Area of a complex figure
(View Complete Item Description)Find the area of a complex figure by dividing it into simpler shapes, such as rectangles, squares, triangles, and trapezoids.
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Text-based Inquiry Template for STEM lessons
(View Complete Item Description)This template provides STEM educators and their School Media Specialists with a template and a structure for developing Text-based Inquiry units that address multiple content areas.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Changes in Matter: Watch Me Change
(View Complete Item Description)With this resource, students will discuss and create changes in matter.
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Digestive System
(View Complete Item Description)The digestive system is amazing: it takes the foods we eat and breaks them into smaller components that our body can use for energy, cell repair and growth. This lesson introduces students to the main parts of the digestive system and how they interact. In addition, students learn about some of the challenges astronauts face when trying to eat in outer space.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Simple Machines: The Rube Goldberg Way by Lindsey Sise
(View Complete Item Description)Students will be given a task to complete such as popping a balloon. They will be required to create a simple machine with 5-7 moving parts, made from common household materials, to complete the task. Leading up to this project, students will have learned about simple machines and Rube Goldberg. This project will help students be able to explain how simple machines such as inclined planes, pulleys, levers and wheel and axels are used to create mechanical advantage and increase efficiency. (7.P.2.4) The team of students that creates the machine that completes the task in the most whimsical way will be awarded a certificate.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
1st grade Animal Research with Ozobots
(View Complete Item Description)This activity is designed to help students take the research they have complete on an animal and apply what they have learned to power the Ozobot through the animal habitat.
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3rd Grade: Catapult
(View Complete Item Description)Marshmallows are too big for Lego people to throw. Your kingdom has come under attack and must defend itself. Design a catapult using the WeDo kit and motors, that will launch a marshmallow with enough force to knock down your opponent’s wall, before they down yours.
Material Type: Activity/Lab