Teach Engineering
Cartesian Diver
Amaze your scholars with an activity that uses a Cartesian diver to demonstrate Pascal's Law, Archimedes' Principle, and the Ideal Gas Law. Groups then repeat the process and make their own diver move up and down in a bottle.
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Fish In a Bottle
Learners work together to build their own fish ecosystems. As a class, they share their prior knowledge about catfish and use a diagram to label its body parts. They record their observations of the ecosystem and determine what they...
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Battle of the X-Planes
Students view a video about cost of materials. They work together to develop their own backpack taking note of the cost of materials. They create an advertisement to accompany their creation. They share their ideas with the class.
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Wheeling It In!
Students use everyday materials (milk cartons, water bottles, pencils, straws, candy) to build a small-scale transportation device that incorporates the wheel and axle and the lever. They race their carts/trucks, measure distance, time...
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Tornado!: Types and Formation
Students discuss the different types of tornadoes and how they form. Working in groups, they record journal entries by conducting experiments with water bottles simulating vortex formation.
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Introduction To Floral Morphology
Middle schoolers create a model of the four basic whorls of flowers using a water bottle, construction paper and Q-tips. They then examine fresh flower specimens to see how the basic structure can vary in different species of flowering...
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Going to the Game (systems)
Seven real-life math problems require the solving of simultaneous pairs of linear equations. Although a similar approach is taken for most of the problems, the topic of sports stadium concessions should keep the interest level high. As a...
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Units and Methods of Measurement
Show your class all the ways they will use math in the real world with this online measurement worksheet. 10 multiple choice questions cover concepts such as converting fluid and solid units of measurement, comparing temperatures, and...
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Reaction Stoichiometry—How Can We Make Chalk?
What is a reasonable percent yield in the manufacturing process? Scholars develop a process for producing chalk in the third lesson of a six-part series. Then, they must determine the theoretical and percent yield. Discussions about...
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Cleaning up an oil spill
Small groups complete a science project involving cleaning up an oil spill. In this experiment, pupils use 4 different sorbents to discover which one absorbs the most oil. Afterward, they make a data table.
Illustrative Mathematics
Field Day Scarcity
Introduce young mathematicians to concepts of financial literacy with this open-ended word problem. With seven dollars to spend during field day and given a list of available items and their prices, children must determine how they want...
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Determinants of Supply and Demand Worksheet
In this economics worksheet, students respond to writing prompt questions about supply and demand issues in the world economy today.
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Problem Solving with Diagrams, Part One
In this diagrams worksheet, students use diagrams to help them solve fraction word problems. Students complete 4 problems on this worksheet.
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Tissue Vases
You can transform recycled containers into beautiful vases with this step-by-step lesson plan. Using tissue paper and watercolor paints will result in a gorgeous project, great for a Mother's Day gift in May!
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Reading Comprehension 6: Funding
Although the first question and answer are a little far-fetched, this resource provides a quick assessment of one's reading comprehension. The reading selection is very short, and there are only seven questions given.
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AnaLyzing Equations Through Slope and Y Intercept.
Students analyze and solve linear equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students solve inequalities using the slope and y intercept. They rewrite word problems into algebraic equations and solve for the unknown.
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Oil Spill Lesson Plans
With the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, now is a great time to educate students on issues related to oil.
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Polymer
Students investigate polymers by completing 3 experiments. In this polymer lesson plan, students mix plastic with acetone, they create polyurethane foam, they make slime and build a polymer model once their polyurethane foam is set. ...
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Money Word Problems
In this math instructional activity, learners solve the 24 word problems that are listed in a graphic organizer and choose the appropriate operation.
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Word Problems Using Metric Measurement
In this math worksheet, students solve 30 real life word problems using metric measurement. The problems pertain to cooking, shopping, taking medicine and car maintenance.
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Real Life Graphs
In this real life graphs worksheet, students examine graphs and determine the equation of a line. They interpret distance time graphs and draw graphs to match a real life situations. This three-page worksheet contains 3 multi-step problems.
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Adding Money Amounts
In this adding money worksheet, 5th graders read a half page of directions and complete 6 math problems. Each problem asks students to add dollar amounts by hand.
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Idioms Quiz: Sports 1
In this idioms quiz worksheet, students analyze the given idioms and read how they are used in a sentence. Students select the meaning of each idiom to complete the 10 exercises.
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Verb Usage
In this grammar instructional activity, students choose the correct verb in parentheses that makes twenty sentences grammatically correct.