Student Handouts
Examining Primary Sources: Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” (1899)
Combine literature and history with the poem "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling. Pupils read the poem and answer four questions about the text.
Novelinks
Treasure Island: Anticipation Guide
Captain Long John Silver himself would consider this anticipation guide a treasure. Full of rereading predictions for readers to consider, the anticipation guide makes the class excited to begin reading Robert Lois Stevenson's Treasure...
Balanced Assessment
Fermi Number
A fermi number is a rough estimate of a quantity that is difficult or impossible to measure. Individuals design a process for making an estimation of a given scenario. For example, they determine a plan for estimating the number of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Ice Cream Cone
Every pupil with a sweet tooth will be clamoring for this lab and analysis, particularly when they're allowed to eat the results! Volume and surface area formulas for cones are developed from models, and then extended to the printing of...
CK-12 Foundation
Greatest Common Factor Using Factor Trees
Beginning with a description that sets the stage, learners are asked to break down the numbers 42 and 63 to find the greatest common denominator using factor trees. As they work through the factoring process, young mathematicians are...
Curated OER
Solar Kit Lesson #1 - Solar Cell Inquiry
Give youngsters the components of a solar-powered electric circuit and turn them loose to figure out how to connect them in order for a light to shine or motor to turn. They compare energy output of a solar panel to that of a battery. On...
Prestwick House
The Help
Kathryn Stockett's The Help opened up a rich, vivid world of strong female characters and stark societal injustices. As high schoolers read the novel, they complete a crossword puzzle that includes clues from all chapters of the book.
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Erosion
Learners design and conduct an open-ended investigation using a variety of earth materials to answer a questions posed by the teacher: How does the erosion of sand compare with the erosion of gravel? After producing evidence that...
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Where Do I Begin: Writing an Effective Feature Story
High schoolers write an effective feature story. For this journalism lesson plan, students learn through 6 activities to ask open-ended questions, write effective leads, and handle quotes, and write headlines for news stories.
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Servo Motor Systems
In this electrical circuit learning exercise, students answer a series of 9 open-ended questions with schematics about motors and how they are used within certain types of electrical circuits. This learning exercise is printable and...
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Characteristic Impedance
For this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 17 open-ended questions about impedance in electrical cables. Students analyze schematics to answer these questions. This worksheet is printable and the answers are...
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Analog to Digital Conversion
In this electrical circuit instructional activity, students answer a series of 18 open-ended questions about analog to digital converter circuits. They analyze schematics in order to answer the questions. Students design and build an...
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Overcurrent Protection
In this electrical worksheet, students answer a series of 13 open-ended questions with schematics about excessive electrical current going through conductors. This worksheet is printable and there are on-line answers to the questions.
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Differential Transistor Amplifiers
In this electrical worksheet, learners draw a schematic design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of differential transistor amplifiers before answering a series of 19 open-ended questions. Students analyze schematic...
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Clipper and Clamper Circuits Clipper and Clamper Circuits
In this electrical worksheet, students design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of circuit design including clipper and clamper circuits and before answering a series of 21 open-ended questions that include analyzing...
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Bipolar Junction Transistor Theory
In this electrical instructional activity, students draw a schematic design and build a bipolar transistor to grasp the understanding of bipolar junction transistor theory before answering a series of 28 open-ended questions. Students...
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Class A: BJT Amplifiers
Within this electrical circuit worksheet, students draw a schematic design and build a transmitter to grasp the understanding of bipolar junction amplifiers before answering a series of 62 open-ended questions in which they will...
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Class B BJT Amplifiers
In this electrical circuit worksheet, learners draw a schematic design and build a transmitter to grasp the understanding of bipolar junction transmitters before answering a series of 12 open-ended questions by analyzing schematic...
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Insulate Gate Field-Effect Transistors
In this electrical circuit instructional activity, students draw a schematic design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of insulated gate field effect transistors before answering a series of 39 open-ended questions that...
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IGFET amplifiers
In this electronics instructional activity, students draw a schematic design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of IGFET amplifiers before answering a series of 2 open-ended questions with schematics. This instructional...
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Multi-stage Transistor Amplifiers
In this electrical activity, students design and build a circuit board using diodes, transistors, and dry cell batteries, to grasp the understanding of circuit design before answering a series of 15 open-ended questions that include...
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Power Conversion Circuits
In this electrical instructional activity, students draw a schematic design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of power conversion circuits before answering a series of 30 open-ended questions including analyzing...
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Special Diodes
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students draw a schematic design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of diodes. Students answer a series of 8 open-ended questions. This worksheet is printable and there are on-line...
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AC Motor Theory
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 20 open-ended questions about AC motor circuits. This worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed online.