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RFLP Paternity Testing: A Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use simulated autorads to discover the principle utilized to determine paternity.
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Garden-Inspired Quilts

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create one-of-a-kind quilts inspired by gardens. Finished quilt size is 75" square. Inspiration and design process is the focus of creating these quilts. Lesson focuses mainly on design rather than completion of the quilt.
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Relational Causality

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the concept of Bernoullii's Principle and how it behaves. Have each student fold the piece of paper in half. Then have them place the paper like a tent on a smooth surface. Have them blow under it (they can use a straw...
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Thinking Globally - Acting Locally

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take concepts, principles and ideas investigated from government and economics and apply this knowledge to a career or career cluster. They use IPTV's School to Careers database to research a possible career. Students select a...
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Buoyant Force

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students illustrate Archimedes' Principle of Buoyant Force. In this graphing lesson, students will observe that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces. Students will then create a graph showing...
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Acids And Bases -- Universal Indicator

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders design and perform an experiment that uses a Universal Indicator Color Guide to measure the strength of acids and bases. They also determine happens when acids and bases are mixed together. They decide which of three...
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Electrical Circuits And Switches

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students design and draw circuits with batteries, small light bulbs and common household conductors. They build and test the circuit then modify it so someone who couldn't use their hands could turn the circuit on and off.
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Who Turned the Lights Out?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars discover the life cycle of butterfly by observing its growth from egg to caterpillar and the formation of its chrysalis. Students conduct an experiment in which they design housing for the chrysalises which are either in...
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Texas Quarter Drawing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars recognize the U.S. penny, nickel, dime, and quarter by design and denomination and study the historical figures depicted on the coins. They study simple Texas symbols and choose one to draw in a design for a Texas Quarter.
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Making New Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concepts of energy conversion and conservation. They research the history of energy conversions into electrical energy. They design experiments in order to replicate a conversion of energy into electricity.
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Building Your Bridge Building Basics

For Students 6th - 8th
For this technology worksheet, students examine the basic principles of bridge building design in order to answer the nine questions with the help of the web links on page 2.
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Neotaquit Nature Center: Ecosystems, Science, Technology

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students survey their local forest conducting an inventory of tree species and analyzing data of local ecosystems. They design a nature trail, map the area and make a computer generated trail guide.
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TE Activity: The Boxes Go Mobile

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a mobile of boxes and cubes that they made in a previous lesson that can be accessed from this page. They design the mobile using method that an engineer would use to balance the items based on surface areas and volumes.
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Roller Coasters in the Classroom

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students define kinetic energy and know the effects of weight and speed on momentum.  In this investigative activity students get into groups and design a roller coaster. 
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The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the sundial, its design and use.
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The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students receive an introduction to the sundial, its design and use.
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Lesson Plans

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and construct a suspension bridge. Math is used to compare the actual measurements of the bridge to the student's version.
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Feng Shui for the Budding Interior Decorator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the uses and beliefs associated with the Chinese art of Feng Shui. The class reads about the traditional uses of Feng Shui. Individually, each student creates a room makeover using Feng Shui principles.
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Separating a Starch-Glucose Mixture Using Gel Filtration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experiment using the basic principles of gel filtration. They use the gel filtration technique for testing for the presence of specific substances. Students discover that starch is a larger molecule than glucose.
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Secrets Beneath the Waters

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students work in small groups and design a ship out of balsa wood. They hypothesize what happens when the ship is placed in water then make predictions as to which ship stays afloat the longest with the greatest amount of weight added.
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Sounds Good To Me - Instrument Creation

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders differentiate between pitch and volume and explain how sound travels through different materials. They analyze sound waves for their basic characteristics. Students design an instrument based on the principles of sound...
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Sea Urchins - Diadema Antillarum

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate oceanography by painting sea life. In this crustacean lesson, students identify sea urchins in our ocean environments and describe the functionality of their spherical-shaped bodies. Students design their own sea...
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Variables

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students watch a video show how to identify the independent variable, dependent variable and controls in an experiment; and design experiments that use controls to isolate a single independent variable and measure the resulting dependent...
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Group Newspaper-American System of Government

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in groups, design, research, and create a newspaper that explains four historical events that have influenced the American system of government.

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