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Historic Earth Science Innovations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the demands or limitations on Earth scientists. In groups, they design and build a model that would be useful to them in the lab or field. They share their model and their ideas behind it to the class and answer any...
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Curated OER

Scale Factors for Areas and Volumes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners examine mathematical questions. They examine how to tackle mathematical questions and discover the effect of a change in length on area and volume. They examine the consequences of the physical properties sea animals on heat...
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Migration Woes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to describe the reproductive cycle of the gopher frog. They are able to describe the impacts of habitat loss and degradtion on gopher frog populations. Students are explained that many factors limit the survival of...
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The Bare Bones Of Fossils

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Studentsare able to understand the three ways foosils were created. They are able to make a reconstruction of a puzzle or draw a picture based on cluses and limited pieces of the puzzle or animal. Students are able to explain how fossils...
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Lines of Best Fit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the concept of line of best fit. In this line of best fit lesson plan, students find lines of best fit in examples about riding your bike home from school and dentistry. Young scholars find two data points and find...
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Party Time

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students design a budget to plan for a class party. In this problem solving lesson, students devise a budget with a limit of fifty dollars for a class party. Students discuss and estimate the amount of money needed for food and decorations.
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Deception Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore Shakespeare's portrayal of deception. In this plot lesson plan, students examine the use of deception in "Much Ado About Nothing." Students write their own mini-versions of the play that are limited to 3 minutes.
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Integrated Algebra: State Exam

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this integrated algebra worksheet, students solve problems related to topics covered in algebra for the entire year.  Topics include, but are not limited to, inequalities, probability, functions, interval notation, exploring...
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Area Between Two Curves

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders identify and find the area between two curves. In this calculus lesson, 12th graders decide what the best way is to find the shaded area between two curves using examples from previous lessons. They relate areas between...
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Can We Draw Working People?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine non-traditional careers by gender.  In this guidance lesson plan, students discover career options are not limited by gender.  Students identify a career of interest to them and illustrate themselves.
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Evaluate Problem-Solving in the Context of Culture and Time-frame

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars examine literary elements in non-fiction literature. In this problem solving lesson, students read Rosa Parks, My Story and Beyond the Limits. Young scholars make oral presentations based on the causes and effects,...
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Sexual Exploitation: Assault Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate personal health by answering a list of study questions. In this sexual assault lesson, students identify the types of situations which may lead to exploitation, assault or rape and discuss ways to limit their contact...
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A Model of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explain how a scanning tunneling microscope works. In this chemistry lesson, 9th graders construct atomic models and simulate how their images appear under the STM. They discuss the limitations of their atomic model.
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Mock Trial, A Service Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students present a courtroom simulation demonstrating common good, decision making model, opportunity cost, limited resources, pursuit of happiness and civic writing.
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What is Life?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate living and non-living organisms/objects foudn around the school in this technology-based science lesson. Adjustments to the lesson can be made based upon technological limitations.
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DNA Fingerprints

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study DNA fingerprinting and how it is used in criminal investigations.  In this DNA lesson students interpret DNA fingerprints, explore the uses for fingerprinting and see the limitations of DNA testing. 
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Cliches, Paradoxes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Clichés, paradoxes, and equivocations are detailed in a short, animated video that defines and illustrates these writing traps. The resource also includes a quiz and the transcript for the video. Users can register to access free course...
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Education Outside

Our Water Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Fresh water is a precious resource. Most kids don't realize how little of the water on Earth is actually drinkable. This lesson will help to illuminate them on this important topic. They discus the ratio of water to land, where most...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Fractions, decimals, and percents all say the same thing! Show your classes how to convert between the three forms using visual and numeric representations. Then lead them to an understanding of scientific notation.
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Computer Science Unplugged

Phylogenetics

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Introduce your class to the concept of creating phylogenetic trees by playing a game of Telephone. Participants create a mixed-up message and through the use of distance matrices, the evolution of the message is recreated. 
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Jordan School District

Who is Worth More Than Gold?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Young writers compose an opinion piece that details who they feel is worth more than gold.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Delivering the Mail

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A mail truck travels the same amount of miles per day. It will be up to your algebra learners to find an equation for this mailman’s truck. One needs a good understanding of rate of change and the initial value for this model. The...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Equivalent Expressions?

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Pre-algebra pupils need to understand that two expressions are only equal if they have the same value. Show them that once the expression is multiplied by a number, the value of the expression changes. It makes for a good lead-in to...
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Baylor College

Servings and Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
An important part of balancing caloric intake to energy expenditure is knowing how many Calories you are consuming. In the fifth of a seven-lesson series on food and energy, learners estimate their daily caloric intake, then use a...

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