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GPS Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice using a GPS receiver and reading directions in an on-campus field trip. Students can identify a building stone, tree, or plant at each stop depending on which area of science is being studied.
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Eagle Nebula - Close-up

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Eagle nebula worksheet, students solve 4 problems including finding the size of the nebula field, determining the scale of the image, determining how large the nebula is in millimeters and determining the size of the smallest...
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Black Holes...V

For Students 9th - 12th
In this black hole worksheet, students read about the black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy called Sagittarius A and observe a Chandra image of the area where the black hole exists. Students solve two problems which include...
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Assembling a Geologic History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers combine information from several field labs to construct an overall geologic history of the local region. They are able to use published reports of the geologic history as they compile their own version.
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Exciting Your Mind

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice reading a piece of text with expression remembering to include their thoughts, feelings and concerns through speech. They read with expression to change the speed, inflection, volume and pitch of their voice. Each...
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Becoming Africa's Wildlife

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students take a "trip" to Africa. In this Africa lesson, students watch a National Geographic video on animals from Africa. They pick an animal to research, create a poster about, and make a field guide. 
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A Fishy Environment 'We need 'em Clean!' Web Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a website. In this technology lesson, students use digital cameras and video to document their field trip to a local fish hatchery. Students use the photos and videos to create an instructional website.
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Black Hole...Fade-out!

For Students 9th - 12th
In this black hole activity, high schoolers read about how images fade to black when they reach an event horizon of a black hole. Students solve 3 problems about black holes using a given equation for luminosity. They find the time it...
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Visit to Nature

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners complete a science journal which contains pages in which they can predict what they think they will see before the field trip, and also pages to write down what they actually do see during the field trip.
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Jones Soda Project - Photography as a Vehicle (For Marketing)

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students create a marketing campaign using digital photographs. In this digital marketing lesson, students perform online research to determine the attitude that a soda company is attempting to portray with its marketing. They take...
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Historical Scavenger Hunts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the impact of historical events. In this historical scavenger hunt lesson, students examine photographs of a local monument that zoom in on details. Students record their impressions regarding the photos. Students...
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Hot Air

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to determine how hot air affect the path of laser. In this physics lesson, students explain why stars appear to twinkle at night. They discuss how light travels from space to Earth.
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Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments, bodies of water, things found at a...
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Discovering the Milky Way

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What do you call a tiny collection of galaxies? A puny-verse! Young scholars graph data gathered by scientists studying Cepheids. They attempt to identify a relationship between the variables through standard and logarithmical graphing....
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The Atmospheric Filter

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
What is the difference between a comet and a meteoroid? An educational lesson includes five demonstrations of how the atmosphere can inhibit our ability to measure many things in the galaxy. 
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All-Star Award

For Teachers K - 6th
Students review classroom rules. They are awarded class points each time all students are dressed appropriately for class. Each time the class scores five home runs they receive a choice of class rewards (such as treat box, choice of...
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Work, What are My Options

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students explore job opportunities in their chosen career field. In this career exploration lesson, students complete a portfolio using the career investigation in the STAR event link. Students present the project to the class and write...
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Famous Olympians

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study about famous Olympic athletes. They are introduced to a few that have earned gold medals to encourage interest. Students read to find out more about them to become with more equally famous Olympic Games stars.
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Modeling Martian Motion

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the difference between stars and planets and take on the role of these objects to simulate the relative motions of Mars and the Earth around the Sun.
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Science and the Envrionment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students utilize a digital camera to record interesting objects in their environment.  In this ecology lesson, students participate in a mini-field trip around their campus as they take 2-3 pictures of the school environment.  Students...
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Happy Birthday America!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine the United States flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Fourth of July. They create five-pointed stars, listen to stories about Betsy Ross and Paul Revere, and sing various patriotic songs.
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Celebrate The Four Seasons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate cause and effect and compare and contrast how recurring cycles are evident in multiple aspects of their education. They answer questions in the chosen field. Students model each aspect by interpreting, perceiving and...
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Race into Reading

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students create a career exploration experience for elementary students. In this career exploration lesson, students select a career field d to read about to elementary children. Students then present the Career Exploration Day to the...
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What is a Wetland?

For Students 7th - 10th
In this Tyson Lagoon wetland worksheet, students record their observations during a field trip to a constructed wetland area. They make observations at 6 stations, trace the water flow through the ecosystem and examine the soil and plants.