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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hands on Activity: String Art

For Students 5th - 8th
This is a hands on activity designed to follow the first lesson on string art. Students will use needle and thread to create interesting string art designs. Specific steps are provided with suggested times for each. The activity is most...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hands on Activity

For Students 5th - 7th
This is a hands on activity asks students to design and build a certain number dinosaur parts in order to create a crowd of a given size. Apply combinatorics to design your own crowd of dinosaurs. Click on First Lesson before you begin...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hands on Activity: Animating Luxo Jr.

For Students 4th - 8th
Begin your career as an animator now! This lesson is a series of hand-drawn challenges which will introduce some basic animation principles and get you thinking about the physics of motion.
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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Castle Activities [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Four hands-on activities suitable for children or families that help bring the past to life. Travel back in time to see what life was like in Norman times. Build your own castle then bring it to life by putting your own people in it. Or...
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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Medieval Feasting [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Bring the past to life through hands-on activities for families and schools. Travel back in time and discover what life was like in Norman times. Compare the food we eat today with food from Norman times and discover the importance of...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Earthquake Faultline Earthquake Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
This outstanding website provides an excellent variety of hands-on earthquake activities to help you understand what causes earthquakes.
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University of South Florida

Fcat: Two for One Box Company: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this site young scholars use proportions to explore how volume is effected by dimension changes. This hands-on activity can be done individually or in pairs.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring Plants Through Hands on Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students explore what they know and don't know about plants in a natural setting. They use observation skills to complete a survey of a natural plant area.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Makers: Collection

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Maker Party, an initiative in which people around the world meet up, learn to make things, and share what they've made online. This collection is designed to support the Maker Party by providing a one-stop shop of STEM and digital...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Hands on Math Activities

For Students 4th - 6th
A variety of different math activities on math topics for grades four through six.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hands on Geology: K 12 Activities and Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of twenty-two geology activities with teacher's guides. The activities range from basic sedimentary geology and paleontology to applied geology. A material and information resource list is included.
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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Tapestry Activities [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Activities for students and families provide opportunities to learn why the Normans invaded the UK, take a look at the Bayeux Tapestry, and design a crest. Tapestries were used to tell the story of the Norman invasion of England; stitch...
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My Science Site

Beneath the Sea: Blowing Ballast [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students dive down deep as they experience a hands-on activity and build a model of a submersible. Lesson plan includes a web connection, a teaching guide, extensions to learning as well as curriculum links and national science...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hands on Meteorology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of interactive concept models and active learning materials for teaching meteorology that illustrate conceptually difficult processes in atmospheric science. Active learning exercises are provided as guided instruction to...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 1: Exploring the Arctic

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces students to the Arctic, including different definitions of the Arctic and exploration of the Arctic environment and Arctic people. Students set out on a virtual exploration of the geography of the Arctic using...
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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: Normans

For Students 3rd - 6th
Download activities covering castles, medieval feasting, creating your own Bayeaux tapestry, and the Battle of Hastings to re-create life in Norman Britain.
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Other

Wells Fargo Bank: Hands on Banking for Kids

For Students K - 1st
Mini learning modules that teach kids about money and its worth. Students also learn how to set financial goals during these interactive activities.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: c.s.i. On the Deep Reef

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students discover the factors that are indicative of chemotrophic nutritional strategies. This NOAA lesson plan is designed to teach students about the factors that are indicative of chemotrophic nutritional strategies....
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Other

Csulb: Stem: How Much Water Fits on a Penny? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Students explore mean, median, mode, and range with this hands on activity.
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PBS

Pbs Kids:activities and Videos: Electricity

For Students 3rd - 8th
This PBS site offers videos and activities are hands-on challenges that focus on the engineering design process. They use simple materials, allow for multiple solutions, and are ideal for ages 9-12.
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PBS

Pbs Kids:activities and Videos: Green

For Students 3rd - 8th
This PBS site contains videos and activities that are hands-on challenges that focus on the engineering design process. They use simple materials, allow for multiple solutions, and are ideal for ages 9-12.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Activities and Videos: Force/energy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Videos that accompany activities that are hands-on challenges that focus on the engineering design process. They use simple materials, allow for multiple solutions, and are ideal for ages 9-12.
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Community Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
A collection of hands-on, physically-active lessons for students ages five to twelve revolving around various computer science concepts.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Get Dirty

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In a very hands-on activity, students observe and feel the differences between two cleaning methods, with and without hand soap, using coffee grounds to represent "dirt."Most of the dirt and bacteria on our hands is encased in a thin...

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