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Curated OER

Robots Alive: Almost Human

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore robotics. They design and draw a robot to fit a specified function. Students examine motor functions necessary for the robot to perform. They discuss types of sensors available to assist in the building of a robot.
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Curated OER

Quebec

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders to examine the past to find out why Quebec has been so determined to protect its cultural heritage. They access primary resources on the Internet to promote their engagement with the past.
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Curated OER

Snow on Sea Ice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine different samples of ice and predict the amount of snow that has fallen in a given year. Using a calculator, they graph the various thicknesses. They analyze the graphs to determine the relationship between the...
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Curated OER

How a Caterpillar Becomes a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 1st
Student role play and draw the various stages an insect goes through to become a butterfly. They discover the different stages of how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Learners read The Very Hungry Caterpilla by Eric Carle.
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Curated OER

Shelter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study shelter and how plants, animals, and people must have shelter to survive. In this shelter lesson plan, students read paragraphs about various shelters and their necessity with plants, animals, and people.
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Curated OER

Clouds as Art: Torn Paper Landscape

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a torn paper landscape and use it to study clouds. In this cloud study and art lesson, students make a background art image from torn paper. Students create a torn paper landscape and use cotton balls to illustrate...
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Curated OER

Creating a Japanese Garden Lantern in Crea-Stone

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students create a Japanese Garden Lantern. In this step-by-step ceramics lesson plan, students follow simple how-to directions to mold and create a Japanese Garden Lantern out of Crea-Stone.
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Curated OER

The Vocabulary of Space

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students build their knowledge and understanding of vocabulary related to space.  In this space lesson, students discuss four categories of words and phrases related to space. 
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Curated OER

The Holocaust: Valuing Creation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars write a descriptive essay.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discuss what it must have been like for Anne Frank to stay inside for two years.  Young scholars try to appeal to all five senses in their...
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Curated OER

How to Organize a Lesson Plan

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students fill out a lesson plan, just like their teacher.  In this how to lesson, students discover the components needed in a lesson plan. Students plan a lesson and share it with the class.
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Curated OER

Arsenic and Human Health

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders concentrate on arsenic poisoning as an example of the connections among health, geography, and geology as they develop a persuasive presentation about the dangers of arsenic in the drinking water, targeting a specific...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/light Ray Model: Specular/diffuse Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of incident rays and their corresponding reflected rays are depicted in the diagrams in this tutorial. Each ray strikes a surface with a different orientation; yet each ray reflects in accordance with the law of reflection.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Light and Color: Reflection of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth discussion on reflection of light can be found here. Among the topics discussed include are the difference between specular and diffuse reflection, concave and convex mirrors, facets, total internal reflection, and much more....
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Turn About's Fair Play! Mirrors and How They Reflect

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can download this teaching package that looks at light and symmetry through the use of mirrors. Students will enjoy the nine mirror challenges, along with the hands-on activities described in the lessons. Teachers will...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Light: Reflection and Refraction

For Students 5th - 7th
This tutorial reviews over the properties of light. Students will learn about reflection and refraction through videos, questions, and interactive activities.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Wavelike Behaviors of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
How light waves demonstrate their wave nature by reflection, refraction, and diffraction.
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Open Ed

Open Ed Sci: 6.1 Light & Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How does a one-way mirror work? Though most everyone knows that one-way mirrors exist, having students model how they work turns out to be a very effective way to develop their thinking about how visible light travels and how we see...
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Physics/light

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a large collection of simple science class activities for understanding the physics of light.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color

For Students 9th - 10th
The behavior of light waves is introduced and discussed. Also, polarization, color, diffraction, and interference are introduced and discussed thoroughly as supporting evidence of the wave nature of light.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Bending Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore bending of light between two media with different indices of refraction. See how changing from air to water to glass changes the bending angle. Play with prisms of different shapes and make rainbows.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Light Absorption, Reflection, & Refraction

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on the properties of light.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Absorption, Reflection and Transmission

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial explains light absorption, reflection and transmission in a clear and concise manner. Provides a "Check Your Understanding" section as well as additional links on color and light.
Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and the Ray Model of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
A four-lesson tutorial on the reflection and the ray model of light. These complete tutorials include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension questions.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Does a Light Sensor Work?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A mini-activity, which uses LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT intelligent bricks and light sensors gives young scholars a chance to investigate how light sensors function in preparation for the associated activity involving the light sensors and...

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