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CONVERTING ENERGY

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore energy through the idea of energy transformations and conversions, and to develop students' ideas of what energy is and how it can be measured.
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Using Seasonal Cooking to Practice Math Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students can use holiday recipes to practice measurement, conversion and other math skills.
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Metrics

For Students 7th - 12th
In this metrics worksheet, students read information about the metric system. Students review the concepts of prefixes, conversion ratios, and the decimal system. This worksheet has 17 matching, 31 fill in the blank, and 8 word problems.
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Converting among Units

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this conversion worksheet, student use the factor-label method or unit analysis method to convert given measurements from one unit to another unit.
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Temperature (Celsius)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders solve Celsius and Fahrenheit conversion problems, watch weather forecast and convert temperatures to Celsius, and design and present their own weather forecasts for different regions based on information gathered from...
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Geometry Regents Questions: Isosceles Triangle Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this isosceles triangle worksheet, students solve 19 multiple choice and short answer problems.  Students use the isosceles triangle theorem to determine unknown angle measures.
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Cooking Cranberry Pudding

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore colonial cooking.  In this cross curriculum George Washington and colonial America history lesson, students follow a recipe for cranberry pudding, a possible favorite of George and Martha Washington. Students...
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SI Prefixes and Mass

For Students 7th - 10th
In this SI prefixes and mass worksheet, students are given measurements of mass and they covert to the given measurement by moving the decimal the proper number of places to the left or right.
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Magnetic Storms

For Students 7th - 11th
In this magnetic storms worksheet, students use a graph of data collected over time showing the magnitude of a magnetic storm. Students use the data to solve 6 problems about the graph and they determine the strength of the storm at...
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"Graphing Your Motion"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the concepts of motion, velocity, and acceleration through graphing their own movement using LoggerPro. They explain the difference between speed and velocity using the weather vane example. They discover the difference...
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A Newspaper?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use newspapers to investigate fractions. They work in small groups to categorize articles, measure them with the grid transparency, and calculate the values represented. Afterward, they write a reflective essay on the role...
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Writing Meters, Liters and Grams

For Students 7th - 9th
In this metric system conversion worksheet, learners are given directions for converting from one metric unit to another by moving the decimal to the left or right the proper number of places. Students convert 36 measurements by moving...
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Perpendicular Bisector Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers construct perpendicular bisectors using Cabri Jr. on their graphing calculator. They then construct conditional statements about perpendicular bisectors along with their converse, inverse, and contrapositive.
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Our Desert Backyard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make observations of their own backyard. In this environment instructional activity, students keep records of the plants and animals they see in their home or school yard. Students make notes of how the weather and environment...
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Understanding How Potatoes Grow

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make a KWL chart and brainstorm what they need for the project of growing potatoes. They choose one potato and plant it in water or peat moss cups and choose a location in which meets the needs of the plants and make their...
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Sound

For Students 9th - 12th
In this sound worksheet, students read about sound waves, how they are graphed, what frequency is and how it's related to pitch and the speed of sound. Students solve 8 sections of problems including matching terms related to sound to...
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Moles Homework-Honors Chemistry

For Students 9th - 12th
In this moles worksheet, students are given 9 problems where they find the number of grams, molecules, moles, or ions given one of these measurements and the chemical compound. Students calculate the number of atoms in a gallon of...
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Sunspots and the Sun's Rotation

For Students 6th - 9th
In this sun worksheet, students use a Sunspotter to observe the rotation of the sun by identifying the presence of sunspots and watching them rotate over time. Students calculate how many days it takes to see the sunspots they observe in...
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Matter Jeopardy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore science by participating in a Jeopardy style game. For this matter lesson, 4th graders define matter and identify the characteristics and properties of it. Students collaborate in two teams and utilize a SMART...
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Details from an Exploding Star

For Students 8th - 10th
In this nebula worksheet, students read about the Crab Nebula and calculate the average speed of the expanding gas. They determine the size of the smallest clumps of gas and they draw the diameter of the solar system to scale.
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Luminous Efficacy (Efficiency)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the basics of luminous efficacy and why it is used.  In this light source lesson students test energy efficiency and the luminous efficiency for babies.
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Partial Products

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study partial-products algorithms. In this math lesson, 3rd graders use an algorithm to find the product of factors. Students discuss the relationships between multiplication and division.
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Models and Algorithms to Solve Multiplication Problems

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students choose the correct strategy to solve multiplication and division. In this algorithm instructional activity, students use at least two strategies that use properties of operations and estimation. Students also recognize the...
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6-8 Interior Design: Designing My Dream Room

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze interior design as a profession. In this interior design activity, students design their own dream bedroom and explore interior design as a profession. Students draw a scaled drawing using graph paper and appropriate...