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Building an Electric Motor

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners study different motors and how they convert electrical energy to mechanical energy.  In this motor lesson students make a model of an electric motor and examine how it can be used to do work.
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Magnets

For Students 4th - 5th
In this magnetism instructional activity, students study each image and circle the items that a magnet will attract. Students then complete a prediction and result chart for items a magnet will attract. Students list five more items from...
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Temperature Effects

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students witness effects of temperature on plants. They also change temperature from a Celsius or Fahrenheit thermometer.
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So you want to bake a turkey?

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students are given the directions on how to cook a turkey. They discuss where they should buy a turkey from. Students discuss the difference between fresh and frozen turkeys. They discuss what it means to defrost something.
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DOES A FLUCTUATION IN TEMPERATURE IFFECT THE GROWTH AND SURVIVAL RATE OF AQUATIC PLANTS?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine if different temperatures effect the growth and survival rates of aquatic plants and evaluate the optimal temperature for the growth of aquatic plants.
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Temperature and Brine Shrimp Eggs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the optimal temperature at which brine shrimp eggs hatch and develop. They evaluate the changes, if any, which occur in a brine shrimp culture at various temperatures.
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Hot Off the Grill

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read an article about humans getting sick from eating improperly cooked meat. In groups, they cook a hamburger patty and when they believe it is done, they check the temperature with thermometers. They record their temperatures...
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Consumerism - Labeling Lab With Convenience Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the role of the consumer in the economy and the purpose of labels on products. In groups, they follow a recipe for a calzone using only pre-made dough, sauces and toppings. To end the instructional activity, they...
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How to Keep Warm in the Arctic!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students simulate the differences between animals protected by fat and those that aren't. They fill one of the mugs with shortening. Students cut a small hole, and place a thermometer in each piece of cardboard. They position the bulb of...
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Make and Use a Plankton Net

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students make simple plankton nets and use them to collect and identify common forms of plankton. They identify and interpret plankton, as seen under a microscope, whether there was more zooplankton or phytoplankton. Finally, students...
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3rd Grade TAAS Attack Daily Upkeep #9

For Teachers 4th
In this math literacy worksheet, 4th graders practice interpreting the pictographs in order to assemble the information to find the solutions to the 13 problems.
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A Potential Energy Worksheet

For Students 10th - 12th
In this energy learning exercise, learners describe the differences between kinetic and potential energy and the difference between heat and temperature. This learning exercise has 6 short answer questions.
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Listening Selection, Grade 6

For Students 6th
In this 6th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students listen to a fictional story that as their instructor reads it aloud 2 times. No questions accompany the worksheet.
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Food Safe Consumer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explain how to prepare and keep food safely. In this health science instructional activity, students research common mistakes and tips for maintaining a clean kitchen. They identify main causes of foodborne diseases.
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Puppets 'n' Plays

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students reinforce communication skills, create the puppets, write or improvise dialog for them, and put on a play.
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The Awful Eight Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The young scholars list major air pollutants, what causes them, and their effects on people and the environment. Students list ways they can prevent or reduce the types of air pollution mentioned in the play.
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Relief !

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare and contrast living standards of the Great Depression era with those of today. They discuss the nutrition and health of the assisted during the Great Depression.
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Downhill Discoveries

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are involved in hands-on activities to determine how course conditions affect bobsled, luge, and downhill ski races.
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Wallpaper Frame

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students design and create a frame for a picture of their choice. They use scraps of wallpaper to decorate their frame. They share their frames with their classmates.
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Chewy Pretzel Letters

For Teachers K
Students, with help of teacher, create pretzels shaped like letters. They then bake the pretzels and create words with the pretzel letters.
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Keyboarding - Thought Starters

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write using these quick ideas and then, draft, edit and correct their writing.
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Unplugged!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students consider several things: the importance of electricity and energy in their lives, the costs of that energy, and the importance of conserving energy.
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Age of Exploration

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils work individually or in a group researching a box compass using historical information on the uses of the compass as well as the scientific theories of the compass. They create a box compass and a water compass which are presented...
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Is the Earth Warming? a Test of the Effect of Increased Carbon Dioxide on the Thermal Properties of Air

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate the environmental and economic effects of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) content in the atmosphere.

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