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Exploring America's Diversity: Motel Garber (Beginner)

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young detectives delve into the past in an exciting series exploring immigration. The activity uses primary sources to teach elementary scholars historical analysis. Academics read records to understand the life of Motel Garber, from...
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Center for History Education

Who Fired the Shot Heard Round the World?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Take a closer look. Young academics become detectives in an engaging lesson on the American Revolution. Scholars work in groups to analyze documents to uncover whether the American colonists or British soldiers fired the first shot at...
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NASA

Build a Light Detector Inspired by Space Communications

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Data can travel on light waves ... who knew!?! Pupils explore the idea of using light waves to transmit data through space. They then build their own boards that detect a specific wavelength of light.
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NASA

Build a Relay Inspired by Space Communications

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learn how the professionals at NASA send information across space. Engineers use a microdevice, laser pointer, and mirrors as relays to model data transmission in space. Scholars program a microdevice to detect light received and test...
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Curated OER

Mr. Walton's Guide to Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Have your learners become reading detectives using this resource. In a step-by-step manner, they are led through an exploration of how to use inference, deduction and prediction skills to analyze a text. There are examples and prompts to...
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Curated OER

Iggy the Penguin

For Teachers K - 1st
Take your young word detectives on a hunt for the /i/ sound. Use the tongue twister about Iggy the penguin to help learners identify the target sound. Then learners are given several words, and they have to use their detective skills to...
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Curated OER

The Magnetometer

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Physical or earth science pupils prepare a magnetometer by inducing magnetism into a pair of straight pins. As the pins hang from a thread, they can be used to detect the magnetic field or poles of a magnet. They could also be used as a...
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TryEngineering

Solving Problems with Decision Trees

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Combat crime with computers. The instructional activity teaches young computer scientists about decision trees and how to use them. They consider telecommunications subscriptions and how decision trees can help detect fraud.
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Curated OER

Who Done It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pick and choose which activities to include in this crime scene investigation. Junior detectives can examine fingerprints, DNA, blood samples, or bone structure.  The plan suggests you have teams solve a mystery, but it does not...
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Curated OER

Germs and the Body

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore how germs affect the body and how to deal with them. They research internet websites to discover the detection and protection of germs. Students complete a worksheet to demonstrate germs.
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Curated OER

Investigate Pine Creek!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are invited to become detectives in this Web-Integrated Science Environment (WISE) as they explore a local creek, its environment and ongoing status. Students participate in field trips, acquisition of data through water testing...
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Curated OER

Lines Of Connection

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
We need the help of your history detectives! After giving them a set of questions to answer, reading groups must create their own timeline of the events. Then, as a class, have each group present their timelines. What is different? Why...
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Learning to Give

Start Cleaning the Air

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Advocate for the environment! With the short story included, learners are prompted to think about radon (the odorless and colorless gas) and possible ways to get donations or raise money to purchase detection equipment. The plan spans...
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Curated OER

Sigma Detectives

For Students 10th - 12th
In this sigma activity, students evaluate patterns. They find the sum of the digits in a sequence and write the formula to produce the sequence. This one page activity contains four multi-step problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Detective: Worksheet 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math problem solving worksheet, students practice their subtraction and additions skills as they answer 12 short word problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Subtraction Detective

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this subtraction worksheet, students solve a total of 32 simple subtraction problems. Students then fill in the bubble with the correct answer. Problems come 8 to a worksheet, 4 worksheets total.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Detective

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math activity, students read 12 clues for a mystery number. Students find the unknown number for each statement. Example: This number increased by four is ten (six).
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Curated OER

Underwater Descriptive Detectives

For Teachers 1st
First graders utilize descriptive words to convey ideas in writing. After hearing the story, 'Rainbow Fish,' students create their own fish books. The books contain original writing and illustrations.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Detective Duck's Preparatory Course

For Students 4th
For this addition worksheet, 4th graders focus on missing numerals. Students complete 13 problems solving for missing digits in each of the vertical addition problems.
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Curated OER

the Sound Detective Scientist

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify sounds in their environment and acquire listening and inferring skills.
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Curated OER

Science Biographies for Research Detectives

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research and explore lives of famous scientists, analyze accomplishments of scientists, and create presentations. Six lessons on one page.
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Curated OER

Detecting Meteors by Radio in the Classroom

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders describe and interpret the science of optical and radio telescopes, space probes and remote sensing technologies (Unit E) They explain the role of radio and optical telescopes in determining characteristics of stars and...
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Curated OER

Shopping Detective

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this consumer math worksheet, students analyze the prices on 4 food items in a store. Students solve 7 word problems with the information.
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Curated OER

The Sociological Detective

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers conduct research in order to debate a topic. In this sociology lesson plan, students conduct research regarding 4 types of schools. High schoolers prepare to debate a topic of their choice.

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