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Dale Chihuly
Students examine the characteristics and makeup of glass. In groups, they research the life and work of Dale Chihuly and how he used glass to create his artwork. They answer discussion questions on different pieces of art and share their...
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Nebraska Entrepreneur Success Stories
Students explore entrepreneurs of Nebraska. For this business and social studies lesson, students research Nebraska entrepreneurs to discover the history of their successful company.
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An Eclipsing Binary System with a Precessing Accretion Disk
Students work together to complete an experiment over binary sources. They determine values for the orbital period of certain objects and interpret intensity changes. They also calculate a value for the period of precession of an...
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Ovals, Rectangles, Squares, and Triangles
Students identify geometrical shapes displayed in photographs of everyday objects in a metropolitan setting.
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Great River Bend Adventure
Students use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
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Blooming Up: Teaching the Art of Questioning
Students, through demonstration and example, write and answer questions at different levels of Bloom's taxonomy.
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Breaking News English: Podcast is 2005 Word of the Year
In this English worksheet, students read "Podcast is 2005 Word of the Year," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Human and Natural Made
Pupils compare human and natural made objects. In this science lesson, students identify items that are made by humans and items that are natural.
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Crazy Putty Ratio
Second graders use knowledge of measurements and ratios to mix various combinations of liquid starch and glue. They chart their ratios, make observations, and write a summary of the activity. They mix their own batch of Crazy Putty to...
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Japanese music
Students explain music in relation to history and culture. They explore "Tanko Bushi."
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A Game of Chance
Students explore probability through cooperative group activities and interactive video technique.
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Merchant Family Role Play
Young scholars address their assumptions about families in the 1500s. They compare and constrast a medevil and modern family. They role-play an arranged marriage in class. They practice using new vocabulary as well.
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Town Planning
Seventh graders consider factors in making road transport planning directions. They write a short speech for a presentation at an inquiry. They debate and analyze the information presented in the debate.
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Algebra I: A Draining Swimming Pool
Learners analyze and develop symbolic representations to describe the amount of water left in a pool being pumped out after a given amount of time, with various pumping rates and initial quantities of water in the pool.
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Algebra II: Crickets-Nature's Thermometer
Young scholars translate functional relationships into equations to answer questions. Students answer questions using different representations of the relationships: function rules, graphs of the function, tables of values, and equations...
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Birds of Different Feathers: Species Specialization
Young scholars identify differences in bird species and explain the concept of species specialization. They attain the knowledge that different birds occupy different habitats.
Students identify characteristics and features of birds that...
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Minimize Perimeter
Students practice calculating the perimeter of different sized rectangles. Individually, they identify the derivations of a function that can show the perimeter and determine how to minimize the perimeter within a fixed area. They use...
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Minimize Perimeter -- Lecture
Students are introduced to the concept of perimeter. As a class, they listen to a lecture describing the derivations of a function that describes perimeter. They calculate the minimum perimeter of a rectangle and determine the numbers...
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Feet of Song
Students establish a basic definition of stop frame animation and the processes involved in creating a film. Through guided practice and film reviews, they create their own stop motion animation in response to a film they have seen.
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Wyzant: Combining Like Terms
Provides a thorough step-by-step approach to combining like terms. Takes the student through important vocabulary used, as well as examples to help explain the topic. Several pages of notes are offered along with relevant links at the end.
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Khan Academy: Combining Like Terms
Simplify algebraic expressions by combining like terms. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy: Practice: Combining Like Terms With Negative Coefficients
A practice quiz on combining like terms where there are negative coefficients. Includes hints.
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Khan Academy: Combining Like Terms With Negative Coefficients and Distribution
A practice quiz on combining like terms where there are negative coefficients. Includes hints.
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Khan Academy: Combining Like Terms With Rational Coefficients
Practice combining like terms for expressions that have rational coefficients. This requires adding and subtracting fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...