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Shape Up!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate measurement through the use of literature through this series of lessons.
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Making a Periscope

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars experiment with a simple periscope to see how it reflects light. They draw a diagram of the path a ray of light follows as it travels from an object, through the periscope, and into your eye.
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Focusing Light With a Lens

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars experiment with a converging lens. They observe the image of an object through a lens. They determine the magnification of the lens.
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Traveling Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore how sound waves move through liquids, solids and gases in a series of simple sound energy experiments. They describe how sound needs molecules to move and that changing the medium that it travels through changes the...
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Water Regulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use their basic knowledge of physiology to analyze graphical data of paramecia under diverse conditions. From the data analysis, Students develop explanations of the animal's response to the concentration of different solutions...
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Counting on Counting

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars recognize that counting tells how many objects are in the set irrespective of how they are arranged or the order in which they are counted. They solve problems involving one more or less to a given set using their...
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Clockwise

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate angles through this series of lessons. They determine how angles turn in both clockwise and anticlockwise directions. They examine the characteristics of quarter half turns and how they can begin from any...
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Measurement Investigations 1

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders find perimeters, areas, and volumes of everyday objects and state the precision. They work in small groups in order to take measurements, perform calculations, and write a group report about the investigation.
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Could You Start a Business?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
High schoolers learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. For this lesson, young scholars learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.
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The REAL Cost of College

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the cost of college and how to plan and save. In this money management lesson students do research on the cost of college, learn about making financial choices, earning, spending, saving, investing and how they apply to...
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Why Does Money Have Value?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study money and its value and usage in the world today. In this economic instructional activity, students research money as they learn what it stands for, why it is important, how it is valued and what it represents in the...
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Redesigning the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers redesign the classroom space. In this geometry lesson plan, students part take in making classroom rules and assigning value to the space in the classroom. They investigate measuring and problem solving in this lesson plan.
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Algebra—Quadratic Equations and Functions

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use given information on wind speed with the quadratic formula to determine the pressure of the wind on a building. In this quadratic equations lesson, students compute the pressure of the wind from two data tables. They graph...
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Diameter, Radius and Area

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate the diameter, radius and area of a circle. For this geometry lesson, students investigate the different ratios of a circle. They calculate the surface are of each circle.
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Radius, Diameter and Area

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners identify the radius and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the volume and area of a cylinder and circle. They relate the circumference of a circle to Pi.
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Unit Circle and Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students apply the Unit Circle to solve ratios of triangles. In this geometry lesson, students derive the different ratios of a triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. They find the angles of a unit circle using a right triangle.
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Why Walk?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Following the story Yummers, pupils will use the food pyramid to evaluate what Emily Pig ate during her walk and find out why her walk made her sick. They will then participate in a walking game.
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Seed Sort

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students form a variety of categories for seed mixes (wild bird seed or 15 bean soup) and create graphs to display their categories.
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Where In the World Are We?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read postcards and find their locations on maps. They use the pictures and text on the postcards to write about imaginary vacations. They compute the mileage and compare it to TripMaker data.
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World Population Study

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore an exponential relationship and how it relates to human population growth and the current global population crisis. They graph both exponential and linear information.
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Parachutes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine how parachutes work, and research and discuss the first man to envision and sketch the first parachute. They analyze air resistance, drag force, drop time, and terminal velocity.
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Air and Water Pressure

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine buoyancy and fluid pressure. They conduct a series of fun experiments to discover the effects of pressure and explore how pressure differences can be used to float, lift, transport, or hold a material in place.
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Compass Crusaders

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover how to use a compass and how to use that knowledge in the field while applying orienteering and mathematical skills.
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Transforming Triangles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine how to graph translations (slides) and reflections (flips) on a coordinate plane. They practice the slides and flips kinesthetically and apply it to a worksheet working with triangles.

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