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Nuffield Foundation

Intrepreting Information about Sweating and Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why do we sweat? Scholars analyze data about body temperature, sweating, and other factors to better understand sweating. They note the changes after drinking ice water to sweating, skin temperature, and body temperature. Analysis...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Lesson 8: WildCam Gorongosa Data Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How do scientists analyze data to get a specific answer to a question? The final chapter in an eight-part series of activities centered around Gorongosa National Park encourages scholars to dig deeper into the scientific process. After...
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Kenan Fellows

Let's Move

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Find a statistical reason for a fresh start. Using a hypothetical scenario, individuals research statistical data of three different cities. Their goal? Find the best statistical reason for a business to move to a new location. Their...
AP Test Prep
College Board

Extrema

For Teachers 10th - 12th
No need to go to extreme lengths to find resources on extrema. The central focus of an AP® curriculum module is on critical points and extrema, and how to cover these concepts throughout the course. A set of three worksheets helps assess...
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Curated OER

Bats and Hot Dogs

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify patterns and relationships from data that is collected and solve variables.  In this investigative lesson students study ocean productivity, the nitrogen cycle and phytoplankton then answer questions.
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Curated OER

George and Sam Save for a Present

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop their algebraic thinking by recognizing a variety of patterns using concrete objects, numbers, tables, and pictures. In this George and Sam Save for a present lesson, 3rd graders communicate their mathematical...
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Curated OER

Shared Birthdays

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gather information on their classmates birthdays and create a spreadsheet with the dates. Using the internet, they find a famous person who shares their own birthday. They research the life of the famous person and develop a...
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Curated OER

Blast the Fats

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars examine the fats found in foods. In this nutrition activity, students identify the types and amounts of fats found in foods as they research food labels and the Internet. Young scholars classify the fats and record their...
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San Francisco Symphony

Lesson Ideas for Any Music

For Teachers K - 12th
Music is a wonderful tool you can add to enhance the learning process for every subject. Here is a list of music selections that are categorized by subject, along with some neat teaching suggestions. You'll find songs suited to...
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Curated OER

Population Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the significance of population trends on world regions. They define relevant population vocabulary and examine age-gender patterns at various scales.
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Curated OER

All About Me: Measuring Height and Weight

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students take personal fitness inventories. In this personal health instructional activity, students take measurements of their heights and weights. Students record the data, calculate their BMI, and then chart their physical activity.
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Curated OER

Law of Large Numbers - Hospital

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore concepts of probability and independent events. They develop a formula for deviation percentage.
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Curated OER

5th Grade Health Newsletter

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders choose health related topics of interest to them, research the topics employing a variety of resources, and then produce a newsletter using the technology available to them. The topics selected are also part of the 5th...
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Curated OER

Buying a Car

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create spreadsheets to calculate payments. They create a list of items they would like to purchase that require monthly payments. They simulate buying a car and create a spreadsheet to determine the amount of the monthly...
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Curated OER

Getting Into Shapes: Identifying and Describing Two-Dimensional Shapes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine their classroom to find examples of various types of shapes. After identifying and describing the various shapes, they draw as many as they can on a piece of paper. They organize them into an image based on their...
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Curated OER

Lesson 2 Ordering Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Math wizards begin the lesson by comparing and ordering rational numbers. Using a number line, they discover the relationship between the numbers and practice ordering them in the correct way. They also review proper techniques for...
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Curated OER

Albedo and Irradiation of Surfaces

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Here is a physical science activity where pupils place thermometers inside of a white and a black paper pocket and place them under a lamp. They record and compare the temperature increase over a ten-minute period. Have your class...
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Curated OER

Small Business

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students simulate owning and running a small business by playing Lemonade Stands. They play the game for three weeks, then work with a partner to produce a Power Point presentation which would be given to a Board of Directors showing...
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Curated OER

Global Warming Statistics

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners research and collect data regarding temperature changes for a specific location and find the mean, median, and mode for their data. In this climate change instructional activity, students choose a location to research and...
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Curated OER

BRIDGING THE GENERATION GAP

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a hypothesis about the attitudinal differences between generations, test their hypothesis with a survey, chart their findings, and present their answers to the class.
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Curated OER

HEART THROBS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers predict what might happen to their pulse rates after physical exertion and then make conclusions about the effects of physical activity on pulse rates.
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Curated OER

The Effects of Weather on People

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students discover the causes of different types of weather and it's effect on society.  In this environmental lesson, students utilize the Internet to examine cloud types, normal weather conditions and the type of weather considered...
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Curated OER

Food Label Fun

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate how to read and analyze food labels. In this nutrition activity, 3rd graders watch a food label video and investigate labels from various canned foods. Students create a chart showing the percentage of vitamins...
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Curated OER

Properties of the Ocean: Change

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research and create a visual presentation on the seasonal salinity of the Earth's oceans. They apply the research in a simulation of a lab disaster in which they must relabel ocean samples.

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