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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design a Net Zero Energy Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a concept design of their very own net-zero energy classroom by pasting renewable energy and energy-efficiency items into and around a pretend classroom on a sheet of paper. They learn how these items (such as solar...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Have Journal Will Travel: Promoting Family Involvement in Litera

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students build positive memories of literacy activities when they take turns taking home a book bag stuffed with items to encourage literacy interactions with their families.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Finding Angles

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
The three types of angles, right, acute, and obtuse, exist in our everyday surroundings. Learners find these angles using classroom items.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Design Your Own Bedroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Many middle schoolers dream of designing their ideal bedroom. In this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Hope Depot: Science Fair Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Find advice on project ideas, project steps, presentation tips, classroom activities and more.
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Super Sleuth Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try your hand at this challenging online game that helps players identify items in pictures that do not belong, such as an air plane in the 1800's.
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Other

Freeology: Free Printable Teacher Forms

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Keep track of birthdays, items loaned, and much more with these free teacher forms.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Esol

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will provide English words for classroom items, and match classroom items with their English and Spanish terms.
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Other

Operation Santa Paws: Holiday Toys and Treats for Shelter Pets

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here is an idea for organizing a volunteer effort to collect needed items for animal shelters.
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Other

The Awesome Library: Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Awesome Library organizes carefully reviewed web resources. The Technology index explores a variety of resources such as: lesson plans, current events, integrating technology, technology items, and technology tools.
Primary
PBS

Pbs: Ken Burns America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find assets by location and call up specific item information including films, connected themes and related classroom resources. A wealth of primary source images from events in American history.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Understanding Inflation: A Stop Motion Explainer, Parts 1 and 2

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore a real-life application of percentage-the math behind rates of inflation-in two animated videos about inflation from KQED. The first video provides an overview of inflation; the second explains the role of inflation in a healthy...
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Dramatic Living and Non Living [Pdf]

For Teachers K
Students explore the differences between living and nonliving things through the lens of the nursery rhyme, "Hey Diddle Diddle." After bringing the characters to life, the students discuss the concepts of living and nonliving and act out...
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Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments: Make Batteries Out of Money/potatoes

For Students 9th - 10th
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one...
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Other

Beginning Teacher's Toolbox

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides helpful hints, articles on classroom issues, and other resources for new teachers. Free toolkit includes gradebook, test generator and other helpful items.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Bottle "Tops"

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about rotation and balance in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how wobbling affects the "spin time" of an object due to it being unbalanced.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Big Wave

For Students 3rd - 8th
Investigate the behavior of a string of rubber bands and clips, and discover why it produces patterns of movement called waves. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what causes different types of waves.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Push It Out Rocket

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that explores Newton's Third Law. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Rubberband Rollback

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simple experiment that explores potential and kinetic energy involving the use of a can, a rubber band, some washers, and other everyday materials. Discover why the can rolls forward, then back.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Strange Soap

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate the behavior of a soapy bubble solution, and find out why bubbles move, and ultimately pop.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Coffee Filter Rainbows

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that demonstrates chromotography. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what happens with different colors when they are soaked with water.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Mighty Seeds

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn about the process of germination in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of why plants can survive in a variety of environments.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Chocolate Lava

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about the two different types of lava in this hands-on science experiment that uses chocolate as lava. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of the difference between the two.

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