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Meteorologist for the Day

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the symbols used on weather maps. They analyze a newspaper weather forecast and identify and discuss the various symbols used on the map. Next, they prepare a weather map for their own city using the symbols...
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Close Up and Far Away

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use magnifiers and telescopes to view things close up. In this magnifiers and telescopes lesson plan, students use the tools to identify things that are close and far away. Students tell details of things they can see closer.
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Chronic Conics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use two activities to draw four different conic sections. One activity is of a physical nature and one is traditional paper and pencil.
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Let the North Star Tell You Where You Are

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars participate in activities in which they find the Big Dipper and locate the North Star in the night sky, examine the relationship between the angle to Polaris and latitude, and determine latitude by using an astrolabe.
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Orbit, rotation, revolution of Earth

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders define orbit, rotation and revolution. They demonstrate the orbit, rotation and revolution of the Earth. Students identify the types of measurements and the instruments that used for orbit, rotation and revolution. They...
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Sunlight & Soil

For Students 4th - 5th
In this earth science worksheet on sunlight and soil, students use data collected in a chart to construct two graphs. Following, they answer five questions as they relate to the experiment performed.
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Beginning Spelling - "Music"

For Students 2nd
For this spelling worksheet, 2nd graders spell 12 words correctly using the definition listed to the right of the jumbled music word.
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Meaning of Power

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students graph exponential and power functions. In this statistics lesson, students test a specific hypotheses and draw conclusion. They use the graph of polynomials to test and draw their conclusions.
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Musical Rhythms

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students listen to music and bounce a tennis ball to the eat. Students close their eyes and listen to the rhythm. They switch hands on beats where they hear a new percussion sound. Students compose their own pieces using Oranga's band...
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Weather

For Students 9th - 12th
In this weather worksheet, students review what causes different weather patterns including the more severe weather patterns like tornadoes and hurricanes. Students also calculate relative humidity by using dry and wet bulb temperatures....
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Math 155 Worksheet 7

For Students Higher Ed
In this college level Calculus worksheet, students use implicit differentiation to find dx/dy or the rate of change.  The two page worksheet contains six problems.  Answers are not included. 
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'U / magic e' Crossword

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this phonics crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 10 clues in order to complete the word puzzle with the appropriate long u words.
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Do Different Colors Absorb Heat Better?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils work together to test how the color of a material affects how much heat it absorbs. They make predictions and take notes on their observations. They discover how engineers use this type of information.
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Matter & Subatomic Particles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders divide into small groups to construct several models. Each group builds with an accompanying chart showing the colors of gumdrops used for the protons, electrons, and neutrons.)
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Development of Popular Music

For Students 10th - 12th
The history and marketing of pop music is the subject of this lesson. Students first read an article detailing definitions and historical shifts of pop music in society. The activity then provides students with a few comprehension-level...
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Oranges and Stopwatches

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students begin to recognize that objects have many measurable attributes. They examine how to identify and accurately measure attributes of common objects. Also Students report their measurement findings.
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How to Read a Thermometer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students' temperature is measured using an instrument called a thermometer.
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Rearrange the Room

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders measure and grid their ideas for the new classroom floor plan. They create their own ideas for the classroom arrangement on grid paper. When they finish, they share their draft plan with their peers and with the teacher...
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Air Pressure is Powerful

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a barometer and collect data on the changes in air pressure. They work is small groups using plastic tubing, corks, and green food coloring. They then use a formula to convert inches of mercury to barometric pressure...
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Wet Weather, Wet Climate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the differences between weather and climate in this long-term lesson introduction. They create rain gauges and practice reading rainfall measurements, view a website showing the cloud cover in their location and draw...
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Creating, Notating and Recording an Original Song

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars are provided with a set of parameters, including theme, time signature, number of measures, and form. Working within these parameters, the class , step by step, goes through the process of creating, notating, and...
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Wanted Dead or Alive...How Big Is it?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders estimate the measurements of trees using unconventional techniques.
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Someone Is In The Kitchen

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the lifestyles of the Native Americans and look at a recipe found on a website. They read the recipe and pay attention to the measurements. They differentiate between the various measures in order to apply them to...
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Critter? Growth

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify and use the elements of the scientific inquiry to solve problems. They explain concepts about the structure and properties of matter. Pupils write an explanation of polymers and how the characteristic of polymers...