Students will be introduced to dimensional analysis by analyzing a veterinary lab result, focusing mainly on the metric dimensions of a tumor. Students use prior understanding of units to match a set of metric data to the English equivalents. Students will then determine the conversion factor that is... Read more »
Intro to Dimensional Analysis
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In this lesson, students explore energy conservation based on how energy from the sun is captured and used to make chemical energy. Students also review how solar energy and the concept of photosynthesis have been used to engineer technology that could be beneficial to humans. This lesson can be used... Read more »
Photosynthesis
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Discovering the Relationship Between Overcrowding and the Spread of Diseases
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Students will examine the black plague and understand how it was spread and how it could have been prevented. Read more »
Discovering the Relationship Between Overcrowding and the Spread of Diseases
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Students will explore the cultural characteristics that appear in various versions of the story "Little Red Riding Hood." Additionally, students will compare and contrast how the cultural characteristics appear in each story and how American authors have revamped the story to mirror popular culture... Read more »
Cultural Characteristics
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Students investigate the properties and impacts of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on the Earth. Based upon the activity, this is best for older students or very precocious younger high school students. A prerequisite would be basic physical science, but can easily be approached early on in an environmental... Read more »
Coronal Mass Ejections / Space Storms
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Students will identify the elements of a budget. They will examine how life events and lifestyle affect and change budgeting needs (i.e., personal expenses, emergencies, saving for future goals, family vs. individual). Read more »
Standard 1: Fundamentals of Budgeting
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Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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This lesson is a middle school adaptation of the high school "How Does Your Garden Grow?" lesson. Students will explore soil health principles, soil chemistry, nutrient cycles, environmental impacts of soil quality, and human influence on soil health. Students will create public service announcements... Read more »
Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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This workshop prepares student for the ACT test by utilizing several K20 Instructional Strategies. The workshop is designed to be an after-school program lasting for seven weeks and including one 2-hour session each week. Sessions will be broken up into reading/ELA and science/math. This resource provides... Read more »