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Measuring Speed in the Universe

For Students 8th - 10th
In this measuring speed in the universe instructional activity, students use photographs of 3 astronomical phenomena including supernova explosions, coronal mass ejections and solar flare shock waves to find how fast they move. The...
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LRO Explores Lunar Surface Cratering

For Students 7th - 9th
In this lunar surface worksheet, students use an image taken by the LRO satellite to investigate the size of craters on the moon's surface, to determine the crater density and to find the average distance between the craters.
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Some Famous Unit Conversion Errors!

For Students 9th - 11th
In this unit conversion worksheet, learners are given 3 stories about situations where errors in the conversion of units caused dramatic problems in science. For each situation, students practice converting units to solve the errors.
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LRO Sees Apollo 11 on the Moon!

For Students 9th - 11th
In this moon image worksheet, students determine the scale of an image taken by the LRO satellite of the Apollo 11 landing site. Students calculate the sun's angle at the time of the photograph using the shadow of the Lunar Lading...
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Hinode Sees Mysterious Solar Micro-Flares

For Students 9th - 10th
In this solar micro-flares instructional activity, students read about the X-ray bright spots that the Hinode satellite's X-ray Telescope detected on the sun's surface. Students determine the scale of the image, the dimensions of the...
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Forest Management Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work as a group to determine a management plan for an imaginary forest. In this forestry lesson plan, students discuss timber management techniques and develop a list of pros and cons for the techniques. They develop a...
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Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles and Related

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students classify angles. In this angles lesson, students explore the characteristics of angles, triangles, quadrilaterals and circles. They identify polygons and sing a classifying angles song. Students participate in a manipulative...
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Making a Tepee and Buckskin Paper

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make an Indian craft. In this Native American culture lesson, students view pictures of tepees and then create a tepee of their own. Students learn about buckskin paper and use it to make an Indian craft.
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Can You Carry a Tune in a Bucket?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use water filled pipes to play a tune and consider the mathematics behind the sound waves. In this sound wave lesson, students play a tune with water filled pipes. They create a mathematical model to evaluate the wavelengths and...
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Moon Phases

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders understand that the visibility of the moon changes and that is called the moon phases. For this phases of the moon lesson, 2nd graders form a circle and create the phases. Students name the phase that matches their...
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Exponential Problems

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve exponential problems by rewriting it in standard form. They rewrite number using scientific notations and solve word problems. There are 10 problems with and answer key.
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Sonar Simulation

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students compare and contrast side-scan sonar to other methods used to find objects underwater. In this underwater search lesson, students describe side-scan sonar and make inferences about the topography of an unknown landscape. This...
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An Oceanographic Proxy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct experiments on a sample of sea water. In this oceanography instructional activity, students inquire how conductivity is used to approximate the salinity ocean water. Students construct their own conductivity meters...
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Time

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students make a sundial. In this time lesson plan, students determine the time of the day by creating a sundial. They check the time on the sundial, hourly, for one week. Afterward, they explore what happened to the shadows in reference...
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Tangent Properties

For Students 10th - 12th
In this pre-calculus activity, students solve for angles formed by a tangent line and a circle. There are 6 different worksheets containing 8-10 problems per sheet.
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Areas and Volumes

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders calculate the area and the volumes of polygons. For this geometry lesson, 10th graders review the formulas used to solve for the area and volume and explain to the class how they arrived at their answer. They search online...
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Rain and Rainbows

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the weather system by analyzing water properties. For this precipitation lesson, students review weather related vocabulary terms and discuss how rainbows are created by light hitting droplets at the right time. Students...
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Identify the Shape

For Students 9th - 10th
10 this geometry worksheet, students identify the different angles created by polygons and name the shape created based on the number of sides. There is an answer key.
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Chapter 7 Final Review Extra Problems

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Geometry review worksheet, learners describe the relationships of two common triangles. They find the area of a segment created by a given sector of a circle for two circles. Students find the length of an arc bounded by the...
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Chapter 7 Final Review Extra Problems: Triangles

For Students 9th - 12th
In this triangles worksheet, high schoolers respond to 4 short answer problems. Students describe side relationships of different types of triangles. High schoolers find the area of a segment formed by a sector.
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Circles and Angles

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars identify tangents, chords and secants. In this geometry lesson, students graph circles and identify angles created by secant lines, tangent lines and chords.
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Properties of Arcs, Lengths and Chords

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students differentiate between the different properties of arcs, arc lengths, chords, and chord lengths. In this circles lesson, students calculate the arc length of a given circle, and find the measure of the inscribed angles of a...
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Online Math Learning: Surface Area of Spheres

For Students 9th - 12th
In this surface area of spheres worksheet, students solve 4 short answer problems. Students find the surface area of spheres, hemispheres, and cones given a radius or a radius and height.
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Astronomy and Me: Moons Over New Haven

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the features of different moons orbiting the planets. In this astronomy lesson, 3rd graders explore the different phases of the moon using an interactive online website. They compare and contrast the features of the...

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