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This activity is a fun activity that mixes Calculus with a bit of art. The activity comes complete with directions for the students, photos of previous work by students, and a fairly simple rubric for easy grading by the instructor. My students have loved this activity for years and I think yours will too. Appropriate for any level of calculus whether it is a college prep course or AP Calculus AB or BC.

This is a project that teaches students the structure and function of the parts of an animal or plant cell by comparing the organelles to different parts of a city. It is a take home project. It is a three page document.

This lesson is designed for 8th grade students to do a career project. It combines science and math. It requires students to make a 3-5 minute presentation to the class. There are a lot of details in this document regarding a grading rubric. My students did a high quality job on this assignment and I think it was particularly due to the quality of the details in the descriptions. Although I wrote this assignment for 8th graders it is appropriate for students in grades 6-12.

This is a project for the first unit of Calculus - right after the students learn the definition of the derivative and how to find the slope of the tangent line to the graph. Students will first choose a famous curve, make a poster of the equation with graph, take the derivative, find the slope of the tangent line and the equation of the tangent line at two points on the graph, they will also find a few things about the history of the curve. The assignment also comes with a rubric to grade it

This is a quick 10 page guide to the TI-84 calculator. It goes step by step through all the main operations you need to be able to perform on your calculator in order to obtain a "5" on the AP Calculus Exam. This helper pamphlet was written by a calculus student for calculus students - simply to help out - and by the way... he got a "5"!

Just a quick reading activity to give students a good introduction to the microscope before you use the microscopes or during a unit for homework.

Great activity for Newton's Third Law. Just a quick and easy lab sheet for the classic balloon rocket lab for 8th grade physical science but also appropriate for high school physics and conceptual physics or for 5th-7th graders that have more than one class period. Includes materials needed, procedure and some questions for students to answer. I put two of these to a page so that paper can be saved. Just a simple lab - but one of the year's favorites!!

A quick lab on probability using M&M's or other candy such as skittles that are marked on both sides.

This activity is designed to teach the students about displacement vectors. There are three parts in four pages. In part II of the lab students make a hunt for other students to follow based on vectors. The next day, students go out, follow the directions and find the "treasure". Very fun activity that teaches the students the basics of vectors. Appropriate for grades 7-12 with an emphasis on beginning physics students.

This file contains the details on how to run a successful weekend Calculus Camp in order to better prepare students for the AP Calculus Exam. See preview file for summary of document. Also included is email address of author in case the buyer may have additional questions.

This is a fun project as a first introduction to genetics for students to write out the possible combinations of alleles for certain traits of a "monster" then the students make their monsters out of construction paper. The handout includes Directions, data tables, and a rubric for grading. Very fun activity.

This project is really fun for students in their first study of genetics. Using the guidelines and a survey data table, students make a pedigree of their family traits. I made this for 7th grade life science but it would also be okay for grades 6th-10th graders in their first study of genetics. It is a three page document which includes a data table for the survey and a letter home to the parents explaining the project.

This document is an entire lesson plan complete with activities, standards, a rubric to grade, etc. in order for a teacher to put on a World Day of Astronomy. This lesson plan was devised in order to show students that culture has an important value in the history of science. It also teaches students about a variety of famous astronomers

This project is really fun for students in their first study of genetics. Using the guidelines and a survey data table, students make a pedigree of their family traits. I made this for 7th grade life science but it would also be okay for grades 6th-10th graders in their first study of genetics. It is a three page document which includes a data table for the survey and a letter home to the parents explaining the project.

A math worksheet that is fun for students to do on sixth grade math standards that incorporates their daily lives into the calculations they must do to calculate ratios and percents.

Here is a 7 page document with all the details to use the History Day ideas in your classroom. You can use the dates we have set down or you can use modify the document as you like - since it is a word document. This is a wonderful long term project to get middle school students motivated to learn about the history of their country.

This is a jeopardy game on a powerpoint created to study early US history by 8th grade students. It is 55 slides long. It is awesome. I think you will like it for a review game. See the preview file for a list of the topics in the first set of regular jeopardy there is also the second round of jeopardy that comes later on in the presentation.

This is my version of the classic experiment of osmosis using an egg. Perfect for beginning biology. In a format you can send home with the students - modifications easily possible since it's a word document. It takes the students about 2 weeks to do this project at home using tap water, vinegar, and 2 liquids of their choice. Rubric Included for easy grading. The students love this project.

Just a simple description of a catapult project I do with my 8th grade physical science students. Nothing fancy but it works and it is free.

There are 13 slides in the powerpoint presentation which are all clicker style questions on geometric optics. They go along with a simulation for geometric optics on pHet the link is: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Geometric_Optics This is a free simulation from University of Colorado.