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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Terrific Tastebuds

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars investigate the four taste regions of the tongue. In this biology lesson, students view a diagram of a tongue and identify the four regions. Young scholars perform a taste test with lemons, sugar, and crackers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts related to probability. They review the key properties of statistics involved in the measurement of probability that includes mean, median, and mode. The lesson includes...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemistry and the Food System

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry instructional activity, students review how chemistry has helped grow and preserve different foods. This instructional activity has 11 fill in the blank, 3 multiple choice, and 6 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pump Up the Volume

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders calculate volume. In this volume lesson, 4th graders calculate, estimate, and compare units of volume in English and metric systems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Minerals And Their Uses

For Students 6th - 12th
For this minerals worksheet, students will review the four physical characteristics used to identify a mineral: streak, color, size, and hardness. Students will also understand the Mohs Hardness Scale. This worksheet has thirteen short...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mixtures

For Students 10th - 12th
In this mixtures learning exercise, students fill in 7 blanks, determine if 4 statements are true or false, match 7 terms with the appropriate definitions, and solve 2 problems. These include topics such as homogeneous and heterogeneous...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ocean Botttom Profile

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils interpret a graph of ocean depths and topographic features. This task assesses students' abilities to interpret figures, organize and represent data, apply knowledge of scale to a profile, and apply theoretical knowledge.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How do We Treat Our Environment?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of collecting data. In this data collection instructional activity, 7th graders survey others about their environmental habits. Students graph their data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Measuring

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this measuring worksheet, pupils explore, examine and discuss the best strategy for measuring objects. Students calculate the answers to five measuring word problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wright Flight

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explain and explain the interactive relationships between forces of lift and gravity, thrust and drag, as they apply to airplanes in motion. They know that Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane based on these...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Detecting Magnetic Materials in "Martian" Soil

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students simulate some of the Pathfinder experiments by devising methods of collecting and measuring magnetic substances in pseudo-Martian soil. The efficiency of each of the methods used to collect materials is evaluated in this lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Underground Pollution

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct their own aquifer. They discover how water travels underwater and identifies sources of underground pollution. They record their observations and discuss the results.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Porosity

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the concept of an aquifer and use a 2 liter bottle and other materials to conduct a simple lab experiment or demonstration. They calculate the volume of water that can be stored in the aquifer. The lab is used to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Discovering Albedo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read a thermometer accurately, collect and record data, and generate a graph based on data. They learn what independent and dependent variables are. They analyze data and make conclusions concerning how soil coverings affect...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Habitat of a Stream

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students measure in metric units and use a stopwatch, calculator. They collect data with minimal instructions after the initial pre-activity briefing, then record data in the data sheets provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math Nutrition

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use nutritional knowledge to plan balanced meals and use grocery store flyers to calculate costs of the meals. They create word problems using these flyers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Statistics to Uncover More Evidence

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in an online Web lesson plan on ways of interpreting data. They conduct a survey and interpret the results in a journal entry.
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Lesson Plan
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Compound Events & Sample Spaces

For Teachers 7th Standards
Seventh graders begin learning about compound events by considering independent events. They will consider everyday objects with known probabilities. Students will represent sample spaces using lists, tables, and tree diagrams in order...
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Handout
Other

Bowling Green St Univ: Introduction to Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Bowling Green State University provides an introduction to probability. It discusses topics and activities such as interpreting odds, listing all possible outcomes (the sample space), basic probability rules, equally...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Probabilities of Compound Events

For Students 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A detailed explanation of how to use tree diagrams and tables to find the probability of compound events. Also looks at dependent events. Includes example problems...
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Algebra Ii: Probabilities of Compound Events

For Students 7th Standards
A module for students to build on prior understanding of probability to include compound events; examine independent and dependent events, and describe events as subsets of a sample space,; determine whether events are independent or...