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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute and Science Museum: Seeing

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at this sight and all of the activities it has to offer. Has great activities to use in the classroom as well as world wide web links.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Mean, Median, and Mode Chain Gang

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Cooperative learning groups and chain links are used to find the mean, median, and mode. A Science NetLinks lesson is linked for further real-life application in the world of baseball (optional). This lesson plan was created as a result...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: To Infinity and Beyond Magazine of Planets

For Teachers 5th - 6th
This is a student led activity in which young scholars have to accomplish the task of choosing the most entertaining way to relay written expository information. Art/self expression along with technology are utilized to develop a...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Probability What Are the Odds?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson introduces the student to the concept of probability. Students will explore the meaning of theoretical and experimental probability by viewing interactive websites. A lab activity will be performed using cooperative learning...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's the Matter: A Sinker or Floater?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will explore matter that sinks or floats when submerged in water and that matter is categorized as either a sinker or a floater. Students will work actively in small, cooperative learning groups as well as gather in a whole...
Handout
The Franklin Institute

In Quiry Almanack: Tasting

For Students 9th - 10th
Interest students in learning about the sense of taste with this mouth watering site. Offers activities to use in the classroom as well as scientific research.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Build a City on Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The students will be split into small, cooperative groups and build a city following specific guidelines. The students will learn how a city is constructed with angles, intersections, parallel, intersecting, and transversal streets. They...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Systems of Our Human Body: A Study Through Power Point

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a student-led exploration of the systems of the human body, through technology. Students will work cooperatively to develop a PowerPoint presentation that will thoroughly explain each system. Systems included are: circulatory...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, students will figure out how many different combinations of ice cream flavors and cones they can make. Students will work cooperatively to make the different combinations. They will use various materials to actually make...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: From Weeds to Worms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The purpose of this instructional activity is to guide students in researching and discovering the importance of the interdependence of living and nonliving things in an ecosystem. Students utilize technology independently and...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Twentieth Century Resumes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will use the Alabama Virtual Library and other reference materials available in the library to create a resume for a twentieth century historical figure from United States history, science, or literature. The lesson is designed...

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