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Temperature and Pressure on Airplane Surfaces

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Internet to delve into the relationship between fores and motion on a sizable object. They predict where they think the temperature and pressure be the greatest, and where the pressure be the lowest.
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Save Our Forests

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the forest products industry and its affects upon their communities. They inventory the wood and paper products they consume and determine how it translates into the number of trees cut. Using a spreadsheet, they...
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Landscape Picture Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students design a landscape picture map. For this landscape picture mapping lesson, students understand when and why to use a landscape picture map. Students discuss landscape picture maps.
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Measuring to the Nearest Inch

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use whole numbers and fractions to make connections between abstractions of the mathematical world and the real world. In this fractions and measurement activity, 3rd graders identify, quantify groups , and measure...
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How Do I Get There? Planning a Safe Route to School

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
One much-needed skill for young learners is direction giving. Have your class plan and draw a safe route for them to travel from home to school. They will also draw places and items that are in between home and school in order to build a...
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Observing Root Response After Rotating Plant Ninety Degrees

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to observe the response of maize roots when rotated 90 degrees.
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Weather Watchers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students are introduced to an Underground Weather Stations. In groups, they use the internet to research the weather in different parts of the United States locating each city. To end the lesson, they summarize the information they...
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Measuring the Effects of Gravistimulation on Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to determine if a plant's response to gravity is affected by different angles of plant orientation.
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Comparing Roots After Rotation of Ninety Degrees

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment and use different measurements of a single root to illustrate the mechanism of plant movement.
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Observing the Growth of a Maize Root

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment in order to observe the typical downward growth of a maize root. They become familiar with the root's growth patterns to use as a control for comparison in other experiments.
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Root Caps and the Effect on Gravity Sensing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to determine how the absence of a root cap affects a plant's ability to sense gravity. They make comparisons between capped and decapped roots.
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Cover and Boarders

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students find the area and perimeter of rectangular figures. They use this information to find patterns and discover relationships between area and perimeter. Students apply and explain formulas relating to perimeter, area, and volume.
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Weather Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the weather conditions. They read thermometer, rain gauge, barometer, and wind direction and speed. They record observations of weather conditions and enter information into data base on the computer.
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A Special Relationship

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the relationships of the lengths of the sides of right triangles and right triangles using a series of drawings on dot paper. They investigate and solve problems of standard (customary and metric units) and non-standard...
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What's Up With the Water Cycle?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the water cycle.  Students identify the stages in a water cycle and create a PowerPoint presentation based on their knowledge.
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Count on Me

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use inductive reasoning to find algebraic patterns in geometric figures. They use technology (i.e., calculators, computers) and manipulatives to discover number patterns involving geometric concepts. They solve concrete...
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Curricular Correlations

For Teachers 3rd
An interesting lesson plan on different types of soils is here for you. In it, learners discuss what soil is, and consider three piles of soil - clay, sand, and loam. During the rest of the lesson plan, third graders discover all sorts...
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Multiplication Mania

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students multiply by one-digit whole numbers.
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Glided Age

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders will participate to brainstorm on the overhead, characteristics of an "irresponsible" adult and 5 of a "responsible" one? How do these differ if we apply these to businesses? Working in partners--Create a Code of Ethics...
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How Do You Get to School?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders talk about all the various ways they get to school. They make a list of all the bus numbers that the students use. They also list all the other methods of transportation used and solidify a hypothesis.
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Shadow Casting

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use a meter stick that is placed on a horizontal surface and an object is moved along it so that the shadow length can be measured at different distances from the light source. They solve real-world problems involving...
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Pond Theme Unit

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this pond theme worksheet students research facts on pond life. Students complete comprehension questions, crosswords, word search, and math puzzles. Students write a short report.
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A Geological Puzzle

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the various types of rocks on each continent. In groups, the calculate the rock ages and types to determine if the continents, in their opinion, were joined at one time. They develop two imaginary...
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Burger King Investigation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study data on the nutritional value of Burger King meals in order to discover its nutritional value and also to compare the meals, using mathematical computation, to the recommended daily diet. In this data handling lesson...

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