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Mars Pathfinder Egg Drop and Landing
Students construct a pathfinder that could land an egg safely. In this physics instructional activity, students explain the factors affecting the dynamics of falling objects. They evaluate their pathfinder design.
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Upside Down and All Around
Second graders discuss what a line of symmetry is, then demonstrate how to fold shape cutouts to generate lines of symmetry. They demonstrate slides, flips, and turns with objects, and write explanations of changes they observe in pictures.
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Poetry
Students review how clouds form rain, listen to the poem April Rain Song, discuss the saying April Showers Bring May Flowers, and participate in a craft activity.
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Analytical Spectroscope
Students using a spectroscope view different substances when heated with electricity.
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Persistence of Vision Tube
Students demonstrate how individual pieces of data combine to produce complete images.
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Paper Mache Caterpillar
Students read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and practice fine motor skills by using scissors and newsprint strips, and balloons to create paper mache caterpillars.
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Spacd Day:Probing For Knowledge
Students investigate the uses and purpose of the Hubble telescope. They create a model of the telescope and conduct research about the history behind the invention of it. Students use the information in order to create a context for the...
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Aspects of Weather
Young scholars recognize and observe weather phenomena. In this four part weather instructional activity, students are introduced to weather symbols through a story, then use a thermometer to measure water temperature. Next, young...
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The Dead Zone: A Marine Horror Story
Young scholars graph dissolved oxygen versus depth using data taken from NECOP Program. In this marine science activity, students explain the causes of hypoxia. They recommend possible solutions to this problem.
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Harnessing the Wind for Electricity
Ninth graders explain how wind can produce electricity. In this geometry instructional activity, 9th graders construct their own pin wheel turbine and calculate its power. They discuss the pros and cons of using wind generator.
US Department of Labor
U.s. Department of Labor: Labor in the Industrial Era
This interesting essay traces the growth of the Knights of Labor from a group that represented those in the shoe industry in Philadelphia to a nationwide union fighting for workers' rights. It also traces other union developments over...
Other
The History of Writing
This explanation of the history of writing traces writing from the use of "Counting tokens," to the development of the Roman alphabet. The pictures of how writing has progressed over time is very interesting and helpful.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Shape Attributes
The introductory pages introduce the shapes and their attributes: triangle, rectangle, square, rhombus, circle, and oval. The additional pages allow students to practice shape recognition, tracing shapes, and drawing shapes.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Isaac Newton (1643 1727)
This life of Isaac Newton' traces his life from birth through childhood to his rise as a renown scientist and mathematician.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Box It Up (A Graphical Look)
Students graph the relationship between the length of the sides of the cut-out squares and the volume of the resulting box. They trace the graph to decide the best square-size which can result in a box of maximum volume.
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Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.