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College Info Geek: 7 Project Management Apps to Keep Your Team Organized in 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
When you're working on a large project, to-do lists can fall short. There's simply too much going on and too many people involved. Instead, you need to use dedicated project management software. But how do you choose a project management...
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Project Structure and Organisation

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from Simon Wallace's e-book on project management.
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CBS

Tech Republic: Project Manager: Graphics 101

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed beginner's tutorial in creating online graphics. Requires access to a bitmap editor. Choose among topics, or work the entire 15 page tutorial in order.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Deep Knee Bends: Measuring Knee Stress With a Mechanical Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Prosthetic limbs and artificial joints can help people with disease or injury lead a normal life. Sports medicine or physical therapy is also an area that relates to this experiment. Either way, this project serves as a good match if any...
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Science Buddies: Career Profile: Aquacultural Manager

For Students 9th - 10th
Be an aquacultural manager and be involved in fish hatcheries, sustaining seafood catches, or work in the management of fish farms. Find out the requirements for this career, read an interview with a hatchery manager, and watch a video...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Pounding Papyrus: Ancient Egyptians Made Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
In this materials science fair project, students will make a sheet of papyrus paper, and compare its tensile strength to that of common pulp paper. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Edmodo: Classroom Hub for Project Based Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A look at the use of the resource of Edmodo in PBL classrooms. Learn how the different features aid in managing a PBL environment. Site includes both an article and video. [46:58]
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Spending Habits: Tightwads vs. Spendthrifts

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you have a hard time hanging on to your money or do you have a harder time letting it go? This project shows you how to conduct a simple survey to measure how people manage their money. Find out what percentage of your classmates are...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: No Pain, Lots of Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
This science fair project investigates whether video games, and other forms of mental distraction, have the power to relieve pain. You will research and learn about gatekeeper cells, which control how the brain perceives pain, and how...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Learning Your A, G, C's (And T, Too)

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a project about the "molecular alphabet" of DNA. With just four "letters," it manages to keep track of the plan for an entire person, and keep a complete copy in nearly every cell. This project will help you start learning this...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Fear Factor: Using Pulse Rate to Measure Emotion

For Students 6th - 8th
Do you remember a situation when you heart pounded, your breath rate shot up, and your palms got cold and clammy? Fear does that to us. Here's a science project based on roller coaster rides to see if heart rate is an accurate...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do String Players Have Longer Left Fingers?

For Students 9th - 10th
Physical activity is needed for maintaining normal bone strength and mass. But whether physical stress on finger bones during development leads to an increase in finger length, is something you will discover in this project not by...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Are We There Yet? Test How Migratory Birds Navigate

For Students 9th - 10th
How do you figure out how to get places? Do you ask for directions, look at a map, or consult a compass? There are many ways for people to figure out how to travel from one place to another, but how do other animals do it? In this...
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Habitat Network: Michigan Management Plan: Design Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out how they plan to increase biodiversity in this Michigan back yard.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Tower O' Power

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students learn about creating a design directly from a CAD (computer-aided design) program. They will design a tower in CAD and manufacture the parts with a laser cutter. A competition determines the tower design with...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Most Effective Treatment for Whitefly Infestations on Plants?

For Students 6th - 8th
Whiteflies are a group of closely related insect species whose larvae live on plants. Like aphids, they suck nutrients from the plant's circulatory system. You will be asked to find the most effective method for fighting a whitefly...
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Teach Engineering: Fancy Feet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the engineering design process to solve a real-world problem - shoe engineering! Working in small teams, students design, build and test a pair of wearable platform or high-heeled shoes, taking into consideration the stress...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Dietitian or Nutritionist

For Students 9th - 10th
This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a dietician, as well as the education and job description. Included are interviews with people who have pursued this career. Try out some aspects of this career by...
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Cyberbee

Cyber Bee: Science Fair Preparation

For Students 3rd - 8th
A good starting-point for students preparing to participate in a science fair. Find tips for choosing a topic, managing your time, and creating a good display.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Squeeze Is On

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn about the force of compression and how it acts on structural components through a hands-on group project. Using everyday products such as paper, toothpicks, and tape they will construct a structure that will support...
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American Psychiatric Nurses Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage for an association of professional nurses working in psychiatric settings. Library resources include audio/visual, books, online journals and publications, and research projects. Educational and professional resources and web...
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National Pest Managment Association

Pest World for Kids: Report Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you need to write a paper for your Science class? Want to create a public service announcement to broadcast during your school's morning announcements? Or, do you need to make a digital slideshow for a small group project? If so,...
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Word Processing Activity: Rsi Checklist

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners the opportunity to practice computer skills in creating a bulleted list. The activity also involves student's in completing research on repetitive stress injury to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Olympics 2004 Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is centered around an Olympics 2004 Treasure Hunt designed to give students an opportunity to learn about the history of the Olympic games and to generate interest in the modern Olympic games. Students are able to see the...

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