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Relationships: Pressure, Volume and Temperature

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the relationships of pressure and volume and pressure and temperature of gases. In this gases lesson plan, 10th graders use an inflated balloon to show the relationship between volume and temperature of the air...
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Sports Helmets and Impact Testing of Polymers

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine the importance of good quality safety gear. In this investigative lesson, students will tests various polymers, collect data, and analyze the data to determine which polymer is best for safety helmets. They will design a...
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Ziplock Chemistry

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate various chemical reactions when creating mixtures in ziplock baggies. In this chemistry lesson, students will recognize various chemical reactions and cite evidence. Safety and assessment strategies are included in...
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What on Earth is That and How Can I Get One?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine how we use submersibles. In this technology based instructional activity, students examine various technologies used by submersibles in ocean exploration.
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Angles: Supplementary, Corresponding & Alternate (2 of 2)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In the second of two similar worksheets, anglers compute missing angles when given an alternate, supplementary, or complementary value. There are six problems to solve, but each of them requires two to four solutions. This is a nice...
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Angles: Supplementary, Corresponding & Alternate (1 of 2)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In the first of two similar worksheets, geometers compute two to four unknown angles when given an alternate, supplementary, or complementary value. There are six multliple-step problems to solve. This is a nice challenge for your...
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Trash a Pizza!

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Young scholars investigate data about America's trash production. In this environmental lesson, students use statistics about what we throw away to create an art pie chart project called a "trash pizza."
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The Comet Encke Tail Disruption Event

For Students 9th - 12th
In this comet tail disruption worksheet, students solve 7 problems using two images from NASA's STEREO satellite showing the breakup of the comet's tail. Students analyze the diagram and use the scale to solve the problems about time,...
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Angular Size and Similar Triangles

For Students 8th - 10th
In this angular size and similar triangles activity, students use the properties of similar triangles and the ratios of sides to solve for unknowns in given diagrams.
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Magnetic Storms

For Students 9th - 11th
In this magnetic storms worksheet, students use a given formula for the volume of a ring-shaped disk to solve 2 questions about the total atoms present in the disk and the total mass of the Ring Current.
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The STEREO Mission: Getting The Message Across

For Students 9th - 11th
For this STEREO satellites worksheet, students are given a chart with the intensity of the signals from the satellites received on Earth and the distances of the satellite from Earth. Students convert the intensity at each distance to...
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The Effects of Sunspots on Climate

For Students 8th - 10th
In this sunspots and climate change learning exercise, learners use a diagram of a tree stump and its rings to determine the age of the tree. They use sunspot data from the internet and they construct an Excel spreadsheet to compare the...
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Exploring Dwarf Planet Eris

For Students 8th - 10th
In this planet Eris worksheet, students read about the discovery of this dwarf planet and its characteristics. Kids answer 3 questions about the planets, the classification of planets and the definition of planets. Students define 7...
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Equations with one Variable II

For Students 9th - 12th
In this single variable equations learning exercise, learners solve 5 problems using different equations to solve for one unknown. They use Hubble's Law to find the velocity of a galaxy knowing the distance it travels.
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Modeling a Planetary Nebula

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this modeling a planetary nebula activity, students use a diagram to calculate the intensity at different radii from the center of the nebula. Students use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the distance between two points on the...
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Hinode Satellite Power

For Students 8th - 10th
In this Hinode satellite learning exercise, students find the area of the solar panels that cover the Hinode satellite to provide power. They determine the amount of power produced by the solar cells and if it is enough to keep all the...
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Astronomy in the Round

For Students 8th - 10th
In this round astronomical bodies learning exercise, students use 6 photographs of various solar system bodies to answer 5 questions related to the roundness of these bodies. They create a number to represent the roundness of an object...
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Sunspots and the Sun's Rotation

For Students 6th - 9th
In this sun worksheet, students use a Sunspotter to observe the rotation of the sun by identifying the presence of sunspots and watching them rotate over time. Students calculate how many days it takes to see the sunspots they observe in...
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Chandra Studies and Expanding Supernova Shell

For Students 7th - 9th
In this supernova learning exercise, students read about the expanding supernova shell that was discovered by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Students solve two problems including finding the scale of the given images and determining the...
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Lunar Meteorite Impact Risks

For Students 9th - 12th
In this lunar meteorite impact worksheet, students read about the dangers of meteorite impacts while exploring the moon. Students solve 7 problems including finding the area of the side of the moon that faces the Earth, calculating the...
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From Dust Balls to Asteroids

For Students 9th - 12th
In this asteroids learning exercise, students solve six problems where they find the equation for the mass of asteroids, they find the equation for the growth of asteroids, and they integrate their answers.
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From Dust Grains to Dust Balls

For Students 10th - 12th
In this formation of planets worksheet, learners solve 6 problems including finding the equation for the mass of rocks as a function of time, finding the equation for the rate of growth of the mass of rocks and integrating these equations.
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The Hand of Chandra!

For Students 9th - 12th
In this nebula worksheet, students read about the Chandra X-ray Observatory that captured the given image of a pulsar and its nebula. Students solve 3 problems including using similar triangles and proportions to find the image width,...
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Our Neighborhood in the Milky Way

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Milky Way galaxy worksheet, students are given a table of distances and angles of nebulae and star clusters from the sun. Students plot each one on a piece of paper and solve 2 problems using the data.

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