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Go Fish

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Help learners discover methods to estimate animal population. They will participate in a simulation of catching and tagging fish in order to estimate the fish population. They scoop and count goldfish crackers, record data, and use...
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Peppered Moth Simulation Activity

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students simulate peppered moth predators using SmartNotebook. In this life science lesson, students collect survival data and analyze results. They explain the importance of changes in species over time.
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A Simulated Journey

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders experience simulations in order to meet the required Social Studies standards. In this simulation instructional activity, 5th graders experience a teacher set-up simulation of students being put in the Responsible Thinking...
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Coal Supply and Demand

For Teachers 5th - 10th
A hands-on simulation perfect for an economics lesson, young learners investigate the availability of different sources of natural energy (coal, natural gas, oil, solar, and nuclear) and how this availability affects their cost. Simulate...
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Choice, Conflict, and Compromise at the County level

For Teachers 8th - 12th
With all the hubbub surrounding national elections, it's easy to forget the importance of local government. After learning about county governance and voter turnout for local elections, young citizens demonstrate how local governance...
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Decision Point: Understanding the U.S.’s Dilemma Over North Korea

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Simulate the Situation Room and analyze the US's relationship with North Korea. The plan starts off with a quick review and an examination of a online timeline that updates as the situation continues. Next, the class reads an article and...
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How Many?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore and design ways to collect data through simulations and random samples. They perform two experiments to determine the answers to various probability problems, and present the data/graphs in the form of a...
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Simulation and Statistics

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students perform simulation of video games as they explore statistics. For this algebra lesson, students relate concepts of statistics and data collection to solve problems. They decide their next step based on the previous assessment of...
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Model UN Simulation on Population Control Policies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a Model UN Simulation Activity in which they take the role of country delegates and NGO representatives in an attempt to develop and debate resolutions that seek to provide remedies to the problems of...
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EU Simulation: The European Council

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students take on the role of European Council members. In this European Union (EU) lesson, students research pertinent issues facing the EU. Students use their research findings to prepare for a debate simulation.
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Solar Cell Simulation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe how energy moves from the Sun to the photovoltaic cell to the wire and to the load. In this solar cell simulation lesson, 2nd graders demonstrate the movement of photons and electrons to emulate how solar energy...
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The Canada-US Auto Industry Simulation and Economies of Scale

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the U.S./Canadian trade relationship. In this economics lesson, students participate in a simulation that requires them to use economies of scale to trade laterally.
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The Predator-Prey Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play a game in which they simulate the interactions between a predator, lynx, and a prey, rabbit. Students collect data on the interactions, graph data, and make predictions for populations of several more generations.
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Creating a Government

For Teachers 7th - 12th
A simulation gives scholars a personal look at what goes into forming a government. Each of them is assigned 1 of 4 tribes which make up Borka, a hypothetical country. The tribe distribution is based on the percentage of people in each....
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Estimating With Fire

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Watch the damage from a forest fire in this interactive simulation activity that challenges learners to estimate the burn area using different approaches. Learners are given a worksheet to track the different burn patterns and practice...
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Sequence of Events: The Watershed

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Class members simulate a watershed with a painters drop cloth, placing objects underneath to create landscape variation, making "rain" with a watering can, and using red drink mix powder to track the path of precipitation. They observe...
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Rights in Early America

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Get your historians to hop into someone else's 18th century shoes with a simulation on rights in early America. Each individual gets an identity card, indicating their race, gender, and status (slave or free). Areas around the room are...
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Simulation and Accounting Practices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
  High schoolers implement their knowledge about accounting practices into a simulation activity.  In this secondary consumer/business math lesson, students participate in a simulation centered on the life of the people during the gold...
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Predator-Prey Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students simulate a predator-prey interaction in an ecosystem. Students use different size squares cut from paper to represent predators and prey. They simulate the interactions of the species by following instructions for the capture of...
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Reformation Simulation

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners discover the Medieval reformation. In this ethics lesson, students simulate council and government bodies to determine responses to various opinions regarding religion and ethics. They determine what postilions to take and why...
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GNP Simulation Using Foods in the Americas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore food supply distribution. In this GNP distribution lesson, students participate in a simulation that requires them to eat foods from the American continents. Students are served according to their chance positions in...
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Campaign! The Election Simulation Game

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students simulate the election process with one group acting as politicians and others acting as the constituency with concerns specific to their assigned area of the country. They give speeches, take polls, and elect a leader based on...
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DNA Sequencing Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore the Sanger sequencing method which produces a nested set of radioactive fragments from a template strand. They simulate the Sanger method of sequencing DNA, both visually and kinesthetically.
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Simulated Road Trip

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read the book, DEAR MR. HENSHAW. They implement problem solving strategies and cooperative learning to complete a simulated road trip. Students will use the Internet as a guide to help them complete the road trip.

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