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Moon, Mars, and Beyond-Mission Briefing
Students complete this introductory lesson in which they find out about the scenario for a simulated online space mission. They review vocabulary and complete a review sheet to reinforce the details of the mission and its goals.
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Soil Comparison and Analysis
Pupils perform tests on different soil samples. In this earth science lesson plan, students classify the soil into groups according to test results. They write a lab report following a certain criteria.
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Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
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Robots from Junk
High schoolers create balloon and rubber band models of robotic rovers to investigate the concepts of mass, torque, and friction. Through research and planning, students construct a rover test-bed that simulates the Martian environment.
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Text Structures in Science Writing
Students recognize that science writing is organized in identifiable patterns called text structures. Understanding and using these different text structures help refine students' abilities to read and write in science.
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Alternative Energy
Students discover types of energy. In this physics lesson, students discuss ways to power a car a design a model car kit with an alternative form of energy.
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Robotics
Get students thinking about ways to use robots to improve our daily lives with these hands on lesson plans.
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Cosmic Collisions and Risk Assessment
In groups, students create their own scientific impact experiments using ordinary materials, and observe and measure results with a variety of impacting bodies and velocities.
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Star Frames
Fourth graders study constellations. In this space science activity, 4th graders discover what makes stars, how bright stars are, and why constellations were created. Students make their own constellation using Saran Wrap and a frame.
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Plant Life
Students study plant parts and their functions. In this plant life lesson students participate in an activity of planting plants.
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Life Science Review for Grade 4
For this life science review for grade 4 worksheet, 4th graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about life science.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Inner and Outer Planets of the Solar System
In this science lesson students will work collaboratively to learn and introduce the eight planets, sizes, characteristics, and their order. They will use size comparisons, research a planet, design a poster and create a PowerPoint...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using Globe Data to Study the Earth System
This lesson guides students through the process of locating and graphing web-based environmental data that has been collected by GLOBE Program participants. The lesson provides opportunities for using GLOBE data to introduce basic...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Our Big Blue Marble
Students are introduced to the fabulous planet on which they live. Even though we spend our entire lives on Earth, we still do not always understand how it fits into the rest of the solar system. Students learn about the Earth's position...
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Teach Engineering: Asteroids
Students learn some basic facts about asteroids in our solar system, mainly about the size of asteroids and how that relates to the potential danger of an asteroid colliding with the Earth. Students are briefly introduced to the...
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Teach Engineering: Our Amazing, Powerful Sun
Learners are introduced to the Sun by exploring various aspects of it, including its composition, interior workings, and relationship to the Earth.
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Teach Engineering: Beyond the Milky Way
When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Space
In this unit, students first are introduced to the historical motivation for space exploration. They learn about the International Space Station and are introduced to new and futuristic ideas that space engineers are currently working on...
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Teach Engineering: Photovoltaic Efficiency
Through a series of four lessons, students are introduced to many factors that affect the power output of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. Factors such as the angle of the sun, temperature of the panels, specific circuit characteristics,...
California Institute of Technology
Cal Tech: Stories From Space: What's in Space?
Through this story you will be introduced to outer space: stars, the Milky Way, planets, the Solar System, the Sun, clouds of dust and gas, galaxies.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Life Science
This unit covers the processes of photosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry and bioremediation. In the first lesson on photosynthesis, students learn how engineers use the natural process of photosynthesis as an exemplary model of a complex...