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Teach Engineering

How Effective is Your Sunscreen?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Protect skin from UV radiation! Groups design and conduct an experiment to test the effectiveness of UV safety products. The groups collect the data from the experiment and prepare a lab report. In the second day of the activity,...
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Bowland

Day Out

For Students 6th - 8th
Use mathematics to help plan a field trip. Scholars use the results of a survey to determine where a class should go on a field trip. They use provided data about entrance fees and mileage to calculate the cost per person of such a...
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Bowland

Geoboard Squares

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Don't be a square! Help your budding mathematicians discover patterns within squares. Scholars create squares on geoboards and identify patterns in the number of nails, both nails on the edge of the squares and nails within the squares....
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Bowland

Three of a Kind

For Teachers 6th - 9th
One is chance, two is a coincidence, three's a pattern. Scholars must determine similarities and differences of a regular hexagon undergoing dilation. They look at lengths, angles, areas, and symmetry.
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Energy for Keeps

Renewable Energy Action Project: What's in Your Energy Portfolio?

For Students 6th - 8th
Uncover the renewable energy potential in your region. The activity outlines an approach to research current practices and trends. Learners conduct surveys to assess the attitudes of the local population and prepare a paper summarizing...
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Global Oneness Project

The Nature of Happiness

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The U.S. Constitution states that the pursuit of happiness is an inalienable right. The United Nations' Global Happiness Index ranks countries according to the happiness of its citizens. As part of a discussion of the nature of...
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Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

My Life—My Health

For Students 6th - 8th
Teenagers are not too young to incorporate healthy habits into their lives! A detailed lesson plan helps them set goals for nutritional meals, quality sleep, and scheduled physical activity.
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US Institute of Peace

Becoming a Peacebuilder

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
"Be the change you wish to see in the world!" The 15th and final lesson in a peacebuilding series uses this quote from Gandhi to prepare pupils for their own action projects. Individuals research a global issue, then brainstorm a method...
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Google

Animate a Name

For Teachers 5th - 9th
What's in a name? Pupils use the Scratch code blocks to animate letters in a name. They learn about events, sequencing, and loops in computer science by taking part in the project.
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Discovery Education

School of Rock

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Why do rocks break down over time? Learners explore this concept by simulating physical and chemical weathering of different types of rocks. They use an abrasive to demonstrate physical weathering and acid to demonstrate chemical...
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Workforce Solutions

Egg-streme Sports

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Challenge small groups to build a structure that catches a raw egg without breaking—working collaboratively and applying mathematical and engineering principles. Pretending the frame was made by a business, scholars create a marketing...
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University of Colorado

Can Photosynthesis Occur at Saturn?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In the 19th activity of 22, learners determine if distance from a light source affects photosynthesis. Participants capture oxygen in straws and find that the amount of water the gas displaces is proportional to the rate of photosynthesis.
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Earth Day Network

Conserving Water Through Art!

For Teachers K - 5th
Having fresh, clean drinking water is a privilege many people take for granted. Help raise awareness about the scarcity of water and the importance of conservation by discussing different ways water is used in everyday life. Brainstorm...
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Curated OER

Telling Time With Clocks/Bingo “Time”

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young learners create a clock by adding hands and placing the numbers in the correct location. After each learner has their very own clock, they explore each component. Review on the hour times, and then introduce them to five-minute...
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Curated OER

Elapsed Time - Reteach 13.2

For Students 1st - 4th
For this telling time worksheet, students learn three steps to tell how much times has passed using an analog clock. Students then tell what time it will be using the time descriptions and the clock hands.
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Curated OER

Hickory Dickory Doc Tell Time

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover time keeping by reading clocks.  In this time-telling lesson, students read the story Hickory Dickory Dock, and discuss the measurements of time we use.  Students complete worksheets in which they identify the...
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Curated OER

SIMPLE FABRIC FOLDING FOR HALLOWEEN

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Study the fabric folding techniques introduced and lead your class in applying them to quiltmaking, home decorating, fashion design, and other sewing projects. This instructional activity is geared to making items themed for halloween,...
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Curated OER

Elapsed Time - Homework 13.2

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this telling time worksheet, learners tell what time it will be use the description and the analog or digital clock times. Students then look at the pairs of times and write how much time elapsed between them. Learners finally solve...
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Curated OER

Countdown

For Students Pre-K - 4th
How many days until summer? Find a special day, and use this activity to determine how many days, weeks, hours, even seconds until it arrives! There are three levels of difficulty, which can provide differentiated instruction with...
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Curated OER

It's About Time

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
First, second, and third graders explore elapsed time through estimation and prediction. They work with a partner to estimate how long it will take to perform various tasks. One person uses a stop watch to time his or her partner...
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Curated OER

Let's Talk About Work

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the concepts related to career choice and oral presentations. They research career options and then collect data that is shared with classmates and then discussion is used to make choices of likely occupations.
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Curated OER

Telling Time as an Everyday Use of Numbers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
How can we estimate time? Have your young mathematicians make a clock. Then they compare and contrast types of clocks. They practice writing times in two different ways and make a book about telling time.
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Curated OER

Fabric Collage

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students practice simple hand sewing techniques to repair clothing using various stitches and techniques for sewing a button to fabric. They design and create a fabric collage that includes at least one button, two types of hand...
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Curated OER

Paper Flowers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here is a great art project to use at the onset of spring. Little ones use paper towels, tempera paint, and glue to create free-form flowers. Tip: Use this idea to make the front of a Mother's Day card.

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