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Searching the Internet
In this computer research worksheet, students read 9 detailed instructions on how to properly conduct an Internet search. There are no questions.
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Computer Interfacing: Frequency Measurement - The Doppler Effect
Students explore the Dollper effect by finding the frequency and velocity of sound. In this velocity lesson, students determine the impulse during a collision by using their data and a software program.
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Meteor Monitor
Student's measure sporadic meteor activity. For this physics and astronomy lesson, 11th graders construct a dipole antennae, and build, test and wire a full wave diode rectifier between the dipole antenna and the laptop.
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Graphing With Paper and Computers
Fourth graders construct bar graphs. In this graphing lesson, 4th graders create bar graphs in connection with the story, The Copycat Fish. After creating the initial graphs on paper, students use MS Excel to create graphs.
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Tech in the Cycle
It might not be easy, but it is worth recycling electronics. Small groups determine the percentage of the materials that make up an iPad 2 and display the information in a circle graph. They then research the recycling process for...
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Art: Interactive Art
What would the Mona Lisa say if she could talk? Scholars create a digital story within the Scratch block-based coding program. They make famous paintings talk and move when viewers click on them to complete the third of eight parts in...
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The Cost of "Free"
Explore the trade-offs of using a free app. The fourth installment of a 12-part unit helps young consumers discover the cost of receiving a free service. They learn how these apps make use of their access to data.
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Routers and Redundancy
How are messages to the right recipient? Introduce the concept of routing Internet traffic by drawing a comparison to sending a letter. Groups use the Internet Simulator program to send messages to others using the same router...
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Exploring Acceleration with an Android
Small groups use rubber bands to accelerate an Android device along a track of books. They collect the acceleration data and analyze it in order to determine the device's velocity.
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The Hot Dog Stand - An Annual Report
Students run a computer simulation and collect data as they work and use the data to create an annual report for their business. It is desirable for students to do this project individually, but it could be done as a class using a large...
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Opening And Closing Software
Young scholars review computer vocabulary from the classroom word wall before determining how to open and close software properly during a teacher demonstration. Next, they make a poster the shows the steps to open and close the...
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Developing Cause & Effect Understanding in Severely Multiply
Young scholars with severe multiple impairments determine ways to use a single access switch to create sounds and images on the computer screen. They follow a variety of teacher cues to access the sound card and images until they reach...
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The Phantom of the Computer Lab
Young scholars calculate the power consumption of computers in school. In this physics lesson, students design an experiment to determine whether the school should unplug computers at the end of the day. They collect data and report...
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Fitness Analysis
Students study how to monitor their personal status of their body composition. They study how to monitor and adjust activity levels to meet personal fitness needs and demonstrate objectives 1 and 2 by using the software provided by Furtex.
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Water, Water Everywhere
Students monitor a local creek. In this environmental water lesson, students conduct an environmental study of a local creek by monitoring the temperature and water quality over a period of time, then submit data to the Global Water...
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The Heart of the Matter
Students discuss importance of heart fitness, research essential questions relating to teen fitness, practice using heart rate monitors daily, collect and record information, and analyze information at end of quarter to determine whether...
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A Site to See
Students identify the risks and benefits of living next to a volcano. After reading an article, they discuss the behaviors of an active volcano. Using the Internet, they work together to research volcano-monitoring techniques and create...
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Create a Board Game
Learners research, design, and create a game board based on information learned in ancient civilizations' social studies units. They utilize computer technology to research the project, as well as, textbooks, in-class library and video...
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Boyle's Law
In this Boyle's Law worksheet, students investigate the relationship between the pressure and the volume of a gas at constant temperature. They use a syringe and a pressure gauge attached to a computer to collect their data. They create...
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Weird Science
Students design their perfect friend. In this adjectives lesson students imagine having a super-computer that analyzes people. Students work to solve personality description word puzzles. Students choose adjectives that describe their...
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I Spy Poetry
Students identify and interpret the rhythm and form of the I Spy poem.
They then integrate art, music, literature, technology, and writing with poetry. Students also write their own poem based on the picture they printed from the I Spy...
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Westmoreland Trail
Seventh graders complete a unit of lessons on the Westward expansion of the U.S. They play the computer game, Oregon Trail III, read primary source documents, conduct Internet research, write diary entries from the pioneer viewpoint, and...
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An Eye on Science
Young scholars investigate the human eye and its parts. They read and discuss various books about eyes and sight, draw a rough draft of an eye diagram, and create a final draft of their eye diagram including labeled parts using Kid Pix...
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Charlotte's Web Trading Card
Students read Charlotte's Web, view variety of trading cards, discuss what they know about trading cards and their purpose, choose character from story, complete bubble map about character, and create character trading card using...