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Lesson Plan: Periodic Table Battleship

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

Periodic Table Battleship Players take turns calling out a period number and a group number on the periodic table of the elements to try and guess the location of their opponent’s ships. The first player to guess the exact locations of his or her opponent’s ships...

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: 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:...

Lesson Plan: Where Does All The Water Go?

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

Where Does All The Water Go? Students will aim to complete a project investigating and researching tides. Each student should seek to develop an understanding of what causes tides and why sea levels change between high and low tide. Investigate and become familiar...

Lesson Plan: The Ocean in Motion

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

The Ocean in Motion Students will use a simple model to investigate the Coriolis Effect – that is, the curving of motion caused by the Earth’s rotation. In the discussion, students will relate this concept to the movement of wind and currents in the ocean. For more...

Lesson Plan: True North, Magnetic North

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

True North, Magnetic North Many centuries ago, mariners oriented themselves by the sun’s place or rising and setting, or by the direction of the prevailing winds. This was less than precise, especially on windless or cloudy days. The magnetic compass, perfected...

Lesson Plan: Google Earth Time Zones

July 22, 2025 | Education Resources

Google Earth Time Zones Are there differences in the time of day depending on where you are? Could it be 12 o’clock midnight in one country and 12 o’clock at noon in another area of the world at the same time? How do we figure out what time it is in all of...

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