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Steam Engines

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students investigate the invention of the steam engine. In this technology lesson, students investigate the advancement of technology over time. They relate science and technology together.
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Seeing Stars

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the history of planetariums and the features of the Hayden Planetarium as a springboard to planning, developing and displaying their own planetarium exhibits.
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DNA Chips

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore issues surrounding DNA microarray technology. They focus on a single area of biomedical research to help them explain how science, people, ethics, and history all fit together. They analyze gene-expression data.
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A River Ran Through It

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research how water is used to generate electricity. They investigate water's potential-to-kinetic energy transfer in hands-on activities about falling water and waterwheels. They take measurements, calculate averages and graph...
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Cougar or Human: Which Needs Protection?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the biology and natural history of the cougar. Students conduct Internet research to determine how cougars have been protected by humans and how it is affected by human decisions. Students write about reconciling...
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Making The Geologic Time Scale Real

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are assigned significant geologic events in Earth's history. They convert the date of the events into distances and then space themselves (on an outside playing field) away from other groups, to represent time between various...
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Hero Or Zero?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners investigate science and technology by reading a children's book.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the story Archibald Frisby and discuss the ways we use science and technology in everyday life....
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The ABC's of Artifacts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create their own ABC book about artifacts. In this artifact lesson, students read ABC History Mystery and review the artifacts pictured in the book. They create their own ABC book with each student working on a letter. 
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Aztec Floating Gardens

For Teachers K - 7th
Aztecs created amazing hydroponic gardens called Chinampas, to grow their crops. Learners in grades k-7 engage in four mini-experiments to understand just how amazing floating gardens are. Tip: A perfect way to bring science into your...
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Celestial Motions

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders complete a unit of lessons on the history of our knowledge of celestial objects. They conduct Internet research, plot the motion of a planet, construct a model of the sun's apparent motions, and create diagrams of the solar...
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Shapes and Shelters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are be able to analyze primary sources (photographs) for evidence of Ancient Egyptian culture and design meaningful objects. They are grouped in pairs and instructed to choose someone that they admire, either living or...
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Planning A Railroad Online Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students plan a route across Donner Summit using topographical maps in order to understand the challenges involved in constructing the railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In this history lesson, students first discover how to read...
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This Is How We Roll!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students research how roller coasters work. In this physics instructional activity, learners research the history of roller coasters and the safety factors in the design of a roller coaster on the website...
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Edible Coal Mining

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of bituminous coal and the role it plays within our world.  In this economic and earth science activity, students discover and model the extraction methods with hands-on activities.  Learners also...
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The Golden Spike

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate modern transportation in the 19th century by examining artifacts.  In this U.S. history lesson, students read the story Joseph's Railroad Dreams, and discuss the Golden Spike used in the first transcontinental...
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Moving Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the history of the United States by examining the Great Migration.  In this U.S. History lesson plan, students research the immigration movement on the Internet and complete a worksheet about the large population...
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Topic: Military/ Defense

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine ancient military systems. In this history of defense lesson, students research the weapons employed defending ancient cities and territories. Students describe how they would defend themselves following a plane wreck...
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A Lucky Break

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete activities where they identify and decipher common phrases that are related to poultry and then cook drumsticks as a class. In this poultry lesson plan, students also read the history of the chicken and create idioms.
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Do You Want to Risk it?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the history of natural disaster events for a given county, discuss the impact of population and the risk from natural disaster events.  In this hurricane lesson students use a geographic information system to...
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Panther Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the Florida Panthers through a Web-quest. In this web-based activity, students find clues that will help them to identify the habitat of the Florida Panther and the history of human activity which threatens these wild cats.
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Galapagos Islands

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the science and geography related to the Galapagos Islands. In this ecosystem lesson, students locate the Galapagos Islands on a world map and discuss its significance in history. Students complete a vocabulary sheet,...
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Ancient Greece Predicting Outcomes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore world history by utilizing a SMART board. In this Greek history lesson plan, 6th graders read different Ancient Greece scenarios and match them with a selection from a list of probable outcomes. Students identify...
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Back to the Age of Exploration

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore world history by researching explorers of North America. In this famous explorers lesson, students research one specific explorer of their choice and identify his successes and failures by utilizing the Internet....
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How Many Days Are in a Year?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a calendar for an imaginary planet. For this earth science lesson, students analyze the errors on the different calendars used on Earth. They present their work in class.

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