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Lesson Plan
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Let's Go to Nagano!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, individually and in groups, utilize Internet sites to access maps, scales, and information to assist them in calculating distances. They research modes of travel from their homes to Nagano, Japan, and write a travel agenda for
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Lesson Plan
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Introduction to Biometrics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to research how biometrics is being used in the real world today. They work together to research hand geometry applications. They share their findings with the class.
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Lesson Plan
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How to Calculate Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a worksheet. For this calculations lesson, students learn factual information about computing time with clocks, calendars and eras. Students show their knowledge by completing a worksheet.
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Worksheet
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Calculate Rates Using Appropriate Units

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II instructional activity, students solve verbal problems in which they calculate the indicated rate and choose the appropriate unit of measurement.  The three page instructional activity contains a combination...
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Lesson Plan
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

DNA Extraction

For Teachers 5th - 12th
What does your DNA actually look like? Use simple materials with this experiment to find out! Geneticists of all ages can follow these instructions to extract their own DNA. For learners who are hoping to extend the activity, there are...
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Unit Plan
The Digits

Telling Time: The Digits

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Time to teach your students how to read a clock? This resource is here to help! Engaging young mathematicians with two fun videos and a series of hands-on activities, these lessons offer a multimedia approach to teaching this important...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math Review for Grade 2 (2.3)

For Teachers 2nd
In this math review for grade 2 (2.3) worksheet, 2nd graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about measurement and geometric shapes.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Explore Addition and Subtraction of Decimals

For Students 4th - 5th
Exploring problem solving involving the addition and subtraction of decimals can be done with word problems. For this worksheet on decimals, students add and subtract distances measured in miles and expressed as decimals. This worksheet...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cooking Your Favorite Meal - Vocabulary and Discussion Lesson for English Students of All Ages

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a great idea that incorporates cooking, recipe reading, content specific vocabulary, and culture. The class defines cooking related vocabulary, discusses the food they eat, then develop a recipe of their own. This is a great way...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Analyzing Discrete and Continuous Data in a Spreadsheet

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
You are what you eat! Your statisticians keep a log of what they eat from anywhere between a day to more than a week, keeping track of a variety of nutritional information using a spreadsheet. After analyzing their own data, individuals...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Garden Variety Geometry

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
A home improvement plan can help adult learners preparation for the GED exam. They review vocabulary, prepare diagrams, complete a worksheet, calculate perimeters and analyze how to approach a story problem. They identify many geometry...
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PPT
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Clocks and Watches

For Teachers 6th - 10th
What time is it? Use this ESL presentation about clocks and watches to reinforce vocabulary for time-keeping devices. Wall clocks, stopwatches, and even cuckoo clocks make up this series of slides. Each slide features one kind of clock...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Your Research Skills - Units of Time

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this research instructional activity, students use the library or the internet to find information to answer the twenty questions. Questions refer to seconds, minutes, hours, days and years.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Your Research Skills - Units of Time

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this research activity, students use the library or internet to answer twenty questions related to units of time. Units of time include second, minute, hours, days, and years.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A thousand seconds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use seconds, minutes, and hours. They then discuss the size of a thousand. After that they read time in digital or analogue form.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Hard Boiled

For Students 9th
In this algebra worksheet, 9th graders investigate what the best method is to time the 15 minutes required to boil an egg. They use two hour glass with different time measurements to answer this question.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Safety Up in the Air

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the controversy over a bill giving pilots the option to become armed federal law enforcement officers. They brainstorm other possible security measures for airplanes and airports.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ice, Ice, Baby

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the causes and effects of the melting ice formations in Antarctica; they then research different aspects of the topic in order to create a news special.
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Lesson Plan
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Shipping on the Hudson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students track movements of ships, tugboats, and barges on the Hudson River estuary in order to practice addition and subtraction skills. They solve word problems by reading and interpreting data from a table. They calculate distances...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Now you see it....Now you Don't

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate the biodegrading process of packing peanuts. In this biological process lesson, students conduct an experiment to see how quickly packing peanuts biodegrade. Students check the process each day and record their results.
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Lesson Plan
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A Test Case for Individual Rights

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the different points of view regarding testing students for drug use. They then work in pairs to create and perform dialogues that flesh out two sides of the argument around this controversial issue.
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Interactive
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Math on the Ragbrai-Using the Proper Tools to Solve Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
In this problem solving tools worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions. Worksheet is labeled as a "pre test." 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Much Energy is a Kilowatt Hour?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the conservation of energy.  In this energy lesson plan students explain the differences between potential and kinetic energy.
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Assessment
Bowland

Three of a Kind

For Teachers 6th - 9th
One is chance, two is a coincidence, three's a pattern. Scholars must determine similarities and differences of a regular hexagon undergoing dilation. They look at lengths, angles, areas, and symmetry.