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Coal and the Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read about how burning coal affects the environment. After students finish reading about how burning coal affects the environment they have a group discussion to discuss what they thought about the information.
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Zapping Fish

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore whether fish get electrocuted when the lightning strikes a lake.
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Gearing Up for Wi-Fi Life

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover how wi-fi works in walkie talkies and computers. They also examine wi-fi wireless network coverage areas and campus locations in which data was taken to measure usage. They complete graphs based on the usage for...
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Watt's Up

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze energy efficiency in lighting by visiting eight different classroom stations, determine cost vs. light output, graph their results, and answer questions on worksheet.
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Forces And Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the atom and how it is formed. They conduct research using a variety of resources and then construct a model of the atom. Then students have class discussion. The lesson includes background information for the...
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Water Consumption, Pricing and Conservation in Utah.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the research report that measures the levels of water usage for Utah. They focus on conservation efforts that are currently being used. They reflect upon their own amount of water usage and research methods of...
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Power, Pollution, Pros and Cons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review what they know about non-renewable energy, compare and contrast advantages and drawbacks of each type, such as cost of energy sources, feasibility, air pollution, water pollution, and other risks, and create table...
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Tessel Your Way to Nagano!: Olympics, Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Design, Geometry, Math, M.C. Escher, Tessellations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create Post-It note fundamental regions to tesselate. They make tesselations using computer software or websites. They create a jacket design with tesselation and determine the cost of production.
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Teaching The Scientific Method Using Adhesives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use the six step scientific method to experiment with the differences in adhesives. Students test for tack, shear, and peel in these activities.
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Scientists at Work: What'll they think of next?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore scientific discovery while watching a video. They, in groups, are to research a scientific invention and present their findings to the class.
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Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the unique parts of the body of skates and their egg cases.
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Changing the Water in the Aquarium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the importance and how to change the water in an aquarium. As a class, they review the types of impurities that are found in water and discuss how to keep the tank as clean as possible. They develop a water change...
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Preventing Household Hazards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify how household materials can be hazardous to themselves and family members. Precautions for preventing and/or minimizing various hazards are discussed as a class. Working in pairs, students create a directory of...
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Blast's Cosmic Carnival

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners, after analyzing the history of a concentrator, model how a Genesis spacecraft concentrator works by playing a game. In groups of three or four, after being given materials to work with, are challenged to roll the rubber balls...
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Which Came First?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students distinguish between the past and present with the concept of the Utah Quarter Reverse. They make lists that give possible meanings of the terms "past" and "present". Then students write reflectively from research about the...
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Cold Fusion?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply their knowledge of relativity and nuclear radiation to the concept of cold fusion. They also read the article from the website listed in the related and resource websites and discuss the article with the class.
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Acid and Base Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this acids and bases worksheet, students apply the Bronsted-Lowry theory of acids and bases to write the products for the given acid-base reactions. This worksheet has 7 problems to solve.
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Inventions 2: The Impact

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research inventors and inventions and their impacts. In this invention instructional activity, students research inventions and their affects in good and bad ways.
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OHM's Law

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the relationship between current, voltage and resistance in a series circuit.  In this investigative lesson students watch a demonstration and see how voltage is measured and see what OHM's law is.   
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Geography Made Fun with Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars incorporate knowledge box into their classroom activities. In this technology integration activity, students fill out a graphic organizer using Glossopedia to analyze a new subject.
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Brain Watching

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify the different parts of the nervous system. In this biology lesson, students research methods to diagnose and cure neurological disorders. They present their report to class.

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