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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Wild Wind

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will learn the difference between global, prevailing and local winds. In this activity, students will make a wind vane out of paper, a straw and a soda bottle and use it to measure wind direction over time. Finally, they will...
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The Habitable Planet Simulation

For Students 6th - 8th
This activity is designed to accompany an interactive on the Annenberg Learner website. Students investigate the changes that take place in an ecosystem when they alter the organisms in a food web. As they work with the simulation, they...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Closer Look at Oil and Energy Consumption

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze international oil consumption and production data. They make several graphs to organize the data and draw conclusions about the overall use of oil in the world.
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Wiwhc: Documenting Women's Lives Anglo Saxon England

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting activity using excerpts from a variety of primary sources to have students draw conclusions about the lives of women in Anglo-Saxon England.