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Technology that Makes Phonics Fun
Students discover the Internet by participating in on-line educational activities. In this educational technology lesson, students utilize interactive story books, podcasts, and games to help expand an understanding of phonics....
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Welcome To Program A Simple Program in C
Young scholars are introduced to the language in C programming. In groups, they determine the correct function to be used and practice running the program to achieve the desired results. They end the lesson by programming more difficult...
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Composting
Eighth graders collect data from Bottle Biology compost columns and record using Excel spreadsheet.
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Rain Gardens for Controlling Excess Runoff
Pupils address the idea that human beings live within the world' ecosystems. They discuss how humans modify ecosystems as a result of population growth, technology, and consumption. Students discuss how the human destruction of habitats...
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You want me to do what with this Dirt?
Eighth graders explore how to take soil samples and use GPS to determine the location of the site they have chosen to take the samples.
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"The Vision" Contest
Students study a current technology and predict what that technology will be like 30 years from now. They research the technology's origins, how it presently works, and what it might entail in the future. They develop higher order...
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Visit My Class Wikis
Students visit the links on the blog site to learn about class wikis. In this technology integration activity, students visit the links to view class wikis.
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To Drink or not to Drink
Seventh graders discuss water quality, water availability and water resources and how water is used in the world around them. They view a video on water quality then test for pH, temperature and dissolved oxygen to indicate water quality.
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Plot! Analyze! Draw your Conclusions!
Students download data reported from the Global Sun Temperature Project website. They graph and analyze the data looking for trends and patterns. They prepare a class report with their observations and post it to the website.
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The Queen's Empire
Eighth graders study insects and make observations about their habitat. in this insect research lesson students research the Internet to compile information on ants.
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The Ultimate Choreography
Eighth graders research the required elements of the short programs in men's and women's figure skating. They analyze the physical requirements of each move and relate the types of muscles, bones, and joints required to perform them.
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Qualitative and Quantitative Data
Seventh graders study the different ways that they have been evaluated over the years. In this qualitative and quantitative instructional activity students complete a learning activity while in groups.
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Using SWMP Data
Students are introduced to the SWMP system which tracks short-and long-term changes in water. Using this data, they plot and interpret the data on a graph to determine how human activities are lowering the water quality. They also...
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Virial Theorem Lesson
Ninth graders describe how equilibrium can occur as the balance of two effects. They model the stability of elliptical galaxies based on how fast stars within the galaxy are moving.
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HyperStudio Animal Project
Fourth graders create a HyperStudio project on an animal of their choice. They discuss the animal's habitat and adaptations. They also identify any interesting facts about their animal.
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Hide and Survive: A Natural Selection Activity
Students explore the theory of natural selection given certain scenarios. In this biology lesson, students graph data taken from the experiment. They explain the factors that contribute to the survival of the fittest.
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Class Conservation Corps (CCC)
Students investigate how the loss of soil, a valuable natural resource, affects their lives through loss of productive land to grow food, loss of coastal land mass, and poor water quality from runoff. They design a project to keep soil...
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Bugs: Picture Cards in Pairs
In this bugs worksheet, students cut out 16 pairs of cards that picture realistic images of bugs. Students play a concentration game with the cards.
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Glacial Change
Students research the ways in which scientists study glaciers and glacial change. They interpret real time data and calculate the estimated global sea level rise potential. A very good lesson to illustrate global warming.
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Glaciers Leave Their Imprint
Students study various types of glaciers and the landforms they create. Working in pairs, they research a type of glacial landform and construct a calendar page illustrating and describing it. The pages be compiled to create a class...
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The Demographics of Mortality
Students view the Dynamic POPClocks on the U.S. Census webpage and discuss their meaning. They explore age-related death rates of the human population and collect information about the deaths of humans and organize them into a life table.
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Graph the Density of Fruit
Fifth graders review the definition of mass and volume. They calculate and graph the density of various types of fruit while working in groups on a spreadsheet program. They look at how size of the fruit can be similar but the weight is...
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Tracking Ozone
Learners track an ozone event in Groton, CT. They compare weather changes and the subsequent ozone levels. Also, they make comparisons and determinations about ozone levels.
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'Water, Water Everywhere...'
Fourth graders explore how the Utah pioneers used irrigation to make the desert 'blossom as a rose'. They use geographical tools to analyze political and physical features of Utah, the United States, China, and Asia.