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Read Works

Read Works: The Olympics Then and Now

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read two charts with information about the Olympics in ancient Greece and in modern times. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Wave Properties From Graph 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the speed of a wave based on reading the vertical position vs. time graph simultaneously with the vertical position vs. horizontal position graph.
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ProProfs

Pro Profs Quiz Maker: Map Reading Awareness Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a nine-question quiz about information on maps and parts of a map. The questions are timed, but not limited.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson: Calculate When the Oil Industry Will Dry Up

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use the internet to read graphs and solve real world problems regarding the amount of time it will take for the oil to be used up, an exponential function exploration.
Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Describing Velocity

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive module where students record their ideas in response to questions, and read and manipulate graphs and charts while they learn about velocity-time graphs and position-time graphs.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Adventures at Dry Creek

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This educational module enables young scholars (5-12) to experience ongoing research of University of California paleontologists studying about life in Montana 60-70 million years ago. It gives students the opportunity to experience the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The World's Fastest Mammal

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphics to complete a five-question quiz that will test your knowledge on acceleration.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Concussions in Professional Athletes

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphic to complete a five-question quiz that will test your knowledge on acceleration to reduce concussions in professional athletes.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Piecewise Functions on Ti Interactive

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Despite what most of us veiw as an excellent TI InterActive! Help file, my students have a difficult time getting the appropriate graphs after reading it. This is visual directions on how to enter piecewise functions in TI InterActive!...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Do You Really Want to Visit the Arctic?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This jigsaw activity is designed for learners to become familiar with several datasets of Arctic weather data, collected in Eureka on Ellesmere Island. Students join a role-playing activity to read and interpret graphs while considering...