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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: What Lies Beneath the Upper Crust?

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Students use the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program as an example to help them find ways of checking science news stories for accuracy. They are given a science news story and instructed to investigate the accuracy of the claims made in...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Physics: Fluid Force Integral Calculation

For Students 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the 8 parts of speech straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson,
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Earth Science Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students are invited to integrate scientific understanding with artistic expression.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: The Scientific Method

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students study science and understand that it has limitations. Students also explore the scientific method and investigative procedures stemming from...
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Other

Baltimore County Public Schools: Biomes: Now and When (Online Research Model)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Biomes lesson designed to answer the question, how do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome? integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Includes directed questions, assessment guides, project...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Metamorphosis Stories of Change

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The goal of this activity is for students to learn how to tell a story in order to make a complex topic (such as global warming or ozone holes) easier for a reader to grasp. Students realize that the narrative impulse underlies even...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: African Vision: Explore African Art: At Home

For Students 1st - 8th
This printable guide is to be used in conjunction with the African Vision web site from the NMAfA. It offers six different activites to try on your own including connections between art and science as well as some games.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Strong Arm Tactics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students generally do not know the complexity that goes into building and programming a robotic arm. In actuality, creating such an arm comes from a design that involves mechanical, electrical, and computer science engineers. This...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Asteroid Impact

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Asteroid Impact is an 8-10 class long (350-450 min) earth science curricular unit where student teams are posed with the scenario that an asteroid will impact earth. They must design the location and size of underground caverns to save...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: To Absorb or Reflect, That Is the Question

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is the last of five sound lessons, and it introduces acoustics as the science of studying and controlling sound. Students learn how different materials reflect and absorb sound.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Human Population Growth Web Quest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a technology-based lesson plan that integrates science and math to investigate the dynamics of population growth.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Primary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This is an interdisciplinary inquiry-based instructional activity that focuses on critical thinking. Students are introduced to the true story of the first Thanksgiving with the reading of a NCSS Notable Trade Book Thanksgiving: The True...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cereal Magnets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will design a process that removes the most iron from the cereal. This activity is meant for the students to experiment with different materials using what they know about iron, magnets, and forces to design...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Advantage of Machines

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, young scholars learn about work as defined by physical science and see that work is made easier through the use of simple machines. Already encountering simple machines everyday, students will be alerted to their...
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PBS

Pbs: Eniac: A Pioneering Computer

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS offers a brief background on the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), originally published by ScienCentral, Inc., and the American Institute of Physics.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Puck Stops Here

For Teachers 5th - 7th
After learning about transfer of energy, specifically the loss of kinetic energy to friction, students get a chance to test friction. In groups they are given a wooden block, different fabrics, and weights and asked to design the "best"...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bumps and Bruises

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about the role engineers play in creating protective gear for sports. Students then build a protective landing pad to catch a dropped egg without it breaking
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Focus on Fabrics: Putting Materials to Good Use

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The goal is for students to understand the basics of engineering associated with the use, selection, and properties of fabrics. A wide variety of natural and synthetic fibers are used in our clothing, home furnishings and in our travel...
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PBS

Idaho Public Television: Ocean Murals

For Teachers K - 1st
Integrative lesson plan incorporates math, science and art to teach children about the ocean and its inhabitants. Multiple activities included, approximately 4-6 days to complete. to other sources on oceans. References Bill Nye video...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Abc's of Banking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is a practical hands-on approach to banking services. The students will be able to integrate banking knowledge with practical personal applications. Students will investigate factors that influence banking services. This...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Composting Nature's Disappearing Act

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students explore the idea of biodegradability by building and observing a model landfill. This serves as an introduction to the idea of composting. Students learn about the role of engineering in solid waste management.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Solid, Liquid or Gas?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given a variety of materials and asked to identify if each material as a solid, liquid or gas. They use their five senses - sight, sound, smell, texture and taste - to identify the other characteristics of each item.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Ball Bounce Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Many of today's popular sports are based around the use of a ball, yet none are completely alike. In fact they are all designed with specific characteristics in mind. Students will investigate different balls' abilities to bounce and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineer a Sneaker

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The goal is for students to understand the basics of engineering that go into the design of a sneaker. The bottom or sole of a sneaker provides support, cushioning, and traction. In addition the sole is flexible and can have some fashion...

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