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What Makes a Cat a Cat?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the lives of pets by videotaping them.  In this animal life lesson, students videotape a cat and other pets using school cameras in a computer lab.  Students review the footage from the cat and other...
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Flight Dreams - Flight Factors

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students investigate the physics of flight by experimenting in class.  In this history of flight lesson, students define terms such as gravity, lift, and drag in order to better understand how a plane is able to stay in the air....
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Triangles in My Life

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate where in the real world triangles are used. In this geometry lesson plan, 10th graders write an essay describing where in their lives triangles are used. They can use food, buildings, clothing or anything...
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Faith-Based Initiatives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers consider the effectiveness of faith-based initiatives. In this religion and ethics instructional activity, students research issues relative to the separation of church and state. Middle schoolers investigate the Bush...
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EarthTrek Gravestone Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the effects of acid rain. In this acid rain lesson, students investigate the effects of the weathering from acid rain in different places. Students visit cemetaries to collect data about the effects of acid rain on the...
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Rome's Rise To Power: The Republic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the government structure of ancient Rome. In this government systems lesson, students compare and contrast the government of ancient Rome with the government of the United States.
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Who Has Seen the Wind?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars investigate the characteristics of wind. In this weather lesson, students use poetry and van Gogh's paintings to discuss the movement of wind. Young scholars are introduced to the Beaufort Scale and use the tool to measure...
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Using Technology to Design Animal Habitats

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars study the relationship between an animal and where it lives.  In this habitats lesson students research to obtain data and create a professional report. 
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HIV/AIDS: Basic Facts

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate human sexuality by researching STD's. In this HIV lesson, students discuss the potential risk of getting a sexually transmitted disease such as HIV which can cause illness and death. Students assess their own...
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Take the Lead — Get the Lead Out

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research about the physiological effects of prolonged lead exposure. In this chemistry lesson, students investigate the lead content of different paint, soil and water samples. They analyze data trends and share their findings...
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Inquiry into Infectious Disease: It's a Germy World After All

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers choose a question from a given list and develop an investigation about it. For this biology lesson, students analyze bacterial growth by carrying out a guided experiment. They present their findings in class.
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Application of Graph Theory

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate different online tutorials as they study graphing. In this graphing lesson, students apply the concept of graphs cross curricular and use it to make predictions. They define the purpose and theories behind graphs.
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For the Well-being of Our Citizens Lesson 2: Poverty And Human Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the definitions of poverty and impoverishment. They design a poster that show the Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that are violated by poverty. They write an article for the school...
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WWII: The War Effort at Home

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore the different ads used by the military. They use media reports and the internet to research the war effort at home during World War II.
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The Good, The Bad, and the Arctic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the social, economic and environmental consequences that might result from Arctic climate change. Students identify and discuss at least three consequences.
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Interactive Journeys

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate environments and animals through the use of technology while on class field trips. The lesson plan is highly adaptable and can work with any field trip in many subject areas.
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, investigating and analyzing the period known as the Great Depression, view and critique photographs of the agricultural Acadian community in the St. John Valley. They assess the photographs to make conclusions about the...
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Measuring Air Pressure Lab

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed Standards
Your class can investigate the weather through an experiment. For this chemistry lesson, learners collect data on air pressure and relate it to the weather. They collect data with the TI containing a barometer probe.
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Hit and Run

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils explore data collection in this instructional activity. They investigate distance vs. time and velocity vs. time graphs using information collected with a CBR 2 to simulate the reconstruction of an accident.
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Match Me!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young learners explore motion graphs in this lesson. They investigate distance-time plots as they move in a specific way in front of the CBR in an attempt to make a motion plot that matches a given plot. Pupils explore the connections...
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Collecting Ball Bounce Data

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate quadratic equations as they use a CBR to collect and analyze data regarding a bouncing ball. Pupils explore different methods for determining the equation of the parabolic path including quadratic regression and...
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Let's Play Ball with Families of Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners explore quadratic equations in this Algebra II instructional activity. They investigate families of quadratic functions by graphing the parent function and family members on the same graph. Additionally, they write the equation...
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Angles in Circles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Teach your learners how to investigate the relationship between a central angle and an inscribed angle which subtend the same arc of a circle. The dynamic nature of Cabri Jr. provides opportunity for conjecture and verification.
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Copying an Angle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers will investigate geometric construction in this geometry instructional activity. Your pupils can explore the basic construction of copying an angle, using the constructions tools of Cabri Jr.