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Arc Flash and Arc Blast
In this arc flash and arc blast learning exercise, students answer ten questions about the conditions that lead to arc flashes and arc blasts. They describe each and explain how to protect from these occurrences.
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Project Energy
Students explore multiple types of energy. In this energy lesson, students prepare a science fair project through completing a WebQuest. Students investigate radiant, thermal, and biochemical energy.
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Electrical
In this electrical worksheet, learners identify and locate vocabulary words in a word search that are related to electricity. There are 27 words in the puzzle.
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Making a Battery
Don't be shocked when your class has a blast making their own batteries! Science scholars examine a dry cell battery, then design and construct a wet cell battery. The activity guides them through the parts of a battery, the variables...
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Aurora Borealis
Students discuss what causes the northern lights and the folklore attached to them. They discuss magnetic fields, and use various common materials to discover if ions conduct electricity.
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How is Lightning Formed
Young scholars research lightning paying particular attention to how it is formed, where it is most likely to occur, and how most people struck by lightning survive.
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The Shocking Truth about Fruit
In this fruit worksheet, students read about fruit and then follow directions on how to make batteries out of fruit. Students also answer 10 questions while doing this.
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Coming to Terms With Cultural Differences
Students discover that it is possible to be challenged and "culture-shocked" by the norms of one's own culture when returning home from having been away and living in another culture. They examine and compare the customs of modern...
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Lightning It's Shocking, It's Frightening, It's Lightning!
Third graders decide what they want to explore lightning, how to go about finding the answers, and deciding what skills they need to further study some of their questions.
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Basic First Aid
Learners listen to basic first aid information. In this first aid lesson plan, students discuss CPR, Choking, Severe Bleeding, and Shock. They research the steps and how they can help in an emergency situation.
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Generation of Action Potentials in Nitella Giant Algal Cells
Students observe cytoplasmic streaming in Nitella cells. They examine the conduction of a wave of depolarization across other membranes, such as the axons of neurons. Students predict the effects of sending a small electric current...
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English Exercises: Relative Clauses
Four short exercises give learners the opportunity to review relative clauses including should, might, who, which, or that. They complete a fill in the blank activity first before forming complete sentences from a collection of phrases...
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Water and Ice
Students examine water. In this chemistry lesson plan, student examine the physical properties of water and how it changes from a liquid to a solid or a gas. This lesson plan contains links to a second and third complimentary lesson plan...
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Amazing Water Changes
Students explore the properties of water and how it changes states. In this kindergarten to 2nd grade science lesson, students pair a hands-on science activity with two suggested books. This inquiry lesson has extension activities to...
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Water and Ice
Students observe water as it changes form. In this water lesson students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state.
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Safety in the Kitchen
Students apply established safety rules and guidelines to maintain a safe working environment. They survey safety hazards that may occur and take precautions in preventing injuries or accidents from happening by creating and maintaining...
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Safe Work Habits and First Aid - Level II
Identify and explain the appropriate use and care of basic kitchen equipment. Locate food preparation equipment in the laboratory Identify various types of kitchen equipment Select appropriate equipment for specific product preparation...
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Safe Work Habits and First Aid - Level II
Students list safety hazards they detect in the kitchen. They brainstorm various ways accidents could occur.
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Safe and Sanitary Work Habits - Level 1
Students brainstorm hazards in the kitchen, and categorize them. They develop a checklist that could be used by an inspector to evaluate a home economics foods laboratory. They create a recipe while using proper lab and safety procedures.
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Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust
Readers use context to determine the meaning of words found in a short article about earthquakes and the movement of the earth's crust.
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Kitchen Safety
Young scholars examine rules and guidelines for Kitchen Safety by practicing them to prevent and maintain a safe working environment for themselves and others.
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Design Project: Sensitive Audio Detector
In this physics instructional activity, students answer 5 conceptual questions about the sensitive audio detector they built. They analyze the component of their circuit.
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Should/Might, Who/Which/That
In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete sentences using should, might, who, which, and that, make sentences, combine sentences, and more. Students complete 4 sentences total.
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Should/ Might Who/Which/That
For this relative clauses worksheet, students fill in the blanks with should, shouldn't, might, or might not, write sentences, and combine sentences. Students complete 4 activities.