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Gravity (Newton's Laws of Motion): A Weighty Subject
Students identify Newton's Laws of Motion. They students explore Newton's Laws of Motion and apply the second law with a classroom activity. The videos will provide visual examples of the effects of gravity while riding on a roller coaster.
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Extreme Acceleration
Students explore the concept of acceleration. They determine the acceleration rate of a roller-blader and graph the results.
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Permeability and Porosity of Somerset County Sediments
Young scholars predict and test the permeability and porosity of sediments in Somerset County, New Jersey. They discuss what how porous they think the sediment of HMS grounds is and why. Students walk around the HMS campus and collect...
Virginia Department of Education
Mineral Identification
What's the difference between a rock and a mineral? And what properties are used to identify minerals? The first installment of a five-part series on earth materials and processes prompts young scientists to identify a set of...
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Date a Rock!
Students figure the number of half-lives since the sample solidified, and therefore the "age" of the sample rocks.
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Electricity and Safety
Sixth graders investigate the importance of observing safety rules in the use of electricity. They discuss electricity safety rules, observe a power company employee read a meter, write and perform a commercial about electrical safety,...
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Skeletal System
Seventh graders identify and label twenty-five bones of the skeletal system. In small groups they glue various types of dried pasta to a large human body outline. They attach the pasta to the outline and label the pasta bones.
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Volcanoes and People
Students discover that volcanic eruptions are geologic events that take place within the upper part and on the surface of the Earth's lithosphere. They explain how volcanoes are related to the Earth's lithosphere. They focus on the May...
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Volcanoes!: The Mountain Blows its Top
Students observe two demonstrations to conclude why bulge developed on the north flank of Mount St. Helens and conclude that when the "cap" was removed the pressure inside the volcano was suddenly released causing the violent eruption.
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Hickory Dickory Dock: The Biological Clock
Learners investigate the effect of day length on animal migrations. They view a Powerpoint presentation, identify their own personal migrations and cues, answer discussion questions, and test a hypothesis about seasons.
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Respiratory System
Students identify the parts of the respiratory system and how they interact. They define vocabulary words and draw an outline of themselves and label the parts of the respiratory system. They distinguish between healthy and unhealthy...
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How Hot Is It?
Fourth graders practice estimating temperatures. They practice in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
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A Real Difference
Fifth graders use the Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers to compare temperature readings. They use the Internet to find the temperatures of selected cities. After data is collected for five days, 5th graders graph the temperatures.
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Tracking a Hurricane
Students use knowledge of what satellite imagery tells to create a descriptive hypothesis of the ground phenomenon during a hurricane.
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Mapping the Border
Students create maps of the borderland region. They decorate their maps with colors, pictures, icons, scenes, words that reflect their understanding of the character and history of the borderland.
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Breaking News English: 2005 was a Second Longer Than Usual
In this English worksheet, learners read "2005 was a Second Longer Than Usual," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Elapsed Time
In this lesson students will understand the concept of elapsed time and be able to calculate elapsed time given the starting and ending time.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Elapsed Time What Time Will I Get Home?
Applying the measurement of elapsed time to a person's daily schedule helps students understand the reason for understanding time.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Elapsed Time Using Train Schedules
This lesson connects calculating elapsed time in a real world setting, using actual train schedules.
Other
Nearpod: Elapsed Time
For this lesson on elapsed time, 3rd graders will explore real-world situations while learning to calculate elapsed time using different methods and modeling.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Elapsed Time Assessment
This summative assessment provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills with elapsed time.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Elapsed Time
Brush up on your math skills relating to elapsed time then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measurement: Elapse Time
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find elapsed time by converting units.