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Earth Day Trash Survey Unit

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students develop a questionnaire to distribute via e-mail or Web page forms that visitors fill out based on the data they gathered during their clean-up activities.
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Pitot Tube Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a NASA Web-based text and use its information to complete an activity which uses a pitot tube to calculate the speed of an airplane.
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Lift/Velocity Relationship Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate their ability to use, graph (using a graphing calculator), and interpret a text equation.
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Vectors in Relative Velocities Problem Set

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of vector addition and the text by applying them to the determination of vector components and relative velocities.
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Size Effects Problem Set

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students, after reading the Size Effects page from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of Size Effects by answering questions.
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Drag Problem Set

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils read an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook and then demonstrate an understanding of the text by applying it to calculating drag of both full-sized and model gliders.
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Density and Lift

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, after reading from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the text by solving problems on density and predicting which density give the most lift.
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Thrust to Weight Ratio

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students, after reading the Web page Thrust to Weight Ratio, use Range Games and the Air Page to complete the activity to answer questions about turbojet thrust to weight ratio.
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Wing Area Effects Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook on lift and an explanation on the FoilSim software package given below. They use FoilSim to evaluate the relationship between wing area and lift.
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Velocity Effects Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after reading an explanation on lift from a NASA Web-based textbook and an explanation on the FoilSim software package given below, use FoilSim to evaluate the relationship between velocity and lift.
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Now One Foot, Now the Other

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, working as a whole class, with partners or small groups, use various Web sites to investigate the relationship between generations.
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Creating a Map for Future Reference

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use Web and other resources to create maps of either the site of their day trip, their final destination, the entire trip, or some combination of these.
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Aircraft Trajectory Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students 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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The Lift Equation Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars, after reading the Lift Equation page from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the lift equation by answering questions.
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Gun Control

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students spend time on the web comparing and contrasting documents about gun control. They then prepare a paper discussing the usefulness, trustworthiness, and bias of two similar topic sites.
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Getting the Word Out: From Gutenberg's Press to Zines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effects of Gutenberg's printing press on the world. Using this information, they create their own Zines or internet magazines about a social issue of their choice. They share their magazine with the class for...
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Immigration Explorations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students visit John Schick's Virtual Ellis Island Museum in order to complete research and evaluate how students created their site, how they structured the site, and what sort of information and graphics they included. This list is...
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Under Construction

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young readers examine the elements of story structure that are included in all stories. They include these elements in their own written pieces. This phenomenally-designed plan has everything you need to easily implement it in your...
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What Path Will You Follow?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question every kid has to answer quite often. Here is a lesson that will allow them to do some thinking about that very topic, and to learn about some professions they might consider...
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Earth Moon Scaling

For Students 6th - 12th
A wonderful lesson incorporating math and physics skills along with specific details about the planetary bodies. The cross-curricular approach makes for a valid activity to challenge multiple ages and abilities. Your class could work in...
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Internet Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students use Internet, Netscape, or the WWW to research facts about the state of South Carolina., then write a paragraph/paper using facts gained from the computer search.
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ABC...1, 2, 3...Green, Red, Blue...Do You Have a Clue?... IT'S PATTERNS

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders view clips from the animated series Math Monsters, and discuss the many ways patterns can be found in the world around us. Following the video portion of the lesson, 2nd graders visit a variety of Web sites to assess their...
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Chalk Talk

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete a "Chalk Talk" as a way to share their insights, perceptions and observations of the working world. They then express their personal insights of the working world in a piece of reflective writing.
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Public Art Exchange Project

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use the Internet to search for information, communicate with others and create a web page to exchange types of public art. They work together to scan photographs on to the internet and write descriptions. They present...

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