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Newton's Second Law: Mass-Acceleration Relationship with Dynamics Carts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers form their own hypothesis about the relationships between force, mass, and acceleration for their dynamics cart system. They collect data and express it in a graphical format to visualize the relationships.
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Robots

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the two kinds of fluids: liquids and gases. They explain that liquids (water), unlike gases (air), cannot be compressed. This property makes them ideal for hydraulic work applications.
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How Do Airplanes Get Off the Ground

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct various types of paper airplanes, exploring action and reaction forces by conducting a paper airplane rodeo. Students then discuss how Newton's Third Law of Motion affected their planes.
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Life Without Flight

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students keep a journal for an intire week recording their observations of the ways aircraft affect society, The students discuss their findings and categorize them into areas such as military, commercial, research, and so on.
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Why is there Pollution in Mexico City?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the causes of air pollution in Mexico City from a holistic approach.
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Efficiency

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work cooperatively to investigate the efficiency of various household appliances. They share their findings in three to five minute oral presentations.
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10 Huh?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use powers of ten to make reasonable estimations for list of questions. They share their problem solving techniques with the class.
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Return South Migration Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the reasons so many immigrants returned to the South following the Civil Rights Movement. They examine how the former slaves influenced the cultural life in the Northern cities.
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Water Quality And pH

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners determine the pH level of water and its effect on aquatic plants and brine shrimp eggs. This is a three part activity that leads the student through the development of an understanding of water pH. They form a hypothesis and are...
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Studying the Great Depression Through Novels

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders view pictures of life in a small town during the Great Depression in Illinois to gain an understanding of living conditions during the era. They read novels based on life of this era.
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Waste, Then and Now

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss and compare the waste disposal habits of today with those of Native Americans of long ago.
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The Awful 8: The Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers become aware of the cause and effects of different air pollutants. They present a play about the different pollutants.
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Glass Blowing How Do They Make Glass Into Different Shapes?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students experiment with butter as a supercooled liquid in order to better explain how glass is made into different shapes.
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Create a Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make a timeline from the late 1800's to 2000 to mark significant inventions.
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Nontraditional Occupations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a class discussion about stereotypes and nontraditional occupations. Thy fill out a worksheet while they search through a database.
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"Trails, Rails, and Roads" Lesson 2: Road Tripping

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students practice map skills and take a virtual road trip through Maine examining the history of transportation. They create questions from the information they learned and play a game against other groups.
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How to Weigh a Car with a Tire Gauge

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students calculate the weight of a motor vehicle using only a sheet of graph paper and a tire gauge. Extensions provided offer additional challenges.
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Pros and Cons of Advertising

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders compare and contrast television commercials. They write paragraphs explaining how different company commercials for the same product can confuse consumers.
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Design Your Own Remote

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use ergonomics to design and draw a remote control. They consider the placement of the buttons so that the remote can be used without looking at it.
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Archaeology as a Career

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read about archaeology as a career. They develop a list of questions they would like to ask an archaeologist and then actually interview an archaeologist on the future of archaeology as a career.
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What's The Flow?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine urban runoff and identify peak flows. They examine causes for different flow rates, and complete worksheets and a graph.
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Making Tough Decisions about the Energy We Use

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student examine ways we use and conserve energy. They discover the choices one makes concerning excessive energy use.
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Connecting Downtown

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how engineering and design make cities more livable and efficient. They study different types of walkways including elevated and underground walks, and where and why they would be used. They design their own walkway...
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Colonial Geography: To and From Canada

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify the major geographic features of colonial New England. They explain the essential parts to a map and interpret journals to plot a journey. They discover the connection between geography and life.

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