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Yesterday's Trash

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners create a trash book or individual student books using cereal boxes. They record everything thrown away and use one page for each category.
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Classroom Triangles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use bearing measurements to triangulate and determine objects' locations. Working in teams of two or three, students must put on their investigative hats as they take bearing measurements to specified landmarks in their...
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Design Weather Instruments using LEGO Sensors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design and create a LEGO structure that will house and protect a temperature sensor. They leave the structure in a safe spot and check the temperature regularly and chart it. After the students have built their structures, the...
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Underwater Picture of the Hudson River Estuary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify important aspects of water quality such as slainity and turbidity. They test two of the water quality parameters and determine the quality of the water. In addition, they construct two sets of graphs based on data...
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Uses of Coal

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils be aware of the products made possible by coal by studying about the four major markets of coal: electric utilities, industrial/retail users, the steel industry and exports.
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Let Me Tell You About My State

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students develop an awareness of the concepts of the United States through the Amateur Radio communication services by verbally sharing information about their state such as cultures, current events, geography, history and much more.
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The Importance of Trade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss how trade affects the products they use everyday. In groups, they identify the clothes they are wearing, the food they eat most often and the cars their families drive. Using the internet, they research how these goods...
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Arts of Asia in Reach

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students visit the Allen Memorial Art Museum to view Asian works of art and read the story Kogi's Mysterious Journey by Elizabeth Partridge. They discover the history of Gyotaku and its transition into an art form. They then examine the...
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The History of Ethanol in America

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore and examine the production of biofuels from the 1850's to the present. Included in their research is Henry Ford, ethanol, World War I and prohibition. They explain the importance of grains and grasses for the...
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Worksheet
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Ads Are Everywhere

For Students 5th - 6th
In this advertisements worksheet, learners read a list of 25 specific forms of advertising. Students then answer 2 essay questions. This worksheet directs learners to read an article not provided here.
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Worksheet
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Uses of Pumice

For Students 6th - 10th
In this pumice worksheet, students read about how pumice if formed and the different uses of pumice. Then students complete 4 short answer questions
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Biological Communities

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify consumers and producers in different communities. Students collect a variety of soil samples and record organisms found in the samples.
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Worksheet
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Paper Recycling Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In these paper recycling worksheets, students read 2 paragraphs about recycling paper. Students then complete a word search about related words, read facts about recycling, and create as many words as they can from the phrase 'Recycling...
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Making Choices to Save Money on Food

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils review lists of coupons and complete a worksheet to analyze the benefits of the specials. In this household budget activity, students determine which foods are nutritional and the advantages of using coupons or specials to save...
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Effective Letter Writing

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore letter writing.  In this persuasive writing lesson plan, students write a letter to a local organization based on a topic of their choice.  Young scholars employ the correct letter writing procedure as...
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Seafood: For the Love of Fish

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students role play a scenario specific to decision making in seafood management and conservation. In this marine science lesson plan, students estimate seafood consumption in their state. They recommend new regulations for better fishery...
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Worksheet
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Japan, France to Develop Super-Concorde

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL learning exercise, students read the given article and its presented vocabulary throughout.  Students respond to 51 short answer, matching, true/false, and fill in the blank questions.    
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What's the Connection to Me?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss the impact of oil spill to the environment and to their daily lives. For this environmental science lesson, students research the pros and cons of petroleum based products. They share their findings in class.
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Soil Comparison and Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners perform tests on different soil samples. In this earth science lesson, students classify the soil into groups according to test results. They write a lab report following a certain criteria.
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Get the Skinny on Milk

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify the different types of milk available in the market. In this adult health science lesson, students compare their nutrition information. They read milk labels and analyze the nutrients in it.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design Step 7: Improve and Redesign/manufacture a Product

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As students learn more about the manufacturing process, they use what they learned from testing their designs in the previous activity to continue to improve and redesign. Students also have the opportunity to manufacture their final...
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Website
Other

Magnet Sales & Manufacturing: Permanent Magnet Design Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Very advanced information about permanent magnets and how they are constructed. Covers different functions they perform, the four classes of commercial magnets, how magnets are measured, design considerations, the B-H curve, calculations...
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Website
Other

Univ. Of Missouri Rolla: Materials Science&engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
University of Missouri Rolla website devoted to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The site includes information on ceramics research, faculty, degrees, etc.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Manufacturing Processes I

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the principles of the manufacturing processes. Webpage includes forty lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary...