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Making New Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concepts of energy conversion and conservation. They research the history of energy conversions into electrical energy. They design experiments in order to replicate a conversion of energy into electricity.
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Discovering the Structure of the Atom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate atomic and nuclear structure of matter by researching historical atomic theories. Students examine Rutherford's studies and discover that many scientific conclusions change over time as new data is collected.
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Multiplicative Sequences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the concepts related to the practice of multiplication facts. They look for number patterns in order to create an algorithm in order to find the correct sequencing of number patterning. The solutions are then...
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I Can Sing a Rainbow....

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Blakesley Hall Museum gardens worksheet, students view eleven pictures of garden flowers and learn the words to a garden song.
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Mercer Mayer 2: Peer Experts Teach Kispiration

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students observe a model classroom of cooperative groups in action. After the video, students discuss how to organize the classroom to promote cooperative learning. They examine the difficulties in allowing students to work in small groups.
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The Public Choices of Senator Aspyer Tu Moore

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils participate in a play in which Senator Aspyer Tu Moore is finishing his first term in the Senate and has decided to seek re-election in the fall.
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Escape! Survival of the Fittest Grasshopper

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, design a paperclip grasshopper. They determine its ability to survive a prey by jumping high, far, or with a distracting behavior.
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The Real Work is Done in Committee: A Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Canadian federal legislative process, and identify the main features of local, provincial, and federal governments in Canada. They simulate the process of a bill going through the legislative process.
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Diazo Prints and Technology

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders watch a demonstration and then they make photographic prints using Diazo paper and ammonia. They photograph the demo, compile the pictures, and add text to make a PowerPoint presentation of the original demonstration.
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Organizing Your Study Space

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the importance of a quiet, orderly study space. They read an article about organization. They discuss ways to create a study space in their own homes without spending money. They create a specific action-plan to...
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Gridding a 2 x 2 Meter Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to examine what happens at an archeological dig site. In groups, they practice measuring a 2x2 meter square unit and gridding it out as an archeologist would do. They review the possible solutions at the end of...
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Beaks To Survive

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and identify the types of adaptations that are made by different organisms in order for them to survive. In groups, they describe the features of beaks and discuss how it affects their chances for survival. They share...
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Light Travels As A Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils identify ways that light can travel and why. In groups, they develop an experiment to show that light can travel because it is a form of energy. They use this information and apply it to other forms of energy to end the lesson.
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Groundwater Realities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the components of the scientific inquiry method. In groups, they use the internet to research the sustainability of water resources in their community. They examine an environmental impact study, answer questions and...
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Draw A Coastline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify, locate and draw at least ten different geographical features on a map. Using the map, they must make it to scale and include their own legend and compass rose. They share their map with the class and answer questions.
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Site Formation In Archaeology

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students look at the findings of a Hopi Indian dig site in order to reconstruct the sequence of events that occurred in the past. They examine the stratigraphy while making multiple hypothesis about the artifacts and their locations at...
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Heritage Deer

For Teachers K
Students trace body parts to create a deer in this excellent Kindergarten instructional activity that teaches basic Art skills and cultural awareness. The instructional activity includes a materials list, vocabulary used, a...
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Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
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Landfills and Dumps

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this environmental issues learning exercise, students learn about sanitary landfills and dumps by reading a one page information text. Students also study the cross section of a landfill. There are no questions to answer.
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Descriptive Statistics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners demonstrate how to use frequency and scatter diagrams. In this statistics lesson, students are introduced to different techniques of representing data. Learners sort and graph data on a worksheet and use a frequency diagram to...
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Vectors

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students differentiate distance and displacement. In this physics lesson plan, students use formulas to calculate for displacement. They draw vectors using the grid.
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Skateboard Science

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners investigate how skaters can turn in midair. In this physics activity, students relate Newton's Laws to skateboarding. They carry out the maneuver with the help of their classmate.
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M&M Exponential Activity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a scatter plot of their experimental data. In this algebra instructional activity, students use M&M's to determine an algebraic model. They discuss results in class.
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How Do We Learn About the Past?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss the role of an archaeologist as a class. After viewing photographs, they relate the objects found in their local area and Ancient Egypt. They draw a picture of an object that represents their own culture and gives...

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