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Rochester Institute of Technology

Skateboard Performance Testing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Perform an activity on performance testing with a activity focused on the purpose of wheel bearings on skateboards. Learners conduct performance testing on a skateboard to collect and interpret data.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Lesson 1: Katrina Strikes

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Most families have an emergency kit in their home with flashlights, water, and extra food. But what happens to your money when disaster strikes? An economics lesson focused on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrates the...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Lesson 2: In the Aftermath

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Don't wait for a crisis to get your finances together. An economics instructional activity demonstrates the importance of understanding crucial documents, banking basics, and financial tools with the focus on Hurricane Katrina in 2005...
Interactive
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Judicial Learning Center

Law and the Rule of Law

For Students 6th - 12th
We hear a lot about the importance of the rule of law, but most people do not really know what those words mean. The lesson is a webpage that defines the rule of law, explains why it is important in a democratic society and provides...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Tracing the Idea of Fish Depletion: Chapter 1

For Teachers 6th Standards
Would you, could you? Scholars read World without Fish and focus carefully on the use of the words could and would. They chunk the text into smaller sections and write annotations on sticky notes to help with comprehension. To...
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EngageNY

Structuring The Search: Categorizing Our Research

For Teachers 5th Standards
What can you contribute? Scholars read text to determine how ants contribute to the rainforest. First, they categorize and sort facts gathered from reading. Next, readers focus on specific terms in each paragraphs of the text Ants by...
Activity
PBS

Bird is the Word

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Tracking area birds can tell a lot about an ecosystem. Learners use that understanding as motivation to observe and record bird populations in their area. They use journaling to store their information and ultimately choose one bird as...
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Curated OER

8th Grade Reading Comprehension Success

For Students 8th Standards
Augment your eighth grade language arts curriculum with a thorough set of reading comprehension activities and assessments. Focusing on a variety of skills, including vocabulary in context, text structure, main idea, and author's style,...
Unit Plan
Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Immerse yourself in the world of giant bugs, rolling peaches, and brave little boys with an interdisciplinary unit on James and the Giant Peach. Young readers focus on the scientific themes of Roald Dahl's classic novel with bug hunts,...
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American Chemical Society

Why Do Puddles Dry Up?

For Teachers K
Bring evaporation right into the hands of young scientists with an entertaining, hands-on activity. Investigators view videos and images while participating in class dialogue focused on water evaporating from surfaces. A short experiment...
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Curated OER

Outdoor Activities: Taking Science Outside

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in various outdoor science activities to enhance their observation, classification, and analysis skills. In this outdoor lesson, students begin by observing a tree from a straightforward angle, then from the...
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Curated OER

Earth Science--Letter "F"

For Students 5th - 8th
In this earth science learning exercise, students locate and identify vocabulary terms related to earth science that begin with the letter "F." There are 24 words located in the puzzle.
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Curated OER

African Americans in Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the life of renowned African American scientists. In this science literacy lesson, students explore a website containing profiles and achievements of past and present African American scientists. They prepare a poster...
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Curated OER

Understanding Science Vocabulary And Categorization

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore and examine scientific language and categorization as related to commonly known plants and animals. They hypothesize about a specific plant or animal, how it was scientifically named, what concepts and vocabulary...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Citizen Scientist - Collect Some Data

For Students 5th - 10th
In this science project instructional activity, students view a sheet of numerous science projects including weather, animals, flowers, and more. Students choose 1 project to do out of 22 projects total.
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Curated OER

Science and the Ocean Ranger Disaster

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the scientific theories behind various elements of the Ocean Ranger disaster. They present their information in a format of their choosing.
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Curated OER

Peer Editing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Sudents read and critique three of their fellow classmates' science fiction short stories on three consecutive days for mechanics, short story elements, style, and informational elements.
Interactive
Curated OER

Nowhere to Run

For Students 6th - 10th
In this environmental science worksheet, students explore the different climate change around the world and summarize them. They fill in the table provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Eating Titanic?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, research the bio deterioration of the Titanic. They write a report focusing on the rusting of the Titanic and estimate the amount of time it will take for the Titanic's bow section to completely dissolve.
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Curated OER

Design a Reef!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore coral reef ecosystems.  In this ecosystems science lesson, students research coral reef ecosystems to determine the major functions the participating organisms must perform.  Students construct a miniature...
Organizer
Curated OER

Simple Machines

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students focus upon the concept of bicycle gears and develop the answers to the 2 questions at the bottom of the page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Definition and Applications of Computational Science

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students participate in a variety of instructional experiences about Computer Science. They define Computational Science and describe computational simulation. They also compare and contrast Computational Science and Computer Science.
PPT
Curated OER

Reviewing Mitosis/Mitosis

For Teachers 7th - 12th
There are technically two presentations in this collection of slides. The first presentation is a single-slide comparison of plant cell division and animal cell division. The second focuses on the steps of meiosis and the genetic...
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Curated OER

Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Trace simple genetic patterns of inheritance through a small population. Your students create a family pedigree that traces a genetic condition through several generations.

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