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Simple Machines: The Wede & Lever

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students describe how wedge and lever makes work easier. In this physics lesson, students analyze experimental data by creating a graph to see the trends. They calculate the work done and mechanical advantage of these simple machines.
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Astronomy and Me: Moons Over New Haven

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the features of different moons orbiting the planets. In this astronomy lesson, 3rd graders explore the different phases of the moon using an interactive online website. They compare and contrast the features of the...
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Exploring the Solar System

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Your students can learn more about our solar system with these lesson plan ideas.
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Space Science

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the objects in our solar system.  In this space lesson students identify and describe planets, then classify them as terrestrial or gaseous.
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World Food

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reading a short paragraph about popular world foods, language learners complete a word search and answer eight questions based on the paragraph. No answer key is provided.
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Personality Adjectives

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Men are sneakier then women! ESL/ELL classmates are asked to consider whether each word in a list of personality adjectives describes a positive or negative quality or whether the word could describe both positive and negative qualities....
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The Big Bang

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders relate the elements in the human body to those produced during a supernova. In this space science and chemistry lesson, 5th graders listen to a lecture and view visuals about the big bang. They relate the production of...
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Homeschooling

For Students 5th
In this homeschooling website, parents are provided with a variety of tools and articles for varying ages and lessons. Parents can browse topics, activities, and support groups.
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Solar System Alphabet Activity

For Students 3rd
In this solar system learning exercise, 3rd graders explore the parts of the solar system. Students are given twenty-five words that relate to the solar system and are to put the words in alphabetical order.
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BASE-ic Space Travel

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this 3-day place-value lesson, upper-elementary kids investigate the base 5 and base 2 systems as an introduction to exponents and powers. They create a pocket chart to help ground their understanding of bases, exponents, and powers,...
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It's Still Polaris

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students observe the changing night sky over the course of an evening and chart the circumpolar stars as they traverse the sky in a progression around Polaris. They infer and discuss the cause of the changing star positions.
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Good Habits

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this good habits worksheet, students complete the crossword puzzle with the terms about hygiene. Students finish 10 clues for the puzzle.
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Good Habits

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search worksheet, students use the given clues to help them complete the word search about healthy habits and hygiene.
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Good Habits Matching

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this healthy habits activity, students read the  first column and match them to the second column to detail several healthy habits.
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Machines at Home

For Students 5th - 8th
In this simple machines worksheet, students examine methods to reduce friction in simple machines and note 5 of them on the lines provided.
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Building Bridges

For Students 4th - 6th
In this bridge building worksheet, students follow a set of instructions, making a bridge using books, poster- board, a ruler, toy car and sheet of paper. 
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Mixed Prepositions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this interactive prepositions worksheet, students practice using prepositions in sentences. Students choose the correct preposition for each blank in the passage. There are fifteen in all.
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Finding Useful Sources

For Students 7th - 9th
In this finding useful sources activity, students read about how to approach writing topics for their research. Students are given topic titles and they come up with new titles and a new direction for the research topics given.
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The Universe-Scientific Notation Extension

For Students 6th - 7th
In this scientific notation instructional activity, students write a set of 9 average distances in standard form, then complete 3 additional problems. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Heavens Above

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the stars and their positions.  In this astronomy lesson plan students see how scientists can predict the positions of the stars and can tell how they would have appeared in the past. 
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Exploring the Interstellar Medium

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the Interstellar Medium and the Local Bubble that the Sun is inside. They read and discuss a handout, answer discussion questions, observe a demonstration of light scattering, and conduct an experiment on the...
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My Alien

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to text read from "Hello! Anybody Out There?" and then brainstorm what aliens from outer space look like and do they exist at all. They then will describe the physical features and a special ability or quality of an alien.
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Life Cycle Of Stars

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of stars and how they go through a life cycle. They take part in class discussion with the help of dialogue provided in the lesson plan. Students also view a powerpoint presentation for visual learners.
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Scientific Notation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars observe the teacher writing numbers and determine the rules for scientific notation. After explanations, they perform operations on numbers in scientific nation and discuss reasons for using this method of writing numbers...

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