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Hurricane Predictions

For Students 6th - 9th
In this hurricane worksheet, learners analyze and interpret a hurricane graph. They complete 5 short answer questions that follow.
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QUALITY OR QUANTITY

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share opinions about the criteria they consider important in an online search engine. Using Google and Yahoo, they investigate various subjects and compare their search results. To synthesize their findings, students prepare...
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Retiring Helicopters

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discover how helicopters work through an interactive program. They also examine why helicopters are more difficult to fly than airplanes. They discover the history of the helicopter and how it has been used in military operations.
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Diversity

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students access prior knowledge of the five senses and relate to students with disabilities. In this people with disabilities lesson, students research and use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast famous people and their...
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Nature of Science and Technology

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure weather using different instruments and gather information to make science comparisons. In this weather measurement lesson plan, 4th graders have activities they can complete whether they are visual, auditory,...
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Science: Bees: An Interdisciplinary Approach

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the world of bees and describe their characteristics. by identifying the bees' parts, they demonstrate how these parts function. In the lab, students dissect bees and view the various parts under microscopes. ...
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Understanding Hurricanes and the ER-2

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students study hurricanes; in particular, what they look like, how they are formed, how they are categorized, how they are named, and how they are tracked. They examine the science of hurricanes as well as the mathematics of hurricanes.
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Counting on the Havoc of Hurricanes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define and classify all the different ways in which numbers are used in forecasting and coping with the effects of a hurricane. They conduct research to compare and contrast these numbers as they apply to Hurricane Floyd and
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By Land, Sea or Air

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn navigational techniques change when people travel to different places. They understand differences between navigation on land, water, air and in space. They explain the concept of dead reckoning as it applies to...
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Enzyme Grabbers

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars perform two experiments to show the properties of enzymes. They use pectinase to produce apple juice from applesauce to show enzyme action and then taste the difference between raw and boiled papaya seeds as evidence of...
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How To Solve Word Problems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this word problems worksheet, high schoolers learn techniques to help solve word problems and then practice solving physics word problems using formulas. This worksheet has 9 matching, 24 fill in the blank, and 4 short answer questions.
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Velocity

For Students 9th - 12th
In this velocity worksheet, students solve 13 problems including finding acceleration of objects, forces on objects, velocity of objects and interpreting graphs of position vs. time.
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Order of Operations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the order of operations.  In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders explore the rules of arithmetic and algebra as they review and practice simplifying increasingly complex numeric expressions using the order...
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Interpreting Graphs

For Students 10th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, students interpret graphs using given data and information. They are asked to relate real world scenario using algebraic equations. There are 31 questions with a variety of topics being covered.
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Music Theory Fun and Games

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Music theory lessons don't have to be dull. Concepts can be taught through motivating games and physical activities.
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Water Pollution Lesson Plan: All Messed Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars map and calculate the area of the school parking lot and then the volume of water falling on the school parking lot. They map the route surface runoff will take to the nearest water body and describe the roles that human...
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Data Collection and Presentation

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners access how to collect, classify and display data involving statistics. The concepts of quantitative, discrete and continuous data is covered in depth within the lesson. They practice with a scenario of James filled with...
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The Science of Sound

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this explanation of sound learning exercise, learners discover what sound is, how different sounds are made, frequency, how sound travels, how we hear, and a summarization. In this physical science learning exercise, students answer...
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The Math Star Wins the Cup

For Teachers K
Students recognize and count numbers 1-4 using a racing game. In this math lesson, students move cars around a racetrack by matching colors and seeing numbers. The student who finishes the race first is the winner.
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Reel Projects

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate projectile motion. In this projectile motion lesson, students investigate a website with an interactive lesson. Students view the changes in the projectile they see in the lesson. Students watch short video clips and...
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Using the Proper Tools to Solve Problems

For Students 7th - 8th
In this word problem activity, students complete ten multiple choice word problems by choosing the correct mathematical operation. This is an interactive activity.
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Case of the Missing Pumpkin

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars explore the process of decomposition. In this science lesson, students carve a pumpkin and observe as it decomposes. Young scholars compare the changes to an uncarved pumpkin. Students write about the disappearing pumpkin.
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Floppy And the Puppies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders reinforce and focus on the meaning derived from the text as a whole and identify and describe the main characters, events and settings in a fiction piece of writing. They incorporate a wide-range of adventurous vocabulary...
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Good Timing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine sculptures which include animal figures made of different metals. They create their own sculptures of watches to represent a phrase about time.