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Skyscrapers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine photographs of skyscrapers. They work together to design their own building. They must include a list of all of the essential materials and how to deal with problems. They present their completed design to the class.
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Trades People

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss the names of the people who work on various stuctures. They examine the many different roles people in construction can have. They match tools with the correct job and sing songs about workers.
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Plastic Poison

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the processes used in the making of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The types of pollution caused in the manufacturing and use and the problems in the disposal of this product is examined in this instructional activity.
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Sea Secrets

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the following: For centuries, people have been challenged by the mysteries that lie beneath the blue depths of our ocean planet. Very little was known about the ocean until late in the nineteenth century, although nearly...
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Activity 1-Cold Water, Hot Water and Super-Heated Water!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate hydrothermal vents by observing a simple model designed to show that hot water rises when it's heated. First, students listen as the teacher explains hydrothermal fluids and vents. Students watch as the teacher...
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Are You Being Poisoned by Your Dishes?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore lead poisoning and how it relates to ceramic dishes. They perform an experiment to discover if any of your ceramic ware is leaching lead which might cause lead poisoning.
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Lead Poisoning and Ceramic Dishes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the amount of lead in ceramic plates through an experiment. Students determine if everyday dishware is leaching lead into food. They chart their results and discuss how much lead in ceramic dishware may cause lead...
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School Renovation - What's Your Idea?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss the upcoming renvoations to their school. As a class, they develop their own proposals for what they would like to have available to them. Using a digital camera, they take pictures of the new school and compare them...
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silent letters

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students are asked to find the words that have silent letters and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Preposition Combinations

For Students 5th - 7th
In this prepositions combinations worksheet, students discover the rules governing noun, verb, and adjective plus preposition combinations.  Students are also given three common types of sentence errors which involve prepositions.
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Potato Launcher Energy Lab

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils investigate conservation laws using a potato launcher. In this physics lesson, students measure angles, time and distance of the potato. They discuss applications of experiments like this.
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The Plumber: History of Plumbing: Crete

For Students 9th - 10th
Details the elaborate plumbing systems put into use by Minoans.
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The History of Plumbing Babylonia

For Students 9th - 10th
Who else would know better about the plumbing in ancient Babylonia than plumbers! If you are looking for information about basic culture in ancient civilizations, this is it. Great information on housing, building materials, the streets,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Shades of Gray(water)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to the concepts of graywater and water reuse within households. They calculate the amount of used water a family generates in one day and use a model of home plumbing to find out how much graywater is produced in...
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Eternal Egypt: Plumb Level of Sennedjem

For Students 9th - 10th
This wooden plumb level consists of two short pieces projecting at right angles from a longer slab and bears the name of its owner, Sennedjem, who was a chief artisan.
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Teach Engineering: Plumbing the Deep: Using Sound Waves to See

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students learn about echolocation: what it is and how engineers use it to "see" things in the dark, or deep underwater. Also, they learn how animals use echolocation to catch their dinner and travel the ocean waters and...
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International Institute of Social History

International Institute of Social History: The Vegetables Are Green, the Cucumbe

For Students 9th - 10th
From the International Institute of Social History this is "The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plumb, the yield is abundant" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Jin Meisheng, 1959.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Secrets of Lost Empires

For Students 9th - 10th
NOVA ferrets out long-forgotten secrets of architects and engineers of the early civilizations. Content focuses on the trebuchets of medieval Europe, the pharaoh's obelisks of ancient Egypt, the moai statues of Easter Island, the...
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Wessels Living History Farm

Living History Farm: Farming in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience what farming was like in Nebraska in the 1920s. Many farms lacked electricity, indoor plumbing, refrigerators, and other conveniences enjoyed by city dwellers. Stories, pictures, and videos make the history of rural 1920s...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's First Look Into the Camera (Daguerreotypes)

For Students 9th - 10th
A searchable database from the Library of Congress that provides a fascinating look into the history of photography from 1839-1864. There are images from the Matthew Brady Studio and studio portraits by black photographers James P. Ball...
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Thinkmap Inc.: Visual Thesaurus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The most visual thesaurus you will ever see! Watch words become alive and move in front of your eyes. This resource offers a trial version free, which only allows you to look up a certain number of words before it makes you pay....
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Maryland Geological Survey: Hazards in Karst Terrain

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes how and why sinkholes form, how to build a house and the effects on plumping in karst terrain, describes collapse sinkholes, and overall effects of sinkholes.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Cardiovascular Pathology Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a detailed index of photographs for cardiovascular pathology. You can see what a normal human heart looks like and what a sick one looks like too. Come and check it out.
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Andre Dollinger

Reshafim: Building in Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
What was involved in building the towns, pyramids, and temples in ancient Egypt? Read about the planning that needed to be done, including building plans, material acquisition, and labor force.

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