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Curated OER

Bat Ecology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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Curated OER

Exploring the Solar System

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Your students can learn more about our solar system with these lesson plan ideas.
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Curated OER

NUMB3RS Activity: Implicit Orbits

For Students 10th - 11th
In this algebra learning exercise, students solve word problems using algebraic equations and implicit differentiation. There are 16 problems dealing implicit differentiation.
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Curated OER

The Scientific Revolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scientists participate in studying how new scientific advances have changed the world. They explain how astronomers have changed the way people view the universe, summarize the advances that were made in chemistry and medicine, and...
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Curated OER

Selling the Stars

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a travel brochure, poster, and presentation to encourage others to visit a star. In this stellar characteristics lesson, students research a star type based on its life-cycle. They create a travel campaign to convince...
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Curated OER

Solar System: Let's Take a Trip

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders consider outer space. In this introductory solar system lesson, 3rd graders complete a KWL chart and listen to the story The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System, by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen. They will contribute...
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate how water goes from a solid to a liquid then back again.  In this experimental lesson students conduct their own experiment and see how water changes form. 
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WHAT HOLDS US TO EARTH?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners they imagine they are Galileo and try to duplicate Galileo's experiments and results.
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Curated OER

Exploring the Night Sky: Summer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explain how moon phases occur. They describe and explain at least two common misconceptions that people have about the moon. Students explain what a star is. They explain 3 ways that the night sky has been used throughout history.
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Kepler's Second Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore orbital velocities and how they vary along each orbit, according to Kepler's Second Law.
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3-2-1 Blast Off!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders work cooperatively in groups to assemble and launch a rocket.
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Curated OER

Parachutes And Parafoils

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners study deceleration devices like parachutes and parafoils.
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Curated OER

How Much Do You Really Weigh?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders check to see how their weights differ if they weighed themselves on different planets. They record their findings on a data sheet.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Center of Gravity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In the following lesson middle schoolers will learn about center of gravity and how the body adjusts to the force of gravity to remain balanced.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Balancing Act: Finding Your Center of Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
Like to have the balance of a tightrope walker? Try the more close - to - the - ground balancing test in this easy experiment to learn a few trade secrets of the high wire experts. In this project, you'll find your center of gravity and...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Center of Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity demonstrates an easy way to find the center of gravity of an object.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Centroid: Center of Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site you will find am online discussion about the centroid of a triangle. The page begins with a discussion of observations leading to the centroid of a triangle. Dr. Math explains the correct findings as well as the errors made...
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Center of Mass Estimated

For Students 9th - 10th
Estimate the location of the center of mass of systems of particles. You will have one minute to estimate as many centers of mass as possible.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Center of Mass Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the center of mass of a one dimensional system of 2 particles.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Center of Mass Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the center of mass of a one dimensional system of 3 particles.
Activity
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Center of Mass Level 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the center of mass of a two dimensional system of 4 particles.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Universal Law of Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will learn to describe and calculate how the magnitude of the gravitational force between two objects depends on their masses and...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Center of Gravity Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Illinois Institute of Technologysite provides a lab activity in which students find the center of gravity of a box which has nonuniform weight distribution. Complete with directions and discussion questions; answers provided.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Calculating the Effect of Mass, Length and Displacement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this physics lab activity students investigate how mass, length and angular displacement affect the period of a simple pendulum. Students control variables, testing one variable at a time, using manual techniques (stopwatch, human...

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