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Better Lesson: Our Sky

For Teachers K - 1st
What objects are in the day sky and the night sky? How do they seem to move? Come and explore with us as we discover the sun, moon, planets and stars! This detailed lesson plan includes pictures and videos of the instructional activity...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian: Ocean Planet: Interdisciplinary Marine Science Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Smithsonian Institution presents ?Ocean Planet: Interdisciplinary Marine Science Activities?. Through this series of six interdisciplinary lessons, students will look at such things as the organisms in different marine ecosystems, the...
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Education.com

Education.com: The Solar System: Learning About Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn all about the components of the solar system with this downloadable lesson plan. Includes several student handouts and a research activity.
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Other

Montana State University: How Much Would You Weigh on Distant Planets?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This resource contains a lesson plan in which students study the effects of gravity on the planets of the Solar System. They will view movies from the lunar Apollo missions, calculate their own weight on other planets, and propose what...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Ocean Planet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of lesson plans designed to be used with the Smithsonian Ocean Planet exhibit (available online). Lesson topics include marine ecosystems, pollution of ocean water, animal strandings, and literature.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 2: Line Plots and Stem and Leaf Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrate line plots and stem-and-leaf plots. [1:12]
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Polynomials and Radical Expressions: Simplify Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How to simplify an expression is explained through the use of examples and a video lesson. [2:41]
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Calculating the Area and the Perimeter

For Students 6th - 8th
Gain an understanding of how to calculate the area and the perimeter by viewing examples and a video lesson. [1:13]
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 1: Monomials and Polynomials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Gain an understanding of monomials and polynomials by viewing examples and a video lesson. [0:57]
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Probability of Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover how to find the probability of an event by taking a look at examples and a video lesson.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Circle Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about circle graphs or pie charts through examples and a video lesson.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 1: Integers and Rational Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides an example and a video lesson that illustrates integers and rational numbers.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Solving Linear Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates how to solve linear inequalities.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 1: Scientific Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates scientific notation.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Polynomials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrate how to multiply and divide polynomials.
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University of California

Uc Berkeley: At Home Astronomy: The Size and Distance of Planets

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this activity, "You will investigate the concepts of relative size and distance by creating a basic model of our solar system." Planet printouts are provided and this site contains related links.
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Other

Sandburg Center for Sky Awareness: What Are the Shapes of the Planets' Orbits?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan investigation students learn about the shapes of the planetary orbits by experimenting with ellipses of different proportions.
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Other

Small Planet: Social Darwinism,reason or Rationalization?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site clearly explains the concept of Social Darwinism, then asks students to evaluate its implications in an example. Good lesson in critical thinking and philosophy.
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Other

Planet Book Club: Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'dell

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource features book information, lesson plans and links to sites that can be used to enrich the book "Sing Down the Moon," by Scott O'Dell.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 1: Rational Expressions: Multiply Rational Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How to multiply rational expressions is explained through the use of examples and a video lesson. [3:18]
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 1: Radical Expressions: The Distance and Midpoint Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Distance and midpoint formulas are explained through the use of examples and a video lesson. [1:58]
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Scientific Notation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Gain an understanding of scientific notation by viewing examples and a short video lesson.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: The Universe, an Introduction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Start with the questions all students ask: How big is the universe, how far away are the planets and stars, how did they form and when, how do they move and why? Build on their natural curiosity. The Smithsonian, in cooperation with...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Earth, We're in It Together!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), Earth Day will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is provided by Lana Holmes.

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