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Khan Academy

Challenge: Funny Face

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
A simple face can draw on the computer canvas using four lines of code each containing slightly different parameters to the ellipse function. Learners are guided through making changes to certain features such as making the mouth or eyes...
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Khan Academy

Challenge: Simple Shapes!

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Now practice drawing a rectangle, ellipse, circle, and line by writing your own JavaScript code. Don't know where to start? No problem, you will be guided through creating every line of code. Getting an error message? Again, no problem,...
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Museum of Science

Egg Drop Challenge

For Teachers K - 6th
Egg drops aren't just for soup. Scholars design a landing craft with internal padding and external protection to safeguard an egg as it is dropped from a given height. They build their craft and then test out its effectiveness.
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Anti-Defamation League

Sneakers and Prejudice: Letters to Challenge Bias

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
After learning that NBA player Stephen Curry's shoes only come in boys' sizes, Riley wrote a letter sharing her concern, highlighting the gender bias and inviting Curry to take action. Scholars view a news clip, review the letters,...
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Curated OER

Internet Challenge Worksheet

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this Internet challenge worksheet, students go to the sites that are given and answer the questions about how many site matches come up and how many web page matches there are. There are 4 sites to go to here.
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Curated OER

Protecting the Mummified Troll

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop an invisible security system to protect a mummified troll.  In this security system lesson students view a portion of Mythbusters and begin their challenge.
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Curated OER

Hands Up

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in an actiivity that focuses on problem-solving and how things become more challenging, solutions need to be adapted. Students find a partner who is approximately their same size, preferably creating pairs of adult...
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Harper Collins

Narnia Trivia Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series transports readers to a magical land. An interactive trivia game tests their knowledge of the series through multiple-choice questions. The game features one question per book.
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Beyond Benign

Stoichiometry Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Have you been searching for environmentally friendly chemistry experiments to use in your high school laboratory? This stoichiometry experiment replaces a conventional aluminum to alum lab by using sodium carbonate and calcium...
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DiscoverE

Slender Tower Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Looking for an engineering project that will tower above the rest? Try a design experiment that has built-in fun! Groups examine a variety of skyscraper designs, then compete to create their own slender towers. The teacher's guide is...
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Curated OER

Real-World Projects: Challenges from the Polymer Industry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Two scenarios are presented for chemistry detectives to decipher. Both require the use of an infrared spectrometer and focus on the examination of polymer materials. In the first, lumps in polyethylene bottles are analyzed. In the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Atoms Family ~ Atomic Math Challenge

For Students 5th - 8th
Bold boxes present parts of the periodic table, with some of the contents conveniently missing. Beginning chemists fill in the blanks, which may include the atomic number, atomic mass, atomic symbol, or element name. Beneath each box...
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Curated OER

Challenger's Lost Lessons - The Lost Simple Machines Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the characteristics of simple machines. In this simple machine lesson, students investigate work as a product of applying constant force. They answer questions about what happens on Earth and what may have happened...
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Curated OER

Test Your Creative Writing Skills: The Great Alphabet Challenge!

For Students 5th - 12th
In this creative writing worksheet, students will take the great alphabet challenge. Students will write a sentence or group of sentences where the first letter of each word starts with successive letters of the alphabet.
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Curated OER

Anagram Challenge

For Students 6th - 8th
In this anagram challenge worksheet, learners use the 10 letters listed and their problem solving skills to list as many words as they can think of.
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Morningside Center

Challenging the Boy Scouts of America's Anti-Gay Policy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This straightforward plan invites class members to consider Boy Scouts of America's position on barring homosexual members. It includes readings outlining the position of those against such discrimination, but little from the perspective...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature: Friend and Foe: Challenge Activities (Theme 6)

For Teachers 4th Standards
The teacher doesn't always have to be the expert in the classroom. The first in a series of three supplementary activities Nature: Friend or Foe uses hands-on research tasks and projects to enhance readers' understanding of non-fiction...
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Curated OER

My Problem...Your Problem...Our Problem

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders list challenges they face in life and identify which challenges deal with people and relationships. In groups, they participate in conflict-resolution activities. Afterward, 6th graders present real-life situations and...
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Curated OER

President's Challenge: Matching

For Students 4th - 8th
A 5 question activity to match a physical fitness activity with its definition. This is not much use on it's own, but it could be used as an extension to another lesson.
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Curated OER

Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal Coloring Challenge

For Students 1st - 2nd
There are a few handy objectives to practice in this math instructional activity. The big picture is that learners count a set of triangles and compare the number with six other sets of shapes. They indicate if each value is greater...
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Curated OER

The Changing Times of The Future

For Teachers 1st
First graders share their wishes for the future and discuss changes that have taken place. They observe a puppet who describes life in the future and identifies positive and difficult challenges he may face. Individual students draw a...
Activity
Koshland Science Museum

Infectious Disease: Evolving Challenges to Human Health Middle School Virtual Field Trip

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Is there one right way to control infectious diseases? Learners determine the facts each stakeholder must consider when making their recommendations for controlling a disease threatening their area. They take into account public health,...
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TryEngineering

Arduino Blink Challenge

For Students 6th - 12th
Who knew turning a light on and off could be so complicated? In the instructional activity, pupils use Arduino boards to learn about computer codes and programs. They program an Arduino to make a light turn on and off at certain time...
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CK-12 Foundation

Graphs of Quadratic Functions in Intercept Form: Architectural Bridge Challenge

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
There are architectural parabolas all around us! A creative lesson analyzes the architecture of a parabolic bridge. Learners must manipulate the bridge to satisfy given criteria and then answer questions about the dimensions of the...

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