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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
Students work as a group to determine a management plan for an imaginary forest. For this forestry lesson, students discuss timber management techniques and develop a list of pros and cons for the techniques. They develop a management...
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Making a Tepee and Buckskin Paper

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners make an Indian craft. In this Native American culture lesson, students view pictures of tepees and then create a tepee of their own. Learners learn about buckskin paper and use it to make an Indian craft.
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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 plan, students describe side-scan sonar and make inferences about the topography of an unknown landscape....
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An Oceanographic Proxy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct experiments on a sample of sea water. In this oceanography lesson plan, students inquire how conductivity is used to approximate the salinity ocean water. Students construct their own conductivity meters and test...
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Rain and Rainbows

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the weather system by analyzing water properties. In 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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Chapter 7 Final Review Extra Problems

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Geometry review worksheet, students 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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Student Worksheet

For Students 3rd
How are bubbles made? A simple experiment involving the construction of bubbles is available in this lab instructional activity. A fun activity prompts pairs of learners to use dish soap in order to make bubbles. They keep track of the...
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Bubblegum Math

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here is a lesson on how to convert inches to centimeters using bubblegum. In this measurement lesson plan, learners get into partners and blow bubbles. One student blows bubbles while the other measures the bubble in inches. Then the...
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Colons

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Clarify colon misconceptions with this explanatory handout. Get into the nitty-gritty of grammar with multiple examples of the proper use of the colon. While this isn't an interactive handout, it could be used as a grammar guide for your...
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Simple Machines

For Students 6th - 8th
In this physics worksheet, students use the clues given on the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle on simple machines. There are 18 clues to solve in the puzzle.
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Variable Skies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine factors which affect a vortex and create model tornadoes. They identify variables, pose a testable question, and perform an experiment using the scientific method. After they collect their data, students write a...
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Growing Your Own Snow Crystals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners grow snow crystals in your classroom with a few materials and a two-liter bottle!
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Wheel of Pharaoh

For Teachers All
In this lesson, students will review important facts and concepts about ancient Egyptian civilization and identify important vocabulary and names pertaining to ancient Egypt.
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RAINSTICKS

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a rainstick from recycled materials and begin learning about the "nature" of the rainforest.
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How Old Are the Stars?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars determine the age of a star cluster by observing, measuring, and plotting astronomical data. They examine the Jewe lbox cluster, located within the southern constellation Crux and determine its age.
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Core

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders take their own "core sample" with clay and/or play-dough and correlate the layers of the earth.
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Making Waves, Making Music, Making Noise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct "talking cans" and instruments to explain how vibration of objects produces various sounds.
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Native American Basket Making

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students design a unique basket plaque incorporating at least one symbol from their chosen tribe. They also identify, share, and give rationales for the symbols in basket plaques. Whole class discussion jig-saws their discoveries.
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Phases of the Moon

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore why when you examine the moon depends on its location in relationship to the sun and Earth. The moon never goes away or changes shape-we just see a different fraction of sunlight being reflected from the moon to Earth.
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Simple Machines: Levers

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover the fundamentals and daily applications of simple machines. They investigate basic engineering theory through their hands-on demonstrations of levers.
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"Sir Cumference and the First Round Table" by Cindy Neuschwander

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study geometric terms related to circles and solve the problem posed in the book.

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