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An interesting object lesson in physics and aerodynamics - I share this not because it's in any way important, but because it's so damn weird/cool.

Aerospace Lesson Plans - activities for all grade levels that focus on aeronautics and aircraft. They can be used as stand alone lessons or as part of a unit. The three mini-units: General Aviation Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, and Research Aircraft provide students with a variety of activities that span across the curriculum.

Rockets and Your Classroom -- Jan. 26, 2011, 9 p.m. EST Review the Rocketry activity, explore the NASA connections, share tips and tricks for implementing this lesson in the classroom, watch videos of students engaged in the lesson, and discuss possible modifications or extensions.

the Space Shuttle Experience! In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Program and the upcoming final flight, NASA has released the Space Shuttle Experience website. This comprehensive and interactive tool provides a multitude of resources for students of all education levels. Users can participate in a variety of interactive experiences to learn about the Space Shuttle Program's accomplishments, what it takes to launch a shuttle, astronaut living, how the program affects life daily here on Earth and much more. The site uses several engaging features that will keep students enthralled, including trivia games with Facebook score sharing, a poll for users to vote on the program's greatest achievement and a virtual signature wall which gives users the opportunity to leave a personal message to the program. And the fun and education doesn't stop when students log off; the site also includes lesson plans that correspond with the site's activities. As an educator, all the resources are supplied to seamlessly walk your students from the activities they experience online into engrossing lessons in the classroom.

"The Glean ComboCoin tool provides multiple levels of problem difficultly and works with classrooms at various grade levels. It's a fun tool to integrate with your teaching of fundamental--and typically serious--multiplication skills, including the distributive and associative properties of multiplication. Lesson Ideas and Classroom Activities: ComboCoin Jeopardy - large group (with a projector): Have students work individually or in teams to come up with combinations as quickly as possible. When they have a combination, they raise their hands and enter it into the ComboCoin game board. Each time a team finds a new combination, they receive a point."

" Genetic Lesson Plan Ideas"

"The following is a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons. These lessons may be freely copied and used in a classroom but they remain the copyright property of the author. "

Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to build unique boats, bridges and even a roller coaster!

"Engineering Units and Lessons"

"intro to biomedical engineering and the technology of prosthetics. As they create a model prosthetic lower leg, testing strength and considering its pros and cons, they learn about issues and materials that biomedical engineers consider in designing artificial limbs."

"Subtracting Three Digit Numbers with Regrouping (Borrowing) Learning how to regroup when subtracting three digit numbers"

"The Educator toolkit There's a whole raft of resources to support you in the classroom and help spark your students' interest. You can even host your own mini science fair! Here you can download everything from a competition overview presentation to detailed Lesson Plans. You'll also find key tips, rules and checklists to take the hassle out of explaining the essential small print to your budding scientists."

"Science Friday lesson plans are based on our popular Science Friday Videos and are created for us by the New York Hall of Science."

Engineering Air Traffic lesson explores the engineering and principals behind radar and air traffic control systems. Students explore how radar and computer technology is used to provide critical data in an efficient way to air traffic controllers. Students work as a team of engineers to evaluate a current ATC system, virtually act as traffic controllers, and then develop guidelines to improve the engineered interface between the radar and the human controller. "

Engineered Sports - TryEngineering - Lesson focuses on how the principles of aerospace engineering have impacted golf ball design, along with equipment used in other sports. Students analyze the use of dimples on golf balls, and work as a team of engineers to determine whether adding dimples to airplanes would increase fuel efficiency for the airline industry.

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"Energy is the ability to do work. It is one of the basic human needs and is an essential component in any development programme. In this lesson, we are going to look at the forms that energy exists, namely: heat, light, sound, electrical, chemical, nuclear and mechanical. These forms of energy may be transformed from one form to the other, usually with losses. "

"In this lesson, your students will observe photographs of selected twentieth-century aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum and note differences in the design of aircraft wings, fuselages, and engines."

"We look at the gas laws and how to recognize which one to use in three sample problems."