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Water and Ice: Part 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe the state changes in water. In this matter lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state. Students explore how water can change from a solid to a liquid then back again. They journal their...
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Physics: Electricity and Magnetism

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars draw series and parallel electrical circuits. In this electromagnet lesson, students describe how current changes depend on circuit components. Young scholars use an OHT of a series and parallel circuit to predict the path...
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Physics: Force and Motion

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars use the internet to discover the basic concepts in physics. They complete interactive simulations where variables can be changed. They answer comprehension questions to end the instructional activity.
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Exploring Animal Habitats: Winter Changes

For Teachers K
Students explore animals during the winter months. They discuss the changes that animals make during winter in order to survive. Students discuss migration, hibernation, and staying active during winter months. Students create various...
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Population Change in Vermont, 1990-2000

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students improve their mapping skills and knowledge about population distribution and change in Vermont at the county level. They are divided into groups of two or four. Each group is given two county base maps and the population...
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Changes in the Community

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine and describe a series of primary sources (mostly photographs) to observe and analyze changes over time. The focus is on the local community. The local community might be a city, township, county or surrounding area.
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Worksheet
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Physics and the Quantum Mechanical Model

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this physics worksheet, students review vocabulary terms and key equations associated with the quantum mechanical model. Students apply the quantum theory to explain the photoelectric effect. This worksheet has 5 true or false, 12...
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The Changing Face Of America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explain historical and contemporary patterns of immigration to the United States. They observe immigrant markers in the cultural landscape and identify trends in population change in the local state and community.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine water. In this chemistry instructional activity, student examine the physical properties of water and how it changes from a liquid to a solid or a gas. This instructional activity contains links to a second and third...
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Physics The Earth and Beyond

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will explore our solar system. In this physics instructional activity students create a model of the solar system to explore the movement of Earth, the Sun, and stars.
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Physical Education Meets Geometry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create geometric shapes with a jump rope. For this interdisciplinary lesson, students review the different shapes while getting some physical activity.
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Subtracting Integers: Math, Physical Education, Dancing, Negative Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate their understanding of positive and negative integers by adding and subtracting. More importantly, students explain why a negative number, subtracted from a negative number, changes the operation.
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Physical Pendulum Lab

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the moment of inertia of a disc. In this physics lesson plan, students differentiate the two methods used in finding the inertia. They construct their own pendulum for the lab.
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On Thinning Ice: An eco-theatre production about climate change

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the causes and possible consequences of climate change in the north, and realize their choices and actions can help reduce climate change. Some of the skills involved in the lesson are discussion, synthesis,...
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Locomotor Change Tag

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars are in scattered formation within the playing area. The identified chasers each have a foam ball. On the signal they chase using a locomotor movement. When tagged a students changes movement.
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Forces Cause Change

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders will gain recognition that physical relationships affect each other and that change occurs when one object acts upon another.The teacher will recognize ways in which technology can be used to enhance the understanding of...
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Physical Difference and Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners use a microscope and observation skills to compare and contrast several physical properties and develop a classification system.
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Changes In Our Community

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore how change and growth affect communities.  In this community awareness lesson plan, 9th graders interview a senior adult. Students research economics and trends in their community.
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Rocket Physics

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the relationship between impulse, momentum, kinetic and potential energy and aerodynamic drag. In this physics lesson, students calculate data taken from launching a rocket. They compare the theoretical and actual...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Cassegrain Telescope

For Students 6th - 12th
How does a telescope magnify images? Learners first watch a tutorial explaining the basic construction of a telescope. Then they interact with a simulation that allows for changes in the location and diameter of the reflecting mirrors....
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Energy Conservation Simulation

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Does the amount of a roller coaster's energy change as it goes along the track? Scholars investigate when a roller coaster has potential and kinetic energy. They observe the changes as it goes up the initial hill follows it throughout...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Elevator

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Do you weigh slightly less when an elevator first starts its descent? The simulation teaches the change in the force based on the acceleration, constant speed, or deceleration of an elevator. Scholars control the mass and acceleration...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Electric Motor

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How does a direct current run a motor? Pupils control five variables in an electric motor and observe how the force diagram changes. The force, magnetic field, and current vary based on the changes in the design of the magnet and motor....
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Space Awareness

The Big Meltdown

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the world (our world) of melting ice caps. Why are these caps melting? What is the effect of melting ice caps? Dive into the ever-present issue of global warming with a resource that has learners looking at data and participating...

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