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How Much Is A Million

For Students 4th - 5th
In this millions instructional activity, students solve and complete 4 different problems that include counting large numbers. First, they identify the patterns found in the table illustrated. Then, students place the correct number on...
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Things That Glow: From Fireflies to Quantum Dots

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe light energy. For this heat and energy lesson, 3rd graders will study the concept of light as a form of energy. Students will examine the different forms of light and the type of energy it produces.
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Does the Area of the Quadrilateral Change?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study area and quadrilaterals. In this multiplication and area lesson, students use Polystrip models to change rectangles to form different parallelograms. Students find the area of the models use a Geometer Sketchpad to find...
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Heart Smart in a Heart Beat

For Teachers 5th - 7th
As an introductory activity, young statisticians measure their heart rate at rest and after exercise and compute the mean and median, and create a box & whisker plot.  This is followed by watching a video (that no longer seems to...
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Polymer Chemistry: More than Just Plastic

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine polymers and how they are formed.  In this chemistry lesson students complete their own polymer experiment then discuss what they learned. 
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Community Wellness Fair

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders list ideas to create a wellness fair. They form student committees to organize times for each class to participate in the fair. Students assist in setting up the fair by putting up tables for the exhibitors, preparing...
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What's Significant in Today's Notes from the Trail?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this lesson, you will need access to "Notes from the Trail." Your learners will read the day's text, and identify the most important or significant event in the journal entry. Not many prompting questions are provided, and some of...
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As The World Curves

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils partisipate in a web scavenger hunt on an introductory lesson for conic sections. They become familiar with general forms of the equations, what they look like, and how they are used in the real-world.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Journals

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Like the characters in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, class members write frequently with a series of journal topics that form the basis of the final writing assignment about their personal “heavy boots.” Alas, no list of topics is...
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Measuring Up with Apples

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders estimate and measure various classroom objects using an apple as their tool for measuring, and record their measurement results on a data worksheet.
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Modeling Linear Relationships

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars graph lines using the slope and y-intercept. In this algebra lesson, students create data using tables and equations. They use their data to make predictions and draw conclusion.
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Out of the Dust: Questioning Strategies

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Bloom's Taxonomy is a great way to address the many levels of comprehension. With explanations and examples of each level, you can create questions that focus on knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
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Activity
Teach Engineering

Energy Systems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Is electricity created in the outlet? Using posters of several energy systems, collaborative groups identify and describe the parts of their systems. The groups also look at the environmental impacts of the systems and present their...
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Unit Plan
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Nonfiction Genre Mini-Unit: Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Should primary graders have their own computers? Should animals be kept in captivity? Young writers learn how to develop and support a claim in this short unit on persuasive writing.
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Teach Engineering

Organic Solar Energy and Berries

For Teachers 9th - 12th
You can eat a solar cell? A unit on solar energy begins with a discussion about organic solar cells, followed by directions on how to build your own. After following the teacher's directions to build an anthocyanin dye-sensitized solar...
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Pizza Crusts

For Teachers 6th Standards
Enough stuffed crust to go around. Pupils calculate the area and perimeter of a variety of pizza shapes, including rectangular and circular. Individuals design rectangular pizzas with a given area to maximize the amount of crust and do...

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