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Is Grandpa Right, Were Winters Colder When He Was a Boy?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners compare current weather data to historic data to see if there is a temperature change.  In this weather lesson students complete a lab activity and determine average changes in temperature, precipitation and cloud cover.
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination Physical Setting: Physics 2006

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this physics worksheet, students complete a series of multiple-choice and short-answer questions on force, magnitude, and energy. They complete calculations to solve word problems.
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Ordered pairs and total number of items

For Students 4th - 8th
In this ordered pairs and total number of items worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about ordered pairs and number totals. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students view a demonstration that simulates cloud formation. They read a poem about clouds, participate in a class demonstration using warm water and ice and write a paragraph summarizing their observations.
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Trends of Snow Cover and Temperature in Alaska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare NASA satellite data observations with student surface measurements of snow cover and temperature. They practice data collection, data correlations, and making scientific predictions.
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination, Physical Setting, Earth Science 2010

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this earth science instructional activity, students answer 85 multiple-choice and short-answer questions on various earth science concepts.
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination, Physical Setting, Physics 2008

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this physics worksheet, high schoolers answer 49 multiple-choice questions on general physics knowledge. They solve and write short answers to 27 more questions.
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination, Physical Setting, Physics 2007

For Students 9th - 12th
In this physics assessment, learners complete a series of multiple-choice and short-answer questions on altitude, velocity, and energy.
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination, Physical Setting, Physics 2006

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this physics worksheet, students complete 72 multiple-choice, problem-solving, and short-answer questions on various physics concepts.
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination, Physical Setting, Physics 2005

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this physics worksheet, learners complete 74 multiple-choice, problem-solving, and short-answer questions on various physics concepts.
Lesson Plan
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TV Viewing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils test a hypothesis to see if there is a direct correlation between number of hours of TV viewing and academic grade. They collect and compile data to enter on a spreadsheet and create a word processing document supporting their...
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete a unit about career choices. They conduct research on a selected career that interests them, conduct an interview, explore various websites, create a five-page HyperStudio stack, and write ten checks that relate to...
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Frequency Tables

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders construct frequency tables and box-and-whisker plots. After constructing tables and plots, they take a quiz on mean, median, mode, range, scientific notation, and number properties.
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Irish Eyes: Taking a Look at Local Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create landscape flyers of local landscapes using digital photography, educational software, and examples of Irish landscapes. This creative-project instructional activity lasts two weeks, including class time spent collecting...
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A Bird's Eye View of our 50 States

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders focus on state birds as they learned absolute location (latitude/longitude) of each state, as well as their relative location (bordering states).
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Cinderbank

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify major components of a "Cinderella" story in order to create a database.
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Google for Education: Linear Association

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
This student activity allows for practice in graphing data in a spreadsheet and relate the "slope" of their graphs to the association between two sets of data.
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Teach Engineering: Graphing the Spread of Disease

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students simulate disease transmission by collecting data based on their proximity to other students. One option for measuring proximity is by having Bluetooth devices "discover" each other. After data is collected, students apply graph...
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Google for Education: Application and Modeling of Standard Deviation

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students examine graphs of data using each of the measures of central tendency to determine when to use each in order to get a true overview of the data.