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NOAA

Noaa: Make Your Own Compass [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Build a compass to help you figure out which direction is north or south.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asu: Compass for Courage

For Students 3rd - 8th
COMPASS uses collaborative game-based learning to teach youth research-backed strategies to manage worries, solve problems, build relationships, and face stressful situations with confidence. This six-lesson plan has shown to improve...
Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: Women Outside the Compass 1880 1922

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on women and the push toward equality in which students analyze primary source text and images to evaluate the significance of women working for equal rights.
Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Oersted's Compass

For Students 9th - 10th
Recreate the discovery by Hans Christian Oersted about the relationship between electricity and magnetism in this very simple experiment.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Math World: Geometric Construction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Offers an explanation of what a geometric construction is and what some of the tools are that are used for it, including the traditional straightedge and compass. The site explains how to construct various polygons inscribed within a...
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Hans Christian Orsted

For Students 9th - 10th
A discovery by Hans Christian Orsted forever changed the way scientists think about electricity and magnetism. While preparing to perform an experiment during a lecture at the University of Copenhagen, he found that the magnetized needle...
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1820 1829

For Students 9th - 10th
Hans Christian Orsted's accidental discovery that an electrical current moves a compass needle rocks the scientific world; a spate of experiments follows, immediately leading to the first electromagnet and electric motor.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Reflected Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students must use a straightedge and compass to construct the line across which one triangle was reflected onto another. Aligns with G-CO.A.5 and G-CO.D.12.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize Geography: Os Map Skills

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A short tutorial on mapping tools and how to read maps. Covers features of maps, symbols, the compass, scale, distance, how height is represented, and grid references. Includes multiple-choice quiz at the end.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let's Make a Pie

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will survey their classmates and construct circle graphs to display their results. Students will produce circle graphs using a compass and protractor, and then with an interactive computer program.This lesson plan was...
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: From Sea to Shining Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
A great interactive map that reinforces your knowledge of the geographic features of the United States. Begin by reading general information on reading maps, then play the game.
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Circles

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Lesson presents definitions of terms associated with circles and helps learners learn to use a compass to draw circles and simple circle designs.

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