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Mental Effort and Physical Performance

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Mental Effort and Physical Performance

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Science fair project that determines the effect of concentrated mental effort on physical performance levels.

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Mental Effort and Physical Performance

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Mental Effort and Physical Performance

Science fair project that determines the effect of concentrated mental effort on physical performance levels.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

The objective of this science fair project is to assess the benefits of the game system for improving player performance following use.

The objective of this science fair project is to assess the benefits of the game system for improving player performance following use.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Community and Culture

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

First Grade

Community and Culture

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Determine the effect of homework on academic performance. Collect grade info at the end of a semester, determine correlation between grades, amount of homework

Determine the effect of homework on academic performance. Collect grade info at the end of a semester, determine correlation between grades, amount of homework

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Efficient Multi-tasking

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Efficient Multi-tasking

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Determine the efficiency of multi-tasking by comparing how long it takes students to complete different tasks. Collate data, complete Summary Chart.

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Efficient Multi-tasking

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Efficient Multi-tasking

Determine the efficiency of multi-tasking by comparing how long it takes students to complete different tasks. Collate data, complete Summary Chart.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Determine which factors promote the greatest memory interference. Administer test, time how long it takes subjects to complete different tasks.

Determine which factors promote the greatest memory interference. Administer test, time how long it takes subjects to complete different tasks.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Can your child find New York, Illinois, and South Carolina on a U.S. map? This worksheet tasks your child with matching place names with unmarked states.

Can your child find New York, Illinois, and South Carolina on a U.S. map? This worksheet tasks your child with matching place names with unmarked states.

Third Grade

Geography

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To Cheat or Not to Cheat

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To Cheat or Not to Cheat

Writing

Free science fair project idea that examines cheating in school-age children. Project involves a task in which children are tested on various tasks.

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To Cheat or Not to Cheat

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To Cheat or Not to Cheat

Free science fair project idea that examines cheating in school-age children. Project involves a task in which children are tested on various tasks.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

The objective of this science project is to determine whether the brain first processes colors, shapes, or words when given conflicting messages.

The objective of this science project is to determine whether the brain first processes colors, shapes, or words when given conflicting messages.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass

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Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass

Second Grade

Reading

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

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Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass

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Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

Fifth Grade

Geography

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Are People Who Wear Glasses More Academically Talented?

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Are People Who Wear Glasses More Academically Talented?

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Test the idea that people who wear glasses tend to be more educated. True or false?

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Are People Who Wear Glasses More Academically Talented?

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Are People Who Wear Glasses More Academically Talented?

Test the idea that people who wear glasses tend to be more educated. True or false?

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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What Were the Ten Plagues?

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What Were the Ten Plagues?

First Grade

Community and Culture

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

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What Were the Ten Plagues?

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What Were the Ten Plagues?

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

First Grade

Community and Culture

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Does Writing Things Down Really Make It Easier To Remember Later?

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Does Writing Things Down Really Make It Easier To Remember Later?

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

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Does Writing Things Down Really Make It Easier To Remember Later?

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Does Writing Things Down Really Make It Easier To Remember Later?

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Reward or Punishment: Which is the Better Motivator?

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Reward or Punishment: Which is the Better Motivator?

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This experiment will investigate whether reward or punishment is more apt to motivate people.

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Reward or Punishment: Which is the Better Motivator?

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Reward or Punishment: Which is the Better Motivator?

This experiment will investigate whether reward or punishment is more apt to motivate people.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Popular Mnemonics: How Can You Easily Remember Things?

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Popular Mnemonics: How Can You Easily Remember Things?

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

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Popular Mnemonics: How Can You Easily Remember Things?

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Popular Mnemonics: How Can You Easily Remember Things?

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Music, Tempo and Language Acquisition: Does the Speed of Music Affect the Ability to Retain New Language?

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Music, Tempo and Language Acquisition: Does the Speed of Music Affect the Ability to Retain New Language?

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science fair project idea addresses tempo, and whether faster or slower music works better as a study aid.

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Music, Tempo and Language Acquisition: Does the Speed of Music Affect the Ability to Retain New Language?

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Music, Tempo and Language Acquisition: Does the Speed of Music Affect the Ability to Retain New Language?

This science fair project idea addresses tempo, and whether faster or slower music works better as a study aid.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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The Right Tool for the Job

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The Right Tool for the Job

Second Grade

Community and Culture

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

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The Right Tool for the Job

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The Right Tool for the Job

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Second Grade

Community and Culture

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Does Chewing Gum Help You Concentrate?

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Does Chewing Gum Help You Concentrate?

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This project investigates whether chewing gum can help a majority of people with focus and concentration.

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Does Chewing Gum Help You Concentrate?

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Does Chewing Gum Help You Concentrate?

This project investigates whether chewing gum can help a majority of people with focus and concentration.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Benefits of Good Posture

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Benefits of Good Posture

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

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Benefits of Good Posture

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Benefits of Good Posture

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Grammar and Mechanics

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

Pre-K

Grammar and Mechanics

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Interview with the President

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Interview with the President

Fourth Grade

Civics and Government

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

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Interview with the President

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Interview with the President

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

Fourth Grade

Civics and Government

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The Effects of Music of Work Habits

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The Effects of Music of Work Habits

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science fair project idea examines whether music has an effect on a person's ability to complete a simple task that requires concentration.

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The Effects of Music of Work Habits

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The Effects of Music of Work Habits

This science fair project idea examines whether music has an effect on a person's ability to complete a simple task that requires concentration.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Division of Labor: Good or Bad?

Lesson Plan

Division of Labor: Good or Bad?

Fourth Grade

Community and Culture

In this cooperative economics activity, students learn about the division of labor in a real way. Students will be able to see first hand the advantages and disadvantages of the division of labor.

Lesson Plan

Division of Labor: Good or Bad?

Lesson Plan

Division of Labor: Good or Bad?

In this cooperative economics activity, students learn about the division of labor in a real way. Students will be able to see first hand the advantages and disadvantages of the division of labor.

Fourth Grade

Community and Culture

Community and Culture

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Second Grade

Community and Culture

Community and Culture

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Fourth Grade

Community and Culture

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Science fair project that studies how the brain transforms man-made symbols into meaningful concepts.

Science fair project that studies how the brain transforms man-made symbols into meaningful concepts.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Community and Classroom Helpers

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Community and Classroom Helpers

Pre-K

Community and Culture

Society and classrooms both require special helpers to keep things running smoothly. In this lesson, students will explore the people that help their community operate and take on some special jobs of their own to help in their classroom.

Lesson Plan

Community and Classroom Helpers

Lesson Plan

Community and Classroom Helpers

Pre-K

Community and Culture

The objective of this science fair project is to determine the rate at which participants can respond to different patterns.

The objective of this science fair project is to determine the rate at which participants can respond to different patterns.

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Social Studies Resources for 'performance tasks'

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Social Studies Resources for 'performance tasks'