zealand

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore Earth science by building a model in class. In this tectonic plate lesson, students identify the impact tectonic shifts have on humans and animals and where the plates and faults lie under New Zealand. Students examine...
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Curated OER

Using the New Zealand plate boundary models

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the differences in the effects of the tectonic plates of New Zealand.  In this tectonic plate lesson, students define and explain the process of subduction.  Students recognize the difference in the movement of...
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Scholastic

STEM Challenges and Activity Sheets 3–5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How can engineers help their communities? Three challenges in the first unit explore why STEM is important to communities and how neighborhoods are engineered to experience those benefits. The second unit prompts groups to plan an...
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Scholastic

STEM Challenges and Activity Sheets for Grades 6–8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
From 3-D cities to building bridges, young engineers engage in innovative STEM challenges that promote brainstorming and collaboration. Learners take on the roles of different types of engineers as well as become familiar...
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Virginia Department of Education

Exploring 3-D Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Take young mathematicians on an exploration of the world of 3-D geometry with this seven-lesson unit. After first defining the terms perimeter, area, and volume and how they apply to the real world, students continue on...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Models to Connect to and Understand Volume Formulas

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The student will use models to develop formulas and connect them to the volume of prisms, spheres, cylinders, pyramids, and cones.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Estimating Measurements/using Models and Formulas: 3 D Figures

For Students 7th - 8th
Given application problems involving 3-dimensional figures, the student will estimate measurements, including surface area and/or volume, then solve the problems.
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PBS

Pbs: Volume of a 3 D Figure Composed of Quadrilaterals

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn to use formulas and unit cubes to model the formula for volume of 3D figures composed of quadrilaterals in this video from KCPT.
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Using Computers to Study Molecular Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
The main objective for this exercise is to enhance your study of the properties and structures of biological molecules with modern computer graphics. Rather than passively viewing illustrations of molecular structure as they occur in...
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Sinkholes Deep Deep Down

For Students 9th - 10th
After learning about sinkhole formation, students will create a project by designing and making a 3D model of a sinkhole using a box of tissues.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Wizards: 2 D and 3 D Shapes

For Students 5th - 6th
Students will create a model of a three-dimensional shape and create tessellations on a computer using two-dimensional shapes.
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PBS

Pbs: Volume of Right Rectangular Prisms

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn how unit cubes can be used to model the solution for the volume of a 3D figure This video focuses on calculating the volume of a rectangular prism using the equation, length x width x height. This video was submitted through the...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Making 3 D Solids

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
This tutorial features templates and instructions to make the following solids: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.

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