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The Light-House Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Groups work together to design a lighthouse, from designing and drawing the wiring diagram, to creating prototypes of the switch and circuit, to envisioning and building a scale model along with a blueprint. By including different...
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Looks Like Christmas: Exploring Sight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars participate in various hands-on activities to determine what life is like without the sense of sight.
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Lights On!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars work together to build their own simple circuits. They discover how electricity is conducted through light bulbs. They compare and contrast the differences beween a parallel and series circuit.
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Space the Next Frontier

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the use of space as the frontier of the future. Using the colonist's experience coming to the New World, they identify challenges they would face if they were to settle in space. As a class, they share what they already...
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Winter Holiday Celebrations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners understand how holidays revolve all around light. In this winter holidays lesson, students find the similarities and differences between the winter holidays. Learners discuss the winter solstice and how it relates to the holiday...
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Lenses and Mirrors

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate lenses and mirrors showing how they bend and reflect light waves.
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Electricity: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore electricity and electrical circuits. They explore series and parallel circuits using Christmas lights. Students pull lights out of each strand of lights. They observe the results when the light bulb is pulled out....
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Interactive Notes-"Electricity"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore electricity.  In this interactive electricity lesson, students create static electricity with balloons, observe the rate at which ice melts to identify conductors and insulators, and create a static charge.  Activities...
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Electrical Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars compare series and parallel circuits. In this electricity and circuits lesson, students roleplay as a "wire" passing an energy ball to demonstrate how a series circuit works and how the circuit can be broken. Young...
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Electrical Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore parallel and series circuits. In this electrical circuit instructional activity, students  investigate the differences between series and parallel circuits.  Young scholars observe the benefits and drawbacks of...
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Trees for Tomorrow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine how to plan for prudent use of trees so that we never run out of this natural resource. They determine what the oldest wooden object in their home is and draw picture of it. They observe a cross section of a tree and...
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Heating Up!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure the heat created at each center.