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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Workers Told "No Smoking" Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the theme of work-related restrictions. They read an article and answer questions related to it. They discuss their answers as a class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wetlands/Watershed Model

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work together to create a watershed model. They discover the flow of surface water on different topography. They examine how materials originate from miles away and end up in a different wetland.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Determine Soil Particle Size

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine various soil samples in groups. Using the samples, they identify the characteristics of them and calculate percolation and infiltration rates. They use this information to discover why some species can survive in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Happy the Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the ways in which people's actions affect fish. They discuss pollutants that are in the water. Students define the terms chemicals, cooling pond, and pollutant. They create a book about Happy the Fish.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

One-Way Valves

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils explore how the heart pumps blood through its valves. They observe fluid moving through a one-way valve and build a model of a valve. in addition, they explore biotechnology design.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Acquiring Additional Capital Stock

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students become involved in the practice of learning about finance. The emphasis is on how one uses the stock market. One can also learn how to use personal finance and become acquainted with debt management.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Keep it cool"

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students comprehend the importance of keeping cold foods cold. They identify the proper way to install and read a fridge thermometer. Students develop the ability to maintain a clean fridge at home.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Determination of the percentage of Acetic Acid in Vinegar

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars determine the concentration of acetic acid when the concentration of the base with which is titrated is known. They investigate how to weigh a sample using the balance, measure volumes using graduated cylinder, explore...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clay Boats

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders are given the opportunity to use model-building as a way to help comprehend the forces and phenomena at work in the world around them. They use both successful and unsuccessful models to make inferences, refine...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Context Clues

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this context clues worksheet, learners "use the whole sentence" to help complete the sentence, filling in a blank. One example is given for students.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TIES MSEE Sensor Lesson Plan

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils explain how a sensor works. In this technology lesson, students determine the air quality around their school. They record observations and share results to class.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Sink or Float

For Teachers 1st
Predict and test everyday objects as to whether they sink or float.
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: If My Bark Sink

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If My Bark Sink", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Sophia On and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Sink or Float?

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson plan is designed to have young children explore the concept of sinking vs. floating by using the skills of prediction, observation and classification.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: Inevitable Accident or Wrongful Act: Judging the Titanic Disaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity asks students to analyze evidence presented in the 'In the Matter of the Petition of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, for Limitation of its Liability as owner of the steamship TITANIC' case that began after...
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Activity
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Design a Submarine

For Students 3rd - 9th
Become an engineer, and design a submarine that moves in the water like a real submarine. Try making it sink, float, and hover in the water.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balloons & Buoyancy

For Students 9th - 10th
Students studying buoyancy will better understand its concepts with this virtual experiment using various balloons and testing what makes them float or sink.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Titanic Disaster: Measuring Loss of Life, Property and Injuries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will analyze claims filed by survivors, families of victims and owners of cargo of the Titanic disaster. They will examine claims for loss of life, loss of property and injuries that were filed as part of 'In the Matter of the...
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Handout
Other

The Skeptic's Dicitonary: Bermuda Devil's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
Thought provoking entry discusses the many outrageous ideas about the so-called mysterious disappearances of the Bermuda Triangle area in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Farewell to Isolation

For Students 5th - 8th
President Wilson's claim, "he kept us out of war," did not last. Read about the increasing number of reasons for American to declare war against Germany. See why war was finally declared in April, 1917.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: An Easy Explanation of the Carbon Cycle for Kids

For Students 4th - 6th
The importance of the carbon cycle, how it works, the sources of carbon, and the steps in the carbon cycle are explained here.