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Probability: the Study of Chance
Students experiment to determine if a game is fair, collect data, interpret data, display data, and state and apply the rule for probability. Students use a simple game for this experiment.
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Can Bacteria Arise from Non-living Things?
Fourth graders, in groups, determine whether bacteria arises from non-living things,
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Light Microscopes
Seventh graders study the parts of a light microscope, and its proper use. They identify each part and explain why it is important to know how to use this tool. They practice observing newsprint on a wet mount slide.
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Scientific Inquiry: Periodic Motion
Students construct their own pendulum. In this physics activity, students design an experiment to find the factors affecting its period. They formulate a conclusion based on experimental data.
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Knowing Where You Are
Fifth graders research place names of one section of their state and create a chart to show their findings.
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Life Cycles of Plants
Students discover the general life cycle of a plant, the parts of a plant, and what it needs to grow. They plant bean seeds and discuss the parts of a plant and what it needs to grow.
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Ya' Gotta Have Heart
Fourth graders study the parts of the human circulatory system and how they function. They design a flow chart of the circulatory system and use data to construct charts and graphs.
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Mapping Your Local Community
First graders take a walking tour of their community to discover the names of numbered locations on a premade map. They then, create their own map of the community on the computer using Kidspiration software.
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Knowing Where You Are
Students work together to research the names of places in their state. They divide up their state so that each group can research a different section and complete a chart of the different names. They create a key for the map to explain...
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Machines: Useful But Dangerous
First graders study, observe, and use a simple machine. They study necessary safety and review posted safety rules related to using a machine and identify strategies for reporting any accidents or injuries.
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Relative Ages of Rocks
In this rocks activity, students review how sediments are layered over time and how the relative ages of rocks are determined. This activity has 1 matching and 11 multiple choice questions.
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Was the Iraq War a "Humanitarian Intervention?"
Students debate the intent of the Iraq war. In this humanitarian intervention instructional activity, students each research a view point and defend it in a class room debate. Students defend the views points...
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The Vocabulary of Space
Students build their knowledge and understanding of vocabulary related to space. In this space lesson, students discuss four categories of words and phrases related to space.
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Heat Transfer and Pollution
Students perform computer simulations on air dispersion. In this chemistry instructional activity, students calculate energy transfer based on specific heat and temperature change. They explain the causes of smog.
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Investigation of Timbre
Students design an experiment to analyze the timbre of different instruments. In this physics lesson, students analyze the missing quality in sound. They discuss their results in class.
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Hazard Mitigation: Bioterrorism
Students discuss different ways to spread infectious diseases. For this bioterrorism lesson, students model the rate of smoke emission using CalRoad software. They analyze the effects of airborne release of biological...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Sociology: Sociological Theories of Deviance
Outlines the four main perspectives of what social deviance is: social strain typology, structural functionalism, conflict theory, and labeling theory.
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University of Iowa
Ui: Sociological Theories of Deviance: Definitions and Considerations [Pdf]
In this activity, students participate in a jigsaw activity to learn about the major theories of social deviance - anomie theory, control, differential association, and labeling. They then examine the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 while...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: Theories of Deviance
Read about four theories related to deviance and criminology which have emerged within the past 50 years.
Other
Tutorials Point: Graph Theory Coloring
Graph coloring is nothing but a simple way of labeling graph components such as vertices, edges, and regions under some constraints. This site introduces you to graph coloring and its applications in the real world.
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Theory of Axial Load
Explains what is meant by axial load and how it is calculated. Includes a labeled diagram and an example problem.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Graphs
MathWorld.com shows many types of discrete math graphs and provides links to related topics.