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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Preconditioning Balloons

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use balloons (a polymer) to explore preconditioning a viscoelastic material behavior that is important to understand when designing biomedical devices. They improve their understanding of preconditioning by measuring the force...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Classroom Cash Incentive Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will be rewarded for positive behavior and performance in class through a monetary incentive program. Classroom cash will be earned on a daily basis for such things as attendance, punctuality, and assignment completion....
Article
Other

The Story of Attention Deficit Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the negative aspects of diagnosing and medicating children who are believed to have ADD or ADHD. Includes a list of 50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span.
Professional Doc
Other

Collaboration and Practice Center: Emotional Disturbance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice works to improve the adjustment of children with serious emotional disturbance. This page from their large site deals with characteristics and eligibility for services, educational...
Professional Doc
Other

Collaboration and Practice Center: Emotional Disturbance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice works to improve the adjustment of children with serious emotional disturbance. This page from their large site deals with characteristics and eligibility for services, educational...
Lesson Plan
Other

Learning Activities: Peace Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This series of activities for early elementary students focuses on peace education. Emphasis is on our behavior and how it impacts peace.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mechanics Mania

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Through ten lessons and numerous activities, students explore the natural universal rules engineers and physicists use to understand how things move and stay still. Together, these rules are called "mechanics." The study of mechanics is...