Illinois State Board of Education
Geoboard Areas
Middle school geometers determine the area of a shape on a geoboard or dot paper and draw figures that meet given area conditions. Working as a class, they develop and discuss various ways to draw geometric shapes with specified...
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Castaway or Survivor
What a clever idea! Chemistry learners imagine themselves deserted on an island with a radio, but no batteries. They also have a few odds and ends in their pockets and storage chest. They are challenged to create a battery that will...
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U.S. History: de Soto's Alternate Route
Eighth graders examine various maps associated with Hernando de Soto's expedition. By comparing their textbook maps with newer maps, they answer a battery of focus questions. Using Microsoft Word, 8th graders answer the questions...
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Sports and Hobby Math
Explore math concepts as they relate to real world situations. Young analysts consider a personal hobby or favorite sport and list three ways math is involved in the hobby. They create several related math story problems and write a...
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Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations
Students explore the various rhythmic combinations in jazz and blues music. They watch a video segment, apply a mathematical formula to calculate the number of possible rhythmic combinations, and perform a combination of notes and...
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Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations
Students observe that there are myriad combinations of rhythms to choose from when improvising jazz and blues music, and recognize that while the variations seem infinite, they are in fact finite. They notate a 12 bar blues progression...
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Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays from Messier
In this power law function instructional activity, students use data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space telescope to apply the power law function to physical phenomena. Students use a graph to solve four problems.
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Boolean Algebra
In this physics worksheet, learners complete circuit true tables and solve 67 questions on Boolean algebra. They identify different logic gate circuits.
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Multiplexers and De-multiplexers
In this electrical circuit learning exercise, students answer a series of 15 open-ended question about multiplexers and DE-multiplexers such as those found in telephone systems. The learning exercise is printable and the answers are...
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Flip-flop Circuits
In this electrical worksheet, students design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of DC-AC circuit design before answering a series of 25 open-ended questions that include schematics. This worksheet is printable and...
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Counters
Within this electrical circuit worksheet, students design and build a circuit board to understand counters. Students will answer a series of 24 open-ended questions that include analyzing schematics. This worksheet is printable and the...
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Shift Registers
In this electrical circuit activity, students design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of shift resister circuit design before answering a series of 22 open-ended questions with schematics. This activity is printable...
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Digital Communication
In this physics worksheet, students differentiate the three telegraph circuits. They complete 10 short answer questions about digital communication.
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Memory Devices
In this electrical worksheet, learners design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of various electronic memory devices before answering a series of 18 open-ended questions that include analyzing schematics. This ...
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High Reliability Circuits
In this physics circuits worksheet, students calculate and write short answers to 9 questions about high reliability circuits. They solve and draw schematic diagrams.
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Stepper motors
In this circuit lesson students build different circuits then complete a series of short answer questions on different diagrams.
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Basic electromagnetic relays
In this activity on electromagnetics, students build simple electromagnetic circuits and determines voltage and resistance. There are 11 questions and answers are provided if working online.
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Binary Math Circuits
In this electronics activity, students perform mathematical operations using binary circuits to answer 11 questions. They explain and analyze schematic diagrams given.
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How can we calculate the molecular weight of butane?
High schoolers colloborate in a lab experiment. No OBJECTIVES.
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Snail Car
Students design and create robotic cars using Legos and the Robolab program. They hold a "snail race" where the slowest car that can be determined to be actually moving is the winner.
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Understanding Tsunamis
Students discover the causes of tsunamis in oceans and fjords. They perform an experiment to discover how calving icebergs can create different wave patterns in the ocean and in a fjord. In addition, they draw a diagram to illustrate the...
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Star Light...Star Bright
In this brightness of stars worksheet, learners use a given formula using the temperature in Kelvins of a star to find its brightness. Students solve 4 problems using this equation.
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Calculating with Significant Digits
In this significant digits instructional activity, students are given the rules to finding significant digits when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Students solve ten problems and express their answers with the proper...
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How do You Stack Up? Revisited
Students estimate the thickness of coins. In this stack up activity, students stack pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. They calculate and record the thickness of each coin. Students stack coins and estimate the height of the stack.