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Build a Model Submarine
Learners form lab groups and work together to construct a submarine out of a soda bottle. Next, they observe its action in a tub of water as the inner pressure is changed. It is an engaging experiment. However, links to outside resources...
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Build Your Own Submarine
Students construct their own submarine following a certain procedure. In this physics lesson, students calculate the density of objects using a mathematical formula. They explain why some object floats in water while some do not.
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Submarines
In this online interactive submarines worksheet, students respond to 11 fill in the blank and multiple choice questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraph.
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Leaky Seal
Junior high schoolers explore possible theories for the cause of the Hunley submarine sinking. Through hands on activities, they investigate how to create a waterproof seal. Afterwards, they discuss how seals work and various...
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Transportation
Teach your environmental studies, life science, or engineering class how an internal combustion engine works using the first few slides of the accompanying presentation. Then, focus in on the resulting carbon emissions. Finally, take a...
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Engineering Activity
In this engineering worksheet, students research engineering and fill in blanks to complete sentences. A reference web site is given.
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Cartesian Diver
Amaze your scholars with an activity that uses a Cartesian diver to demonstrate Pascal's Law, Archimedes' Principle, and the Ideal Gas Law. Groups then repeat the process and make their own diver move up and down in a bottle.
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Journey to the Unknown
Students explore the ocean depths. In this scenario based lesson, students pretend they are on a submarine in an unknown part of the ocean. By using clues the class discusses and determines where they are in the ocean. They follow up...
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The Energy of Music
Students discover how engineers use sound energy. They participate in hands-on activities in which they discover how we know sound exists. They identify different pitches and frequencies as well.
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Internet Fact Hunt at the "Fact Monster" Web Site- Hunt #35
In this Internet fact hunt activity, students access the "Fact Monster" web site to find the answers to 5 multiple choice questions. They answer questions about Canada, using e-mail, inventions, and Ecuador.
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La Belle Époque [1871-1914]:
Progress through various aspects of the "The Beautiful Era" in this presentation. Political, technological, and scientific contexts surround the time of innovation and change in the world landscape. The short length of this slide show...
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One World Ocean
Students compare and contrast the properties of salt water in the oceans/seas and freshwater elsewhere on the planet. They also analyze mixing caused by currents in the ocean, including the effects of warm and cold water as well as with...
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Phone English Exercise
Don't hang up! Give me a call back! The specialized vocabulary used on the phone in a business setting is the focus of an exercise that asks learners to match the meaning of phone words or phrases. An answer key is provided.
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Sound for Sight
Young scholars study echolocation and understand how dolphins use it to locate prey, escape predators, and navigate their environment. They view a video, "In the Wild-Dolphins with Robin Williams" and see first hand how dolphins...
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Bat Ecology
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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WiTricity Explained
Learners explain how electricity is transferred from source to load without actual wires connecting the two. In this physics lesson, students explore how wireless electricity was discovered. They cite practical applications of this...
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Technology of War Questions
In this Canadian history worksheet, students read Canadian History, by Ian Hundey and then respond to 7 short answer questions about war technologies.
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Transportation Nouns
In this transportation worksheet, students fill in transportation nouns into the blanks of sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total.
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Can You Hear It?
Students work together to discover the concept of echolocation. They examine dolphins and their behaviors. They discuss how humans could use this information to help them in their everyday lives as well.
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The Beatles Word Search Puzzle
In this word search learning exercise, students search for 20 song titles from The Beatles and the names of the singers. They search for titles which include "We Can Work It Out, Michelle, and I Want to Hold Your Hand."
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New Breed of Robots Takes War To the Next Level
Students study an article and answer questions. For this exploring robots lesson students read an article on military robots and answer questions.