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God's Dream
Students create a "handprint rainbow" to show that together people can make beautiful things. In this character education lesson, students are read the book, "God's Dream," and discuss the emotions of themselves and the characters. Then...
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Data and Scientific Graphs
Students conduct experiments and graph their data. In this statistics lesson, students collect data and graph it on a coordinate plane. They analyze the data looking for patterns and they discuss their findings with the class.
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Making a Pinhole Camera
Students construct a pinhole camera in order to explain the basic property of the inversion of light. A well-designed and effective lesson.
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The Center of Mass
Students determine the center of mass of two irregularly shaped objects, determine when the center of mass is inside or outside the boundaries of the object, determine when and/or why an object is stable, balanced, unstable or unbalanced.
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Reflections of the Sea
Students, after listening to a selection of Gulliver's Travels, complete a worksheet about basic terms associated with boats, ships, and sailing. They create flag after researching semaphore flagging systems.
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Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation
Students demonstrate how epidemiological investigations of outbreaks are performed. They illustrate the principles of hypothesis formation and testing by epidemiologic study in the setting of an acute foodborne disease outbreak.
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The Paper Nautilus
In this paper nautilus worksheet, learners read for information and comprehension of text and vocabulary. In this short answer worksheet, students write seventeen answers.
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Stepper Motor
Students compare a stepper motor from a traditional motor. In this physics lesson, students summarize how it works. They build their own stepper motor and explore its uses.
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Solar Hot Dog Cooker
Students create a solar hot dog cooker. In this solar energy instructional activity, students use various materials such as tin foil and cardboard to build a hot dog cooker. Students cook their own hot dogs.
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Radical Raptors
Students are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with raptors and...
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Worksheet 32 - Fall 1995
In this math activity, students find the area enclosed by the parabola’s arch and the x-axis. They are asked about the highest point of the parabola in terms of a.
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Biodome
Students make a biodome out of a recycled soda bottle. In this biodome lesson plan, students make a self contained environment for a plant to grow and watch the plants growth.
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Worksheet 30
For this math worksheet, students imagine a situation where a weight is attached to a string and it is swung in a circle. Then they use vectors and derivatives to describe the motion.
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The Gathering Season
Young scholars examine the traditional Washoe gathering season, and the importance of pine nuts and the goom-sa-'bye ceremony in the fall. They roast pine nuts and dance a traditional circle dance. They explore some of the Washoe...
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Adaptations of the Beak
Students examine the principles of adaptation using mouth structure of animals as an example. Students look specifically at the various shapes of beaks of birds and the bill of the platypus.
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Star Gazers
Learners research stars, constellations, planets and galaxies including names, shapes, sizes, colors, patterns and ages. They suspend the stars and planets from the ceiling and change monthy to display the various constellations. As a...
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The Box Problem
Learners create graphic, algebraic and verbal ideas of functions. In this algebra lesson, students graph functions and identify the zeros of the functions. They find the domain and range and classify functions as relation or not.
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Throw to the Cone
Students practice throwing to a moving target and increase their facility with accurate throwing by playing this game.
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Fantasy Faces: Gargoyles
Students create gargoyles out of paper mache. Instructions for making paper mache pulp are included.
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Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Vases
Students construct a fabric vase as shown in the book, "Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Vases" by Linda Johansen. They cut fabric and appliques using plastic templates then iron on fusible interface. Pieces of the vase are then sewn...
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Activity #14 Floating Bubbles
Students comprehend that Carbon dioxide gas is relatively easy to generate. They comprehend that one way to produce it is with dry ice. Pupils comprehend that carbon dioxide gas can also be produced by combining baking soda with vinegar.
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Improvisation
Students are introduced to the concept of improvisation. In groups, they practice improvising a different scenario given to them and explore the various ways people communicate with each other. To end the lesson plan, they reflect on the...
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Multivariable Calculus Quiz 7
In this math worksheet, students practice using the concept of multivariable optimization. They find the maximum and minimum values of the surface z.
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Aston Hall: KS2 History
In this history worksheet, students answer 19 questions about what they see at Aston Hall. These questions pertain to the outside of the house and the individual rooms in the house.