University of Washington
Connecting Youth to Quality Health Information
Many teenagers don't have adequate access to health and nutrition information beyond a quick Internet search. Guide them into health advocacy and proficiency with a instructional activity focused on MedlinePlus as a reliable source for...
Curated OER
Automotive Words
In this technology worksheet, middle schoolers find the words that are related to the concept of cars and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
Teach Engineering
Nanotechnology Grant Proposal Writing
Please, sir, can I have a few thousand dollars for my research? The last installment in a six-part lesson has the pupils develop a grant proposal. Class members apply their knowledge of skin cancer, ultraviolet radiation, human skin, and...
Teach Engineering
Cost Comparisons
Our final proposal for the cost of the bridge requested is ... In the last segment in a series of 10, pairs work together to develop a proposal for a city bridge design. The class completes a cost comparison between concrete and steel to...
Teach Engineering
Electricity and Magnetic Fields
Introduce your class to the idea of magnetic fields around electrical wires with an activity that provides the information about the direction of a magnetic field around a wire carrying an electric current.
Middle Tennessee State University
The Invention of the Telephone
All of the people in your class would agree that life would be different without the invention of the telephone! Study Alexander Graham Bell's most famous and influential invention through the primary source document of his sketch of the...
Messenger Education
Design Challenge: How to Keep Items Cool in Boiling Water
Keeping items cool in boiling water... what? This engaging activity challenges high school learners to build a container that keeps butter in a solid state when placing the container in boiling water. Groups use previous knowledge and...
Texas State Energy Conservation Office
Investigation: Acceleration
Take a look at acceleration within the context of automotive technology. They vary the mass on a toy car and run it down a ramp, exploring Newton's second law of motion. Though this is a classic lab activity, you will appreciate the...
National Sailing Hall of Fame
Introduction to Sailboats
The left part of the boat is called what? An informative instructional activity and accompanying slideshow presentation introduce middle schoolers to the terminology and parts associated with a sailboat.
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Hunt the Fact Monster Hunt #5
For this internet research worksheet, 4th graders answer sis short answer questions by using the Fact Monster search engine. They answer four multiple choice problems.
NASA
Rover Races
Operating a vehicle remotely can be difficult, especially when the vehicle is on another planet. Young engineers get a feel for some of the real-world challenges as they work to program their rovers (blindfolded group members) through an...
Aurora Trust
Journey Under the Sea
Discover the interesting world of maritime archaeology and explorations under the sea with this nice set of worksheets, which cover such topics as search tools and techniques of underwater archaeology, carbon dating, vessel types, and...
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Building Your Bridge Building Basics
For this technology worksheet, middle schoolers examine the basic principles of bridge building design in order to answer the nine questions with the help of the web links on page 2.
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Technology of War Questions
In this Canadian history activity, students read Canadian History, by Ian Hundey and then respond to 7 short answer questions about war technologies.
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Search the Web
In this technology worksheet, students write the words in the correct order using the theme of technology. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Plastic Body Filler/ Steering Suspension
In this technology worksheet, learners find the terms in the word bank based around the topic of auto body. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Car Manufacturers
In this technology learning exercise, students find the terms related to cars makes and models. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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First Conditional Verbs
Helpful as a print-out or electronic worksheet, this verb tense worksheet prompts middle and high schoolers to fill in 20 missing first conditional verbs in sentences. They can check their answers and receive hints. The activity would be...
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Idioms Quiz: Animals 2
Kill two birds with one stone with a instructional activity that not only gives practice using idioms but also has a technology link as well. Learners answer the 10 multiple choice questions of an online interactive quiz about the...
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Hunt the Fact Monster December #4
In this internet research worksheet, 3rd graders use the Fact Monster search engine to find the answers to each of five unrelated questions.
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Hunt the Fact Monster December #3
In this internet research worksheet, 3rd graders find the answers to the five multiple choice questions using the Fact Monster search engine.
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Hunt the Fact Monster January #2
In this internet research learning exercise, students use the Fact Monster search engine to answer five multiple choice questions. Questions are about random topics and facts.
Education World
Hunt the Fact Monster September #3
In this internet research worksheet, 3rd graders use the Fact Monster search engine to answer five questions. A sample question asks, "What common food was once called the "love-apple?"
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Hunt the Fact Monster February #1
For this internet research worksheet, learners find the answers to five multiple choice questions. Students use the Fact Monster search engine for their research.