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Colorado State University

How Does the Earth Cool Itself Off?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Where does all the heat go when the sun goes down? An interesting lesson has learners explore this question by monitoring the infrared radiation emitted over time. They learn that hot spots cool more quickly that cooler spots.
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Lesson Plan
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Personal Learning Project

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students watch the movie "Cool Runnings", they identify and categorze examples of dreams and examples of goals reflected in the movie. They work in small groups and discuss the movie to begin to generate the concepts behind the terms...
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Primary Resources

Warm Ups & Cool Downs for Children

For Teachers K - 5th
What makes an effective warm-up and cool-down activity? as well as tips for leading stretches. Find detailed activity plans, as well as tips for leading stretches, for elementary school, tag-based games (including one game called "Toilet...
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Lesson Plan
University of California

Heating and Cooling of the Earth's Surface

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Scholars collect data from heating sand and water before forming testable hypotheses about why sand heats up faster. Afterward, they develop and run experiments to test their hypotheses.
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Lesson Plan
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Cool Cars

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars travel one at a time in a straight-line path and attempt to maintain a constant velocity. While one student walks, jogs, or runs, the other group members time the "runner" while standing at five-meter intervals along the...
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American Physiological Society

Feeling the Heat

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do the changing seasons affect the homes where we live? This question is at the forefront of engineering and design projects. Challenge your physical science class to step into the role of an architect to build a model home capable...
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PPT
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The Cool Bear Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Meant to be used as part of a discussion of the book We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, this resource takes your class on its own adventure, slide by slide. It is a great way to review the main points of the book, practice...
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Get in Shape: Exercise Daily

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students do four different exercises followed by a one lap run and four minute aerobic dance.
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Lesson Plan
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A River Runs Through It

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students study the novel A River Runs Through It. In this language arts lesson, students apply a pre-reading strategy to help them better comprehend the text. Students use guided imagery and write down what they saw. Students apply this...
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Lesson Plan
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Sensing Energy: Designing to Stay Cool

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the energy the sun produces on a daily basis. In groups, they discover the properties of visible and invisible light. They also adjust the exposure time to change the properties of various objects. To end the lesson,...
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Worksheet
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A Solubility Curve for Potassium Nitrate

For Students 9th - 12th
Step-by-step laboratory instructions are listed so that chemistry explorers can consider the solubility of potassium nitrate. They combine their results with those of other lab groups and then graph the data to display the solubility...
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Lesson Plan
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Keeping Cool

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate the air conditioner units around the school. They chart the temperature by placing a thermometer in different situations and decide how to keep cool and save energy in the summer.
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Lesson Plan
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H2O to Go to Go

For Teachers K - 8th
Youngsters engage in a relay race where they dip a sponge in water, run to a bucket, and squeeze out the sponge. They have five minutes to take turns transporting water to the goal. Whey the time is up, each team measures the total...
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Worksheet
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Fill-In - October Event in History

For Students 7th - 12th
A lot has happened in the month of October in the past 100 years or so. Kids fill in the blank for 31 events, each of which occurred on a day in October. Each event can be found in a New York Times article from the past 100+ years....
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Perkins School for the Blind

Human Body Regulation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The human body can regulate itself through sweating and resting. Learners with visual impairments discuss how the body changes when it is under stress and what it does to regulate itself. To start, kids use talking thermometers to take...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Defensive Strategy Hockey Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Here is a nice set of hockey drills focused specifically on developing and enforcing a defensive strategy. The document includes the "Three Rules of Defense," a suggested warm-up and cool-down, and a few videos and professional sources...
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Interactive
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English Exercises: Auxiliary Verbs

For Students 3rd - 8th
So cool! This online interactive worksheet also includes a cute video. Perfect of use at an independent work station where kids can view the video then practice using the auxiliary verbs can and can't. Tip: This would be a fun homework...
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Lesson Plan
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How to Make Water Run Uphill

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students observe science demonstration. In this science lesson, students watch an experiment showing water moving up from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, due to a change in atmospheric pressure.
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Lesson Plan
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Computer Science: Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils conduct an experiment on heat transfer and how it works. They record the temperature in whatever environment is surrounding the container and run experiments that use at least two different ambient temperatures. Students...
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Worksheet
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On a Hot Day, You Can Play Forever

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science and thought process worksheet, learners read a factual information sheet on many ways humans can keep cool on hot days. Students answer 30 questions.
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Lesson Plan
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How Can You Stay Fit?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify ways that cardiovascular fitness is achieved and maintained. In this cardiovascular health lesson, students discuss what aerobic exercise is and list various activities which address cardiovascular fitness. Students run...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation 3 - Weathering

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study 4 types of weather processes: wind, running water, plant growth, and freezing water. They explain how the processes of weathering and erosion change and move materials that become soil. They draw diagrams...
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Lesson Plan
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Cool! Awesome! What is it?

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students infer what a mysterious object is in a photo. In this inference lesson, students practice their scientific skills to identify what they see. Students enjoy solving the mysterious identity of objects and extending their knowledge...
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Teach Engineering

Insulation Materials Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Don't melt away! Pairs investigate different insulation materials to determine which one is better than the others. Using a low-temp heat plate, the teams insulate an ice cube from the heat source with a variety of substances. They...

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