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College Info Geek: 7 Project Management Apps to Keep Your Team Organized in 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
When you're working on a large project, to-do lists can fall short. There's simply too much going on and too many people involved. Instead, you need to use dedicated project management software. But how do you choose a project management...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Rocks and Landforms

For Students 6th - 8th
Eight hands-on lessons module where students learn about rocks and landforms. These inquiry-based investigations explore the different types of rocks, how they are formed, the different types of landforms, and the effects of glaciers on...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Fossils

For Students 6th - 8th
Seven hands-on lessons module where students learn about fossils. These inquiry-based investigations explore how fossils form, properties of fossils, comparing fossils, how they show the age of the Earth, and what paleontologists do.
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American Geosciences Institute: Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
Seven hands-on lessons module where students learn about energy. These inquiry-based explorations investigate where energy resources come from and how they are converted into electricity, how fossil fuels form, the importance of...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Water Quality of the Root River in Lanesboro, Mn

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This field investigation will be in collaboration with Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro, MN link to Eagle Bluff. It will include chemical, biological, and physical tests. The chemical tests will include kits where...
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Historical Thinking Matters: Social Security

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Social Security and the New Deal at this inquiry-based site. Contains many primary source documents for students to critique, a timeline, video, audio, assignments and a WebQuest.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Soils

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Seven hands-on lessons module allows middle schoolers to learn about soils. These inquiry-based investigations explore the kinds and arrangements of materials in soils, the amount of water that flows through soil, and how soil is eroded.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Dynamic Planet

For Students 6th - 8th
Seven hands-on lessons module where students learn about our dynamic planet. These inquiry-based explorations investigate scientific models, earthquakes and seismic waves, Earth's interior, Earth movements, the lithosphere, plate...
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American Geosciences Institute: Materials and Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
Seven hands-on lessons module that allows students to learn about materials and minerals. These inquiry-based explorations investigate properties of materials, where mineral deposits can be found, how deposits are formed, how minerals...
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Kid Wind Project: Teacher Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of inquiry-based and hands-on activities to introduce students to wind energy. Includes PowerPoints, labs, and videos.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Trees

For Teachers K - 1st
In this investigation, students will record an observation (drawing) of a tree in their science notebook. Following the observation, students will discuss what they observed and a list will be created by the classroom teacher. Based on...
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Teach Engineering: Means, Modes, and Medians

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students experience data collection, analysis and inquiry in this LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT -based activity. They measure the position of an oscillating platform using a ultrasonic sensor and perform statistical analysis to determine the mean,...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Stream Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a field study where learners investigate the characteristics and processes of local streams to see how they affect the landscape around them, and develop questions that could be investigated. They also collect rock samples from...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The Great Egg Drop: Relationship Between Gravity, Mass and Density

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An interesting experiment in the relationship between gravity, density, and mass. Students must devise a way to drop a milk carton containing two raw eggs off a roof 50 feet high, without breaking the eggs. They then write a scientific...
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Reading Comprehension: Question Answer Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you need help working with your students on questioning a text or if you are working on higher-level questioning skills, this is a simple and helpful site. Printable resources available from site.
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Pbl Works: The Best Unit I've Ever Taught

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article outlining a PBL unit taught in an eighth grade history class. The educator discusses how the unit was developed by accident and how he drew on the students interest to make it successful!

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