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Potential Energy: How is It Related to Kinetic Energy?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore kinetic and potential energy. In this energy lesson, students launch toys cars from ramps in order to examine the relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy. Students collect data and graph the results.
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Applied Maximum Minimum Problems--Mini Golf

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders investigate maximum and minimum as it relates to billiard and mini golf. In this calculus lesson plan, 12th graders review how to find the maximum and minimum and write proofs to show how they arrive at their answer. They...
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Recycling

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils investigate how to reduce, recycle, and reuse items in order to conserve natural resources. They complete a trash graphing activity after discussing different types of trash. Finally, the examine ways to buy recycled products to...
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Developing Effective Instructional Plans and Assessments in Mathematics

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students in a teacher education program develop a technology based lesson plan. After the lesson is created, they develop their own performance assessment. They identify the characteristics of good assessment instruments and model best...
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Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a Web quest to Internet sites to learn how to identify minerals, discover the types of minerals present in their homes, and learn about birthstones. Students also keep journals to track new information that...
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The Gravity Of It All-Newton's Laws

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students experiment with the concept of Newton's second law of motion. After building a ramp, they determine whether a large marble or a small marble will move farther, based on Newton's law. Students record their data on the provided....
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Geometry Shapes Playground Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a new playground design to present to elementary students during Playground safety week. They review basic geometry to use in observing and recording the equipment on a local playground. They research playground safety...
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How Large is a Mole of M&M's

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars calculate whether or not a mole of M&M's fill their high school. They practice factor-labeling, define a mole, and calculate the number of cubic feet per mole of M&M's. To answer the question they measure and...
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Rainforest

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create a rainforest poster and move to music learning about the rainforest. In this rainforest lesson plan, students express themselves in a variety of ways using their knowledge of the rainforest. Activities include creating a...
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Whales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners study the history of whales. For this whale lesson plan, students research two types of whales, color a tile, and write a one page paper. The tiles may be combined to make a group picture.
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Probability: the Study of Chance

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students experiment to determine if a game is fair, collect data, interpret data, display data, and state and apply the rule for probability. Students use a simple game for this experiment.
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Trends in Precipitation

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study about precipitation and graph the information. They look for patterns in a scatter graph and make inferences based on what they see. They need to see a relationship between location and the amount of precipitation.
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Geography Made Fun with Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students incorporate knowledge box into their classroom activities. In this technology integration lesson, students fill out a graphic organizer using Glossopedia to analyze a new subject.
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The Nesting Habits of Folders

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create an organized web of nested grade level folers. Within each grade level folder, they create a Language Arts/Social Studies folder and a Math/Science folder. All folders be color coded.
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Weather Or Not

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the internet to find pen pals to share in their weather experiment. Individually, they research the high and low temperatures for cities within the United States and email the results to their pen pal. They also develop a...
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DAY AND NIGHT

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars use a lamp as the sun and his/her body as the earth. They rotate in different directions to explain how the earth moves around the sun. Using specific questions in their discussion, students discover the reasons for day...
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Rollin' On The River II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the importance of the Platte River to the state of Nebraska. They investigate the river's historical, social, economic, and political importance to the development of Nebraska. Students explore the ecosystem of the...
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Middle School Home Energy Audit

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research the origins of local electrical power and compare costs and methods of generation with other areas of the country or world.
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A Worm World

For Teachers K - 1st
Students maintain a compost bin and build a worm observatory. They design experiments relating to worms and record observations in a worm journal.
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Teaching Biology Through Problem-based Activities

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students plant seeds and observe the life cycle of the organism. They experimentally research the effects of radiation on seed growth. Students determine the effects of environmental pollutants on harvested seed.
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Surveying Our Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners participate in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of examining the use of media in society. They create surveys to measure the presence of the media in everyday life. The results are collected and represented in the...
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Biotechnology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the topic of biotechnology. Using the internet, they research issues that have been improved or brought about because of biotechnology advancements. In groups, they participate in activities in which they...
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Food in History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research, predict and offer solutions regarding factors that affect current or future food crops could result in economic, political or social changes.
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Surprise in a Suitcase

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research an animal from Australia. They create a habitat (in the form of a diorama, poster, mobile, etc.) for their animal and write a coordinating paper. They present their animal and habitat to the rest of the class.

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