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Presentation of Research Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students deliver oral presentations using appropriate visual aids and PowerPoint. In this oral presentation lesson, students research a topic and deliver a clear oral presentation on their topic. Students use PowerPoint to create a...
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
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Census Report

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write and or present a report contrasting geographic and demographic features (e.g., average annual income, population density, mortality rate, literacy rate) of countries where the target languages is spoken to the U.S. ...
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Timed Multiplication Test Graphs

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars use the tools of data analysis for managing information. They solve problems by generating, collecting, organizing, displaying histograms on bar graphs, circle graphs, line graphs, pictographs and charts. Students...
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Keypals and You

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students collect and compare data received from keypals. They use electronic mail to exchange information with keypals and rrite a paper comparing similarities and differences between themselves and their keypals. In addition, use a...
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Introduction to Remote Sensing

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students view, discuss, and compare different types of maps produced from remote sensing data. They use image processing software to analyze and enhance sea surface temperature maps.
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Weather Plots

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the relationship between temperature and humidity. The graphs of weather data gathered and plotted for for an assigned period of time are analyzed and the interpretations shared with the class.
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Track's Slippery Slope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students graph data of sports figure running time using x-axis y-axis to find slope of trend line, mathematically find the interpolated and extrapolated values for data points. Using the information they make predictions.
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Charting the Heights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students enter data regarding the height of classmates into a spreadsheet. Formulas will also be entered to find the median, mean, and mode of the data.
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You mean college costs that much?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders collect, organize, and analyze data as they research colleges on the Internet. They graph their collected data on a line graph and use a spreadsheet on Microsoft Excel in order to organize the data.
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The UK's International Trading Position

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine data and identify trends. They explain factors that affect changes and trends in the economy. They develop their own policy suggestions and shares them with the class.
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Biology: Protein Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students in pairs, select and view proteins from the Protein Data Bank. After downloading the tutorial and instructions, they identify the protein's structures and primary biological functions. Then, students present their findings to...
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Technology as a Tool of Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners monitor streams, take stream surveys, collect chemical and macro-invertebrate and stream discharge data. Using a digital camera, students observe the percentage of various types of vegetation on the flood plan, riparian area and...
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Mountains in the Sea Exploration No Escape

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study data to hypothesis about the influence of a water circulation cell on the retention of benthic invertebrate larvae in the area of a seamount. They investigate the positives and negatives of larvae retention in this series...
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Application

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students apply and generalize data, and prepare and present an oral presentation with a visual aid.
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What Can Be Done to Improve Ha'iku Town Shopping Areas?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine different areas to determine how they can be improved. They observe and collect data concerning different problems and use a map to record their information. After analyzing the data, they develop possible...
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Looking into Earth with GIS

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students work with data from a seismic wave model in a freely available GIS (geographic information system) program, ArcVoyager SE. Using a GIS, they examine maps and produce graphs to explore variations in seismic wave velocities at...
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Discover Science

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice scientific research skills. In this lesson about science, students gain experience with the following skills: comparison, observation, identification, and data gathering. Students will go from station to station and...
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Clouds and Solar Radiation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use satellite imaging and Mesonet solar radiation maps to answer questions given to them by the teacher and look for differences and similiarities in the data.
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Riparian Zones Grades 4-8

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine and analyze the Riparian Zones found on the edges of streams and lakes. They assess why those are such valuable ecosystems and then conduct actual field research on riparian zones and conclude by drawing conclusions from...
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WorldWatcher Activity: What Happens to Sunlight?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine a set of data to try to determine the amount of cloud cover. In groups, they make a list of items that reflect light in the atmosphere and how different amounts of it can change the temperature. Using...
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So -- What's Happening Here? On this Old Christmas Tree Farm

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students take a field trip to an old Christmas tree farm near their school. In groups, they gather data at the site and analyze the data in an attempt to discover what happened to the area. They identify human activities that led to the...
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What Makes Airplanes Fly . . . Why Me

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the historical development of human attempts to fly and the practice of keeping recorded data for historical reasons.
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Weather Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop the skill of recording weather observations. Not only students be responsible for recording visual observations of the sky, but also collecting and recording weather instrument data.