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Quadratic Functions and Stopping Distance

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners solve quadratic equations. In this algebra lesson, students factor and graph quadratic functions. they use the properties of quadratics to calculate the distance.
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Recycling Game ABC's and Sorting

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in an ABC game based on recycling. In this recycling lesson, students sort objects into bins based on the first letter of each object. Students discuss the community and how to improve recycling.
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Companies Racing to Build Electric Car

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine how they use batteries, then read a news article about how cars are being designed to use batteries. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then...
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The Power of the Plug: How Electricity Will Change Our Lives... Again

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study electricity. In this physics lesson, students review electrical energy by discussing three ways of generating it. Students explore various energy sources used for creating electricity and examine how different states...
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Getting to the Point

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners determine location by using the technique of triangulation. They imagine that they are out in the wilderness and have come to the top of a ridge. How can one identify the ridge on the topo map? How can one figure out where you...
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Real Math

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore careers that require math knowledge and solve real life math problems. As a class, they compare and contrast classroom math to real life math and explore the links between algebra, geometry and math skills used in...
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Discovering Dewey's Decimal System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the Dewey Decimal System.  In this fractions instructional activity, students utilize education software to discover how the Dewey Decimal System works.  Students create a PowerPoint presentation in groups or...
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Battle of the X-Planes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video about cost of materials. They work together to develop their own backpack taking note of the cost of materials. They create an advertisement to accompany their creation. They share their ideas with the class.
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Innovation of Our Generation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the innovations that have impacted their lives.  In this inventions instructional activity students write and present a speech on the greatest innovation of their generation.
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WS 1.9 Review-Calculations

For Students 10th - 12th
In this calculations review worksheet, students convert from one metric unit to another, they identify significant figures in numbers, they find density of substances, and they solve problems using dimensional analysis.
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The Robot Ranger

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars participate in an experiment to understand how robotic systems can estimate distances.  In this robotic ranger lesson, students measure the the time it takes for and object to move back and forth.  Young scholars...
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Breaking English News: Children Into Computers Younger Than Ever

For Students 9th - 11th
In this ESL/ELL reading and listening comprehension learning exercise, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Children Into Computers Younger Than Ever." They complete discussion activities, and matching, true or false, fill in...
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WS 1.9-Review Calculations

For Students 10th - 12th
In this calculations worksheet, students find significant figures in numbers, they determine densities of substances and objects, they convert from one metric unit to another and they determine the appropriate unit of measurement for...
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Hot Weather, Rain Mean Fewer Pumpkins

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share their knowledge of pumpkins, then read a news article about how hot weather and rain are affecting the pumpkin crop. In this agriculture and current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Can You Hear My Now?: Getting the Message Across

For Students 9th - 12th
In this power transmittance worksheet, students read about sources that transmit power and are given a chart with the distance and the power transmitted by each device. Students determine the intensity in watts of the power for each...
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Shakespeare, the 900-pound Guerilla: or Performing Scenes for Unsuspecting Audiences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform a scene from Shakespeare for an unsuspecting audience in a public setting.  In this Shakespeare lesson, students create a Shakespearean "flash mob" or "guerilla theater" event.  Students choose a...
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Overture to 'William Tell' by Gioacchino Rossini

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an awareness of how music creates a setting in a story or legend. They identify the instrumentation, dynamics and tempo used to create various settings for a musical story. They perform rhythmic patterns from listening...
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I'm Not In Range

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discover how cell phone service works while participating in a role play activity. They identify its advantages and disadvantages based on service. They examine how engineers use this information to develop better...
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The Evolution of Living Things-Science Puzzlers, Twisters & Teasers

For Students 5th - 8th
In this evolution worksheet, students unscramble 9 vocabulary terms to solve a clue as well as complete 8 other riddles and word scrambles about evolution vocabulary.
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The Introduction and Diffusion of Household Technology

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students conduct research and develop a matrix demonstrating the introduction and spread of common household items from 1900 to 2000 in the U.S. They conduct Internet research, watch and discuss a video, and develop the matrix.
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Breaking News English: Internet Safety

For Students 5th - 10th
In this internet safety learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Battery Charger

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how battery chargers work. In this physics lesson, students discuss the two main ways that vehicles get charged. They build their own battery charger.
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Want to Sleep Better?

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this review activity, students complete sentences by filling in the blank. The students use comparatives, etc. The activity is intended to test the student's English Language skills.
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Present in Context: Identifying present tense verbs

For Students 3rd - 6th
in this present tense verbs worksheet, students choose the correct present tense verb from the highlighted words. Students complete 9 problems.