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Curated OER

Simple Machines

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students define the term simple machine, identify and appreciate their use.  In this simple machines lesson students complete an activity and share their ideas. 
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Israeli Troops Kill Aid Activists

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English learning exercise, learners read "Israeli Troops Kill Aid Activists," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Police to Charge Balloon Boy Father

For Students 5th - 10th
For this English worksheet, students read "Police to Charge Balloon Boy Father," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Thousands Escaping from Lebanon

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Thousands Escaping from Lebanon," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English:

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Thousands Escaping from Lebanon," and then respond to 2 multiple choice, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: In the Small, Small Pond

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a story in class. In this vocabulary word lesson, students read the book In the Small, Small Pond and discuss several vocabulary terms used in the story. Students participate in vocab...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Helicopters, the Multi Mission Aircraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into these videos and audio interviews conducted of several U.S. veterans regarding their experiences served as part of helicopter crews during various combat operations.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Helicopter Liftoff: Rotor Speed Affect on Lift

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, measure the rate of rotation of a remote-controlled helicopter rotor, using a digital tachometer, and relate this to the lift the blade generates. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently...
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Other

National Science Digital Library: Smile: Make and Fly a Helicopter

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Sourced by Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, students and educators will engage in building a helicopter and making it fly. Adaptations of extra weight or shortening blades will alter flight abilities making for an exciting...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Paper Helicopters: Variables and Experimental Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introduce scientific design and variables through this simple lesson of building paper helicopters. Activity includes a link to a video on how to make helicopters.
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Engineer a Balloon Helicopter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Can you build a balloon helicopter that can fly at least 3 feet from the ground? This site gives a lesson plan, tips, and a place for students to document their engineering design process.
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Helicopter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Can you build a helicopter with popsicle sticks, rubber bands, paper clips, and cardboard that flies at least ten feet in the air and stays up for three seconds while carrying one penny? Use this site to accomplish this with a lesson...
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Read Works

Read Works: Sam's Helicopter Ride

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little boy named Sam who get to ride in a helicopter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heavy Helicopters

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students learn about weight and drag forces by making paper helicopters and measuring how adding more weight affects the time it takes for the helicopters to fall to the ground.
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Other

Crouse Law Offices: How Helicopters Work

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what aerodynamic principles and elements of its design enable a helicopter to fly.
Interactive
Topmarks Online

Topmarks: Helicopter Rescue

For Students K - 1st
A game which helps students identify and work with two-digit numbers. There are four game modes: Find a Number, Find the Number Between Count On, and Count Back. The counting on and back games reinforce the vocabulary of addition and...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lab Activity: Helicopter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Illinois Institute of Technology lets learners investigate the aerodynamics of a helicopter, focusing on the variables which effect the lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Students investigate the effects of aerodynamics on a wide board.
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Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Activities: Make and Fly a Helicopter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Print and cut out the template for the helicopter. Then experiment with adding and subtracting weight, or changing the shape of the copter or the blades to see what makes it fly best.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Helicopter

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a South African Atlas Oryx M2 Helicopter as it lands.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Roto Copter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students can experiment with a home-made helicopter that lets them change the blades to see how real aerodynamics work.
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A&E Television

History.com: Steps Leading to the Fall of Saigon and the Final, Chaotic Airlifts

For Students 9th - 10th
The conflict in Vietnam ended in 1975 with the largest helicopter evacuation of its kind in history. What led to the fall of Saigon? Although the United States had withdrawn its combat forces from Vietnam after the signing of the Paris...
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Michigan Reach Out

Nasa Trc: Maple Seed Helicopters

For Students 9th - 10th
Students study the aerodynamic properties of a maple seed and then apply what they observe making their own flying object.
PPT
Oregon State University

Volcano World: Mount St. Helens by Helicopter!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore these photos taken by a volcanologist as he traveled to the crater of Mount St. Helens.
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Other

Helis.com: The First Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
This helicopter history page provides the fascinating story of Commander Frank Erickson and the world's first helicopter school.

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