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Curated OER

Remembrance Through Art

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners examine the design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. They assess art's role in history. They demonstrate their knowledge by planning a memorial for a public space.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: Exploration Tubs

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop skills of scientific inquiry. They determine which objects float and which sink.
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Curated OER

Bonkers About Beads

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore written communication of different cultures, practice identifying letters of the alphabet, and recognize and create patterns with beaded letters.
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Curated OER

WebGraphics Inc.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners in two different countries work together to create their own business website. They are potential clients to the other teams involved in the project. They get a great realistic business like approach when the lesson is completed.
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Curated OER

Physical Location; How a Border Town Might Develop

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners speculate how a location can develop into a large town. They investigate the physical resources and how populations can grow. There are guiding questions to help students through the research and class discussion. Learners make...
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Curated OER

Why Does the Bulb Light When There is Flow?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars analyze light bulbs and their design. They create filaments and build a circuit for testing the filaments. Through experimentation, students discover how filament wire works. They explore the role of protons, electrons,...
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Curated OER

Glaciers and Ice Wedging

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe buckling sidewalks and potholes before attempting to determine how these things are caused. They freeze water filled plastic cups that have been covered. As the water freezes, the students observe what happens to...
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Curated OER

Paper Sculpture Habitats

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students develop skills in sculpture. They acknowledge that sculpture can be made in a variety of ways. Students encounter different ways paper can be manipulated. They gain experience in collaboration.
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Curated OER

The Science of Airplane Flight

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students  define terms, explain Bernoulli's principle and identify the control surfaces of an airplane.  In this investigative lesson students complete a lab activity.
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Curated OER

My Favorite Thing to Do

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete the questions to detail their favorite after school activities. In this after school activity lesson, students fill in the blanks using the word bank to detail information about their favorite after school activities....
Interactive
Curated OER

Astronomy 1 Quiz- Online Interactive

For Students 4th - 5th
In this space science worksheet, students complete 5 multiple choice questions pertaining to the planets and other space bodies. This is an online interactive quiz. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Start Here! Welcome to the Character Modeling Topic!

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to the Character Modeling topic! In this topic, we'll explore how clay models are transformed into digital characters using weighted averages. It includes two lessons: Lesson 1: Modeling with subdivision surfaces (appropriate for...
Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Studio: Modeling a Head From Clay

For Students 3rd - 5th
Interactive resource teaches students how to model a head from clay.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Sculpture in the Round Making a Portrait in Clay

For Students 9th - 10th
Artlex discusses two kinds of portraiture, caricatures and realistic portraits, as part of a lesson plan with step-by-step instructions on how to make a bust out of clay. An interesting game, "Who the Heck Is That?," asks the participant...
Activity
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Tips on How to Make a Plant Cell Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the steps for making a model of a plant cell in two different ways. The first way uses mostly sweet foods and the second way uses a shoebox, clay, and simple materials.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Scale Model of the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students gain an understanding of the layers of the Earth by designing and building a clay model.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Floodplain Modeling

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the impact of changing river volumes and different floodplain terrain in experimental trials with table top-sized riverbed models. The models are made using modeling clay in aluminum baking pans placed on a slight...
Activity
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: How to Make a 3 D Dna Model Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the steps for how to make a model of DNA using colored polymer clay and wire. Students will gain a good understanding of the structure of DNA by doing this project.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Tips on How to Make a 3 D Plant Cell Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the steps in how to make a model of a plant cell using clay and simple materials found at home. Suggestions for variations are also given.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to our planet's structure and its dynamic system of natural forces through an examination of the natural hazards of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and tornados, as well as avalanches, fires,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art Lesson: Inuit Sculpture

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Introduce your students to Inuit sculpture with this simple art project. Students discuss examples of sculptures and how they are made, create drawings and model clay, and, last but not least, display their final products.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Soil Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
Students investigate soil porosity by building a model using the three main soil textures: sand, silt, and clay.
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Other

Germantown Academy: Dinosaurs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents numerous examples of student work during a Grade Two dinosaur unit. Included are poems, clay models, stories and other creative products.

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