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Invisible Rays

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore physical science by completing a lab assignment. In this sunlight instructional activity, students define a list of scientific vocabulary terms and complete fill in the blank questions. Students conduct a photographic...
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Mass vs. Weight

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore physical science by conducting a measurement experiment. In this mass lesson, students identify the differences between mass and weight and define a list of other vocabulary terms. Students utilize electronic scales and...
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Describing an Object's Position

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners explore language arts by participating in a shape identification activity. In this geometry shape lesson, students discuss the vocabulary terms used to describe the location of an object. Learners complete a worksheet based upon...
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Sunshine and Shadows

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students measure their shadows early in the morning, record direction of shadow, make marks in ground with chalk or tape, measure with ruler, and record results. Students repeat process at noon, and then later in afternoon. Students...
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Earth's Orbit Lesson

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders devise a computational model to explore how the orbit of the Earth might change if its velocity were different. Using accurately recorded data, 10th graders defend a scientific argument.
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Seven Quacks Me Up

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the day and night sky and add a page for the number 7 to their countiing books.
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How Distant Is The Moon?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how Aristarchus, a Greek astronomer around 230 BC, used a simple observation of the eclipse of the Moon, plus clever reasoning, to deduce the distance of the Moon. They practice the same calculation technique.
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Reading a Graph: Azimuth Range vs. Day in Barrow Alaska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice reading a graph while doing story problems. They determine the x and y intercepts and calculate the slope. They also practice writing linear equations.
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A Message in a Bottle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the motion of water currents by mapping the possible movement of messages cast into the ocean in bottles.They accurately plot the appearance of bottles on a world map and illustrate the flow of an ocean current...
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Our Solar System to Scale

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students calculate the diameter of planets and their relative distances.  In this space science lesson, students discover how small or big the planets are in comparison to each other. Students use cross multiplying fractions to find the...
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Taking In The Heat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover that different textured materials can absorb more heat than others. Students work with thermometers, clocks, and graphs.
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Space: The Final Frontier

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders construct a graph to demonstration information that they've learned about the solary system. They also write or illustrate a sonar or lunar eclipse.
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The Chain Gang

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a food chain simulation to determine what happens when a food chain is broken.
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Tell Time With Your Feet

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover what the latitude and longitude of their location is. They start walking and measure their shadow. They fill in a chart to discover the approximate time.
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Effect of Daylight Hours on Human Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine the average hours of daily sunlight for each month of the year by constructing a bar graph. They develop a understanding of how the amount of daylight hours varies by month and how that affects both temperature and...
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ENERGY USE ADDS UP!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the amount of power used in your home and what appliances use the most. They analyze the concept that producing energy costs us money, affects our environment and produces waste products. Students come up with three...
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Math: Checking Scale Drawings for Accuracy

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students critique their own drawings for accuracy and make constructive suggestions prior to reworking them. They discover how scale in maps and drawing relate to relative size and distance. In addition, students comprehend the...
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Polygons and Angles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders estimate the measurement of angles and then measure the exact distance using an angle ruler. In groups, they explore shapes and recognize the characteristics acute, obtuse and right angles. Students sketch required shapes,...
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Angle Benchmarks

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss the characteristics of specific angles and then use the information to to identify and estimate given angles. The class goes outside, identifies north, and turns a specified amount of degrees. Using a given compass,...
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Moons

For Teachers K
Students practice rote counting to 20. After a lecture about the planets and the moons that surround them, they identify the number of moons surrounding various planets. Students compare and contrast the quantity of moons surrounding...
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Play Ball

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students calculate baseball statistics and ball field dimensions. In this Pythagorean Theorem, percentages and metric conversion lesson, students are given formulas to find earned run and batting averages for White Sox baseball players....
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Guess the Card -Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site is used for distance education purposes and professional development of teachers
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Math

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils, after discussing story detail, make a list of information needed to solve a problem, convert units of time, and discuss the steps to convert units of time.
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Measuring The Earth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use their geometry and trigonometry skills to determine the distance between their school and another school.

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