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Predator-Prey Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers simulate a predator-prey interaction in an ecosystem. Students use different size squares cut from paper to represent predators and prey. They simulate the interactions of the species by following instructions for the...
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The Effects of Light Intensity and Wavelength on the Rate of Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use an on line website to simulate the effects of light intensity and wavelength on photosynthesis. In this photosynthesis lesson plan, students determine how wavelength of light and intensity of light affect the rate at which...
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Temperature Comparisons

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students practice plotting temperature data points on a line graph in groups and examine the temperature differences at the same time of year. They graph the temperatures in Lannon, WI, and Mitchell's Plain, SA. After the data has been...
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Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars collect data about lighting conditions around a room using a light sensor and RCX. They use software to upload and analyze the data in order to draw conclusions about light intensity in the room.
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Teaching about Diel Temperature Variation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore temperature variation in lakes and deal with the data.
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Ohio Census 1990 & 2000

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students use Ohio census data to solve problems, make comparisons, draw conclusions, and support predictions related to Ohio's population. They interpret and work with pictures, numbers and symbolic information.
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An Inventory of My Traits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students take an inventory of their own easily-observable genetic traits and compare those inventories with other students in groups. They then make data tables and bar graphs showing the most and least common traits in their group.
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Glacial Change

For Teachers 5th - 7th
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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Water Flow Through Local Soils

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine the relationship between particle size and rate of water flow through soil. They collect soil samples, make predictions, conduct a water flow experiment, analyze the data, and answer conclusion questions.
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Cancer Warrior

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students perform an experiment to determine how different salt concentrations affect the liver's ability to break down toxic hydrogen peroxide. They record and average their data which is then graphed.
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Discovering Albedo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners read a thermometer accurately, collect and record data, and generate a graph based on data. They learn what independent and dependent variables are. They analyze data and make conclusions concerning how soil coverings affect...
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Inclined Plane and Pulley

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe how inclined plane and pulleys make work easier. In this physics lesson, students calculate work done and mechanical advantage of both simple machines. They collect data from the experiment and construct graphs.
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Relations and Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students differentiate between a relation and a function. In this algebra lesson plan, students identify a pair of coordinates as being a relation or a function. They analyze graphs for function as they solve word problems.
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The Lynx Eats The Hare

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the predator and prey relationship. This is done using a simple simulation. The simulation is done as an arts and craft activity. Students record data and track it using a graphic organizer and then they discuss the...
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Why Would I Owe My Soul to the Company Store?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders listen to "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford and discuss what it means to owe one's soul to a store. In this mathematics lesson, 6th graders determine what a miner's income was minus his expenses graphing findings in a...
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Which Method Will You Choose? Finding Solutions to Systems of Equations.

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate systems of linear equations.  In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders determine which method is the best for solving a systems:  graphing, substitution, or elimination.  Students choose a method and create a...
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Osprey Journey

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the migration route of one bird, Osprey B4, using information gathered from satellites to track birds over a two-year period. They coimpare their graphs with maps of B4's migrations that have been plotted by...
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Valentine's Day Math

For Teachers 1st
First graders sort their candy hearts into piles according to color and record a tally mark under the color for each candy heart that they have on the worksheet. They then record the total amount of tally marks for each color of candy...
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Patterns In Hexagon Tables

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders construct a rule about the number of sides found in a pattern of hexagons. In this mathematical problem solving lesson, 6th graders observe different hexagon patterns and create a rule about the relationship between the...
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Graphing Linear Inequalities

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders extend skills for representing and solving linear equations to linear inequalities. Lesson activities build understanding and skill by plotting ordered pairs of numbers that either satisfy or do not satisfy a given...
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Populations Lab - Exponential Graphing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the application of populations that exists in one's everyday environment, in order to develop an understanding of how mathematics is a key component in the understanding of population dynamics.
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Checking County Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners use their county's information page to gather information about their community. Using the information, they create graphs from the tables provided and interpret the data. They write a paragraph showing their interpretation of...
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Research Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the components of the Results section of the project and technical paper.They also identify appropriate ways of presenting data and write the Results section of the technical paper.
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Mathematics Within: Algebraic Patterns

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discover patterns in linear equations by playing a dice game to collect data. They graph the data and analyze the patterns of the lines created by the data. The class then compares the individual graphs to evaluate the position...

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