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Lesson Plan: Float a Boat

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

Float a Boat Students draw upon their understanding of buoyancy and density, as well as potential and kinetic energy, to design and build a floating vessel with its own propulsion system that will carry cargo across a wading pool. As students iterate through the...

Lesson Plan: 24 Hours in a Day

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

24 Hours in a Day A lesson plan to teach military time using a 24-hour clock. Grades: 8 Disciplines: Math MilitaryTimeMLIMITED TIME ONLY! Receive a digital commemorative Plank Owner certificate. Join Free. Earn Points. Become a Surface Navy Museum and Battleship IOWA...

Lesson Plan: Civilian & Military Time Conversion

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

Civilian & Military Time Conversion Time arriving and time departing from checkpoints on the Iditarod Trail is reported in military time. Students can understand the positives and negatives of both the military and civilian time clock by examining “why” Iditarod...

Lesson Plan: What time is it?

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

What time is it? Students will demonstrate an understanding of latitude and longitude by identifying locations by degrees. Students will learn and use the meanings of a.m. and p.m. appropriately. Students will become familiar with a 24-hour (universal/military) clock....

Lesson Plan: Gravity and Tides

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

Gravity and Tides This kinesthetic learning activity will help students learn about the Earth’s tides by acting them out. Students will learn about the gravitational forces of the sun and moon, lunar phases, and vocabulary describing the tides. (NatureBridge) Grades:...