| Nautical Navigation |
In this activity, students explore the importance of charts to navigation on bodies of water. Using one worksheet, students learn to read the major map features found on a real nautical chart. Using a...
... moreIn this activity, students explore the importance of charts to navigation on bodies of water. Using one worksheet, students learn to read the major map features found on a real nautical chart. Using another worksheet, students draw their own nautical chart using the symbols and identifying information learned.
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7 (6-8) |
Colorado (1995):
 Science
S100D7F5 S1012041
Math
S103C221 |
40 minutes |
1 |
US$ 1.00 |
| New Boxes From Old |
Students find the volume and surface area of a rectangular box (e.g., a cereal box), and then figure out how to convert that box into a new, cubical box having the same volume as the original. As the...
... moreStudents find the volume and surface area of a rectangular box (e.g., a cereal box), and then figure out how to convert that box into a new, cubical box having the same volume as the original. As they construct the new, cube-shaped box from the original box material, students discover that the cubical box has less surface area than the original, and thus, a cube is a more efficient way to package things.
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7 (6-8) |
North Carolina (2003):
Math
S10018BE S101DA63 S101F83E |
3 hours |
1 |
US$ 0.20 |
| Newspaper Tower |
Students will be challenged to design and construct a tower out of newspaper. They will have limited supplies including newspaper, tape, and scissors since engineers are often restricted by economic r...
... moreStudents will be challenged to design and construct a tower out of newspaper. They will have limited supplies including newspaper, tape, and scissors since engineers are often restricted by economic reasons as to how much material they can use in their building. The students will be building for height and stability, and their towers must be designed to withstand a lateral "wind" load.
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7 (6-8) |
North Carolina (2003):
Math
S100858A S101DA63
Science
S1028415 S1028416 S102841E S1028421 S1028431 S1028435 S1028437 S10284B1 S10284BA S10284BD S10284CC S10284D0 S10284D2 S102852E S1028533 S1028534 S102853C S102853F S1028550 S1028554 S1028556 |
50 minutes |
3 |
US$ 1.00 |
| Newton Rocket Car |
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate Newton's third law of motion — which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction — through a small wooden car. The Newton cars show h...
... moreThe purpose of this activity is to demonstrate Newton's third law of motion — which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction — through a small wooden car. The Newton cars show how action/reaction works and how the mass of a moving object affects the acceleration and force of the system. Subsequently, the Newton cars provide students with an excellent analogy for how rockets actually work.
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4 (K-5) |
Colorado (1995):
Science
S1002447 S100D7F5 S1012041 S1015D9B S1022DDF
Math
S103C21C S103C22D S103C242 S103C26D S103C27F |
50 minutes |
4 |
US$ 3.00 |
| Nidy-Gridy |
Normally we find things using landmark navigation. When you move to a new place, it may take you awhile to explore the new streets and buildings, but eventually you recognize enough landmarks and reme...
... moreNormally we find things using landmark navigation. When you move to a new place, it may take you awhile to explore the new streets and buildings, but eventually you recognize enough landmarks and remember where they are in relation to each other. However, another accurate method for locating places and things is using grids and coordinates. In this activity, students will come up with their own system of a grid and coordinates for their classroom and understand why it is important to have one common method of map-making.
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7 (6-8) |
Colorado (1995):
Science
S100D7F5 S1012041
Math
S103C221 S103C246 S103C25E S103C272 |
45 minutes |
1 |
US$ 0.00 |
| No Valve in Vain |
In this activity, students will design and create their own heart valves out of a variety of materials given to them, including: waterproof tape, plastic tubing, flexible plastic sheets, foam sheets, ...
... moreIn this activity, students will design and create their own heart valves out of a variety of materials given to them, including: waterproof tape, plastic tubing, flexible plastic sheets, foam sheets, scissors, clay, etc. This activity will not only test their understanding of how a one-way valve works and its purpose, but will also allow them a chance to think outside of the box and practice engineering problem-solving.
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7 (6-8) |
North Carolina (2004):
Science
S10284D0 S10284D2 S10284F7 S1028500 S1028501 |
2 hours |
2 |
US$ 2.00 |
| The North (Wall) Star |
Celestial navigation is the art and science of finding one's geographic position by means of astronomical observations, particularly by measuring altitudes of celestial objects — sun, moon, planets ...
... moreCelestial navigation is the art and science of finding one's geographic position by means of astronomical observations, particularly by measuring altitudes of celestial objects — sun, moon, planets or stars. This activity starts with a basic, but very important and useful, celestial measurement.
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7 (6-8) |
Colorado (1995):
Science
S1000375 S100D7F5 S1012041 S1014E28 S1015D9B
Math
S103C221 S103C246 S103C272 |
45 weeks |
2 |
US$ 0.00 |
| Northward Ho! |
In this activity, students will create their own simple compass, be able to explain how a compass works, understand that the Earth's magnetic field has both horizontal and vertical components, and learn more about cardinal directions. |
7 (6-8) |
Colorado (1995):
Science
S100D7F5 S1012041
Math
S103C272 |
35 minutes |
2 |
US$ 1.00 |
