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The Aerial Age

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students infer America's attitude towards aviation in the early 1900s. In this The Aerial Age instructional activity, students analyze early 1900s literature, music, advertisements, and popular culture in reference to aviation. Students...
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Building an Electric Motor

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners study different motors and how they convert electrical energy to mechanical energy.  In this motor lesson students make a model of an electric motor and examine how it can be used to do work.
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Do Dams Affect the Paddlefish Population?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils study why dams are built and what is affected by them. They build model dams and explain how dams can be a detriment to paddlefish population.
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Wrapped in Mystery

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders can identify five basic elements that most mysteries contain. They put the elements of mystery into a graphic organizer they can follow. They construct meaning after reading Poe's short story and identify or infer the...
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Money Circulation: A Story of Trade and Commerce

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the meaning, symbolism, and value of the quarter. They determine the percentage of total monetary value held in quarters and graph the results. Students infer about the U.S. Mint's distrubution of coins. They...
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study westward expansion. In this US history lesson, students describe the adventures and hardships faced by the explorers known as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Students write a report to the President about the journey...
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Immigration/Migration

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the immigration into America by researching Ellis Island. In this United States History lesson, 6th graders research the Internet to view photographs and find information about the immigration to Ellis Island....
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Naked to the Eye

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study microorganisms. In this microorganism lesson, 6th graders explore the form and function of these organisms. Students use magnification during experiments on bread.
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Rock Talk

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read a book about rocks and complete a rock analysis activity. In this rock study lesson, students read the book Everybody Needs a Rock and select a rock to observe and describe. Students record the properties of rocks, classify...
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Investigating Pot Sherds

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders measure pot sherds and use their knowledge of Pi to infer possible uses of pottery. They also infer possible functions of ancient ceramics. After tracing rounded pottery pieces onto paper, 6th graders use compasses to...
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Archaeobotany

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study pictures of seeds and the conditions in which they grow during their study of archaeobotany. They infer ancient plant use by looking at archaeobotanical samples. They determine the change of plant use by interpreting a...
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Quarters: Arkansas and Vermont

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners compare and contrast the natural resources of Arkansas and Vermont and the design of the quarter. Students infer from their Venn diagrams and maps how regions differ across the United States.
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Gold Production

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare information on "California Gold Production". They participate in class discussion. They write a summary regarding gold production in California over time.
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Cool Lights

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate how and why deep-sea organisms produce light. They examine how these processes can be used to study deep ocean environments.
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Sunspots or Lumpy Planets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the method Galileo used to prove sunspots were actually on the sun instead of objects between the Earth and Sun.. They study the term foreshortening and assess its relevance to observation.
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Improving Your Spelling with the Virtual Thesaurus

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students study spelling words. In this word study lesson plan, students use the Visual Thesaurus and play the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee.
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Evolution Explorations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare characteristics of animals and human beings. In this biology activity, students observe an animal and record their observations. They infer whether the evolution theory is true or not.
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It's Still Polaris

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners observe the changing night sky over the course of an evening and chart the circumpolar stars as they traverse the sky in a progression around Polaris. They infer and discuss the cause of the changing star positions.
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Estimation of Population Growth By Counting Offspring: Seed Multiplication

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students calculate the reproductive rate of a plant that creates multi seed fruits. They graph exponential growth and the complete a series of questions that help them infer that natural selection processes are at work in this population.
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How Did Maine Factories Affect The Environment

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the history of interactions with the environment in the 1800s. They conduct research looking for possible negative influences upon the environment. The information is used to conduct a class discussion about the...
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Cool! Awesome! What is it?

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students infer what a mysterious object is in a photo. In this inference activity, students practice their scientific skills to identify what they see. Students enjoy solving the mysterious identity of objects and extending their...
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Temperature of Inner Planets

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Mars, Earth, and Venus contain atmospheres that generate weather. Young scientists explore the temperature of inner planets. They create a model simulating the greenhouse effect before researching and answering guided questions to...
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On Target: Strategies to Help Readers Make Meaning through Inferences

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Here's a resource that explicitly teaches, models, and provides readers with opportunities to practice the process of drawing inferences from text. Packed with strategies elementary, middle, and high school teachers can use, the resource...
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Investigating How Heat Flows

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
It is impossible to cool down a glass of water by adding ice. Young scientists explore heat transfer through videos, experiments, and interactive games. They quickly catch on that the water melts the ice and things aren't always as they...

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