Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Exploring Regional Differences in Climate Change
Students create a set of graphs that facilitate comparison of climate change predicted for various states. They also use Microsoft Excel to create a graph showing precipitation data.
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Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Excel Lesson Plan
In this online instructional activity, students will survey students in their school to determine their favorite type of hand-held ice cream. Before performing the survey, students will make predictions about which ice creams they think...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Stress, Strain and Hooke's Law
This lesson offers an introduction to Hooke's Law as well as stress-strain relationships. Students will first learn the governing equations. Then students will work through several example problems first individually, then as a class. In...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Comparing Countries
Excellent lesson plan in which students make predictions and collect information about the United States, China, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. After collecting data, students compare the information and create graphs to display...