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Bone Density Challenge Introduction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Can you use X-rays to measure bone mineral density? This is the essential question that learners must answer in the first installment of a seven-part series. They brainstorm ideas about necessary background information and what they...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

STEM Is the Buzzword!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The current push for cross-curricular study in the sciences.
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International Technology Education Association

Telescope as Time Machine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides an explanation of NASA's GALEX mission and how the space-based telescope can view distant galaxies as they were billions of years ago. The resource also discusses the other aspects of galaxies that GALEX...
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Curated OER

Using Technology to Represent Mathematical Identities

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of trig identities. In this trig identity lesson, students use Mathematica to graph trig identities. Students see the trig identities graphically and enforce the notion that two trig functions can be equivalent.
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Baylor College

Servings and Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
An important part of balancing caloric intake to energy expenditure is knowing how many Calories you are consuming. In the fifth of a seven-lesson series on food and energy, learners estimate their daily caloric intake, then use a...
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Curated OER

Measuring Precipitation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A little engineering design is mixed into this lesson on precipitation measurement. Groups plan and construct a rain gauge, and use it to collect precipitation. As part of the PowerPoint presentation, learners view a satellite map of...
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Curated OER

Technology, R&D, and Efficiency

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
For use in conjunction with the 2002 McGraw-Hill/Irwin US Economics text, this presentation highlights key points and important vocabulary. Specific economic concepts and theories, R & D expenditures, rate-of-return curve and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Global Positioning System II

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Intricate details of a modern technology that many of us take for granted in our phones, computers (and some cars) are laid bare in a short but deeply investigative activity. The math behind a seemingly simple GPS device...
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Curated OER

What Do You SUBpose?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Submarines are the fous of this math and science instructional activity. In it, learners explore the world of submarines: how they work, and what they are used for. They engage in hands-on activities, watch video clips, and work in...
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Curated OER

Periodic Table & Its Trends-Day 6

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners intergrate science, technology and society into exploring the periodic table. They investigate one element of their choice and write a one page paper on the elements discovery, properties, uses, and the effect on society.
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NOAA

What Little Herc Saw

For Teachers 7th - 8th
See the underwater world through a different pair of eyes! Middle school marine biologists identify deep-sea organisms by examining images taken by an ROV from the Okeanos Explorer. After determining what creatures lie beneath the...
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Curated OER

Risks and Benefits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research and discuss the risks and benefits of cell phones and driving. They analyze the mechanical and administrative causes of the accident of the Space Shuttle Challenger. They write an essay explaining the risks and...
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Curated OER

Ecosystems and Remote Sensing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars obtain remote sensing data to compare and contrast global biomass data with global temperature data.
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Curated OER

Destination Outer Space

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate space travel. In this space travel lesson students examine space exploration history, engineers and scientists involved in space exploration, and Newton's third law of motion. Students make rockets.
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Discovery Education

Ahead of the Game

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
According to the movie Wildcats, "It's the sport of kings, better than diamond rings, football!" It is also, however, the sport of severe concussions and ongoing blows to the head. In order to keep our Seahawks soaring and Broncos...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Attitude Determines Altitude

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
A fabulous lesson which combines mathematics with space science. Middle schoolers work in cooperative groups in order to research early astronauts and their accomplishments. They look at a variety of rocket and space shuttle designs, and...

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