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Spectral Surprise

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experience a model that produces, separating, and displaying spectral colors.
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Making Meaning from the Past

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read Ella Lyon's autobiographical poem, "Where I'm From" as the impetus to critically reflect on key images, memories, and events from their own lives and communities.
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Yaks, Yurts, and Yogurt: A Look at China's Autonomous Regions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to five Chinese geographical areas. They, in groups, research these areas and develop presentations including information on the physical characteristics, climate, elevation, agriculture and language.
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What is Southeast Asia?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students participate in various classroom activities designed to teach them about the location and cultures of countries in Southeast Asia.
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Finger Boomerangs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students make and fly small boomerangs made from file card paper.
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Sounds Like Science - Kazoo

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover that energy is needed to produce sound. They see that identifying where the energy comes from enables us to control the type of sound produced. They play the kazoo and manipulate the sound in a variety of ways.
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Tic-Tac-Toe

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Learners review various concepts of health curriculum, including what to do in emergency situations, first aid, weather watches/warnings, etc. by playing a live action tic-tac-toe game.
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Investigation of the Aral and Salton Seas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become more environmentally conscious. They see that it may be too late to "save" the Aral Sea, but there is still hope to prevent the ecological collapse of the Salton Sea.
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Seismic waves

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover the differences between P- and S-waves using a slinky. They see that when displacement occurs along a fault, the built up strain of energy is released in the form of seismic waves.
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Sea Floor Spreading

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recreate sea-floor spreading and the pattern of magnetic stripes that are created by different configurations of plate boundaries. They see how transform faults work.
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Intro. To Native American Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers, to help themselves better explain the idea of Native Americans and their oral traditions, play the whisper down the line game and analyze the outcomes.
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Static Cling

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the principles of static electricity and positive and negative charges. They observe and then perform experiments with static electricity. They record examples in their journals.
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SIXTEEN TONS

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore a variety of music related to the coal mining industry and organized labor which can be integrated into the study of Colorado History, American Labor History, and a study of immigration.
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Lumping vs. Splitting

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Young scholars transform ordinary long-scrolling page into a logically connected web of information.
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META tags

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students write HTML to have one web page automatically advance to another page. They add embedded information that help others find their web site using Internet searches.
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Mumbai Bomb Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm legal and illegal ways people try to influence politics. They examine the vocabulary in news reports about the Mumbai, India terrorist bombing and create their own train safety posters.
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"The Bridge"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners read poem, "The Bridge," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, discuss how they are connected to other human beings, both past and present, and create time capsules including their favorite memorabilia.
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Storm on the Sea of Galilee

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students analyze music paying particular attention to how the composer suggests the idea of water in the composition of the piece.
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Focus on Saturn's Fascinating Features

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners identify and discuss the characteristics of Saturn. They create a book using those characteristics. They also develop diagram to show Saturn and its moons.
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Total War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video about the result of using atomic weapons during World War II. They examine how human rights are violated during wartime. They listen as family members come and speak to the class about their experiences during the...
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Folktales Reflect Daoist and Buddhist Traditions

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders compare three Chinese folktales for their "messages" and literary techniques to see how they reflect Chinese Confucian and Taoist values. They discuss how folktales share certain subjects, characters, plots and themes.
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Japanese Printmaking

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review their prior knowledge on the topic of printmaking. Individually, they draw three ideas for their own print and watch a video about the techniques used by the Japanese. In groups, they move from station to station to make...
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Tracking the Storm

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss the different types of storms that can hit land. They locate specific coordinates on a plane grid. They discuss lonsgitude and latitude to plot the coordinates of a tropical storm. They practice finding coordinates...
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Primary Bouncing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students develop hand and ey coordination. The focus is upon handling a ball. This could be helpful for practice for sports like basketball or volleyball. This helps with repetition to develop muscle memory and visual or spatial ability.

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