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Cemetery Geology
Learners examine the chemical and physical weathering process of different rocks in a cemetery based on dates on the stones. Students discover the susceptibility of different rock types to weathering.
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Lord of the Rings - A Study of Tree Rings
Students examine trees and discuss how the environment effected the tree. They also predict what the area look like in fifty years.
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Coming to Know F and C
Students collect temperatures using a probe and examine data. In this temperature lesson students complete an activity using a graphing calculator.
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Scatter Plots
Scatter plots are a fun way to gather and collect relevant data. The presentation goes through several examples and then describes the different types of correlation.
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Shape Hunt
Explore the world of shapes! After free tangram exploration and pair share time, learners describe various patterns and shapes in both the natural and designed world. They investigate the use of tangrams to create patterns and shapes.
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Electricity
Focusing on what electricity is and where it comes from, the information here is accessible to young scientists. The basics of how electricity is made and its uses as a power supply are given with clear illustrations. Some examples...
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Rockin' Robin
Young scholars practice weight transfer skills to the song "Rockin' Robin." students warm-up with this activity during a tumbling unit.
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Exploring All Frontiers
Learners utilize higher thinking skills to expand their self concept to include physical, cognitive, and affective frontiers. The teacher create activities which allow students to use raw data and primary sources, as well as...
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Energy Efficiency: It really IS important!
Pupils compare the energy needed to produce new products versus recycling. In this physics lesson, students brainstorm ways to save energy. They create a presentation about the correlation between conserving energy and energy costs.
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Broken Heart Station Warm Up
Students are divided into six groups which be your six stations for this activity. On the teachers signal, students work together to assemble a heart puzzle that is scattered on the floor.
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Halloween Carnival
Learners, in order to participate in the carnival, dress out and participate in a Fitness Activity for the day, e.g., 2 minute jog, warm-up by stretching, etc.
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Get Ready/Burns' Warm Up
Students in P.E. class organize into squads. Displayed on a computer screen are a given set of warm-up exercises. Each squad runs up, reads the directions, completes the warm-up and then runs back up to read another set of directions,...
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Poster Assignment: Sports Chemistry
Tenth graders distinguish between chemical and physical properties and changes in matter when given specific examples. They view a video of sports activities. Students chose their favorite sport and design an experiment to improve sports...
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Get Ready/Burns' Warm Up
Students participate in computer generated warm up activities. Working in small groups, they read the activity on the computer screen located at their station. Each group completes the activity in the allotted amount of time and moves on...
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Place Value Tag
Learners increase their cardiovascular endurance through movement. At the same time, they learn place value of numbers to the millionths place.
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Engineering in Sports
Young scholars explore physical education by completing a quiz in class. In this engineering lesson, students identify different ways engineering has made sports safer such as stronger padding and helmets, stronger equipment and smarter...
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Frog Olympics
Students explore the attributes of amphibians. In this physical frog biology lesson, students discover facts about the muscles of frogs and then play 2 games that require them to move like frogs.
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Throw Everything
Learners throw objects overhand into containers in the center of the playing area.
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Note Bowling
Learners practice recognition of different music notes and their values and work on throwing cues, scoring, and addition.
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PE Planets
Students use various ball skills to reinforce the names of the planets, their order in relation to the sun, and the revolving of the planets around the sun.
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Time and Earth History Socratic Questions
Students develop a sense of geologic ("deep") time and the ways in which Earth scientists construct the geologic time scale. They study he major events that shaped Earth, including the origin and evolution of its lithosphere, atmosphere,...
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A Spin On Fitness
Students perform a variety of exercises pertaining to each component of fitness while working in a cooperative situation.
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Incredible Encouragers
Students observe and demonstrate how to use and give positive encouragement to their teammates and opponents. They read and discuss a list of positive sayings, then during a P.E. game, students earn Incredible Encourager stars when they...
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Sugar and Fat Tag
Young scholars participate in a game of chase and learn about healthy food choices. In this physical activity and healthy diet lesson, students play a game of chase by role playing as sugar and fat examples Young scholars name examples...