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Science Inquiry Lesson: Mapping Project

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners explore the methods of creating maps. They create a map of Animas River Park using a compass and measuring tape, develop a single map from the team map sections, and devise another map of the Animas River Park using a GPS unit.
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Consistent Circles

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars create a design of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students identify the measure of the diameter and radius of a circle. They graph and analyze their collected data and write equations based on direct variation.
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Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners find the different ratios of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, students use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for missing sides and angles on a right triangle. They use a robot to create a right triangle.
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Robot Cartography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify points plotted on the coordinate plane. In this geometry lesson, students learn to read a map using concepts of a coordinate plane grid. They find the path given a map to tell them where to go.
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He Came Out Of Nowhere!

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the traveled speed and distance of a robot. In this geometry lesson, students use the distance formula to manipulate and use to solve for the required variable. They calculate answers where two variables are...
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Where am I Located

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate and find a certain location. In this geometry lesson, students examine a coordinate plane for pair of coordinates. They calculate the distance between point using the distance formula and estimation.
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Robot Area

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students calculate the area of different polygons. In this geometry lesson, students explore polygons based in their shape and number of sides. They find the formula for the area and use each specific formula for each shape.
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SuperShapes, Part 1; "Tri"ing Triangles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
An outstanding lesson on triangles awaits your math scholars. Learners focus on the triangle, which is the strongest of all polygons. They see the role that triangles play in the design of buildings, and learn about triangle...
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Murder Mystery

For Teachers 4th - 12th
High schoolers examine how to capture foot prints while they simulate a criminal investigation. They discover how the clues are needed for identifying or eliminating murder suspects.
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Sundials!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Time to learn about sundials. Scholars see how to build sundials after learning about Earth's rotation and its relation to time. The unit describes several different types of possible sundials, so choose the one that fits your needs — or...
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Seasonal CEENBoT

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students simulate the Earth's revolution around the sun using CEENBoT. In this earth science instructional activity students calculate the Earth's distance in AU and it's speed of revolution. They explain how the Earth's movement cause...
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Creating The Blueprints

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson in order to create blueprints to design an original floorplan. They use graphing paper and drawing tools to demonstrate knowledge of the lesson objectives. Students label and use the right kind of...
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The Jovian System: A Scale Model

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Jupiter has 67 moons! As the seventh in a series of 22, the exercise shows learners the size and scale of Jupiter and its Galilean moons through a model. They then arrange the model to show how probes orbited and gathered data.
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Turtle Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students watch videos and fill out worksheets about the turtles and their journey to the Costa Rican beach. For this turtles lesson plan, students learn and discuss survival, predator and prey, and stages of development.
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Coulomb's Law

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems involving electric charges and force. In this physics lesson, student solve word problems using addition and subtraction of vectors. They identify the direction represented by a vector as it relates to an electric...
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The Anti-Gravity Machine

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine physics by completing a bicycle experiment in class. In this gravity lesson plan, students measure the characteristics of different bicycles and compare their different race times. Students utilize a shoebox,...
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The UPS Experiment

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars calculate the speed using metric measurements. In this geometry lesson, students calculate speed, distance and velocity using metric measurements. They gain inquiry and problem solving skills in this assignment.
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How Many Regular Polyhedrons Are There In This or Any Universe?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the idea of "regularity" as it pertains to geometry.  In this geometry lesson students complete several assignments that are part of trihedral angles and regular polyhedrons.
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Exploring Areas of Irregular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students solve for the area of different polygons. In this geometry lesson, students identify and differentiate between regular and irregular polygons. They use properties of irregular polygons to solve problems.
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Incenter of a Triangle

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the properties of the incenter of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders construct a triangle and the angle bisectors of each angle. The dynamic properties of Cabri Jr. allow students to locate and...
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Fixed Perimeter Rectangle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Teach how to solve for the area and perimeter of rectangles. In this geometry lesson, students are given fixed perimeter rectangles and asked to find the area and side length of the rectangles. they draw their rectangle on the navigator...
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Comparing Measurements

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore measurements by completing worksheets in class. In this geometry lesson, students identify the basic measurement units in both the English and metric systems. Students analyze 2 and 3 dimensional objects and identify...
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Scale Factor- Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate the surface area and volume of shapes. In this geometry lesson, students create different scales and calculate the volume and area for each shape. They compare and contrast between the different scales and shapes.
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Radius, Diameter and Area

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students identify the radius and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the volume and area of a cylinder and circle. They relate the circumference of a circle to Pi.