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Energize Your Future

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students consider the positive and negative aspects of alternative energy.  In this physical science lesson plan, students consider the sources of energy they use everyday.  Students compare alternative sources of energy and...
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Taking Pills Isn't the Answer

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore performance-related drug use. For this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Taking Pills Isn't the Answer", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete...
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How Do They Do That?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson plan, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...
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Who Are You?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete self projects such as a collage, an acrostic poem, a mural, and more, to show their similarities and differences. For this similarities and differences lesson plan, students can do these projects individually or in groups.
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Jet Engine Magazine

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore physics by creating a magazine cover in class. In this flight lesson, students identify the motion and force that must be generated in order for a jet engine to lift off the ground. Learners create a cover for a...
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Science Super Saturday

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars share their science expertise with elementary students in a conference format. Elementary young scholars rotate through sessions of different science disciplines (Biology, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry, Computers).
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Canada's Landform Regions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and describe the processes that created the landform regions in Canada. They map the regions and research one region to discover more about it. They present their findings to the class.
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Scale Factors for Areas and Volumes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine mathematical questions. They examine how to tackle mathematical questions and discover the effect of a change in length on area and volume. They examine the consequences of the physical properties sea animals on heat...
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Learning Style Inventory

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate their own personal learning style with the use of a personal inventory. They access the inventory by using the internet. Students write reflectively and discuss in class personal style of learning and how they prefer...
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The Challenge of School Violence

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine school violence. In this school violence lesson, students listen to a teacher-led lecture regarding statistics and studies about school violence. Students discuss ways to deter school violence and participate in a school...
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Performing Sonnets

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students use Shakespearean sonnets as part of a poetry analysis instructional activity. In this sonnet instructional activity, students perform a sonnet by Shakespeare but treat it as a script to be acted out. Students work in pairs to...
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Factors Affecting Plant Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine the physical and chemical factors that affect plant growth. In this biology instructional activity, students explain the role of hormones in plants. They investigate how competition with other plants affect their...
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Population Dynamics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the causes and consequences of population growth and the envrionmental factors that contribute to it. They discuss what they think the world's population will be in 2050.
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Weather

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in a variety of mini-lessons including experiments, literature readings, physical education components, music, data gathering and recording and more to expose them to several themes of weather; i.e. water cycle,...
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The Charlie Brown Dance

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students attempt to be creative while practicing the movement concepts of Effort - fast/slow, Space Awareness - Levels and Self space, and Relationships - moving in unison.
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The IMF in Action: What Does the IMF Do?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use newspapers and the internet to discover what the IMF does. They work together in groups to brainstorm occupations which need another language to be spoken. They also examine data related to trading among countries.
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Western Europe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a variety of activities to comprehend more about the region of Western Europe. They use maps to read and highlight important information. The different countries are looked at individually highlighting...
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Antarctica

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore why Antarctica is so important to the planet. They investigate the physical characteristics. Students create their own unique treaty of governance for Antarctica and discuss how laws are enforced in Antarctica.
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Aviation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore aviation.  In this physics lesson plan, students work cooperatively to construct kites, paper airplanes, and paper plate discs. Students launch the object created and observe characteristics and length of...
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Edible Coal Mining

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of bituminous coal and the role it plays within our world.  In this economic and earth science instructional activity, learners discover and model the extraction methods with hands-on activities. ...
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Christina Aguilera

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Christina Aguilera activity, students read about the life of the performer, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Discovery Education

It's Too Loud!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
STEM scholars investigate sound attenuation by conducting an experiment in which they compare the farthest distance that they can hear a sound with and without ear protection.
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To Renew, or Not to Renew

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the various types of renewable energy. After reading articles, they discover the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy. They also explore the challenges to switch over to using more and more renewable energy...
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I'm Not In Range

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover how cell phone service works while participating in a role play activity. They identify its advantages and disadvantages based on service. They examine how engineers use this information to develop better...