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One China for All?
High schoolers explore relations among Taiwan, China and the United States in the 20th century.
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Handcarts - A Unique Form of Transportation
Fourth graders research the use of handcarts as a form of transportation for mid-19th century Mormon pioneers. They write mathematical story problems about this unique form of transportation and incorporate their researched data.
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The Universe in a Different Light
High schoolers become aware of some of the objects studied in, and concepts associated with, high-energy astronomy. They do this by participating in card games that teach and review these concepts.
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Sediment Tubes
Pupils observe how different density soils and rocks behave in wind and in water. They make predictions and careful observations as they explore sediment transport and sediment rates in streams and rivers.
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Relative Humidity of Your School
Students predict the location where the relative humidity the highest and lowest in and around their school. They use a sling psychrometer to measure the relative humidity of the various locations.
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Words in the News Maradona And the 'Hand of God' 24 August 2005
Young scholars study vocabulary about football and the World Cup. They complete word work and read an online article looking for answers to specific questions.
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Words in the News Chile Peru agreement - 29 June 2005
Pupils develop vocabulary to read and explain an article abou the Chile Peru Agreement. They complete worksheets and on online quiz to increase vocabulary.
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Rocket Construction
Learners create rockets out of wood. They practice using comparison words to describe the differences in height. They also color pictures of rockets from different countries.
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Ground Beef Lab - Open-Faced Tacos
Learners will use ingredients and read a recipe to create open faced tacos. The emphasis of the lesson is the kind of preparation that is needed to cook ground beef correctly to avoid diseases associated with improper preparation...
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Examining Infiltration Rates of Various Soil Types
Students formulate their own hypothesis, determine which variables are important to test their hypothesis, design an experiment in which they collect data. They utilize instruments and tools to measure, calculate, and organize data.
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Creating The Virtual Model
Students engage in a instructional activity that is about the concept of earthquake design. The instructional activity includes the integration of technology and how it can be used to create buildings and structures for withstanding an...
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Using Current Data for Graphing Skills
Students graph demographic information. For this graphing lesson, students choose what type of graph to create and what information to display. Links to examples of graphs and statistical data are provided. The graphs are created on the...
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Oily Oceans
Students, after reading Jack, the Seal and the Sea, by Gerald Aschenbrenner, get a hands-on knowledge of the effects of oil on water, and those things that come in contact with it.
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Graphing Current Drug Data
Young scholars increase understanding of the drug issue and further develop skill in graphing.
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Math Assessment - Kindergarten
Students recall number words in sequence and correctly associate them with a specific set of objects (rational counting). They play a game such as Race to Twenty.
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There Are Algae in Your House!
Pupils demonstrate that, although we sometimes can neither smell nor taste them, many ingredients in our foods and household products come from the sea. They also investigate food eat to determine algae derivatives they contain.
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Specific Heat and Insulation - Temperature Changes
Learners expand their knowledge of how temperature changes between air and soil. They also examine how natural grass cover insulates the effects of the sun's direct radiation.
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Flour Art
Students create pictures using white and whole wheat flour, oatmeal, and cornmeal while learning the different types of grains used to make breads.
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Introduction to Inventions
Fourth graders construct an invention to the best of their creative ability using the teacher provided resources. They identify four scientific processes during the experiment and log them on the teacher prepared ditto.
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Dream Vacation
Students research cities, states, or countries using the internet and other resources to learn about a vacation spot. They make a final presentation of their findings in forms other than a written report.
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Study of an Artist
Fourth graders research an artist, write a short report and do an oral presentation.
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Have You had Your *5 a Day*?
Students examine *5 a Day* Dole program to reinforce facts learned about nutrition.
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Plot! Analyze! Draw your Conclusions!
Students download data reported from the Global Sun Temperature Project website. They graph and analyze the data looking for trends and patterns. They prepare a class report with their observations and post it to the website.
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Don't Box Me In
Students explore the relationship between flat and three-dimensional shapes. They identify the names of 3-D shapes and construct cubes from squares.