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Comparative Stream Quality
Students examine water quality on a nearby stream. They collect water samples and test for various factors, including any contamination from the treatment plant, and present their information in a Powerpoint presentation.
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Weather or Not
Sixth graders explore weather. For this meteorology lesson, 6th graders create weather instruments and compare and contrast weather data.
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My Life as a Star!
Students research the life cycle of a star and present their finding to the class.
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America's Civil Rights Movement, Activity Three
Students investigate the events that led to the Civil Rights Movement and the attributes of the movement that led to its success using the Jigsaw method.
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Concrete Canoes
Students explore and analyze the relationship of buoyancy and displacement needed to make an object float. They examine various boat designs, then design and build clay and aluminum boats that hold a cargo of marbles.
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Farm Animals
First graders use this Web Quest to find out about 6 different farm animals. They explore what each animal eats and what food humans get from each animal. They study about are pigs, sheep, goats, horses, cows, and chickens.
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Travel to the Polar Lands
Second graders receive an "Expedition Ticket" to travel through the Polar Regions- the Arctic and the Antarctic. They research polar bears and make drawings that are to scale.
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You Can Find It!
Students locate different places including U.S. cities using longitude and latitude coordinates. In this longitude and latitude lesson plan, students locate 10 different locations.
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Is that Tree Safe?
Students examine the parts of the tree and examine the health of trees in the vicinity. In this tree safety activity students work in groups to complete a stated goal.
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Rockets: Kinematics or Energy?
Students construct model rockets, measure and record the height of the launch. In this creative activity students use different methods to calculate velocity and height data from their launched rockets.
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Big Bones, Little Bones
Students investigate archeology. In this archeology activity, students research the process of excavation. Students participate in a mock-excavation and sort objects by physical properties.
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Energy Efficient Home Design
Students investigate the applications of energy efficient homes. They conduct Internet research, complete a worksheet, evaluate the energy efficiency of a home design, and complete a research report on energy efficient homes.
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The Starry Night Time and Day Time
Second graders complete a unit of lessons on the solar system. They complete various art projects inspired by Van Gogh's 'Starry Night,' create a moon phases book, create a moon phase wind chime, develop a timeline of space exploration,...
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The Importance of Trees in the Rural Area: Planting a Snowfence
Students explore the concept of living snowfences. In this tree lesson, students read, "The Living Tree," brochure and discuss the ecological benefits of planting trees to create living snowfences. Students draw plans for planting trees...
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The Laser Spider Web
Students create a supersized spider web using yarn. They weave the yarn over and under an existing web to create a new design.
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Alex: Budgeting for the Oregon Trail
As a part of the online collaborative unit, Westward Ho!, students will work in cooperative groups of 4-5 students to decide what items they need to take on the Oregon Trail, determine the cost of the items, and complete a ledger to...
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Alex: Arc Lengths and Sector Areas
Students will work in cooperative groups to discover the relationships between arc length, central angle measure, and circumference. They will also discover the relationship between circle area, central angle measures, and sector area....
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Alex: Pump Up the Volume
In this instructional activity, learners will be required to generate a formula for volume of a rectangular prism. Students working in cooperative groups will use prior knowledge for finding area of a rectangle to determine the "amount...
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Alex: Burst Into Jolly Multiplication/division Factors
The following instructional activity will serve as a hands-on math activity reviewing the 2's and 3's multiplication and division factors. Students will examine the relationship between multiplication and division using Starburst and...
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Alex: What's the Matter: A Sinker or Floater?
Students will explore matter that sinks or floats when submerged in water and that matter is categorized as either a sinker or a floater. Students will work actively in small, cooperative learning groups as well as gather in a whole...
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Alex: How Light Travels
In this lesson, the learners will be experimenting to show how light shines in a straight line. They will also be experimenting to see how light reflects using mirrors. The students will be working in cooperative learning groups to carry...
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Alex: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
As a hands-on instructional activity, the students will recognize the correct usage of the order of operations. In groups, the students will work cooperatively to discover the importance of following step-by-step instructions and apply...
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Alex: To Infinity and Beyond Magazine of Planets
This is a student led activity in which students have to accomplish the task of choosing the most entertaining way to relay written expository information. Art/self expression along with technology are utilized to develop a classroom...
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Alex: I Scream for Ice Cream!
In this lesson plan, students will figure out how many different combinations of ice cream flavors and cones they can make. Students will work cooperatively to make the different combinations. They will use various materials to actually...