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Browse results: National K -12 Subject
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Describing Range and Measures of Central Tendency in Shoe SizesStudents are introduced to various measures of central tendency (range, mode, median, and mean) and they explore the advantages and disadvantages of each measure. |
5-8 |
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Design and Build a Tangle-Free Headphone HolderIn this lesson, students follow the engineering design process to build a tool that stores headphones for a portable music listening device, such as an MP3 player, without the wires getting tangled. As they work through this process, students learn about the engineer's role in finding solutions to meet human needs. |
6-8 |
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Design and Construct a Road Sign SupportStudents use simple materials to design, build, and test a model of a free-standing structure used to support overhead road signs. |
6-12 |
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Designing a Poster to Communicate Information: Yellowstone National ParkWhile watching a short video segment about Yellowstone National Park, students take notes they later use to create an interesting and infomative poster. |
3-6 |
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Determining Main Idea and Supporting Details - Wild in the CityStudents use a graphic organizer to record important details and determine the main idea of a video segment. They use the organizer to write an informational paragraph about parakeets in the city. |
4-7 |
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Determining Rates from GraphsStudents learn about and practice calculating rates (positive, negative and zero) using data from graphs. |
4-8 |
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Determining Solutions to a Problem - Fire CloudStudents identify a problem and what measures are taken to solve it as well as identify solutions to the problem. |
4-12 |
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The Developing ChildStudents explore the stages of development children experience from birth the age five including brain growth, language development and what shapes their views on right and wrong. |
9-12 |
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Developing Supporting Ideas - A Garden Grows in BrooklynStudents design and draw a garden and give reasons to support why their garden is important to the neighborhood. |
3-6 |
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Development of a Habitable PlanetStudents investigate the origin of the elements, the process of planet formation, the evolution of life on Earth, and the conditions necessary for life as we know it. |
6-12 |
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Diagnosing Allergies through Data CollectionStudents practice data collection by gathering data within the classroom on common causes of allergies. They examine and interpret data charts on national trends in allergies. |
4-7 |
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Discovering Alexander HamiltonIn this lesson inspired by the PBS program Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton students learn about Hamilton's contributions to the United States when it was a young nation. |
4-6 |
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DNA AnalysisStudents interpret DNA fingerprints and learn how DNA analysis is changing the way we fight crime and disease. |
6-8 |
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DNA FingerprintsStudents learn how DNA fingerprinting has been used in criminal investigations and discuss the limitations of and problems with DNA testing. |
9-12 |
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Do Materials Get Tired- Do Rubber Bands Get Longer During Use? (MS)This lesson plan allows students to determine what happens to materials as they get tired. Will rubber bands slowly deform when a constant force or displacement is applied to them? |
6-8 |
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Do Materials Get Tired? Do Rubber Bands Get Longer During Use? (HS)This lesson plan investigates how materials slowly deform when constant force is applied to them. By testing the strain of weights on rubber bands, students will mimic engineers who measure the maximum stress a material can withstand before it fails. |
9-12 |
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Do Materials Get Tired? How Long Will a Paperclip Last? (MS)This lesson plan investigates how materials fail or break under prolonged stress, using paperclips as an example. Engineers run careful experiments so that they can be sure that things will not break due to fatigue while you are using them. |
6-8 |
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Do Materials Get Tired? How Long will a Paperclip Last? (HS)This lesson plan investigates how materials fail under prolonged stress. By rotating the angle and type of paperclips, students mimic tests done by engineers who make sure that things will not break due to fatigue while you are using them. |
9-12 |
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Domestic Terror: Understanding Lynching During the Jim Crow EraThis lesson exposes the crime of lynching and explores the many political, legal and social attempts made by individuals and organizations to seek justice. |
9-12 |
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Drawing Conclusions - Polka Town, U.S.A.Students draw conclusions from basic premises they identify while watching a video. They test each other’s conclusions based on the explicit and implicit information that is available to the reader. |
6-8 |
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