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Bounce!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. In this energy lesson students investigate the height a ball will bounce when dropped from various heights.
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Function-al Machines and Spaghetti Graphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify the relationship between patterns and functions. In this algebra lesson, 6th graders use a "Functional Machine" to identify the rule. Students use a function table to plot the points using play dough dots.
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Climatology Forecasting

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students make weather predictions using the climatology method. In this climatology lesson, students review using trends and persistence when forecasting weather. Students discuss the climatology method for forecasting and complete the...
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Put 3

For Students 4th - 8th
In this using 'put' in a sentence worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions where they choose the correct word to fill in the blank to the sentence that has the word 'put' in it. Students complete 20 problems.
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Measure for Measure: Weight and Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the friction of a particular sport.  In this weight and energy lesson students choose a sport and us the Internet to research it then present their findings to the class. 
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Apes To Man

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study primates and their evolution history.  In this role play lesson students view a video on evolution then demonstrate how primates walked and other observations they noticed in the film. 
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Teaching English: Reducing Emissions by Cycling

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
For this ESL worksheet, students analyze an abstract picture and create the persona of a cyclist. Students cut apart cards with controversial statements regarding cycling and discuss them. Students then discuss what they personally would...
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It's a Drag!

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils create number lines using decimals and whole numbers. In this algebra lesson, students graph and solve linear equations. They plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane correctly.
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Impulse and Momentum

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concepts of impulse and momentum and problem solving strategies for these types of problems. In groups, they discover the law of conservation of momentum and share their answers with the class.
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Simple Machines make work easier.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how simple machine work can make work easier.  In this machines lesson students complete an activity that shows them what makes up a machine, and how to measure displacement and velocity. 
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Hurricanes 2: Tracking Hurricanes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the role of technology in identifying and tracking hurricanes.
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"Ball Bounce" Quadratic Functions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars manipulate a ball and explore quadratic functions. In this algebra lesson, learners analyze the graph of a quadratic function. They identify quadratic properties.
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Mathematical Techniques - Basic Graphing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to significant figures and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide them. In a group, they practice plotting data points from a table to a graph and labeling all axes. They calculate the slope and y-intercept and...
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#22c Airplane flight #22d Airplane flight--How High? How Fast?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the application of frames of reference to an airplane flying with a constant velocity v through the air.
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Gravity Launch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils use an online interactive to launch a rocket from earth. They have control over the angle and thrust of the rocket to discover the relationship between the two.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars will work in small groups, observing an ice cube and recording a description, the feel of the ice, and how it looks when put in another container. Students observe changes in the ice over 15 minute intervals, then freeze...
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Skateboard Science

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars investigate how skaters can turn in midair. In this physics lesson plan, students relate Newton's Laws to skateboarding. They carry out the maneuver with the help of their classmate.
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Construction and Use of an Accelerometer

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in groups, study acceleration and build an accelerometer.
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Gravity

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders progress through the Science Court: Gravity CD-ROM program. They read about and discuss how gravity was discovered. They complete review worksheets in preparation for the test.
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Kepler's Second Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain an understanding of Kepler's 2nd law--that planets (and satellites) move fastest at their closest approach to the center of attraction, and slow down when far away. They explore the concepts of "potential energy" and...
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Kepler's Second Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore orbital velocities and how they vary along each orbit, according to Kepler's Second Law.
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May The Fastest Toy Win

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine which wind-up toy is the fastest. However, they can NOT race the toys. They must find another way. On the first day of the activity, students work in pairs or small groups to develop and write a plan.
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Auburn Cord Dusenberg Field Trip

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare two different vehicles and determine why the cars are designed differently. They write four facts learned from the field trip in their science journals including a fact about how force affects the performance of the...
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What Changes Occur When Ice Melts?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the physical process of melting. They observe melting ice and answer questions related to energy transfer during phase changes.

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