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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Hidden Grasses and Beans in Processed Foods

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this cooking and food science fair project, determine which common crops are found most often in processed foods. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Transferring Heat by Convection in a Tank

For Students 9th - 10th
In this engineering science fair project, students will determine the most effective method for quickly raising the temperature of a liquid in a tank. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Pounding Papyrus: Ancient Egyptians Made Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
In this materials science fair project, students will make a sheet of papyrus paper, and compare its tensile strength to that of common pulp paper. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Learn to Design an Ion Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
The goal of this electricity and electronics science fair project is to understand how ions are used to propel spacecraft in space, and to use a NASA online simulator to design your own ion engine. The Science Buddies project ideas are...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Field Projects: Science in Action

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, young scholars gather information about atmospheric scientific field projects in order to understand how a research question about the Earth system can be answered by collecting data using many different research...
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National Institutes of Health

Science Buddies: The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Finding a cure for cancer is one of scientists' greatest challenges today. But in order for this to be possible, they have to study and understand the disease. This lab explores the software available on the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project...
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Other

Rutgers: c.o.o.l. Class: Earth Science Project: Create an Ocean Weather Forecast

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to learn how to forecast ocean weather? This c.o.o.l. project lists each of the steps in the scientific process, and has you work through each in this earth science based project.
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Rice University

Galileo Project: The Galileo Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Rice University offers an impressive online project about Galileo Galilei, his life and work. Includes a glossary of terms, a timeline, maps, pictures, primary texts, family letters, and sketches.
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Archives & Museum Informatics: The Digital Hammurabi Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the Digital Hammurabi Project at The Johns Hopkins University. Its purpose is to advance scanning technology in order to produce high-quality 3-D images of cuneiform tablets, and to store these in a digital library...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Project Author Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about an author study. Students will find a multi-step project to help students effectively investigate an author during research. Reproducible graphic organizers are provided.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Biodynamic Farming: A Systems and Global Engineering Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is an excellent project where students investigate biodynamic farming techniques. They then collaborate with students from around the world to design an aquaponics system for cultivating fish and plants that can be used in an...
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NASA

Nasa: Project Skylab

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links to many resources about Project Skylab. Detailed information, articles, videos, and images are available here.
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Other

Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Densho Project is a digital archive of oral history interviews, historical photographs and related documents that captures, shares and preserves the experiences of Japanese Americans before, during and after World War II.
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Other

Big History Project: Chapter 1: The Universe

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Chapter 1 of Big History Project, learning module introduces history from the origins of the Universe. Site contains adaptable classroom material geared toward middle and high school students, including informational text, engaging...
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Other

Big History Project: Chapter 3: Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module from the Big History Project on the topic of Life. Interactive site with video, text and photos to illustrate the concepts of diversity, what scientists know and what still remains a mystery.
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Other

Big History Project: Chapter 4: Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
Big History Project takes a comprhensive look at humans. From evolution to migration, agriculture to complex civilizations, students and teachers will be intrigued by this interactive learning module.
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Other

Big History Project: Chapter 5: The Modern Revolution and the Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Big History Project, Chapter 5, picks up after the development of agriculture and the rise of cities and powerful civilizations and looks at industrialization, transportation and modern global interactions of today and asks, "what next?".
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of Rousseau's The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau offered for free by Project Gutenburg and formatted for online reading.
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Cengage Learning

Mission to Mars: Project Based Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars will plan a human expedition to the planet Mars. Through this project-based activity, they can choose to learn about the surface of Mars, the trip route, the analogical features between Mars and Earth, nutrition and...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Human Genome Project: Project Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides from the Human Genome Project provides basic information on the Human Genome Project. Among the items discussed is how genome sequencing is done, as well as information about the genome and proteome.
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Other

College Info Geek: 7 Project Management Apps to Keep Your Team Organized in 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
When you're working on a large project, to-do lists can fall short. There's simply too much going on and too many people involved. Instead, you need to use dedicated project management software. But how do you choose a project management...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Data Analysis for Advanced Science Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
The importance of data analysis in science projects is explained. Describes common mistakes young scientists make. The article then discusses how to find out what the standard methods of data analysis are for the type of research you...
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Intel Corporation

Intel Engage: Designing Effective Projects: Dangerous Decibels

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate sound in their environment, particularly how sounds impact their lives. At the beginning of the unit, students use online simulations to investigate the properties of sound and learn about the components of a sound...
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Other

The Legacy Project: Pablo Picasso

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Legacy Project's study of various artists, this site highlights the life of Pablo Picasso in a brief but factual biographical sketch. Links are also given to pictures of three of his most famous works: Guernica, Weeping...

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