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It Counts
Students explore how numbers can identify objects. In this math instructional activity, students determine how numbers are used to describe objects used in quantitative data collection.
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Spider Web
Young scholars work together to get all of their team mates through the holes of an obstical course called the spider web while not touching the rope. For this team work lesson plan, students focus on working together.
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Inheritance Intrigue
Students slve a case of unclear heredity using three lines of evidence and knowledge gained from the lesson in this biology lesson about Mendelian inheritance. The lesson includes handouts and a question sheet for final, individual...
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LEGO Mini-Golf
Students work together in teams to build a LEGO golf course. They build holes with sensors on them for the golf balls. They answer questions about their project to end the lesson.
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Community Quilt
Second graders use prior knowledge about the community to create a quilt. They use complete sentences to explain their block and also use oral language skills to tell about their caption for their quilt piece.
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Creating Powerpoint Presentations
Third graders create Powerpoint presentations to explain their ideas about inventions. They include research information they have collected on the slides and choose background colors and fonts to use.
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Meteorology -- Clouds
Fourth graders examine the processes of condensation and evaporation. They identify the three types of clouds and state the weather that is possible with each type of cloud. They ask questions to end the instructional activity.
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Bird Populations
students study bird migratory patterns and the methods that researchers use to study them. Students are introduced to the concepts of the study of bird movements.The skill of scientific questioning is used to find results.
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Technology: Rating Inventions
Third graders brainstorm a list of inventions used daily. They use Kidspiration to create a web with inventions in the middle. Students choose three inventions from the web and rank them according to interest.
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Plants Reproduce and Grow in Various Ways
Third graders take a walk around the outside of the school and examine their clothing to see if they picked up any seeds while on their walk. They discuss how seeds travel and how a new plant thus can form. They then observe root...
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MEANINGFUL METRICS with DRAMATIC DEMONSTRATIONS
Tenth graders study the metric system. In this metric instructional activity students complete a lab activity and several metric worksheets.
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Ecology: Effects of Land Use on Natural Streams
Eighth graders examine how humans affect various ecosystems. In this ecology lesson plan, 8th graders discuss different ways that contaminants enter the stream. They explain the consequences of eutrophication in lakes.
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Hop Into A Story
Pupils listen to the story "Tuesday," and discuss all of the elements that made this story. In this language activity, students tell the story of "Tuesday," (which is all pictures, no words), as the teacher turns the pages of the book....
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Robotc: Thinking About Programming: Programmer & Machine [Pdf]
In this lesson, students learn about the roles of the programmer and the robot, and how the two need to work together in order to accomplish their goal. Students also understand logic behind the robot's actions, and break a big plan down...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Logic
Understanding mathematical language in problem solving can be a difficult concept to grasp. Sharpen your logical reasoning skills at this test prep site that explains the terms: if, and, or, implies, and only if, as they relate to math....
Other
Harvard University: Project Zero: Visible Thinking
Learn about the key elements and practices of visible thinking, a mode of inquiry that develops students' thinking skills by encouraging them to be active processors. Includes a lot of advice about the kinds of small changes that...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Censorship: An Unnecessary Evil
This study resource from Khan Academy provides assessment practice for the MCAT's Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills section. This practice resource includes the article "Censorship: An Unnecessary Evil" with practice questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Life?
This resource provides a practice passage and test question for the MCAT. This question is a critical analysis and reasoning skills (CARS)question
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Khan Academy: What Separates Science From Art?
Practice critical analysis and reasoning skills with this reading excerpt from the MCAT.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra
This tutorial for students new to algebra provides explanations, definitions, examples, and practice problems. The practice tests cover topics such as real numbers, fractions, equations, graphing, and exponents.
Other
Puzz.com's 1001 Best Puzzles: Brain Training Games: Analogies
These four self-scoring analogy tests include a number of open ended analogies to challenge your logic skills.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Vectors and Scalars Questions
This study resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the MCAT. "Vectors and scalar" questions are provided on this resource.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Utilitarianism Ethics
"Utilitarian ethics" questions are provided on this resource. This study resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the MCAT.