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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money
Math and science meet in this lesson on hybrid electric automobiles. This 24-page resource provides everything you need for teaching a lesson that compares the use of internal combustion engines to hybrid electric engines. Participants...
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Internal Combustion Engine
Young scholars design parts for a scale-model, internal combustion engine using software. In this engine instructional activity students work in groups to assemble an internal combustion engine.
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How Do Car Engines Work?
Students perform an experiment which simulates what happens inside an internal combustion engine. They explain how the chemical reaction they witnessed is similar to what happens inside the car engine.
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Wind Power! 2
Fourth graders explore how engineers transform wind energy into electrical energy by building their own miniature wind turbines and measuring the electrical current it produces. They see how design and position affect the electrical...
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Race Track (Culminating Activity)
Young scholars graph and solve linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students use the slope and y-intercept to graph lines. They relate lines to the real world using different applications.
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MOBILITY, Bike Rack Remix
Students examine how riding a bike can impact the environment and cut down on carbon emissions. In this environmental lesson students design a bike rack that is made from recycled material.