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Using Parallax to Determine Distances

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study parallax and what it is used for.  In this distance lesson students complete an activity that allows students to get experience using a parallax.
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Coulomb's Law

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders observe the relationship between electrical charge and force.  In this electrical charge lesson students experiment and find the quantitative relationship between force and the center to center distance between objects.
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Domino Dash

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the relationship between speed, time and distance.  In this motion lesson students complete a lab activity that allows them to calculate average speed. 
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Exploring Balancing Forces

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop critical thinking skills and explore the concept of force.  In this balancing forces lesson students complete an activity and explain the conclusion. 
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Measuring Work

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how work is measured and name the units that are used to measure it.  In this science lesson students create their own story problem. 
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Never Push Your Pendulum

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the behavior of pendulums and identify the variables that affect it.  For this pendulum lesson students complete a lab on pendulums, make conclusions about frequency and the period then conduct a controlled experiment. 
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View Tube Triangulation

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate a particular object then calculate to find the class average and standard deviation.  In this measuring distance lesson students list their calculations on a piece of paper. 
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Coordinate Proofs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of coordinate proofs. In this coordinate proofs lesson, students write coordinate proofs using properties of distance, slope, and midpoint. Students discuss why it is sometimes beneficial to double the...
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Unit 19 Scale Drawing

For Students 6th - 7th
In these scale drawing worksheets, students read the distance problems and select the answer from the choices. Students complete 9 problems.
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Heat Transfer

For Students 8th - 10th
In this heat transfer worksheet, students observe photographs of the various ways heat is transferred. Included is a radiator giving off heat that rises and cools as it settles, the sun radiating heat to the earth and a house absorbing...
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Measuring in Kilometres

For Students 4th - 7th
In this measuring in kilometers worksheet, students solve 8 conversion problems in which they convert between kilometers and meters. The answers are on the second page.
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How Can Motion Be Described?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this motion worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by describing the different ways an object can move: position, distance, direction, and speed.
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Calculating the Perimeter of a Square

For Students 4th
A quick definition and the formula for finding the perimeter of a square is provided at the top of this learning exercise. After reading the description, 4th graders must find the perimeter of the 3 given squares by adding or...
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Twice as Long, Half as Long

For Students 1st - 4th
In this mathematical instructional activity, students measure five lines, record how long they are in centimeters and then draw a line that is half or twice as long as the one they measured.
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NASA Search

For Students 6th - 10th
In this space worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to NASA and space. There are 31 words located in the puzzle.
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Measurement

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this measurement worksheet, young scholars measure distance with a provided ruler. Using the provided map scale, students determine the actual distance between objects. They may set up proportions to evaluate each situation.
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Estimating Angles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders estimate the measurement of angles and linear distance from one point to another. Using a specified website, 6th graders play a game of "Golf" where they enter the angle and distance a ball must be hit. Upon completion of...
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Distance, Velocity, and Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the measurement of distance, velocity, and acceleration with the use of derivatives. They follow examples given in the instructional activity to compute the...
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Speed of Sound

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of velocity and apply it to the velocity of sound and measure the velocity of sound by measuring the echoes produced in a tube. They show their calculation of time and speed, and then conclude that sound...
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Determining distance between planets and the Sun

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners use a model to determine the distance between the sun and plants in our solar system. They determine a scale to use that represents the distance between the Earth and sun. Students calculate the scale distance that each planet...
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Animating Motion

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students apply what they recall about objects in motion by animati ng sequences of pictures that model a set of physical conditions. They animate the orbital motions of the Earth, the space shuttle, and the Moon based on calculations of...
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Spatial Understanding of the Cities and Towns

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students engage in a fun stand up, move around activity that teaches some basics of geography. They develop concepts of distance between community locations and practice giving and taking directions in an organized manner.
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Water Locked

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate cubic feet of water and rate of flow, given the formulas for volume, rate of flow and specific dimensions. Students use symbolic forms to represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures. Students use...
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Speed, Distance and Time

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students are introduced to the concept of speed and the difference between average and instantaneous speed. They work as a class to solve a variety of word problems to calculate average speeds without a calculator. The students are then...