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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gyrocopters-Producing Rotary Motion

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students demonstrate rotary motion by practicing with gyrocopters. In this physics lesson plan students work in groups to construct a gyrocopter and explore how physics effect it torque and inertia.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

GALIMOTO

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify Malawi, Africa on a map of Africa and demonstrate their resourcefulness and creativity by making their own galimoto.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Catch Some Rays?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online interactive science rays worksheet, students read 5 questions and choose the multiple choice answer that answers each question correctly. Students answer 1 science question on rays online in the box provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Complete the Sentences 3- Intermediate Level

For Students 5th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, students make decisions about the best word choices to convey an idea. Students read 10 sentences and 4 choices for a missing word. Students choose the most specific word for the blank.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

OSAE Can You See

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars observe, speculate, analyze and evaluate conclusions about Mississippi River locations as well as illustrate their findings in drawings. They enhance themselves with their surroundings and landscape pictures at various...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English:

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Thousands Escaping from Lebanon," and then respond to 2 multiple choice, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Eye From the Sky

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of aerial perspective and scale. Students will use satellite technology to view their neighborhoods and sketch the area surrounding their schools. They will take part in a neighborhood walk to view...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Build a Paper Plane

For Teachers K - 12th
Students study the history of the paper plane.  In this design lesson plan students create several types of paper planes and determine if there is a difference in mean flight distances.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Airplanes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experiment with gravity and lift by building paper airplanes. In this physics lesson, 4th graders compare the falling rate of a crumpled vs. flat sheet of paper. Then after class discussion and demonstration of Bernoulli's...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: In the Small, Small Pond

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore language arts by reading a story in class. In this vocabulary word lesson, students read the book In the Small, Small Pond and discuss several vocabulary terms used in the story. Learners participate in vocab...
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Paper Helicopters: Variables and Experimental Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introduce scientific design and variables through this simple lesson of building paper helicopters. Activity includes a link to a video on how to make helicopters.
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Activity
Other

Easy to Make Paper Airplanes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have fun making different kinds of flying vehicles. You will learn how to make a paper airplane, helicopter, rocket, blimp, etc.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heavy Helicopters

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students learn about weight and drag forces by making paper helicopters and measuring how adding more weight affects the time it takes for the helicopters to fall to the ground.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mechanics Mania

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Through ten lessons and numerous activities, students explore the natural universal rules engineers and physicists use to understand how things move and stay still. Together, these rules are called "mechanics." The study of mechanics is...