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Advanced Spelling - "Machines"

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this advanced spelling machines theme worksheet, students unscramble machine words and match them with their definitions. Students solve twelve activities.
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Energy

For Students 9th - 12th
In this energy worksheet, students answer 17 questions about kinetic and potential energy. They calculate potential energy, they write formulas for kinetic energy, they solve equations for kinetic energy and they identify types of energy...
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Black Holes IV

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this black holes activity, students read about black holes and solve 3 problems where they calculate the Schwarschild radius of one, the number of grams/second a quasar luminosity implies for another and the number of suns per year a...
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Black Holes...III

For Students 9th - 12th
In this black holes activity, students use a formula for time dilation which causes delays in events that occur near the black hole. They solve 6 problems using the equation.
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Newton's Laws: Making Simple Rockets

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students can use rocketry to understand Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
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Potential and Kinetic Energy Lessons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can explore potential and kinetic energy with these lesson plans and make the playground an outside laboratory.
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Energy: The Universal Currency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Science stars examine the concept of energy by thinking about everyday situations. The lesson plan is incohesive. It lists goals for the student, but doesn't address all of them in the content. The best use of this resource would simply...
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Newton's Laws

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Beginning with definitions of mass and foce, this excellent set of slides summarizes Newton's Laws of motion and universal bravitaions. Components of each law are explained along with examples and questions to inspire discussion. This is...
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Newton's Laws and Winter Sports

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners investigate past winter Olympic games utilizing any skiing or snowboarding event to take Newton's Challenge. Helpful Web resources are provided and students enjoy learning science laws along with researching Olympic events.
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Skimming Exercise

For Students 6th - 8th
In this skimming for information worksheet, students read a passage quickly to find the main ideas. Students have a short period of time to read the passage and complete the questions.
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Weightlessness

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners use a coffee cup to demonstrate weightlessness. After a lecture/demo, students read an article on free-fall. They perform a simple experiment which helps them explain the concept of weightlessness.
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Things Are Heating Up!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study how heat is produced from mechanical and electrical machines and human activities.
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The Gravity Of It All-Newton's Laws

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students experiment with the concept of Newton's second law of motion. After building a ramp, they determine whether a large marble or a small marble will move farther, based on Newton's law. Students record their data on the provided....
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Multiple-Choice Questions: Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 6 multiple choice questions which require them to read a sentence and determine the meaning of words or phrases in the sentences....
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Using Conjunctions and Transitions to Express Cause and Effect

For Students 7th - 9th
In this conjunctions and transitions instructional activity, students choose the correct conjunction or transition to complete the sentence.
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Critical Reading Exercise

For Students 8th - 10th
In this critical reading exercise, students evaluate the credibility of a piece of writing. Students read descriptions of various interest groups and lobbies and identify the group that made a quotation.
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Activity Two Teacher Page: Explosions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify variables that affect the system, and specify which variables are independent and which are dependent.
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HOW FAST DO SEDIMENT GRAINS OF DIFFERENT SIZES SETTLE?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment using sand, a jar, and a paper clip to analyze the effects of different kinds of sand vis a vis its sediment. They graph their findings and analyze for factors of size, shape, and density.
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Hot Stuff

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate mechanical and electrical machines in the classroom and school, and identify which produce heat while operating.
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Ins and Outs of Simple Machines

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the ins and outs of simple machines. They discover the various roles of simple machines, who uses them, where they can be found and how they actually work. Students create a compound machine using simple machines.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. They read the background to the Vietnam War and the social, political, and miliary issues surrounding the War and how they affected President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society Program. ...
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Electric Light Tower

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students examine the San Jose Light Tower as an example of the development of urban lighting circa 1900. They view a slideshow, conduct research and write newspapers to chronicle the lighting ceremony from a variety of perspectives.
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Newton's Laws

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students give examples of each of Newton's three laws as they occur in everyday experiences. They visually represent and differentiate the difference between a direct proportion and an inverse proportion. Students explain how the...
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Perpetual Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concept of Energy Conservation with the example of: Tony Hawk seems to defy the conservation of energy as he keeps reaching new heights on each pass on the halk-pipe. Actually, Tony is supplying the extra...

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