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Population Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a population pyramid based on current data for their final project country. They analyze data from comprehension trends of final project country. Students analyze populations of specific countries.
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The Dog Days of Data

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice an alternative form of data presentation. They practice sequencing data, identifying the stem-and-leaf, creating stem-and-leaf plots, and drawing inferences from the data by viewing the plots.
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Investigating Friction

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Young learners explore friction. They view a video or DVD (bibliography provided) and define terms related to friction, and work in groups to experiment with the effects of friction on speed and motion using ramps and toy cars.
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Climate Comparison

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore climate regions. In this climate lesson, students examine the climate regions of Alaska as well as the state of Hawaii. Students research selected Internet sources to gather information regarding the climates present in...
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Classification Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students simulate classifying rocks using different colored skittles. In this earth science activity, students create a Venn diagram according to their compiled information. They share this diagram in the class.
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Predicting Temperature: An Internet/Excel Learning Experience

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the Internet (www.weather.com) to find the high temperature for our locale and the high temperature for another city around the world. They keep track of the temperature in these two locations for 10 days.
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Holey Clamshells

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze data to make hypotheses and conclusions regarding the predator/prey relationship between moon snail and surf clams.
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Candy is Dandy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate color distribution in bags of M&Ms They sort and classify the contents of a bag of M&Ms and summarize their findings on a worksheet. Students convert the numbers into charts and make predictions about color...
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Questionnaires and Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students, review the techniques and different types of data analysis as well as how they are expressed, identify why facts and data are needed in conclusion of a questionnaire. The concepts of qualitative and quantitative data are...
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Whose Breakfast isn't for the Birds?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore coffee production.  In this cross-curriculum rainforest ecology lesson, students research regions where coffee comes from and investigate how the native birds in the rainforest are effected by coffee production. ...
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The Home Stretch

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read the novel Stone Fox by John Reynold Gardiner. Using Lego RCX units, students build and program sleds to re-enact the "home stretch" of the National Dog Sled Race.
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The Estimation Station

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students challenge "common knowledge" against newly learned estimation strategies and put those strategies into use. They consider variables in estimating different groups of objects and practice skills of representing numbers.
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Halloween Candy Sort

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use their Halloween candy to practice sorting and classifying. They compete a Venn diagram comparing their candy wrappers. They develop ways as a class to catorgize the candy in different ways.
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Tomb Explorer/Temple Explorer

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders build an explorer vehicle which they program through an obstacle course to enter the tomb or temple to discover artifacts.
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Childhood Obesity

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students identify a question to generate appropriate data and predict results. They distinguish between a total population and a sample and use a variety of methods to collect and record data. Students create classifications and ranges...
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School-Wide Recycling

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate recycling. In this environmental lesson, students design a recycling program for their school. Students collect data about how much recyclable materials they use in one week. Students also survey classmates about how...
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Playing With Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students rotate through work stations where they compute problems of theoretical and experimental probability. In this probability lesson plan, students use simulations of a lottery system.
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Planet Protectors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore ways to protect the earth.  In this environmental issues and technology activity, students investigate the water quality in their community and compare their findings to the water quality in other geographic areas. ...
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Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore ways people from around the world are like them. They discuss how geography affects the way people live and work and how culture affects a person's day to day life. Students give a presentation over a chosen country to...
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Helicopter Design Company

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students test different designs of helicopters to determine what of the four designs will fall the slowest.  In this helicopter lesson students complete an activity and fill out their worksheet. 
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The Ultimate Sacrifice

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of sacrifice during wartime. In this World War II lesson, students explore the Allied and Axis Powers that existed during the war. Learners discover sacrifices that were made by both powers during the war as...
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Weather: Like It or Not!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate daily weather changes. In this earth science lesson, 2nd graders identify the different terms used to describe weather. They use the outdoor thermometer to record data.
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"One Day in the Prairie" by Jean Craighead George

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students collect "prairie insects" for data collection and analysis.
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Student Exploration: Force and Fan Carts

For Students 5th - 8th
For this force and fan carts worksheet, students use the internet program Gizmo to explore force and fan carts. Students answer 28 questions.

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