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Creative Chemistry

Acids, Alkalis, and pH

For Students 9th - 12th
For this pH instructional activity, high schoolers determine how indicators work and what the pH scale is used for. High schoolers learn what happens when non-metals burn in air and metal oxides dissolve in water. This instructional...
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Globe Lesson 12: Global Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of global time. In this geography skills lesson, students use standard meridians and the hour scale on globes to determine global time as they respond to questions in this self-directed lesson.
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Vector Practice Problems

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this vectors worksheet, students draw scale diagrams and solve the problems using trigonometric methods. Students determine angles, speed, and components of force. This worksheet has 7 problems to solve.
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The Mysterious Hexagon on Saturn!

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Saturn worksheet, students use a photograph of a hexagon feature on Saturn to solve three problems. These include finding the time it takes for the jet stream to complete one circuit around the hexagon, to find the size of the...
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Measuring Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students draw lines of certain lengths by using appropriate measuring tools. In this measurement lesson plan, students determine which measurement tools would be best to draw specific lengths to make a barn.
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Subway Art

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students study the Subway drawings by Keith Haring and create their own class mural. For this art lesson plan, students also answer short answer questions provided.
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Flowers Galore

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine the work of Georgia O'Keefe and observe the shapes and lines that make up a flower. They create a flower drawing or painting.
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Shake, Rattle And Roll: Studying the Effects of an Earthquake

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners gauge earthquake intensity by reviewing firsthand accounts. They use the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale and newspaper articles to estimate the strength and effects of a past earthquake.
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Just Passing Through

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the functions of the kidney and its place in the urinary system. They discuss how astronauts go the bathroom in space, examine labeled diagrams of the urinary system, and draw a large scale drawing of the excretory...
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Pottery Merit Badge Worksheet

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Boy Scout Pottery merit badge worksheet, students complete 6 pages of information about the safe and proper use of different types of potter's wheels. They make scale drawings of pottery and define pottery terms. There are 8...
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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale:Saving the Elephants and Other Endangered Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students comprehend the concept and causes of extinction and endangerment. They identify extinct and endangered animals. Students coordinate a plan to help endangered animals through a poster and letter writing campaign.
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Draw A Coastline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify, locate and draw at least ten different geographical features on a map. Using the map, they must make it to scale and include their own legend and compass rose. They share their map with the class and answer questions.
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Earth Time Scale

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners research the past eras in history including the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and the Cenozoic.  In this time scale lesson students take part in a lab that allows the learners a better understanding of the timeline of...
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The Tale of Scale

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, using a range of data, produce three bar graphs for various scales along the y-axis.
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Scale Basketball

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss scale diagrams and maps as well as the use of spreadsheets to find the best scale to use in a model before practicing scale and ratio problems on their own.
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Baseball Proportion

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders measure regular baseball bats and souvenir bats in centimeters. They determine how tall a person would be to be in proportion to the souvenir bat, create a poster depicting the person, and explain the proportional...
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Is There Room?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners calculate the area of different polygons. In this geometry lesson, students draw shapes using different scale factors. They calculate and make sure there is enough room for te soccer arena through their calculations.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Dilating a Line

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High School geometers verify through experimentation certain properties about dilations. This multi-step problem challenges them to construct examples of dilations to verify specific facts, the final step provides an opportunity to more...
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Energy Balance - Lesson Unit 1

For Students K - 4th
There are four separate pages in this packet: What is energy balance, there is only one you, help Ira decide, and making healthy choices can be fun. The first one has a diagram of an old time scale. There is a box hanging from each...
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Trash For Teaching

The Light-House Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Groups work together to design a lighthouse, from designing and drawing the wiring diagram, to creating prototypes of the switch and circuit, to envisioning and building a scale model along with a blueprint. By including different...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Weighing the Evidence for a Mass Extinction: Part 1 – In the Ocean

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Extinction events have happen throughout geologic history, but only five mass extinctions occurred over the last 4.5 billion years. Scholars view fossils from a layer of sediment during an extinction event and observe patterns to draw...
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Dilations in the Plane

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Tenth graders investigate dilations and explore the dilation transformation before investigating the properties of a dilation using Cabri Jr. High schoolers extend the concept of dilatation to the coordinate plane.
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Concepts Of Spacial Depth

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars create a dynamic composition by repeatedly drawing found objects using the techniques of perspective, diminishing scale, and receding lines. This lesson includes rubric for assessment.
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Designing My Dream House

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders design possible dream house layouts. In this architecture instructional activity, 7th graders use sketch paper and a ruler to develop several rough sketches of a dream house. Students discuss how to use a scale for...

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