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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puppet on a String: An Engaging Look at Movement

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine how muscles can work together with joints.  In this movement lesson students use a marionette to observe how muscles work. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Moving Objects

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate pushing and pulling. In this lesson on how objects move, 2nd graders experiment with marbles to see how one marble can be moved by getting hit by another marble.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting through the day duck style

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to how animals (and ourselves) cope with daily life. They discover that living things need certain conditions to survive. Students investigate how living things (including ourselves and a duck) have special...
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: What Kids Who Are Moving Should Do

For Students 3rd - 5th
Just find out that you're going to be moving? Here are some ideas to help make the move easier for you.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Surprising (And Invisible) Signatures of Sea Creatures

For Students 9th - 10th
On land, animals leave footprints that tell us a lot about their size, form and capabilities. Marine organisms do this too, but these footprints are harder to see since water is translucent. Bioengineer Kakani Katija explains how she...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Sitting Is Bad for You

For Students 9th - 10th
Sitting down for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around. Are our bodies built for such a sedentary existence? Murat Dalkilinc...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Game Theory and Conflict Resolution: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the basic ways in which game theory can be used to model conflicts. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Game Theory and Conflict Resolution."
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Handout
Orpheus Books

Q Files: Animals: Animal Movement

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out the many different ways that animals move through their environments.
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Function Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Generally, translation involves only moving the graph around. Squeezing or stretching a graph is more of a "transformation" of the graph. But these two topics are usually taught at the same time, and usually under the same name. Just be...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 6.3 Protozoa

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the diversity of the animal-like protists of protozoa.