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Quadratics: vertex form

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice graphing quadratic equations to find the vertex of quadratic functions. They determine if the graph opens upward or downward as well as convert quadratic equations to vertex form from polynomial form. A lab version is...
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Quadratics: Vertex Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice graphing quadratic equations. They work to solve and equation involving finding the vertex using given formulas. Once their points have been graphed, students determine the direction in which the angle opens. Worksheets...
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Optical Images

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study optics and the law of reflection.  In this optical images lesson students use a laser and conceptualize the law of reflection.
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Breaking News English: South Korean Wins Women's British Open

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read "South Korean Wins Women's British Open," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Watch Out!

For Teachers 1st
First graders experiment with different sized balls and an incline plane to study how a heavy object push a lighter object. They examine the safety message of this instructional activity by showing their drawings of the crossbuck sign.
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Boy, Is That Buoyant!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders see that salt increases the density of water and creates a condition wherein objects are more buoyant than would be expected under normal conditions. They describe the relationship between heat energy, evaporation and...
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Absolute Value of Linear Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify and interpret how absolute value affects linear functions. They also graph linear functions and reflect them in a line of symmetry. Finally, students evaluate the absolute value of a constant using technology to...
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Statistics: Final Exam Review

For Students 11th - 12th
In this statistics and probability worksheet, students are provided with a review of the final exam in statistics.  The three page worksheet contains a combination of six multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are not...
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Fun Ways to Paint

For Teachers K
Students apply paint to paper in creative ways.
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Finding Coal Products in Your Home

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify items in their homes that come from coal. They divide into groups and decide as a group which items are made from coal by-products. They then divide their poster board into three columns and label the first -...
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Aerodynamic drag

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils construct a device that can launch spinning balls. One example would be a mailing tube with one side partially cut away, lined with sandpaper. Styrofoam balls should be used for the greatest effet. They are explained how a...
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Tiger Woods Physics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers comprehend the independence of vertical and horizontal velocity vectors. They calculate height, time of flight and range of projectile objects. Students perform derivation for range of same plane projectile motion. They...
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You say Avocado, I say Avogadro

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students convert mole to mass to particles and vice versa. In this chemistry lesson, students discuss the importance of Avogadro's number. They apply what they have learned in a team competition.
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Touchy Feely Bags

For Teachers All
Students reach into the bag and grab an object. They should try to identify the object without looking in the bag or pulling the object out of the bag.
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Creating a National Park

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how national parks are created, operate and benefit society by creating a new national park for their state.
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Investigation 4 - Plot Studies

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a plot map to study the plants and animals living in a small area of their environment.
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Galloping Who?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders do an Internet search to find out about Galloping Gertie and what caused the bridge to fail.
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Gesture Drawing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, after the introduction to the artwork of Keith Haring, explore the art term "gesture."
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Would You Drink This?

For Teachers K - 9th
Students examine how they affect water quality of those who live downstream after identifying rivers and river basins in Kansas.
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Nature of Game Balls

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders see how, when balls are dropped from the same height, mass and size affects the motion of the balls.
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LIGHTNING MYTHS AND FACTS

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compose lightning safety rules and explore facts and fiction about lightning. They examine the cause of lightning when a channel nears an object on the ground, a powerful surge of electricity from the ground moves upward to the...
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Smorgasboard of Control

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners practice dribbling and trapping a variety of balls.
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Alphabet Soup

For Teachers K - 5th
Students play a game in which they use the letters of the alphabet and different motor skills for review.
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Investigating Motion, Forces, and Energy Lab Book

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create their own experiements using toy trucks, cars or balls to measure the time it takes two of them to travel 5 meters, as well as at each 1 meter interval. They make use computers to make a time/distance graph and...

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