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Plotting Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners, after plotting earthquake locations on the map, should correctly; identify the pattern of earthquake locations and identify the ring of fire.
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Mountain Building

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Teacher prepares four layers of Plasticine stacking layers on top of each other to create a model of how rocks within the earth can be folded creating anticlines and synclines below the surface and mountains and valleys on the surface.
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Sunshine Math-3

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math problem solving worksheet, learners examine and solve 8 math word problems that require them to use problem solving skills.
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Plastic Polymers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students learn about plastic. In this plastic polymers lesson, students examine the properties of plastic, its variety of uses and how it is recycled.
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Truman and MacArthur

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discuss and fill out a chart on how President Truman fired General MacArthur. In this Truman and MacArthur lesson plan, students study telegrams, letters, and other documents, and fill in a chart about supporting or not...
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Signaling

For Students 4th - 6th
In this signaling worksheet, students follow directions to make a circuit involving batteries, light bulbs, wires and more. Students then try to make morse code signals with their circuit.
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Blow and Go

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover how air can move things by using their breath. In this physics lesson, students hypothesize then attempt to move a pencil 1 meter using nothing but their breath. Students record data from their experiment including...
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Dice T-ball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners play a game of T-ball/softball.
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Make a Word

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in a group to develop words from letters they collect during the activity. The words can be general or from their weekly spelling list. They practice different locomotor skills while using scooters to move.
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Basketball: Purposeful and Fun Fitness Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Studnets practice basketball skills. They combine cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, and strength fitness activities with skill practice and review of previously learned skills in the fitness development part of a basketball lesson.
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Gravity

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the myth of Galileo's experiments in which he threw items out the leaning Tower of Pisa to find out how fast they fell and predict what they think could happen when the two items listed on the same line are dropped...
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Work and Efficiency

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this doing work activity, students calculate how a ramp can increase the efficiency of the work done by decreasing the force necessary to complete the task. This activity has 9 problems to solve.
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Make a Lever

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate how to make a lever. In this construction lesson plan, students explore how to construct a lever using dog and tail templates, cardboard, and fasteners. Students construct their simple machine in order to learn about...
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Newton's Third Law of Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars move through five stations demonstrating Newton's Third Law of Motion. In this Newtonian physics lesson, students watch as the instructor uses a firecracker to demonstrate action and reaction. The young scholars travel to...
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Complete the Story

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to a story about playing at the park with words from a word bank. Students fill in 9 blanks total.
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Talk It Out Together

For Teachers K - 4th
Students solve conflicts using the talk it out together method. They role play a given conflict using puppets. They decide on a plan to resolve the conflict together.
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MARVIN K. MOONEY SCOOTER ACTIVITY

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use scooter boards safely after listening to ways Marvin K. Mooney traveled on a scooter board.
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Global Environmental Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine environmental change of land, water, and air, discuss Clear Skies Legislation, and experiment on solid compaction and resultant water filtration.
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Enjoyable Assessments

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in two place value games for review. In groups, they work together to assess themselves before their test over place values. They review any questions they have before their assessment.
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Clay for Fun: An Introduction to Clay

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students experiment with clay to create sculptures. They research various animals and work with parts of animal names to create their own imaginary animal sculptures using clay.
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Beaver Ecology

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars explore the lives of bgeahvers. They identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that help beavers survive in their environment. Students compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and...
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The Respiratory System

For Students 8th - 9th
In this respiratory system worksheet, learners compare how much air a person can typically exhale in one breath as compared to others. Then they develop a questionnaire to test their subjects and respond to the questions proposed.
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Landforms Word Search Puzzle

For Students 6th - 7th
In this types of landforms word search activity, students will find and circle the names of 15 different kinds of landforms such as volcano and mountain.
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Forces: Worksheet 2

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this force and motion learning exercise, students answer multiple choice, true/false and fill in the blank questions about force and motion.