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Criteria and Constraints in Aircraft Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate criteria and constraints for designing any aircraft. They define these terms and categorize a series of examples of both. Using the constraints and criteria set before them, they design and construct...
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At an Airport

For Students 4th - 8th
In this airport worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with words about an airport. Students complete 18 sentences total on this worksheet.
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Airport

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to the story "Airport" and are introduced to 3 tier two vocabulary words. For this "Airport" lesson plan, students  answer questions regarding the usage of the words in the story. Students then...
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Flight Physics

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students apply the knowledge of Bernoulli's Principle and construct simple aerodynamic designs. In this flight physics lesson, students explore the history of man's interest in flying and the forces influencing an object in flight by...
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Fuel for Thought

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the mathematical concepts used to compare different types of vehicles. They create a print advertisement in which they persuade an audience to purchase a specific vehicle.
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Art in Engineering - Moving Art

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars study how forces are applied in the creation of art. They design mobiles and pop-up books while identifying which forces of nature act upon them. They look at air currents, gravity, and hand movement.
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Pilots

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, learn about the letter p, and have 'p' snacks all to learn about pilots. Students also pretend to fly and draw what they would see if they were flying up in the air.
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Analogies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this analogy worksheet, students answer seven questions using their problem solving skills and vocabulary skills to discover how words are related to each other. Students are encouraged to use dictionaries.
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Economics/Emissions

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars produce manufactured good, monitor energy consumption, encounter international government regulations, make choices about emissions and energy, and share findings in order to understand how international commerce could...
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Production Consumption Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, learners answer the 12 questions related to the concepts of manufacturing and consumption of real products.
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Discovering Leadership

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify positive leadership skills and apply them in everyday scenarios. In this leadership skills lesson, students examine the qualities of poor leaders and good leaders. Students create a leadership poster and write a...
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Making Sedimentary Rocks

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students make models of sedimentary rock layers to explain how rocks form layers and represent ancient environments. Layers of sediment and fossils are added together to simulate the environment and connections to sedimentary rocks are...
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Brothers in Hope

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students demonstrate their understanding of a book read in class. In this reading comprehension activity, students participate in a process drama led by their teacher in order to demonstrate their understanding of the book "The Lost...
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Time Flyers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study an airline flight schedule to study elapsed time. They use schedules, calendars, and elapsed time to solve real-world problems.
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Job Communication

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students assess the role of communication within various jobs. In this investigation lesson, students discuss the needs and types of communication in the workforce, then make their own communication device. This device is used to role...
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Sustainable Living

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars act out various types of transportation.  In this transportation lesson, students practice speaking using the transportation phrases. Young scholars ask each other question about the transportation.  Students...
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Transportation

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore basic transportation vehicles, specifically air, land, and water vehicles, name six different modes of transportation, identify four different kinds of train cars, and three differences between two different modes of...
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Weightlessness

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use a coffee cup to demonstrate weightlessness. After a lecture/demo, students read an article on free-fall. They perform a simple experiment which helps them explain the concept of weightlessness.
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Snow Science

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate how efficient different substances are at melting snow. Students collect and analysis data.
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If You Were Katy: Let's Play a Game

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students simulate sound effects from Katy and the Big Snow. They read and discuss Katy and the Big Snow, create sound effects for the objects in the book and practice sounding out beginning sounds for words. After sounding out the words,...
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Exploring the Night Sky: Fall/Winter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explain how moon phases occur. They explain three ways that the night sky has been used through history. Students locate some of the constellations in the night sky. They discuss stories and myths surrounding stars.
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Born on Halloween

For Students 6th - 8th
In this research skills worksheet, students use an encyclopedia, almanac, web search, or other resources to answer the 5 questions about people who have birthdays on Halloween.
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Compound Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word building worksheet, students review the definition of a compound word and some examples Students then cut out the words and glue them together to make compound words.
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Travel

For Teachers 6th - 12th
For this travel worksheet, students read a table and graph related to passenger travel and modes of transportation, then keep a travel log of their own, in order to gain an understanding of the environmental impact of travel.  The...

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