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Finding Our Place in the Community
Third graders search TDC database for images of our hemisphere, continent, ocean, country, state, and city. They identify their place in the hemisphere, continent, ocean, country, state, and city.
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Alphabet Soup
Students play a game in which they use the letters of the alphabet and different motor skills for review.
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North America Knowledge
Second graders move around a large map of the North America drawn on the playground. They follow the directions called out by the teacher. They may also develop their own tasks for other students to follow.
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Extraterrestrial Communication: Can We Talk to Anybody Out There?
Learners examine the possibilities of communication with other living organisms within our solar system through research and hands on activities, as well as observing and analyzing teacher demonstrations.
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A Caravan Of Camels
Fourth graders discuss the role the Silk Road had in trade and commerce practices in China during different Chinese dynasties. The lesson evaluation consists of individual student writing assignments.
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Here Comes the Sun
Third graders watch a video on the solar system and examine the role of the sun. As a class, they complete a KWL chart and make different color temperature pockets to use during their experiment. In groups, they make predictions about...
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Riparian Zones Grades 4-8
Learners examine and analyze the Riparian Zones found on the edges of streams and lakes. They assess why those are such valuable ecosystems and then conduct actual field research on riparian zones and conclude by drawing conclusions from...
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Fun with Balloons
Fifth graders design their own hot air balloon. In this science lesson, 5th graders investigate how factors like weight and sizes affect a balloon's lifting power. They also write math problems based on facts written in the...
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Aircraft Trajectory Problem Set
High schoolers read text from a NASA Web-based textbook then demonstrate an understanding of the text by using it to complete an activity on aircraft trajectories.
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Book Report Haiku
Students study another method for writing a book report using a Haiku poem. In this book report instructional activity, students use the Haiku poem format to write a book report.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Time Travel Kit
Would you like to travel forward in time? Use this time travel kit to help you think through different ways to experience time travel. Click on the starred words to learn more about the topic.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Time Travel Riddle?
Your professor has accidentally stepped through a time portal in his physics lab. You've got just a minute to jump through before it closes and leaves him stranded in history. Your only way back is to grab enough colored nodules to...
Read Works
Read Works: As Time Flies By
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about time travel in the movies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Dragon Science: Time Travelers
Explore the work of archeologists and anthropologists by building a 3-D clay representation of a human skull to look for clues to a person's physical form, ethnic origin, behavioral patterns, health history and social standing.
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Concept of Negative Energy in Physics Simplified
An interesting and detailed discussion of negative energy, how its existence has been proven, and its possible future application in making interstellar space travel possible.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Time to Traverse the Table
Students must find the time that it takes for the block to move across the table. This will involve an acceleration and a period of travel at a constant speed.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Speed of Horizontal Projectile
Students must determine the horizontal speed of a projectile based on the distance that it travels and other given information. Students must find the time of flight and put it in milliseconds. Finally, students must find the final...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Problem Level 2
Find the distance traveled by an object just by looking at the velocity vs. time graph.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Accelerating Electrons Lab
This lab is designed to have students investigate the factors that affect the speed of an electron and the time it takes an electron to travel the distance between two charged plates.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Projectile Lab
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that affect the horizontal distance travelled by a projectile. Students will be able to modify the starting height, initial speed and angle at which the projectile is fired....
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Problem Level 1 Part 3
Find the distance traveled by an object by looking at the velocity vs. time graph. All velocities are constant.
Other
Uc Riverside: Usenet Relativity Faq
A physics usenet listing of frequently asked questions relating to relativity, answered by a number of scientists. Administrivia and Reference, Speed of Light, Special Relativity, General Relativity and Cosmology, Black Holes. Loads of...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Distance and Speed of Rolling Objects
This project is an experiment in classical physics. You'll be following in Galileo's footsteps, and investigating Newton's laws of motion, but you'll be taking advantage of modern video recording technology to make your measurements. The...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Displacement?
Learn the definitions of position, displacement, distance, and distance traveled and view examples of each.