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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining the Effects of Proportional Change on Perimeter

For Students 7th - 8th
Given pictorial representations and problem situations involving perimeter, the student will describe the effects on perimeter when dimensions are changed proportionally.
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Unit Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Introduction to the Human Dimensions of Global Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learning module introduces students to the human dimensions of global environmental change: human actions that initiate changes in the structure and operation of the biosphere; the consequences of these actions on terrestrial ecology;...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Dimensions and Area

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students discover the relationship between a change in the dimensions of a rectangle and the change in the corresponding area.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Step 4 (2 D Spring Mass System)

For Students 9th - 10th
This program simulates a particle connected to an anchor by a damped spring in two dimensions. Try changing the initial settings.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Dimensions of Change in Colonial New England

For Students 9th - 10th
Dissension in Massachusetts Bay Colony resulted in the formation of other New England colonies. Read about their formations, and the impact on the Native Americans in the area.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Play Doh Math

For Students 3rd - 5th
One piece of Play-Doh can make many different shapes. Even though you can change the shape by squishing or stretching the Play-Doh, it is still the same size unless you add or take away some of the dough. Try this experiment to test how...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: New Dimensions in Everyday Life

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief overview of the changes brought about because of the United States becoming more urban. Read about the attention to social reforms, the introduction of professional sports, and the ability to take part in leisure activities.
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Activity
Other

Lincoln Public Schools: Applied Technology & Engineering: Mousetrap Car It's a Snap! [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an engineering activity that requires students to build a mousetrap car based on certain constraints. Constraints include students having a virtual budget that they use to buy approved parts for their car, the car having...
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Handout
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Linear Momentum and Collisions: Glossary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a glossary of the terms and definitions used in Chapter 8: Linear Momentum and Collisions from the AP Physics online text.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Two for One Box Company: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this site students use proportions to explore how volume is effected by dimension changes. This hands-on activity can be done individually or in pairs.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Wing Tabs Save Fuel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the USA TODAY Infograph, 'Wing tabs save fuel', ratios and proportions will be used to explore the concept of similarity between a drawing/model and the actual dimensions. The effects of dilation (size change) on an image and...
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Interactive
University of Virginia

Uva Virtual Lab: Dna Close Up & Do It Yourself

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of three-dimension DNA models. Users can alter the models by moving or changing the parts.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Metric Units

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Change the dimensions in this four-quadrant graph to explore metric scale. After the activity, answer a challenge question to check for understanding.

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