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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Blowing in the Wind

For Students Pre-K - 1st
During this STEM lesson plan, learners will watch a clip from Curious George. Students will use this lesson plan to guide children in investigating how different objects move in the wind (moving air).
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Blast Off! Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In the STEM lesson plan, learners will watch rocket demonstrations from the teacher Then students will create their own rockets.
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs: Teaching Ngss Engineering Design Through Media

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of activities and professional development resources to deepen teachers' understanding of Next Generation Science Standards. Site is meant to help teachers bring engineering alive for their students.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn 2015 2020 Initiative

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Through the Ready To Learn (RTL) Initiative, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS, and local PBS stations provide free, evidence-based educational resources that help teachers, caregivers, and parents build early science...
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Website
National Academy of Engineering

National Academy of Engineering: Greatest Achievements of the Twentieth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the technological innovations of the twentieth century, told with timelines, essays, overviews, and images.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Students

For Students 3rd - 8th
This wide-ranging collection of resources includes games, informational slideshows and other online activities. Subjects include art, science, history, nature and culture.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Sci Girls: Pick'm Stick'm

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Play SciGirls games to learn more about science and the world around you! A collection of games featuring science and engineering topics.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Martha Speaks: True Stories

For Students 3rd - 5th
Martha's True Stories consists of non-fiction texts with accompanying video, glossary, and quiz centered on four STEM topics: science - the environment; technology - communication, transportation & tools; engineering - inventions;...
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Interactive
Other

Ion Future: The Stem Career Exploration Game

For Students 9th - 10th
A game-based learning environment of free online games that encourages students to explore STEM careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Website
Other

Stem Transitions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Integrated curriculum projects for use in math, science, and technical courses can be found on this website. Each project includes teaching materials, instructional components, and components for implementation, equipment list,...
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Article
Other

Kids Ahead: Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore current new articles focusing on STEM topics. Learn about 3D printing, supermoon, earthquakes, and much more.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Orb Basic Lesson 2 [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners will use Sphero to explore the computer science concepts of variables and conditionals (ifstatements). They will use OrbBasic, which is a text-based programming language for the Sphero. They will write a simple program that...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Macro Lab Lesson 2 [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners will use the Sphero robotic ball to draw polygons and learn the relationship between heading angles and the number of sides in a polygon where all sides are equal. They will also learn how to setthe colors of the lights inside...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Macro Lab Lesson 3 Mean, Median, & Mode: Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will use Sphero to conduct an experiment. They will identify how long they need Sphero to move at 10% speed to reach and knock over a target object (such as a whiteboard marker). Using this information, they will then calculate...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Macro Lab Lesson 4 Percentages: Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will use Sphero to explore percentages using speed and color. The speed experiments are quantitative and the color experiments are qualitative. They will program the Sphero to move at 100% speed for a particular amount of time,...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Orb Basic Lesson 3 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use Sphero to explore the computer science concepts of reading sensors and storing data in variables. They will use OrbBasic, which is a text-based programming language for the Sphero.They will write a simple program that...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Sphero Chariot 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. In this challenge, there are...
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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Time, Speed, and Distance:teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners will use Sphero to show that there is a linear relationship between time, speed, and distance. They will program Sphero to move at a particular speed for a particular amount of time, and then measure how far it has gone.They...
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Activity
Other

Hstry: Roller Coaster Design Brief Template

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive site by STEM teacher Mariana Garcia-Serrato in a lesson on physics in which students design, budget for and analyze their own roller coasters.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Sphero Bridge 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. In this challenge students will...
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Website
Other

Foundation for the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The resource offers mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills.
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Website
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Frankenstein & the Limits of Medical Research

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the classic story, Frankenstein, to examine what Dr. Frankenstein and his idea of science represented. The next step in the lesson involves addressing the issue of how we go about accepting and understanding scientific work.
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Activity
Other

University of Richmond: Archimedes Initiative

For Students 9th - 10th
The Archimedes Initiative is home to thematic videos on aspects of the inquiry cycle. With coverage of the ins and outs of science fair projects and video interviews of science fair participants who discuss their projects, discoveries,...