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Water and Ice
Students examine the relationship between water and ice. In this physics lesson, students read the book Amazing Water and participate in an experiment where they freeze water into ice cubes. Students observe the changes in the water when...
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Energize Your Future
Young scholars consider the positive and negative aspects of alternative energy. In this physical science lesson, students consider the sources of energy they use everyday. Young scholars compare alternative sources of energy and...
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Cell Organelles
Young scholars explore biology by researching living cells. In this living organism lesson, students participate in a role-playing activity in which all the young scholars in class form one plant cell by portraying specific parts of a...
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Organization: Look at What I Organized!
Students explore organization by participating in an object sorting activity. In this indexing lesson, students examine their classroom and identify materials that should be organized in order to make the room more efficient. Students...
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Adhesion of Caulks to Surface - Testing Product Quality
Students investigate quality products. In this Physical Science lesson plan, students will test three different types of caulking. The students are looking for the caulk with the best adhesion after two days of curing.
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Sundials
Students investigate the different types of sundials and their history. For this shadows and time of day lesson students build their own sundials.
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Preventing Hypothermia
Students identify the causes of hypothermia. In this biology lesson, students investigate the different types of heat transfer and heat loss. They discuss several practical measures to avoid hypothermia.
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Angular Solution of Hydrogen Atom
Students participate in an angular solution of hydrogen activity. Using this activity, students also illustrate eigenvalue problems applied in mathematics. They explore Schrodinger's equation and particle wave duality.
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Radial Solution, Hydrogen Wavefunction
Students study the radial solution of hydrogen activity. They illustrate eigenvalue problems in applied mathematics. Students explore Schrodinger's equation and particle wave duality.
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Away You Go
Students build Lego cars which have two different types of tire surfaces. They roll them down ramps that have both rough and smooth surfaces to determine how friction affects the car as it rolls.
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Animating Motion
Pupils apply what they recall about objects in motion by animati ng sequences of pictures that model a set of physical conditions. They animate the orbital motions of the Earth, the space shuttle, and the Moon based on calculations of...
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I'm Not In Range
Students 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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To Renew, or Not to Renew
Students explore the various types of renewable energy. After reading articles, they discover the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy. They also explore the challenges to switch over to using more and more renewable energy...
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Take a Ride in Honor of National Bike Month
Tap into the joy of bicycling with these suggestions to make a celebration of National Bike Month a blast.
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The Science of Swinging
Students learn how a pendulum works in the concept of an amusement park ride. In this pendulum lesson, students are introduced to Newton's first law of motion and how it works in an amusement park ride. Continuous motion and inertia are...
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High and Low: Pressures and Fronts
Students investigate basic information about high- and low-pressure fronts and how they affect the weather. They observe weather patterns and cloud formations. Students study the basic pattern of movement of high- and low-pressure...
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Living Swamps, Bayous and Forests
Third graders explore interesting environments by exploring Louisiana. In this wetland lesson plan, 3rd graders utilize the web to research the State of Louisiana, the bayous in the area, and the Gulf of Mexico. Students write a journal...
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Bean Bag Battle
Students practice catching and throwing skills in a dynamic setting. They become familiar with the utilization of the entire open space, along with concept of "getting open."
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Genes and Heredity
Students identify different traits and whether the traits are inherited or acquired.
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A Spin On Fitness
Students perform a variety of exercises pertaining to each component of fitness while working in a cooperative situation.
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Stock Your Closets
Students demonstrate the ability to consistently dribble a soccer ball with control and dribble a ball while keeping it away from a defender (i.e., keep body between ball and defender).
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Monsters, Inc.
Students explain what it means to include others into their group, and to work together to solve a problem.
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Swimming Survivor Challenge IV
Students practice using a mask, snorkel, and fins to collect items from the bottom of a pool.
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Soccer Pass Croquet
Students get the opportunity to develop a controlled inside of the foot pass.