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Kindergarten Exploration Tubs

For Teachers K
Students identify their names as a symbol for themselves. They describe characteristics of organisms. They utilize tools to gather data and compare size.
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Applying Principles of Civic Liberty

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders relate the everyday duties in the classroom and in the community. In this character education lesson, 3rd graders compare duties in the classroom to duties in the community and chart them on a Venn diagram. Students discuss...
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What is Framing?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners practice framing issues. In this writing skills lesson plan, students participate in a classroom activity that requires them to look at specific topical issues by framing them. Learners then create collages on current issues and...
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Learning Lesson: Its a Gas, Man

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils participate in a demonstration in which they examine the effect on temperature by carbon dioxide. They discuss the effects of carbon dioxide on the environment. They also examine summer safety rules to end the lesson.
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Using Active Learning to Reinforce Mathematics

For Teachers All
Students predict, then measure how far a bug can travel on a "course" over a specified amount of time, then construct graphs based on the data they acquire.
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Active Learning

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students practice using measurements and bar graphs to solve a running problem in this active Math lesson for various age levels. The lesson meets state standards in Mathematics and requires the use of "math journals" for final...
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Learning Lesson: The Shadow Knows I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars examine the elevation of the sun to discover the changes in seasons. They observe and measure the length of their shadow. They compare this measurement to one taken four months later.
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Map Scaling

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a map scale to determine distances between cities in the state of Florida.
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Study of Projectile Motion using Straw Rockets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and launch their own rockets.  In this experimental lesson students launch their own rockets and record the various angles and distance that they go.  Each student has time to redesign their rocket and have a...
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Map Scale and the Pioneer Journey

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, using a map, ruler and calculator, determine the distance the pioneers traveled from Nauvoo, Ill. to the Salt Lake Valley.
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Focusing on Lenses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore scientific observations by examining the parts of a microscope. In this optics lesson, students discuss the importance of a focal point and focal distance when utilizing an optical device such as a microscope. Students...
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In a Galaxy Far, Far, Far Away

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare distances between objects in the solar system. They investigate how light years are measured and when using them to measure how distances compare with one another. They write an essay exploring the possibility of...
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Velocity

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine the average speed of a toy car as it travels six different distances set up by Students. Three trials are done for each distance. The only requirements is that the longest distance must be at least three times longer...
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Universal Proportions: Earth and Moon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils create scale models of Earth, the Moon, and the distances within the universe. Working in groups, they construct their models of Earth and the Moon on a scale of 50:1 and calculate how far apart to place their models. They...
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CEEnBoT Stories

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students identify the slope of a line as negative, positive, zero or undefined. In this algebra activity, students identify the distance versus the time using graphs of linear equation. They use the robot and the CEENBoT program to...
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Proportions a/b=c/d

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate distance and proportion of objects. For this algebra lesson, students define proportion and how it is used in math. They solve the problem through guided instruction.
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Trigonometric Ratios

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils measure and analyze angles. In this trigonometry lesson, students measure angles and distances use non-traditional techniques. They identify the different ratios of sine, cosine and tangent.
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Speeding By The Numbers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students determine speed by running or walking a given distance and dividing the distance by the time it took them to do so. They record their average speed and compare it with the speeds of other moving objects.
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Space, the Final Frontier...

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study a common theory on how the solar system was formed and examine the relative scale of the size and distances among the bodies of the Solar System.
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Estimation Zone

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore estimation. They estimate distance, weight, temperature and elapsed time. Students record their estimates and justify their estimations wtih a written response. After estimating, students take the actual measurements of...
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Find the Speed of a Protist

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students identify protists under a microscope, and using a stopwatch calculate the speed of a protist from a pond water sample. They use distance and time to identify the speed of a protist, and create a distance versus time graph to...
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Celebrating 100 Years of Negro Leagues Baseball

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders locate original locations of Negro Leagues Baseball teams using latitude and longitude, calculate distances between locations using maps and/or Internet resources, and use critical thinking skills to compare and contrast...
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Ramps 2: Ramp Builder

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students design, build, and test their own ramps. They are introduced to a variety of materials and explore putting them together. Students engage in an inquiry-based learning experience to reinforce math, science, and technology...
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Jumping Jaguars!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders accurately measure the distances they and their classmates jump. They determine the mean, median and mode of specific jumps. They are required to have two measurements for each classmate, one for standing long jump and one...

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