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A Model of a Bacterial Plasmid

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students construct a plsmid model with the materials provided and be able to use it to define certain terms and explain other practical applications of genetic engineering. This simulation allows the students to work through the diagram...
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Site and Situation: Right Place at the Right Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students put their geography skills to work. In this geography skills activity, students research maps and other primary and secondary sources to simulate the site selection process for the Pennsylvania Railroad Shops post World War II....
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Exploring the Design Process: The Work of Charles and Ray Eames

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Explore the work of Charles and Ray Eames and design philosophy for three Eames' objects. Learners complete image based discussion, create sketches of forms that interest them, and create their own images for a house of cards game....
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Recycling Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners examine the role of choice in a democracy, the choice to participate and not to participate. They take a position on the role of recycling and whether in a democracy people can be forced to recycle. They break into for and...
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Pedal Power Goes Global

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students role play as a consulting firm that has been hired to research various countries and determine if and how the Pedal Power bicycle company should sell its bicycles abroad.
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Intermediate Activity: Energy Guide Labels

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore energy efficient appliances.  In this economics and ecology lesson, students compare and analyze EnergyGuide labels of various appliances.  Students discuss federal government involvement with consumer...
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Beyond the Beef

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the various products derived from beef by-products. They read a handout, identify the items from the handout they use in their everyday lives, and list the products they have at home that come from beef cattle.
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The World On a String

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students connect a string to one another where they each represent a country and share problems of their imports and exports. In this imports and exports lesson plan, students pull on strings and the students that feel the tug realize...
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TE Activity: Don't Crack Humpty

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars perform mathematical calculations to design safety device or enclosure to protect an egg as it is rolled down a ramp at increasing slopes.
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Hazardous Chemicals in Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the effect of hazardous chemicals on humans. They discover how the chemicals are cleaned up and the facilities in their neighborhood. They identify federal and local agencies that oversee environmental hazards
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The City of New Haven

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the geography, politics and history of their local town of New Haven, Connecticut. Using the internet, they explore the neighbors of New Haven and write directions from their house to school. In groups, they research...
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TE Lesson: Pollution Solutions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study how industrial technology helps clean up and prevent air pollution. They role play as engineers to examine methods of engineering pollutant recovery methods such as scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, cyclones, and...
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Don't Crack Humpty

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the engineering design process and the relationship between distance, time, and speed. Using a generic car base, small groups design a device that will protect an egg on or in the car as it is rolled down a ramp at...
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Make Your Own Recycled Paper

For Teachers K - 2nd
Paper Lesson Plan - Students discover how paper is made. Working together, they make their own paper. This activity introduces students to recycling; what it is and its importance. Students study the process of how paper is made, and...
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Was There an Industial Revolution? Americans at Work Before the Civil War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students tabulate the First Industrial Revolution where a significant number of inventions and innovations appeared transforming American life. Cite examples of change (ex. telegraph) in the lives of Americans during the era of question....
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Go with the Flow

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students demonstrate a sequence of events through the creation of an animated flowchart. Students research the internet and select parts involved in assembling a car. They animate the model and the parts. Students create a flow chart...
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Bhopal - Runaway Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research and study the disaster of Bhopal to grasp the essential concept of controlling chemical reactions. They explain how the Bhopal disaster might have been prevented based upon their knowledge of factors affecting...
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Plastics by the Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate plastic resins and their uses. In this plastics lesson plan, students describe major plastic resins and what they are used for, they compare and contrast the properties of plastic resins and they list products that...
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Adhesives: How Sticky is Your Tape?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students test the adhesive strength of different tapes. In this adhesive lesson plan, students conduct an experiment to test the shear strength of the adhesives, take measurements, record data, and draw conclusions to explain each...
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Adhesives: Measuring Stickiness

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars test the stickiness of natural substances. In this adhesion as a property of matter lesson, students build a tool to test the adhesion of natural "glues" such as honey, peanut butter, flour and water paste, and jelly. ...
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Chemistry in Action

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry in action worksheet, students read about sulphuric acid, the use of metals, the production of titanium and the detection of chemical elements and compounds. Students are given 8 statements about what they should...
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Get to Know Glass

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students learn about the properties of glass. In this making and molding glass lesson, students participate in an experiment where they will learn how glass is created and how it is shaped to create bottles and jars. Students also...
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Michigan Challenge

For Students 4th - 6th
In this recognizing facts about the state of Michigan worksheet, students read factional phrases and choose the person, place, or thing being described. Students answer 10 multiple choice answers.
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The Case of the Broken Loop

For Students 4th - 5th
In this environmental awareness worksheet, students complete 8 pages pertaining to waste, landfills, recycling and composting. Included are: matching words and definitions, crossword puzzle, scrambled letters, a code, word search and a...

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