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Curated OER

Ocean Animals - A Kindergarten Research Project

For Teachers K - 1st
Something’s fishy! Assign each of your pupils an individual sea creature and investigate the oceans. Young oceanographers utilize Kidspiration software to research a creature, illustrate an image, and create fact cards about their...
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Teach Engineering

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

For Teachers 7th - 9th
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of several garbage patches around the world where garbage accumulates naturally. As part of a GIS unit that combines oceanography, environmental science, and life science, class members investigate...
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Purdue University

The Represented World: Recreational STEM

For Teachers 3rd Standards
How are forces and motion important to a swing set? Scholars explore the concepts of force and motion using swing sets. In preparation for their own STEM design project, individuals take surveys and data from peers, complete labs on...
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Curated OER

Is the Hudson River Too Salty to Drink?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore reasons for varied salinity in bodies of water. In this geographical inquiry lesson, students use a variety of visual and written information including maps, data tables, and graphs, to form a hypothesis as to why the...
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Teach Engineering

Complex Networks and Graphs

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Show your class how engineers use graphs to understand large and complex systems. The resource provides the beginnings of graph theory by introducing the class to set theory, graphs, and degree distributions of a graph. 
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Curated OER

Let's Visit Hervey Bay

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore the concept of saving files on the computer.  In this computer technology and science lesson, students download pictures, facts, and sounds of whales and save them to a disk.  Learners then discuss the...
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Curated OER

The Bear Facts

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore various kinds of bears and gather information about them.  In this research and habitats lesson, students chart their bear information on large posters with illustrations of their bears. Learners map the...
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Introducing Biodiversity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners investigate biodiversity by creating reports with their classmates.  In this ecosystem lesson, students utilize the Internet to research the different types of life in our environment and different locations around the...
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Curated OER

GPS Treasure Hunt for Knowledge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine themselves as being part of a global community. For this global community lesson, students investigate GPS systems. Students gain knowledge on how the device works. Students discover that satellites provide information...