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Pre History through Modern Day Timeline

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the historical sequence of cultures throughout history. They demonstrate the ability to organize events in chronological order and demonstrate how time is measured and annotated.
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Why Does It Rain?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the water cycle. They observe a demonstration of the water cycle involving ice, water, bowls, and steam, explore various websites, and listen to the book, "The Magic School Bus: Wet All Over: A Book About the Water...
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Whole Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student are assigned one of the sections on whole numbers. After reviewing the content, they teach their assigned sections to other class mates. They publish their findings on a PowerPoint slide show to use when they teach their section.
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Eureka! I’ve Got an Idea!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore many inventions and inventors. In this science lesson, students collaborate as they research inventors and their times in order to compile information to build an informative Web site.
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Advertise a State Vacation

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create a brochure advertising a state for vacation. In this internet research lesson, students do research on a state and create a brochure with the information. Students write a commercial and videotape them.  
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Design Project: Audio Media-based Signal Generator

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this physics worksheet, students are given a schematic diagram to construct an amplifier circuit. They complete 4 short answer questions about the circuit they made.
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Study of Fossils

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders dig for fossils. In this fossil lesson, 5th graders read about the oldest found fossils and discuss the process of fossilization. They dig for their own fossils in a fossil box made of several dirt layers. 
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Birds, Bees and STDs

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students develop knowledge on STD's, their causes, treatment and prevention.  In this investigative lesson students mingle with each-other to find the STD, then get into groups and research STD's on the CDC site. 
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Bats

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders replace a common KWL with an anticipation activity.  In this bats lesson, 3rd graders use radio buttons to record their answers to questions at the beginning of a bat lesson.  Students view a website to read about...
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Human Fingerprints: No Two the Same

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore scientific observations by analyzing a group of data. In this fingerprint identification lesson, 6th graders identify the reasoning behind fingerprinting and create their own ink fingerprints. Students discuss the...
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Four Color Map

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars explore geometry by completing a color puzzle. In this shape identification lesson, students utilize deductive reasoning to complete a Google SketchUp puzzle with trapezoid, triangles and rectangular shapes. Young...
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Proportionality, Ratios and Constant Variation

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students use Scion Image to estimate the proportion of space images. In this proportion lesson, students investigate the online site of Image of the Orbitor and relate the dimensions and sizes to known sizes.
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Lifting a Load

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students experiments with levers to determine if the amount of force needed to lift a load is always the same. In this physics lesson, students use Lab-Pro data collector as they experiment with the fulcrum placement to measure the work...
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Correcting Bad Data Using Parity Bits

For Students 8th - 10th
In this parity bits instructional activity, students read about pixels and data strings. Students are given 2 data strings that are corrupted by cosmic ray glitches and they identify the bad data and create a valid data string.
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Basic Word

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create a poster of a weather-related word.  In this weather lesson, students randomly choose a weather word, define it, and draw a picture of it. They also use Word Art to create the title of their poster.
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Calculations at the Crazy Cookie Company

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners explore matrix multiplication and problem solve using matrix multiplication. They design a table that will display cost and profit for three cookie stores. 
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How Technology Has Changed Communication in the 21st Century

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students can learn more about technology through taking a look at the advances made in the last few decades.
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Creating a Bar Graph Using a Spreadsheet: Dice Rolling Probabilities

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the concept of spreadsheets. They create a simple spreadsheet and chart from given data. Students perform basic formatting procedures on their chart. They use spreadsheet functions to perform calculations.
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The Use Of Satellites

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Internet to do research. They organize information and make a presentation on a satellite to the class. They discuss the capability of the leading edge of technology for a given time.
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Examining Endangered Species

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Middle school environmental science classes research the threatened, endangered, and extinct organisms listed for their state. They design and construct a poster of the information gleaned and write an essay about how they might be able...
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I Dream in Pictures and Words (Day 1)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the art of Rene Magrritte and Marc Chagall. Using the internet, they discover the characteristics of Surrealist artists and write a paper. They share their findings with the class and answer discussion questions.
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Reading the River - Biological Classification

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Youngsters create a list of grocery store items and then work together to categorize them as if they were setting up the shelves of the market. Then they are given a box of miscellaneous objects to practice categorizing. With these two...
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The Winter Olympics' Tale

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students look back at the athletes, events and related news surrounding the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and present brief newscasts recapping the highlights of individual sports.
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Environmental Harmony

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use information from a variety of media to evaluate different artists' views on the human relationship to nature. From these sources, class discussion, and personal experience, students will synthesize a thoughtful,...

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