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It's Off to Work We Go
Students reenact what finding a job was like in the 1900's and model their actions after Milton Hershey. In this history lesson, students create business cards, and conduct mock interviews for jobs that would have been...
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Graphs and Data
Students investigate poverty using graphs. In this algebra lesson plan, students collect data on the effects of poverty and use different rules to analyze the data. They graph and use the trapezoid rule to interpret the data.
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March of the Polar Bears: Global Change, Sea Ice, and Wildlife Migration
Students study global change and how these changes impact wildlife. In this polar bears lesson plan students analyze maps and data to understand climate change.
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Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Students compare and contrast places around the world. Students analyze the effects of human activity on the physical environment and devise plans to address the consequences. Students also focus on geographical topics such as formation...
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Making Changes
Students observe and record the changes they see when adding heat and cold to objects. In this changes lesson plan, students experiment with different objects and see if heat and cold change the makeup of the object. They then record...
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Meaning of Power
Students graph exponential and power functions. In this statistics lesson, students test a specific hypotheses and draw conclusion. They use the graph of polynomials to test and draw their conclusions.
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The Fractal Geometry of Nature
Learners identify patterns found in nature. In this algebra lesson, students model situation in nature using fractals. They investigate biological geometric structures and draw conclusion based on geometric concepts.
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Density: Floating, Sinking, and Suspending
Pupils observe teacher demonstrations that illustrate density. In this density lesson, the teacher demonstrates how air bubbles in a carbonated drink can cause a raisin to float and how an egg sinks in fresh water, but floats in salt...
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Earthworm Nervous System
Investigate the nervous system of an earthworm! Your class gets into pairs to test, record, and draw conclusions about the reaction earthworms have to different stimuli (sound, light, and smell).
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Risk Assessment and Geometry
Tenth graders study the concept of risk analysis as it relates to geometry. In this spatial relationship lesson, 10th graders are provided a set of coordinates to analyze a piece of land described. Students write a description that...
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The Day the Atom Died (Grade K-1)
Students investigate what is wrong with the Rutherford atomic model. In this chemistry lesson, students answer questions about the atomic model after watching a video. They draw conclusions from the video and discuss how the atomic model...
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Parliamentary Newsroom : Developing Media Literacy
High schoolers explain and examine the selection, development, sources, transmission and impact of news on the public. They write a brief essay on the topic: "The Public Must Be Critical In Their Assessment of the News Before Drawing...
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Hillary Clinton's Voting Record Distorted
Students examine how political advertisements can be used to deliver messages and stir emotions. Using a political ad from the 2006 Senate election, students generate questions based on the claims in the ads. They research information to...
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Momentum
Young scholars explore the concept of momentum. In this physics lesson, students observe and compare two "carts" being released to move in various situations, and draw conclusions as to why the carts moved or didn't move.
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Designing a Speedometer
In this algebra worksheet, students analyze the designs of a speedometer. They collect data on the distance and time as the speedometer works. They draw conclusion and make predictions from the collected data. There are 4 word problems.
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Who is Being Left Behind?
Students investigate scores as they relate to race. In this algebra lesson, students analyze standardized scores and how race can affect these scores. They plot their findings on a graph and draw conclusions.
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Adding and Subtracting Three-Digit Numbers by Jumping
Second graders use data to graph information and draw conclusions. In this lesson on data analysis, 2nd graders practice gathering, sorting, comparing, and graphing data. Students differentiate data that can and cannot change over time.
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Teaching the Scientific Method
Eighth graders watch a PowerPoint presentation that focuses on the scientific method including developing a hypothesis. They examine how to perform a scientific experiment using a method that maintains its validity, collect and use the...
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John McCain's Tax Stand Misrepresented
Students examine how political advertisements can be misleading. Using a political ad against tax reform, students generate questions based on the claims in the ads. They research information to support or refute the claims in the ad and...
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Relative Dating in Archaeology
Students create a timeline that explains how ancient cultures used artifacts. In this Relative Dating in Archaeology lesson, students examine artifacts and draw conclusions about their origins. Then students analyze antiquated objects or...
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Momentum Conserved
Students explore Newton's Laws of Motion and how momentum is conserved. In this physics activity, students observe experiments in which various items collide. Students draw conclusions as to how "momentum" defined as "mass X velocity"...
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War and the Media Fact Finders: The Media in Times of Crisis
Young scholars explore the role of the media in war reporting. In this information age lesson, students discuss how to find and disseminate factual information. Young scholars consider the source, motive, authority of information.
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Assessing Normalcy
Learners define normal distribution as it relates to the bell curve. In this statistics lesson, students use the central tendencies of mean, median and mode to solve problems. They plot their data and draw conclusion from the graphs.
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Sampling Distributions
Students analyze sampling from different population. In this statistics lesson, students define the meaning of sample sizes and what causes an increase or decrease. They graph their data on the Ti calculator and draw conclusion from the...