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Wow Waves (Waves on the Fly)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students formulate hypotheses on wave behavior and test them. In this physics lesson, students compare and contrast transverse and compression waves. They determine the wavelength of transverse waves.
Worksheet
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States of Matter

For Students 8th - 12th
In this states of matter activity, students read about the changes in energy for matter to go from one state to another state. They complete a chart for each state of matter and identify the shape, the volume, its compressibility, the...
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Curated OER

Charles' Law

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Charles' Law worksheet, students respond to several short answer questions as they pertain to Charles' Law. they calculate the decrease in temperature when it is compressed a specific amount. Students also determine the volume...
PPT
Mr. E. Science

Characteristics of Waves

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Waves, waves, and more waves. Here, class members look at the many types and characteristics of energy waves including transverse, longitudinal, standing, seismic, p-waves, s-waves, and l-waves. 
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Encoding B and W Images

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Imagine drawing with zeros and ones. The third lesson in a unit of 15 introduces the class to creating black and white images. Pairs get together to create an encoding scheme in order to make these images. They move on to a...
Activity
Teach Engineering

Load It Up!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
See how a marshmallow can hold up a bridge load. Teams take a closer look at the design of bridge piers. They determine the types of loads that might affect a bridge, and, using that information, they calculate the needed cross-sectional...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Gas Pressure in a Syringe

For Students 9th - 12th
Plunge into a gas pressure activity! Junior physical scientists manipulate a syringe to study the particle model of gases. The interactive invites investigations of particle movements in capped versus uncapped syringes.
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DiscoverE

Build a Cable-Stayed Bridge

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Large or small, bridges are architectural wonders! Construct a large-scale cable-stayed bridge during a whole class project. Scholars work in groups to erect the towers, build the roadway, and secure the cables of their very own bridges....
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Bridges, Buildings and Beyond Activity Packet: Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pour a solid foundation of engineering into the minds of future engineers. Scholars take part in three activities to learn about civil engineering. They build a model of a cable-stayed bridge, conduct an experiment to see the effects of...
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Teach Engineering

Trust in the Truss: Design a Wooden Bridge

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Obviously, a sturdy bridge is the desired outcome. Pupils select from one of four different types of truss bridges, then construct a model of the bridge from craft sticks and glue, making sure that it satisfies certain constraints. They...
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Flipped Math

Unit 5 Review: Systems of Equations

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Activate transformers along with algebra systems. Pupils use 10 problems to review transformations of functions to solve a variety of systems of equations. Individuals identify the types of transformations from an equation along with...
PPT
Bowels Physics

Waves and Sound

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore how sound travels as waves with a straightforward lesson that explains the basics of waves in relation to sound. The presentation considers sound waves in both open and closed pipes and shows how to calculate wavelength and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Ultraviolet Reflections

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment worksheet, high schoolers distinguish between UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C radiation and explain. Then they list various explanations of the source of ozone depletion. Students also describe why an increase in smog ozone does...
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Concrete Research

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore concrete. In this physical science and computer research lesson plan, students work in groups to answer specific  questions about concrete. Each group of students completes a different worksheet with a specific...
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Stress and Strain

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use working models to show the stress and strain in the movements in the earth's crust.  In this stress lesson students complete a lab in which they construct a model. 
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Crayon Rock Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view rock samples and model the formation of rocks with crayons. In this rock cycle lesson plan, students view and describe the three types of rock: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. They model the formation of these rocks...
Worksheet
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Rewrite as Single Logarithm

For Students 11th
In this algebra learning exercise, 11th graders rewrite logarithmic functions as a compression. They rewrite expanded form into condense form. There are 8 questions with an answer key.
Worksheet
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Log Equations

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra instructional activity, students solve logs using the three properties of logarithmic equations. There are 34 log questions to be compressed and expanded.
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Basics of Archaeology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify what and how to complete an Archaeological excavation is conducted. They identify the transition from one layer to the next more easily if the colors of the layers are different. When creating a dig, the teacher...
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Exponential Transformations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Perform transformations on exponential functions! Teach your class how to perform dilation, compression, and translation. They graph exponential functions using the TI Calculator.
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Shapes that Make Structures Strong

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct a variety of forms, test their strength, and discuss how tension and compression are distributed by triangles, arches, and domes.
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Structural Geology Laboratory

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore modeling of geologic structures in experiments. They study how compressive and tensile forces produce these structures. The compression makes the flatlying strata shorter and tension make the strata longer.
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Geology with Peanut Butter and Jelly

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students will enjoy smashing the two tectonic sandwich plates together in faulting and compression fashions! They may even desire to capture their instructional destruction in a slideshow.
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Data Handling Techniques

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students study data analysis methods. In this data analysis lesson, students study data compression and data editing methods used for the spacecraft Galileo. Students study the 'lossless' and 'lossy' techniques.

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