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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Battery That Makes Cents

For Students 3rd - 5th
Batteries are expensive to purchase in a store, but you can make one your self for exactly 24 cents. In this experiment, you will make your own voltaic pile using pennies and nickels and determine how many coins in a pile will make the...
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Bscs: Restoring Oyster Reefs

For Students 9th - 10th
In this self-directed instructional activity, students use data from the Chesapeake Bay estuary to determine suitable sites for oyster reef restoration. A handout with everything the student needs to complete this instructional activity...
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Bscs: Budburst Lilac Festival

For Students 9th - 10th
In this self-directed activity, students use graphs and maps of lilac phenology data to determine the best time to host a lilac blossom festival in their area. A handout with everything the student needs to complete this lesson is...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lighting the Way: Electrical Circuits and Lamp Wiring

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a series of self-guided activities, students will explore basic electrical circuits and then build a working model of a circuit through the process of wiring a lamp. They will understand the flow of electrons through a circuit,...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Primer on Ethics and Human Clonings

For Students 9th - 10th
This artical evaluates the ethics involved with cloning humans. Issues such as legal rights and protection and determining whether it is unnatural self-engineering are addressed.
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Sweet Briar College: Stress Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Sweet Briar College gives a self-quiz to determine if you are "Stressed Out".
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anthony Brandt: Musical Forms

For Students 9th - 10th
Presented in this web page is a great lesson on determining musical form. Comparing musical form to a city and its neighborhoods, this site provides insightful information. Also included are several self checking problems to see if you...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Calculating Sums (Numbers Up to 100,000)

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are presented with a set of numbers up to 100,000, most of which end with one or more zeroes, and must apply their understanding of...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Selecting the Correct Statement Given a Division Problem

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must determine which statement is correct for a given division problem. An accompanying video demonstrates the process. [1:44] A...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Multiplication Replacement to Find a New Amount

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must solve word problems involving multiplication by replacing parts of an equation to determine a new amount. An instructional...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: A New Identity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students have written one-paragraph self-descriptions to send to other citizens of the new state they are creating. Read one of the paragraphs and work backwards through a series of prompts to determine the paragraph's audience, purpose,...
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Storytelling to Assess Speaking and Listening

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Is a Legal Career Right for You?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a 3-part project; however, you may opt to omit 1 part. Young scholars will investigate a career related to the legal profession to determine the various aspects of the career. In addition, students will create a PowerPoint...
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Netting America: Economic Relations Between England and Her Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
The economy of the English Colonies was tied to the homeland economy, which was based on the principle of mercantilism. The belief that a nations' wealth was determined on the power of its independent, fully self-sufficient economy...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Context Clues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The flipchart focuses on context clues.

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