Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Folding Paper Can Get You to the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated lesson by Adrian Paenza shows what unbelievable things can happen when folding just one piece of paper. [3:49]
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: Folding Origami Peace Cranes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Instructions for making paper peace cranes and directions on how to share the story of the peace crane.
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Other

Grafica Obscura: A Paper Folding Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Step-by-step pictorial and written instructions for creating a unique paper sculpture. Suitable for intermediate and advanced paper folders.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Lydia E. Kavraki: Protein Folding

For Students 9th - 10th
This module introduces students to the problem of Protein Folding, its importance, and current computational methods used to attack its complexity.
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Other

Abc: Paper Folding Techniques

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Simple pictures and diagrams of different paper folding techniques that you could use in a number of art projects. These are not limited to origami paper projects.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Eiffel Tower

For Students 9th - 10th
Intricately detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Eiffel Tower. Instructions require download.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Parthenon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Parthenon. Instructions require download.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Windmill

For Students 9th - 10th
Intricately detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of a windmill. Instructions require download.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Leaning Tower of Pisa

For Students 9th - 10th
Intricately detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Instructions require download.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Great Sphinx at Giza

For Students 9th - 10th
Intricately detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Great Sphinx. Instructions require download.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Sydney Opera House

For Students 9th - 10th
Intricately detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Sydney Opera House. Instructions require download.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Taj Mahal

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Taj Mahal. Instructions require download.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Statue of Liberty

For Students 3rd - 8th
Intricately detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Statue of Liberty. Instructions require download.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Protein Folding Exploring

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how peptides fold into stable conformations.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Protein Folding

For Students 9th - 10th
Generate all polar, all nonpolar, or random proteins and observe how the protein folds in response to these molecular properties. Explore how the potential energy of the system changes over time to draw conclusions about how proteins...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Exploring Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how new materials, new methods and new ideas are transforming traditional origami. Watch videos of a master origami folder create his unique pieces. Learn how to make your own paper and how to fold your own paper airplanes.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Folding Way New Origami

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore origami and the use of mathematical patterns to create patterns and folds. Watch a video, answer questions and learn more.
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Other

Up to Ten: Make a Fleet of Paper Airplanes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"With just a few sheets of paper and colored pencils (or pens), you can make a whole fleet of paper airplanes from these plans."
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Other

Exto: Ingrid Siliakus Paper Architect/artist

For Students 9th - 10th
You have to see her work to believe it! Ingrid Siliakus creates 3D monumental buildings and structures from one single sheet of paper. Her work is like one gigantic pop-up picture.
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Other

Center for Game Science: Fold It

For Students 9th - 10th
A game where students put amino acids together to form a protein. Students will also try to predict how that protein will fold. Since the function of a protein depends a lot on the structure, this game can help students understand the...
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Colosseum

For Students 9th - 10th
Intricately detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Colosseum. Instructions require download.
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Other

Canon 3 D Paper Craft Buildings: Great Pyramid of Khufu

For Students 9th - 10th
Intricately detailed paper-folding activity that provides templates and instructions for building a three-dimensional paper model of the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. Instructions require download.
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Other

Paper Mosaics

For Students 9th - 10th
A unique combination of origami paper folding and mathematical tessellations create these stunning works of art. Definitely not for the beginning paper folder to try! Site includes printable patterns.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Origami Math

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Have you ever tried origami? This Japanese form of paper folding is the basis of this math lesson plan. Students will have an opportunity to integrate their creative side with their math skills.

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