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Assessment
Science Matters

Earthquakes and Volcanoes Post Assessment

For Students 6th Standards
The final lesson in the 20-part series is a post assessment covering earthquakes and volcanoes. Twenty-three questions incorporate each of the previous lessons through multiple choice, justified multiple choice, expanded multiple choice,...
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Fuels - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

For Students 7th - 12th
Science pupils choose from twelve questions about five different types of fuel: hydrogen, ethanol, crude oil, natural gas, and coal. They construct a table to compare them and then determine which is the best fuel. Your physical science...
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Math Regents Exam Questions: Exponent Rules

For Students 9th - 12th
In this exponent rule worksheet, students solve 21 multiple choice exponent rules.  Students simplify exponential expressions involving dividing powers with the same base.
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Decibel Measurements

For Students 9th - 12th
In this decibel worksheet, students answer 19 questions about amplifiers, circuits and the power gains or losses in these electrical systems.
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Polynomials

For Students 9th
In this polynomials worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 21 different problems that include determining the various types of polynomials. First, they find the degree of each polynomial. Then, students arrange the terms of each...
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Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays from Messier

For Students 10th - 12th
In this power law function worksheet, learners use data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space telescope to apply the power law function to physical phenomena. Students use a graph to solve four problems.
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Computer Passwords

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine an appropriate numerical representation of a problem situation, including roots and powers. They determine an appropriate number of digits to represent an outcome. Pupils are asked to determine how many years it...
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Systems of Equations in Space Science

For Students 9th - 12th
In this system of equations worksheet, students solve 2 problems by creating a system of equations for each problem in order to determine the average intensity of flares from the sun and the average power from a satellite transponder.
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Adventures in Electrical Engineering

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners explore electricity by conducting a series of experiments. In this physics activity, students discover the relationship between current, voltage and resistance. They calculate voltage and power in a given system.
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The Chocolate War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners scrutinize the story, "The chocolate War" by Robert Cormier for examples of nonconformity in the face of power. The nature of the relationship between students in the story is compared to the associations of the reader.
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African Americans in California’s Heartland – The Civil Rights Era

For Teachers 11th Standards
Events related to the Civil Rights Movement in Sacramento, California during the 1960s offer class members an opportunity to compare the nonviolent resistance approach favored by Dr. Martin Luther King and the NAACP with those of the...
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WORKSHEET # 7 [4.1, 4.2, & 4.3], Exponent Review

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this algebra worksheet, young scholars answer 37 multiple choice questions, each having to do with exponential operations. Twenty-five problems require students to multiply exponential terms. four problems involve dividing with...
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Vocab Quiz: Grade One Vocabulary List One

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 15 words in a list and draw lines to match them to the definitions in another column. Words are common sight words.
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Lesson Five: Introduction to Auxiliary Verbs

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
If you are interested, you could try out this lesson on auxiliary verbs. Class members get the chance to discuss the difference between can and could in-depth before viewing a presentation that breaks down several auxiliary verbs. After...
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Power In Variety

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners discover different types of energy. In this energy source lesson students compare different types of energy, renewable and nonrenewable. Learners answer questions about the different types of energy and their impact on the...
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Scientific Notation

For Students 6th - 7th
In this decimal numbers worksheet, students first solve ten problems with decimal numbers multiplied by a power of ten. Students then write 10 numbers in scientific notation. No examples are given.
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Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Are Your Computers Wasting Energy?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
After reading about the amount of energy that is used to power a personal computer, learners take a look at their own computer use and therefore, their energy consumption. They do this through a series of questions and computations on...
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation

How Water Pollution Is Cleaned Up

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
As a follow-up from the previous instructional activity, young environmentalists discuss the benefits of water filtration and whether or not it's the best option. Other alternatives including air stripping, bioremediation, and...
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Heritage Foundation

The Constitution, Federalism, and the States

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The divide between federal and state government is responsible for much of tension that continues to this day, partly because of the US Constitution. The activities in the 14th instructional activity in a series of 20 are designed to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Finding Prime

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Fifth and sixth graders explore prime numbers. They work with a partner to build rectangular arrays using twelve tiles. Factor pairs are noted and recorded on graph paper. Pupils construct rectangular arrays with a prime number and...
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Power to the People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the pros and cons of government structures, then decide whether or not African countries accept the new African Union based on a variety of categories.
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Making a Magical Story

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Fourth and fifth graders use their knowledge of developing character, dialogue, and setting to produce an original story. An excerpt from The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is used as inspiration to get everyone's creative juices...
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Military Kids Connect

Military Life 101

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Here's a very powerful video that deserves a place in a Veterans Day instructional activity. Four young girls talk about what it's like to have a parent deployed and how they support one another during the deployment.
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More Power to You

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and develop a documentary that explores multiple energy sources and draws conclusions about their uses.