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Curated OER

Transit Vehicle Electronic Technician

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the work that Transit Vehicle Electronic Technicians do for BART.
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Curated OER

Collecting Field Trip

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and describe each marine habitat. They name organisms that can be found in each habitat and discover ways in which to protect them. They participate in an activity to complete the instructional activity.
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Curated OER

Where Next?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners read an article explaining NASA's possible Mars landing sites. They use the Internet to research Mars and the Module. They are able to submit their own proposals for a landing site after researching the planet.
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Curated OER

Handmade Paper from Plants

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students make paper from plant fibers and recycled paper.
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Curated OER

A Guide for Community Living

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use photography to help them become more knowledgeable about their communities, and to make a "community survival" book in which problems are solved by going to the right community agency.
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Curated OER

How Electronics Come to Us: Distribution and Use

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars identify environmental challenges that can be solved throughout a product's life cycle. They experiment and examine how we can choose and use products in an environmentally responsible manner. Each student is also involved...
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Curated OER

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners explore how to build a bridge and test how much weight it can support.
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Curated OER

Make Your Own Trashasaurus Rex Sculpture

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore environmental awareness through reusing materials. In this environmental awareness lesson, students use trash to create a "trashasaurus," a large dinosaur sculpture made from waste. Detailed structure and papier-mâché...
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Curated OER

Water Quality and Pollution Web Quest

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how water is a limited resource, where it comes from, how it can become polluted and how it is used.  In this water quality instructional activity young scholars search the web to answer given questions and prepare...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Blast Through the Past: Transportation & Movement in Utah [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will discuss the different types of transportation prior to the transcontinental railroad. They will also write an essay using the information discussed to present the pros and cons of transporting eggs to big cities by...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Factors That Influence Weathering of Monuments in a Cemetery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, young scholars will discover some of the factors that influence weathering of the monuments in a cemetery. These factors may include the type of rock, length of time the rock has been exposed to the elements or the...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Rate of Weathering on Various Rock Types.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this Earth Science field investigation, learners will make observations of the rock above and below the Minneopa State Park waterfalls. Students will then make observations of gravestones at Minneopa Cemetery. Through these...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Away We Go!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars will survey various classes about the type of transportation that delivers them to school. Students will then combine data and with the help of a teacher create a virtual graph. This lesson plan was created as a result of...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Minnesota River's Glacial History Near Henderson, Mn.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
While visiting three separate sites in or near the Minnesota River valley, students will question the deposition environment of rock types found and the creation of the valley itself. Students will discover find types of rock found far...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Move It!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the erosive effects of waves, streams, glaciers, and wind.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Earth Is a Changin'

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This instructional activity introduces and describes the main types of erosion (i.e., chemical, water, wind, glacier and temperature). Students learn examples of each type of erosion and discuss how erosion changes the surface of the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Designing a Package That Works

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The goal is for young scholars to understand the basics of engineering associated with the packaging of items to preserve, market, and safely deliver products. The packaging for each type of use varies. While observing and thinking about...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Move It!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore methods employing simple machines likely used in ancient pyramid building, as well as common modern-day material transportation. They learn about the wheel and axle as a means to transport materials from rock quarry to...
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Other

Sprk: Sphero Hydro Hypothesis Stem Challenge [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
SPRK STEM challenges are fun, interactive activities that challenge students to use creativity and team-work to move through simple steps of the design process in order to build Sphero-based creations. The Hydro-hypothesis challenge...
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: National Highway Safety Report and You

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Look over resources with car accident reports, highway safety data, etc. Learners will evaluate a local issue of road safety and build a report based on the researched data.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Automobile Choices and Alternative Fuels

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an activity in which young scholars take the role of either a car seller or a car buyer to learn about transportation energy options. Car sellers are challenged to pitch to buyers about cars with a particular fuel type while car...

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