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Cengage Learning

Cengage Learning: Project Based Learning: Egg Drop Experiment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are challenged to design a way to drop a raw egg from varying heights without letting the egg break. Creative thinking and evaluation of results are critical to the project.
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Educational Methods: Tactile Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Tactile learners learn most effectively by being able to manipulate and physically touch objects. This article explores three different tactile activities that have been found to be useful in teaching different age groups of tactile...
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Other

Dwellings: The Message of Houses and Their Contents, 1780 1820

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Architectural styles of the times reflected the economic status and taste of the individuals who owned the houses. As this turn of the century proceeded from 1780 to 1820, many changes occurred in communication, transportation,...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Redefining the Role of the Teacher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article from Edutopia focuses on how students learn in the classroom. It discusses the shift in teaching from lecture-based in favor of student directed instruction.
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: 21st Century Education and Pbl

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A look into how the 21st century education vision can use PBL as an effective implementation strategy. This article discusses the points to how PBL helps fulfill the overview vision found in the 21st...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry-based lesson, students will discover the formulas for the surface area of pyramids and cones. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Geometric Mean and Indirect Measurement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry-based lesson plan, learners will work in groups to gather measurements needed to approximate the height of a building. Students will discover how geometric mean can be used to find the lengths of missing sides of right...

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