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Sir Tim Berners-Lee

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Sir Tim Berners-Lee and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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Taking Risks: Drug and Alcohol Abuse

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discuss a video about drug and alcohol abuse and their connection to risk-taking. They answer questions on a risk factor sheet about the use of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. They discuss long and short term goals and how not...
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Breaking News English: New Machine Sucks CO2 from the Air

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, learners read "New Machine Sucks CO2 from the Air," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Children, Children, What Did You See?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to a read aloud of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? They write a story based on naming and drawing things they saw when they visited the Black Bayou Lake refuge.
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Sonnet Project

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use the internet to examine how the Gutenberg press affected society as a whole. Using examples of illuminated type, they develop type in three different formats. They share their types with the class and answer...
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: China

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a passage about kites in China, then answer 3 short answer questions related to the passage.
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Time Machine: Drive for the American Dream

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view a documentary on automobiles. Americans have always been in love with automobiles. They are a definition of character, and a representation of social status. After viewing, students discuss what they saw and create an...
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Engineering: Lego Cars and Light Sensors

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students build Lego cars with attached light sensors. They program the car to enter a tunnel and reverse out when it records a darker light reading.
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Getting the Word Out: From Gutenberg's Press to Zines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the effects of Gutenberg's printing press on the world. Using this information, they create their own Zines or internet magazines about a social issue of their choice. They share their magazine with the class for...
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Henry Builds A Cabin

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the book "Henry Builds a Cabin." They design a cabin using Lego pieces based on information from the story.
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Introduction to Plates, Axles, and Gears

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to the function and design of the following Lego pieces: beams, bricks, plates, axles, tires, hubs and bushings. They then work with a partner to build something using only these pieces.
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Motion Capture and Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concepts and relationships of speed, displacement and time. They capture the serve motion of a tennis player via video or digital camera and analyze the speed of the ball and racquet head.
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Hibernating Hoopla

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students simulate hibernation with their stuffed animals. They predict the length of time of hibernation and type their math journal entries about sorting, graphing and draw pictures. They read bear hibernation stories.
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Watch It Slide!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to examine inclined planes. They create a plan to raise rocks to build pyramids. They discover the changes that occur when the angle is increased or decreased.
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Leeches and Spiders and Toads, Oh, My! The Emergence of Modern Medicine

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners explore the basic ideas and beliefs about medicine in the 18th and 19th centuries. They write a news account to be published in a "medical journal" developed by the class. Each "article" in the journal should be dated...
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Breaking News English: Computers to Match Man by 2009

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Computers to Match Man by 2009," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Biography of the Millennium: 100 People, 1000 Years (4 Parts)

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners explore who are the most influential people of the past thousand years.
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WHAT HOLDS US TO EARTH?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students they imagine they are Galileo and try to duplicate Galileo's experiments and results.
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Aerodynamics of Cycling

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study aerodynamic forces - lift and drag - and see how those forces affect cycling performance. They see how those forces are calculated and how
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Aerodynamics of a Boomerang

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how aerodynamic forces affect the flight of aircraft, animals and sports balls and projectiles (like a javelin or boomerang). They discover the origins of the boomerang and early usage in hunting.
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Hearbeat

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders pair up and listen to each others heartbeat. They run in place for one minute and then listen again and calculate the beats per minute resting and after activity. They switch and repeat the activity.
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Things that Go Bump, Bump, Bump

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students program previously constructed bumper cars to keep bumping and reversing indefinitely. They use touch sensors attached to separate ports and complete a worksheet.
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Unintended Consequences: Policies that Impact Migration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the cause-and-effect relationship between the Agricultural Adjustment Acts of the New Deal or the 1965 Voting Rights Act and African-American migration. They write an essay evaluating the effectiveness of the Voting...
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How Could You Visualize the Importance of Education

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view different pieces of art from artist Candida Alvarez. They discuss what the art means to them. They create their own mobiles showing what they would like out of their education.

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