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Friction Fanatics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student and compare the three types of friction. In this physics lesson, students determine the coefficient of friction using the CEENBoT. They investigate how friction changes as the angle of the incline changes.
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Seven Jumps

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars learn a dance to the song "Seven Jumps."
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Making Thunderstorms

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the causes of thunderstorms and create the sounds of a thunderstorm.
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Thunderstorms

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the attraction between two different charges to explain the concept of lightning in a thunderstorm.
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TE Activity: Build a Charge Detector

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils examine how electrical force takes place between two objects by building an electroscope. They apply the electroscope to determine an objects' charge intensity and to see what factors influence electric force.
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What is Electrical Potential and How Does a Relational Causal Model Explain It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine models of electrical potential. Students discuss the concept of electrical potential and relational causality. They compare models based on electric potential to those with cyclic simultaneous causality.
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Opposites Attract

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils demonstrate the attraction of small pieces of paper to a charged plastic rod and conduct experiment with other objects to determine whether they can hold a charge. They then use online applets to apply their experiments to...
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Christianity

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils analyze the influx of Christian principles in nonviolent resistance. In this Civil Right Movement lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s interpretation of Christianity and the...
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What's the Rub? It's All About Friction!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine the coefficient of friction for different surfaces. In this physics lesson, students identify the factors that affect friction. They collect data and write a formal lab report.
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Science: Avalanche!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine avalanches after reading excerpts from John Muir's book, "The Yosemite." In small groups, they conduct experiments with flour, sugar, and potato flakes representing different snow consistencies. Then, 8th graders...
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Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon Sequencing Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice sequencing. In this sequencing instructional activity, students listen to the book Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon. They put the story events in sequential order using a graphic organizer. 
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Weather

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners participate in a variety of mini-lessons including experiments, literature readings, physical education components, music, data gathering and recording and more to expose them to several themes of weather; i.e. water cycle,...
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Bean Bag Battle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice catching and throwing skills in a dynamic setting. They become familiar with the utilization of the entire open space, along with concept of "getting open."
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Volleyball Work It Out

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice volleyball skill-related activities while working on cardiovascular and muscular endurance.
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Air Temperature and Kinetic Energy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use a NASA website do activities which help them better explain how air temperature and kinetic energy are related to aircraft propulsion.
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Researching Hurricanes with Technology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the components that make up a hurricane.
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Telling Time to 5 Minutes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students take part in various activities ranging from creating a human clock, to small group problem solving to reinforce the concept of telling time accurately to five minutes on an analog clock.
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Prosthetic Limbs

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create a simple model of the muscles in hand opening and closing the it. They make the model move a block in a specified direction.
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Math is Beautiful

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore how geometry is used on the composition of artworks by artists from different cultures. This lesson is equally suited for a Math or Art classroom at the late-elementary or early-middle school level.
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Faces of the Family

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students and teachers share their individual concept of families to begin the lesson. As they read different pieces of literature, they keep a journal of the activities and problems each main character gets into. To end the lesson,...
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Balance, Rhythmns and Stomp Rockets

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Students practice stepping and jumping, using specified foot action, in rhythm. In groups, they practice jumping onto stomp rocket launchers and demonstrate how to increase the distance by raising the angle of the launcher. After each...
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Utah at the Crossroads: Challenges for K-12 Education in the Coming Ten Years

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the difficulties in financing public education in Utah. They examine how Utah students perform on standardized tests. They focus on the coming enrollment boom in K-12 education and slowing economy and what effects these...
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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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Words, words, words

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils discuss words that represent the big ideas in Othello and that recur throughout the play. They are assigned words to track throughout the text, recording which character says the word and in what context.

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