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Teach Engineering

Measuring Viscosity

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Groups use a marble to determine the viscosity of household fluids. The procedure calls for pupils to measure the amount of time it takes a marble to fall a specified distance in the fluids. Using unit conversions and algebra, the teams...
Interactive
US National Archives

WWII: Asia 1939-45 – Singapore

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The fall of Singapore in World War II was shocking news for the Allied forces—but why? High schoolers explore primary source documents and videos to determine why February 15, 1942 was a wake-up call to the British Empire and its allies...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Barbie Bungee

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Middle and high schoolers collect and analyze their data. In this statistics lesson, pupils analyze graphs for linear regression as they discuss the relationship of the function to the number of rubber bands and the distance of the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Probability

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
How likely is a new baby to be a boy? Or for snow to fall in August? Mark the likelihood of various events on probability lines. For extra practice, have your fourth and fifth graders make up different scenarios in their lives to...
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Shmoop

ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Your students already know when they like a story and when they don't, but they may not know that the plots of these stories are shaping that opinion. Like all resources in this series, the two activities and quizzes provided here deal...
Activity
PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: The Snowy Day

For Parents K Standards
Scholars listen to a read-aloud of fiction and nonfiction books, The Snowy Day, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, and Snow Is Falling, written by Franklyn Branley and illustrated by Holly Keller, then take part in four creative...
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Curated OER

Narrative Writing for Publication

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create an original narrative story in a diary or journal format involving a fictional character with conflict, plot, resolution and falling action within the story line. They follow the steps of the writing process with...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Air Pollution: What's the Solution?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this air pollution worksheet, students simulate acid rain falling on soil and determine the pH of the soil after spraying it with an acidic solution. They measure the pH of water sprayed with an acidic solution to represent the...
PPT
Curated OER

Populism & the Election of 1896

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Populism and the rise and fall of the Populist Party are the topics of this presentation, which details the Presidential Election of 1896 and the role of silver. Detailing main points with clever political cartoons and informative maps,...
Lesson Plan
Mr Gym

Knock It Off

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Give each player something small and lightweight to balance on the back of his hand. Then let players move around the room to try and knock the objects off the other players' hand. If their object is knocked off, or even falls off, they...
Lesson Plan
Tech Museum of Innovation

Balloon Astronaut

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Design protection from high-speed particles. The STEM lesson plan highlights why astronauts need protection from space debris. Pupils use the design process to design, build, and test a spacesuit that will protect a balloon from a...
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DiscoverE

Air Train

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Train your pupils to be master engineers. Young learners design a train that travels along a fishing line. The train needs to safely carry pennies as passengers without falling out.
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DiscoverE

Kinetic Sculpture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Let your creativity run wild. Scholars build a sculpture out of basic materials. These sculptures must be able to move in the wind (from an electric fan). However, they must also withstand the wind enough to not fall over—it's quite the...
PPT
Curated OER

The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is an interesting and somewhat interactive presentation. Covering the French Revolution, the slide show begins with a timeline of Napoleon's rise to power and ultimate fall. Main ideas for each event are then outlined with critical...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Fall Counting Activity: 6-9

For Students K - 1st
In this number 6-9 counting worksheet, students count ears of fall corn, circling or coloring the correct number of ears shown. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather "Whys"

For Teachers K
Students complete activities to explore fall weather. In this weather lesson, students use the given links to examine weather forecasts. Students complete a weather graph activity and watch Internet field trips. Students complete fall...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Gravitational Potential Energy

For Students 9th - 12th
In this energy worksheet, students use the gravitational potential energy equation to solve for mass, height, or free-fall acceleration. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
Worksheet
Curated OER

November Word Scramble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this November word search, students study 15 words pertaining to fall and the month of November. Students unscramble the words, without the use of a word bank.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Plot Summaries

For Students 6th - 8th
In this plot summaries worksheet, students read the plot summaries and write what the expositions, inciting moments, rising actions, climaxes, falling actions, and denouements are in them. Students do this for 2 plot summaries.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Falling Into Leaves

For Teachers K
Students investigate why leaves change color. In this chlorophyll lesson, students examine how chlorophyll effects the color changes in leaves. Students take pictures of changing leaves, and create a class quilt showing the changes of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Will America Fall Apart Like the Maya?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in teams to research ancient Mayan civilization as they simulate working for the President of the United States. He is concerned that if a civilization as technologically advanced as the Maya's could disappear, could the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Floating and Falling Flows

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover fluid dynamics related to buoyancy through experimentation and optional photography. Using one set of fluids, they make light fluids rise through denser fluids. Using another set, they make dense fluids sink through a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this seasons worksheet, learners cut out the picture cards at the bottom of the page, sort the pictures and paste them with the matching season.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Are We Falling Apart? Exploding Volcanoes

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research and demonstrate volcanic activity. In this volcanism lesson, students research the types of volcanoes and define related terms using the Internet. They demonstrate volcanic activity with water, corn syrup, and flour.

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