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Effect of Lenses on Light
Optometry jokes just get cornea and cornea. Young scientists use a lens and light to create and measure focal points on both a note card and the wall. They then complete a reading passage and questions as homework.
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Do Plants Eat?
Students explain that photosynthesis is a process that plants use to convert light energy into glucose. They summarize photosynthesis as a chemical process in which the plant uses carbon dioxide and water to form glucose and oxygen.
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What's Your Story
Pupils rewrite word problems using equations. In this algebra lesson, students relate the concept of equations and symbols to the real world. They graph their solutions on a graph and analyze it.
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Activity Five: The Horseless Carriage
Students identify features that make an automobile practical for a cross-country trip and then design a 1903 era auto using lessons learned from Horatio's journey.
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Forcing Electrons to Move
In this electrolytic cell worksheet, students read about car batteries and how they produce electricity for cars to run. They answer six questions about electrolytic cells and oxidation-reduction reactions.
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Electrical Generators
Students study what an electric generator does and its history. In this energy lesson students complete several experiments including building their own electric generator.
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Melting, Freezing, and More!: Phase Transitions
Third graders listen to a talk on phase transitions and view three demonstrations. In this phases of matter lesson, 3rd graders complete a worksheet as they listen about phase transitions. They move through three demonstrations of phase...
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National and Regional Identity
Students examine state quarters to identify symbols that represent national and regional identity. They discuss the process used to determine what is put on the quarter. They review colonial money, and euros to look for cultural images.
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Correcting Bad Data Using Parity Bits
In this parity bits instructional activity, students read about pixels and data strings. Students are given 2 data strings that are corrupted by cosmic ray glitches and they identify the bad data and create a valid data string.
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Sources of Electricity
In this online electricity worksheet, students are asked 10 questions about electric current and battery energy, an online answer key provided.
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Peak, Average, and RMS Measurements
In this voltage worksheet, learners answer ten questions about RMS amplitude, DC power sources, AC alternators and the measurements used for voltage in power lines.
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Advanced Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
In this electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction worksheet, students answer 11 questions using calculus to determine things such as magnetic flux and wave output.
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Basic Algebra and Graphing for Electric Circuits
In this electronics worksheet, students evaluate mathematical expressions to complete 16 short answer and problem solving questions.
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Faulty Movement
Students discover the faults throughout the Earth. They describe the different types of faults and how they are related to earthquakes. They build models of the faults.
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Advanced Matching - Car Parts
In this car parts activity, students draw a line from the various car parts to the definitions. There are 14 words to define on this activity.
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Text for Dictation: Transport
For this dictation text worksheet, students take dictation on a selection using vocabulary associated with driving. The text is geared towards those who are learning to drive and learning English.
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4-H Clothing and Textiles Leader's Page
This activity could be used in a home economics class to teach students about sewing and clothing. Using this 10 question instructional activity, learners explore the function of a sewing machine, and plan a project.
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Traffic Maze #2
In this traffic maze learning exercise, students examine streets and traffic flow. They trace a route under given specifications. This one-page learning exercise contains 1 logic problem. The answer is provided.
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Making Clouds: Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in a Beaker
Students observe a teacher demo on how clouds form. In this earth science instructional activity, students discover how cloudiness affects relative humidity. They explain the scattering of light by clouds.
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Labs on A Chip
Students are introduced to DNA microarrays. They discuss how scientists and doctors use them and how they work. They complete a worksheet and discuss their findings.
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Breaking News English: Television Shoes
In this English worksheet, students read " Television Shoes," and then respond to 1 graphic organizer, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.