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Cockroach Slope

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify the slope of linear functions. In this slope lesson, students collect data and graph it. They write equations with no more than two variables and use technology to explain their data.
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Food Math

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore healthy habits by completing caloric measurement activities. For this food choice lesson, 4th graders discuss what types of foods give you protein or fat and utilize a food chart to measure caloric intake. Students...
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Chemical Leavening Agents

For Teachers All
Discuss leavening agents and baked goods. Describe the purpose of leavening agents in baked goods List the four major leavening agents Explain why baking soda is used with an acid in baked goods Identify the types of doughs and batters...
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It's Alive!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define the term artificial intelligence and list devises that use it. After reading an article, they discuss how advances in this field affect our lives. In groups, they brainstorm about a device that could improve the life of...
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Who Eats Whom in the Salt Marsh?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders complete a virtual online salt marsh tour. In groups, they observe and identify the various types of animals found in the marsh. After categorizing the animals, they create a food web based on the animals role in the...
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The Challenge to Deliver Insulin

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars study the types of diabetes and why insulin is important.  In this diabetes lesson students build molecular models and create a healthy lifestyle plan. 
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The Marsh Land as a Changing Environment

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders continue their examination of the state of Connecticut. After taking a field trip, they identify the types of birds, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates who make their home in the salt marshes. In groups, they identify...
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Assisted Reproduction

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students are actively involved in presenting some of the issues in implanting previously frozen embryos through a cooperative learning lesson. This lesson helps students to develop decision-making skills through discussing various types...
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Money

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students count money using only coins.  In this money lesson, students read Bennies Pennies, practice counting the pennies in the story and are then introduces to the different coins, penny, nickel, dime and quarter.  Students...
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Light the Bulb!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate electrical circuits and how light bulbs are powered. In this electricity and power lesson, 3rd graders study the vocabulary necessary which includes the different types of circuits, electrical currents, and...
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Where, Oh Where is All the Clean Air?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the history of air pollution dating back to the Roman Empire. In groups, they research the different types of pollutants in the air and how they can affect the environment. They participate in various experiments to...
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Trigonometric Function

For Students 11th
In this trigonometric functions worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 6 various types of problems. First, they express each of the expressions in trigonometric form. Then, students use DeMoivre's Theorem to express each of the...
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Biology Trivia Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students answer 71 questions about a variety of topics in biology. For this biology trivia lesson plan, students use the internet to find the answer to questions about the systems of the body, their structures and functions, the...
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Lost Liners Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students practice research skills by scouring Internet for facts and information about the lost ocean liners Titanic, Lusitania, and Empress of Ireland.
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Design Your Own Rube Goldberg Machine

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students participate in a culminating activity for a unit on Energy and Simple Machines. They are challenged to incorporate simple machines in to a complex mechanical system. While designing and testing their machine they will also...
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Further Differentiation

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this further differentiation worksheet, students solve and complete 7 various types of problems. First, they sketch the graph of each equation using a stationary point. Then, students find the stationary points of each and describe...