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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Heart of the Matter

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Hands-on experience with valves and water flow supports young researchers' understanding of valve operation. Attached resources for learners are text-dense; I'd break up the text into smaller pieces for groups to read and present...
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How Does a Spring Scale Work?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create visuals of the effect of a spring scale. In this algebra lesson plan, students use the navigator to graph the effects created by a spring scale. They draw conclusion from the graph.
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Curated OER

Shaving Cream Spelling

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a spelling activity. In this spelling lesson plan, students use shaving cream to write their spelling words. Students correct any mistakes.
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Building Patterns Constantly

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils are introduced to some number patterns using buildings constructed with squares. They construct tables of patterns and finding the recurrence rule for a simple pattern where the increase from term to term is a constant.
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Space Tiling with Captain Planet

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders Apply the symmetry and angle properties of polygons, using symmetry and angle properties of polygons to solve practical problems. They study tessellates and explain why a shape tessellates.
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Keeping in Shape

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe patterns in terms of reflection and rotation symmetry, and translations. They design and make a pattern which involves translation, reflection, or rotation. They demonstrate why a given tessellation covers the...
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Fold and Cut

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore line symmetry and the names and attributes of two-dimensional mathematical shapes. They study the context by folding and cutting out shapes to make a series of mathematical shapes.
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Money Matters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make fair trades and exchanges of their money in order to have practical experiences with the essential "rules" of our place value system. They create groupings of tens, hundreds, thousands using play money and place value...
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Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students actively search a the ground outside and find several types of leaves, lichen, feathers and trash. They place items into journals, write entries, draw pictures and ask questions about the items found on their exploration.
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Instructors Lesson Plan for Unforgettable Invitations

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are shown ways that they can design initiations for their special events. Students are shown the basic tools and supplies used to make invitations. They are shown how to make a basic pocket and wraparound.
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Friends in the Snow

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading a story in order to develop character recognition skills. They participate in reader's theatre in small groups to increase cooperation and fluency skills.
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Trigonometric Applications Outside the Classroom

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders describe and demonstrate how trigonometry can be used to find the height of a tall building or tree. They describe and demonstrate how trigonometry can be used to find the height of a high hill, or other high object where...
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Logo Licenses

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders find all the lines of reflection symmetry in a given shape, identify the order of rotational symmetry of a given shape. They create designs which have reflection symmetry, rotational symmetry (orders 2, 3, 4, 6) and...
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Fold and Cut 2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make, name, and describe, using their own language and the language of geometry, everyday shapes and objects. They create and discuss geometric patterns which repeat (show translation), or which have rotational or...
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Tessellating Tiles

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders Make, name and describe, using their own language and the language of geometry, everyday shapes and objects. They create and talk about geometric patterns which repeat (show translation), or which have rotational or...
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Who Has the Biggest Mouth?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners divide into groups of three or four, elect in their group who they think has the biggest mouth. This question will be followed by Mrs. Peters' joke about big mouths and frogs. Students then be asked how they could prove to the...
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Leaves

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils explore, observe, and collect leaves from outside. They make journal entries, discuss the differences and common features of leaves and what function leaves serve. They will discuss the plant and tree leaves. Students draw...
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Redwood Trees: How Does Water Get to the Top of the Tree

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss photosynthesis. They explore and discuss surface tension, hydrogen bonding and capillary action with hands on experiments. They make journal entries and draw pictures of the different stages of the experiments.
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Science Hobbyist

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a fun site filled with odds and ends of science. Wacky and amazing. Fun site to browse for ideas.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Structures Around the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
How does that bridge stay up? What are the forces acting on that column? This site helps students understand how structures can be built by having them build their own. Also provides images of real structures for kids to compare with...