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GMOs: Should We Grow Them?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the ethics of biotechnology and genetically modifying various organisms. They complete various activities and labs on GMOs and then write a position paper regarding their individual opinions on the subject.
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How Far Will It Roll?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners construct a car with the longest roll using a ramp. They construct Lego cars, modify the wheel sizes and car configurations to evaluate which car design rolls the longest distance, develop a graph, and complete a worksheet.
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Making A Karuta Game

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students explore the culture of Japan be creating a traditional Japanese game called Karuta. They conduct research in order to find the rules for the game and to make cultural connections. The content of the game is modified according to...
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Volleyball

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students observe and demonstrate the key skills of volleyball. They discuss the game and rules of volleyball, and in two teams play a modified game of volleyball using a beach ball. Students keep score and try to keep the beach ball in...
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Synectics - creative metaphors technique

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create new ways of thinking about old things. They may use a modified approach to make unfamiliar material familiar (after teacher provides brief introductory materials, for example).
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Trouble in the Troposphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students Use data sets from MY NASA DATA to produce graphs comparing monthly and yearly ozone averages of several U.S. cities. They analyze and evaluate the data and predict trends based on the data. In addition, they discuss and...
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Sliding and Stuttering

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor. The spring scale allows them to measure the frictional force that exists between the moving cup and the surface it slides on....
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Childhood Development and the Social Studies

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students complete the Know and Want to Know columns of a K-W-L worksheet about elementary aged children. They develop instructional methods for use in elementary social studies classroom that would increase content knowledge. They modify...
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Hoop Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students play a modified game of tag. Given specific roles of "it" and "free-er," they try to remain outside of the hula hoops that have been placed on the gym floor. Students work cooperatively with the free-er to remain in the game.
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Sentence Completion

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students complete ten sentences by adding an idea after the -ing modifier. Students check to make sure each sentence is grammatically correct.
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Completing Sentences Set III, 29

For Students 9th - 10th
In this writing worksheet, students complete ten sentences by adding an idea after the -ing modifier. For example, "while playing first base..."
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Quiz 1A: Nouns Used as Adjectives

For Students 6th - 8th
For this grammar worksheet, students complete the sentences with nouns that modify other nouns. There are 10 sentences to complete.
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QUIZ 1A: Nouns Used as Adjectives

For Students 5th - 8th
In this grammar quiz worksheet, students respond to 10 questions that require them to complete sentence starters with nouns that modify other nouns.
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Breaking News: GM Cows to Produce Human Breast Milk

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore current events by reading and analyzing an article in class. In this human diet lesson, students read an article about cows which are being genetically modified in order to produce human breast milk for consumption....
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Living on a Cotton Farm: Mexican Americans Life In Texas

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders are introduced to the processes of cotton farming in the early 20th century. In groups, they examine the role of Mexican Americans on the farms and the impact of a boom and bust economy on cotton. They identify the...
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Swinging

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine and modify a swinging apparatus. They describe the motion of an object by its position, direction of motion, and speed. Students measure motion using a graph.
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Mystery Canisters

For Students 7th - 9th
In this density activity, students modify three film canisters in order to make one float in a tank of water, another suspend in the middle of the tank, and the third should sink to the bottom. They collect data on their canisters and...
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Big Fleas Have Little Fleas!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners study seamounts and learn the importance of structures to species. In this ocean explorer lesson, students participate in an activity that teaches them how to modify a seamount so that they are more suitable for species. 
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Achievement Strategies

Lesson Pacing Plan Template

For Teachers K - 12th
Day-by-day planning is key to designing a successful unit of instruction. Here's a template that asks teachers to identify each day's objectives, as well as the activities, strategies, assessments, and homework that will...
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Worksheet 7 Vocabulary Review- Nouns and Modifiers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students choose a word from the word bank to complete six sentences. Illustrations for each sentence serve as clues.
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Where in the World Is That Volcano?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Identify the Earth's major volcanoes with an earth science lesson. Elementary and middle schoolers locate major volcanoes on a world map. Then, in groups, they research how the volcano affects the region in which it is located.
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Teach Engineering

Glue Sticks Bend and Twist

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Stick this resource in the "Use" column. In the second installment of a six-part series, learners use glue sticks to demonstrate forces. Using glue sticks, instructors can demonstrate tension, compression, and torsion.
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The Great Gravity Escape

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Groups simulate an orbit using a piece of string and a water balloon. Individuals spin in a circular path and calculate the balloon's velocity when the clothes pin can no longer hold onto the balloon.
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Positively Autism

What to Expect on Halloween

For Teachers K - 12th
Halloween is a wonderful and highly social holiday, it includes dressing up, meeting new people, and of course candy! However, for a child with autism, Halloween might be a holiday of stress and uncertainty. Prepare your students for the...

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