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Simple Machines-Pulleys

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders understand what a pulley is and how it works. In this simple machines, pulley lesson students experiment with broom sticks creating a pulley. Students observe how the pulley moves in its different trials.
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Discovery Science Library: The Basics Physical Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine  friction and gravity. affect four sports. In this scientific discovery lesson plan, students examine how friction and gravity affect sports. They discuss, write, and illustrate the effect of different forces on...
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Recess Kicking and Dribbling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice soccer dribbling, trapping, and kicking with strong force.
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Discovering Friction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers watch a demonstration that introduces them to the idea that friction is a force that impedes motion when two surfaces are in contact. They work in groups to experiment with frictional force using a coffee cup on which...
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The Science of Swinging

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students learn how a pendulum works in the concept of an amusement park ride. In this pendulum lesson, students are introduced to Newton's first law of motion and how it works in an amusement park ride. Continuous motion and inertia are...
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Solar System Slide Show

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students work in small groups to research a planet in our Solar System in order to compare it to Earth. They examine the planet's size, atmosphere, rotation and revolution periods, temperature, and other attributes. They collect...
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Four-Wing Paper Boomerang

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars build a four-wing paper boomerang. In this aeronautics lesson, students construct a paper boomerang and identify the forces at work during flight.
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A Model of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explain how a scanning tunneling microscope works. In this chemistry instructional activity, 9th graders construct atomic models and simulate how their images appear under the STM. They discuss the limitations of their...
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Pulley Power

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a manipulative experiment in the mechanical advantage of simple machines. It graphically demonstrates the change in magnitude of applied force when using simple machines. Great for ESL to discover the ratio...
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Magnet Unit

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine magnets; what they are made of, how they work and where they come from.
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Torque Me Off

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the lever and the mathematics associated with levers. They determine the conditions necessary to balance a system of forces around a fulcrum.
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Fantastic Friction!!!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in small groups to list at least 10 items that have movement or motion choosing one item from the list to use as a topic for the following questions: How does this item move? How can we slow down the movement? How can we...
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Focus on Friction

For Teachers 3rd
The students learn about friction and forces through direct instruction and an investigation. They use measurement skills, observation skills, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on data collected during the investigation. Students...
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The Terror of Their Ways

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine human rights abuses. In this contemporary history lesson plan, students investigate violations against human rights during war. Students discuss the work of the Red Cross and Amnesty International in promoting human...
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The Life and Times of....

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assume the role of an investigative reporter and research an artist and the world in which they worked. They create a 2-page newspaper using MS Publisher about the artist and the time period he/she lived in.
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Maestro Creativity Challenge

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students work in small groups to write an article using the maestro group format. In this journalism instructional activity students break into groups and randomly choose an item that must be incorporated into their article.
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Managing Stress: Living without Stress Overload

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore a three hour set of readings, discussion questions an web links to gain tools to identify, alleviate and prevent stress in their lives. They work to develop a life-style that is, to a large extent, stress-free.
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Using Electricity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students name appliances that use electricity. They construct a simple electrical circuit. They predict whether a circuit work. They name components of an electrical circuit.
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Ins and Outs of Simple Machines

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore the ins and outs of simple machines. They discover the various roles of simple machines, who uses them, where they can be found and how they actually work. Students create a compound machine using simple machines.
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Computers and Satellites No Longer Function

For Teachers 9th - 12th
They describe the development over time of the relationship between the national economy and the global economy since World War II. They trace the historical forces of continuity and change in the development of the contemporary global...
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Magnets, Electromagnets, and Motors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concepts of magnetism and its properties. They construct a magnet and test foods for iron content. Then students define the use of a motor and make their own electric motor while working in small groups. Then...
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Activity Two--Psyching Out the System (Student Page) Asking Questions, Using Clues

For Students 9th - 11th
Students observe two-dimensional shapes and work on the challenge that what is observed is as important as what is not observed. Students determine constructions, rules and connections. Full references listed for further reading and...
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Gases Around Us

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate gases and liquids. For this states of matter online lesson, students examine how evaporation plays a part in the transition of liquids into gases as they watch a kettle of water boil and then work in small groups on...
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The Big Apple

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students study the buying and selling market and how prices are determined for an agricultural product. In this competitive market lesson, students study how prices are determined in a market by studying the forces of supply and demand....

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