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Fishy Facts Internet Hunt: Part 1
In this fish worksheet, learners click on the links in the questions about fish to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 8 questions total.
Alabama Learning Exchange
African Internet Safari
Learners write a mystery poem about an animal, which they share with others who try to guess the identity of the animal.
Chemistry Collective
Virtual Lab: DNA Binding Problem
Why do the bases in DNA pair up the way they do? Unravel the mystery of the double helix in a virtual lab. Young scientists follow in the footsteps of Watson and Crick to determine the free energy associated with DNA base pair binding....
Chemistry Collective
Virtual Lab: Exploring Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
All oxidation-reduction reactions can be reduced to a gain or loss of electrons. A two-part virtual lab first has users perform an experiment to order four metals from strongest to weakest reducing agent. It then requires aspiring...
Chemistry Collective
Virtual Lab: Glucose Dilution Problem
There's no diluted learning here! Young chemists conduct a virtual lab exploration to practice their stoichiometry skills. By manipulating simulated solutions, they create a solution of a specific glucose molarity.
Chemistry Collective
Virtual Lab: Predicting DNA Concentration
Play a little game of concentration! A virtual lab investigation allows learners to predict the products and reactants of a DNA reaction. They make their calculations and then test their predictions in the lab workbench.
Physics Classroom
Law Enforcement - Refraction
Pupils apply their knowledge of refraction to four different sets of challenges. Each of the first three focus on one variable's impact on the direction of bending. The fourth combines variables for greater challenge.
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Computer Applications - 2
Students define terms related to the World Wide Web and Netscape. They identify the key components of the Netscape browser and evaluate web sites after determining which characteristics make up a well-designed website.
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Autumn Crossword Puzzle
In this online/interactive crossword instructional activity, students read clues and solve the puzzle using words about the autumn season. Students type 21 word answers and check them by observing the color of their answers-yellow...
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MAPPING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Students uses atlases, maps, and Web resources to generate and examine maps of their own neighborhoods. This activity serve as background for the map-reading tasks in the next lessons.
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Exploring Weather Disasters
Students examine the impact of floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and droughts. They conduct Internet research on various weather websites, complete a Weather Disaster Information sheet, save images of weather disasters on Google Images,...
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Weather Word Search
Third graders search the Internet for ten weather words which they define. They use the words to design an original weather word search using a web based resource.
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What's in a Word?
Learners complete a unit on words, their origins, and their usage. They explore various websites, create a word ladder online, develop a list of anagrams, write a story using homonyms, and create a list of vocabulary words.
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Fantasy Basketball
Students play Fantasy Basketball in order to practice locating Internet information and using technology tools to display data; students demonstrate an understanding and use of graphing, probability, and statistics.
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Flutter By, Butterfly!
Students examine the basic characteristics of butterflies. They view a butterfly PowerPoint presentation, complete various labelling activity sheets, explore websites, and design a poster that includes facts and illustrations to be used...
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Keep on Standing!!
Students construct an earthquake simulator and create building models to test. In this earthquake lesson plan, students use the Internet and a slinky to demonstrate P and S waves. They construct an earthquake simulator as a class and use...
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Getting to Know You
First graders go on an in-school scavenger hunt to get to know the many kinds of people that make up an elementary school community. They work in small groups and use digital cameras to take pictures of the workers they find.
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Ah Choo!
Students compare bacteria to viruses to find the differences. In this biology lesson, students research viruses they have been inoculated against, using the Internet. Students complete a graphic organizer of their research on common...
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Volatile Volcanoes
Learners explore volcanoes. In this cross curricula instructional activity, students use the Internet to investigate volcanoes. The series of six instructional activity guides the learners in their search for information,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Our Solar System
Second graders research the Solar System using the Internet to complete questions. They sing The Planet Song and study the names of the planets using an acrostic poem. They write descriptive paragraphs with a partner with whom they check...
Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX)
It Is in the Blood
Ninth graders identify bloodborne pathogens and examine universal precautions. They listen to a speaker from the Health Department speak about bloodborne pathogens, conduct Internet research and discuss OSHA guidelines for protection,...
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Are We Falling Apart? Exploding Volcanoes
Students research and demonstrate volcanic activity. In this volcanism lesson, students research the types of volcanoes and define related terms using the Internet. They demonstrate volcanic activity with water, corn syrup, and flour.
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Healthy Food Choices
Learners identify healthy food choices. In this nutrition lesson plan, students review the food pyramid and write down their favorite food on a post-it note. Learners create a bar graph of favorite foods using the post-it notes.
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Communication Comparisons
Students investigate various methods of communication. In small groups, they conduct Internet research, compare/contrast three methods of communication, and complete a graphic organizer.