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Curated OER

Teaching The Scientific Method Using Adhesives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the six step scientific method to experiment with the differences in adhesives. Students test for tack, shear, and peel in these activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scientists at Work: What'll they think of next?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore scientific discovery while watching a video. They, in groups, are to research a scientific invention and present their findings to the class.
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Curated OER

Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the unique parts of the body of skates and their egg cases.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Changing the Water in the Aquarium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discover the importance and how to change the water in an aquarium. As a class, they review the types of impurities that are found in water and discuss how to keep the tank as clean as possible. They develop a water...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Preventing Household Hazards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify how household materials can be hazardous to themselves and family members. Precautions for preventing and/or minimizing various hazards are discussed as a class. Working in pairs, students create a directory of...
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Curated OER

Blast's Cosmic Carnival

For Teachers K - 4th
Students, after analyzing the history of a concentrator, model how a Genesis spacecraft concentrator works by playing a game. In groups of three or four, after being given materials to work with, are challenged to roll the rubber balls...
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Curated OER

Which Came First?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students distinguish between the past and present with the concept of the Utah Quarter Reverse. They make lists that give possible meanings of the terms "past" and "present". Then students write reflectively from research about the...
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Curated OER

Cold Fusion?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply their knowledge of relativity and nuclear radiation to the concept of cold fusion. They also read the article from the website listed in the related and resource websites and discuss the article with the class.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Acid and Base Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this acids and bases worksheet, students apply the Bronsted-Lowry theory of acids and bases to write the products for the given acid-base reactions. This worksheet has 7 problems to solve.
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Curated OER

Inventions 2: The Impact

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research inventors and inventions and their impacts. In this invention lesson, students research inventions and their affects in good and bad ways.
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Curated OER

OHM's Law

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the relationship between current, voltage and resistance in a series circuit.  For this investigative lesson students watch a demonstration and see how voltage is measured and see what OHM's law is.   
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Curated OER

Geography Made Fun with Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars incorporate knowledge box into their classroom activities. In this technology integration lesson, students fill out a graphic organizer using Glossopedia to analyze a new subject.
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Curated OER

Brain Watching

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different parts of the nervous system. In this biology instructional activity, students research methods to diagnose and cure neurological disorders. They present their report to class.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Basic Electrical Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the basic concepts of electrical technology. Webpage includes thirty-nine lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures...
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Basic Electrical Quantities: Current, Voltage, Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Build an intuitive understanding of current and voltage, and power.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lighting the Way: Electrical Circuits and Lamp Wiring

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a series of self-guided activities, students will explore basic electrical circuits and then build a working model of a circuit through the process of wiring a lamp. They will understand the flow of electrons through a circuit,...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Put a Spark in It! Electricity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Uncountable times every day "with the merest flick of a finger"each one of us calls on electricity to do our bidding. What would your life be like without electricity? Students begin learning about electricity with an introduction to the...
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Simple Electrical Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a Java tutorial showing the simple voltaic (or galvanic) electrical cell, which is the most basic type of "wet" cell and demonstrates the fundamental chemistry behind batteries.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Electrical Engineering: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Some basic concepts to introduce the electrical engineering course. Become familiar with engineering numbers and notation, and learn about the two most important electrical quantities: current and voltage.
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Handout
US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Energy Sources: Electricity

For Students 6th - 8th
A basic description of electricity and the role it plays in everyday life.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Electrical Engineering: Circuit Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Circuit analysis is the process of finding all the currents and voltages in a network of connected components. We look at the basic elements used to build circuits, and find out what happens when elements are connected together into a...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Electric Current and Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Students have the opportunity to explore the basics of current and circuits in this online module. Some of the activities include interactive animations, informational text, practice problems, and lab experiments.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: From Sunlight to Electric Current

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The lesson will first explore the concept of current in electrical circuits. Current will be defined as the flow of electrons. Photovoltaic (PV) cell properties will then be introduced. This will lead to the principle of "Conservation of...
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Lesson Plan
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Wind Power Basics [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A mini-unit on wind energy. Students first read a passage about wind energy, and respond to comprehension questions. They then do a lab activity where they build and test a windmill to see how design and placement of the windmill affect...

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