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Static Electricity 3: More About Static Electricity
Middle schoolers reinforce the concept that static electricity is a phenomenon that involves positive and negative charges.
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MAKE A PINATA
Students create a sculpture with a theme using a balloon and flour and water paste.
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Abstract Art: Line, Shape And Color
Students define and create an abstract art work. They introduce the artist Piet Mondrian and review geometric shapes (rectangles & squares), straight , angular lines, color.
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"Performance Qualities" Dance Lesson Plan
Eighth graders move across a space practicing a dance as they work on focus and energy.
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It's Just a Phase
Students describe the phases of the moon and play a game with moon phase cards.
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Adolf Hitler
Students explore facts about Hitler's life and the historical events that occurred in that time, his view of history, his theory of race and his political goals. They explore his use of anti-Semitism to advance his career and consolidate...
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Balloonautics
Young scholars are introduced to basic aerodynamics through a discussion of thrust and drag and a hands-on activity. They examine the forces of thrust, drag, air pressure, aerodynamic shapes and Newton's Third Law Of Motion.
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Balloon Rockets
Students build pinwheel airplanes and balloon rockets to determine which ones fly faster and which fly farther.
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Chips Ahoy: Chip Off the Old Block
First graders compare and contrast adult and baby animals to identify similar characteristics shared by both.
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Pushy Kids in Physics
Students examine the concepts of balanced forces, unbalanced forces, and resulting net forces. They participate in a force and motion demonstration by pushing students in various directions, and calculating and identifying the resulting...
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The Net Force and Rube Goldberg
Students investigate net force by building Rube Goldberg contraptions. They build a contraption that has at least 6 steps or moves.
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Five Little Monkeys
Students listen to story Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed, and act out subtraction situations.
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Gummy vs. Gum
Students explore numbers patterns and write equations to describe the pattern. They apply the equations to further the patterns.
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Happy Easter Hunters
Students, given equipment, work with partners to try to get the balloon into the hula hoop. After a set number of balloons get into the hula hoop, students may go look for Easter Eggs
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Time Out!!!
Pupils explore life in the 1800s and become aware of events and inventions that shaped the era as they compare and contrast real life families to fictional characters. They perform webquests based on life in the frontier in the 1880's.
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Frisbee Physics
Students explain how a Frisbee flies, why it's shaped he way it is and how fast and how far the Frisbee can go.
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WHAT INFLUENCES OUR PERCEPTION OF GENDER ROLES?
Students talk about the influence of media on gender equity perception.
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Walking With a Line
Learners create various design drawings using parallel, oblique, and divergent lines and the medium of black paper and colored gel pens.
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More or Less Than
Students practice completing equations with the less than or more than symbol. They use index cards to create the equations. They compete with other groups to get the most correct.
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Earthball Throw
Pupils practice and assess the overhand throw of students. They overhand throw balls at the earthball and make it roll across another side of the square, all while keeping the ball from rolling across their own line.
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Locating and Counting Pulses
Students participate in a combination of lecture and physical exercise in order to find their pulse (both resting and after activity) and record how their heart rate changes as their activity level changes.
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Google Goes Public
Students investigate how to invest in the stock market. They research how to be a smart stock investor by visiting a variety of websites that deal with the topic.
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Bats -- Pests or Pals?
Fourth graders examine a bat and determine if it is a pest or pal. They identify three types of bats native to the state of Pennsylvania. They also identify the parts of a bat and write a report on the bat of their choice.
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Dichotomous Keys
Students classify objects and organisms using a dichotomous key. They are shown a demo by the teacher and then practice on their own. They discover why classification is important.