The purpose of this task is to engage students, probably working in groups, in a substantial and open-ended modeling problem. Students will have to brainstorm or research several relevant quantities, and incorporate these values into their solutions.

Science Background:
• Liquids have characteristic properties based on the molecules they are made of.
• As different molecules are combined they can have different properties.
• Temperature can impact molecules.
• Physical changes of materials
Materials: Ice Cubes, 1 cup half and half, 1/2 cup Kosher salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 pint-size ziplock bag, 1 gallon-size ziplock bag, Any of your favorite ice cream mixins

Students examine how the power output of a photovoltaic (PV) solar panel is affected by temperature changes. Using a 100-watt lamp and a small PV panel connected to a digital multimeter, teams vary the temperature of the panel and record the resulting voltage output. They plot the panel's power output and calculate the panel's temperature coefficient.

In this activity, learners draw conclusions about where on a planetary body scientists might look for ice and why. They use a clay ball, ice cubes, and a heat lamp to model the permanently-shadowed polar regions of planets and moons that may harbor ice. They learn that our Moon, and even Mercury, may have areas with ice. This activity is part of Explore! To the Moon and Beyond! - a resource developed specifically for use in libraries.

This is a set of two improv-style activites that encourage participants to participate in learning about living and nonliving things. Learners will get to know each other through an icebreaker activity and state their ideas and previous experience with living versus nonliving things. This will help prepare them to explore how scientists define and look for life in worlds beyond our own. It also includes specific tips for effectively engaging girls in STEM. This is the icebreaker activity in Explore: Life on Mars? that was developed specifically for use in libraries.

Free Instructions (step-by-step) for good icebreaker ideas! On this website you will find over 100+ of our favorite family friendly icebreakers and group activities. These easy-to-follow guides are useful for a wide variety of settings: classrooms, corporate training and team building, camps, youth groups, parties, retreats, hanging out with friends! Please share this site with your friends!

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This art history video discussion looks at an "Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy (Byzantine)", c. 1400, tempera and gold on wood, 39 cm x 31 cm (British Museum, London).

Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" is used as a primer to teach students how to analyze a literary work using plot, theme, characterization, and psychoanalytical criticism.

Final projects can help students summarize and review content from the entire semester. Plus, they can create fantastic products with what they've learned!

Projects let students take what they’ve learned, put it all together and show off a little of their own creativity and personality.

Options include:
1. Create a website
2. Create a screencast video
3. Make a single multimedia webpage
4. Connect with a cause
5. Create an infographic
6. Create a series of podcasts
7. Do a genius hour-style project
8. Create an annotated collection
9. Tell it as a story
10. Make an explainer video

To fully explore theme, students must understand what they read and then extract ideas from the text. Here are 11 tips to help your students understand theme as they read.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders an overview of rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach first graders an overview of rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about selecting the quotient using given statements.

This is a video and assessment exercise aimed at helping first graders identify incorrect subtraction.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about selecting the incorrect subtraction sentence (numbers up to 20).

This course features a video review and an interactive assessment activity for selecting the correct addition sequence. It is aimed at first graders.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about selecting the correct addition sentence.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about finding the incorrect equations.