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Adult education social studies laboratories
Forensic Anthropology Unit 14.2 Lab & Worksheet: Classification of Human Bones
In this simple, but effect lab activity, students will be able to:(Objectives):1. Name the four main groups of bones based on shape.2. Identify the classification of major bones of the body. Materials Needed for this lab:Model of a human skeleton (optional)Student handoutText or notes on the classification of bones (optional) or Forensics Unit 14 PPT (optional)I love this lab because it helps my forensics students learn key skeletal system concepts in a simplified and condensed format. Teachers
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Forensics Unit 14 Resource Bundle: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)
Forensics Unit 14 Resource Bundle: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)
Make teaching Forensics easy with this complete Forensics Unit 14 Bundle that includes:Forensics Unit Plan 14: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)Forensics Unit 14 PPT: Human RemainsForensics Unit 14.1 All-in-One Lab Activity & Review Worksheet: Overview of the SkeletonForensics Anthropology Unit 14.2 All-in-One Lab Activity & Review Worksheet: Classification of Human BonesForensics Anthropology Unit 14.3 All-in-One Lab Activity and Review Worksheet: Human Bone StructureForensics Unit
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Psychology Lab Fundamental Attribution Error AP Psychology Social Psychology
Fundamental attribution error: describes the tendency to over-value dispositional or personality-based explanations for the observed behaviors of others while under-valuing situational explanations for those behaviors. In the lab the students ask their subjects two questions, "Why did Jack hit Larry?" and "Why did you hit Larry?" The students record the responses then analyze them for dispositional or situational attribution. Included are 4 versions of this lab. Two versions where the responses
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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(3D/360) Human Prehistory VIRTUAL TOUR and LAB
Resource Includes:Access to the virtual tour platformInteractive timeline featuresDownloadable Skull Analysis Lab and WorksheetProduct Description: Embark on an educational adventure with "Journey Through Time: A Virtual Tour of Human History from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age"! This immersive virtual experience is designed to transport students from the early days of human ancestors wielding simple stone tools to the sophisticated societies of the Bronze Age. Each historical period is broug
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Watershed Delineation with Topographic Maps
In this activity, students will learn to delineate watersheds using topographic maps. The activity starts with students answering questions from the USDA article titled "How to Read a Topographic Map and Delineate a Watershed." They will then use their knowledge from these questions to delineate the Fulton Run watershed, located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. There are two topographic maps included in the product - one for more advanced learners and one for less advanced learners. The map for less ad
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology Lab Image Memory and Sex Differences AP Psychology Statistics
In this set of 13 labs the students do a variety of image memory tasks. They then collaborate and share data, then perform a T test on the data to find out if the differences between the scores of men and women are statistically significant. The students also test for correlations between a variety of scores. I suppose it is a sort of an expansion on my face memory lab. Links sometimes die, so try before you buy… https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/iq/memory-test https://memtrax.com/cogniti
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NWS and NOAA Approved! Forecasting: Severe Weather. You're the Weatherman
PROCEEDS BENEFIT "REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIEShttp://www.reachinc.org-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-Severe Weather Forecasting: Learn How to Forecast Severe Weather With Real Maps, Data, and NWS Symbols.LOADED WITH COLORFUL IMAGES!Pairs great with the Air Masses and Thunderstorm PowerPoint found on TPT at the link below:CLICK HERE FOR POWERPOINTMore advanced severe weather lab manual and Skew-T tutorial found at the link below:CLICK HERE FOR LAB M
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology Lab Prisoners Dilemma Social Psychology AP Psychology
Based on activities at a couple websites students get to explore the prisoner's dilemma.I get a huge kick out of the prisoners dilemma. I even set up a "game" in class were we participated in a live prisoner's dilemma to back up this activity, where the students competed for extra credit, they could cooperate or compete, the results were pretty fun.Try the links before you buy....https://serendipstudio.org/playground/pd.htmlhttps://webupon.com/blog/iterated-prisoners-dilemma-game/http://www.game
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Passwords and Cyber Security Lab Network Security Memory Cognition
The perfect activity for your cyber security unit! An actual activity and NOT a stupid word find. When I originally wrote this lab I had the students coming up with stimuli and surprisingly they entirely lacked creativity to the point that they did not know what to chose (or maybe not surprisingly). In any case here are 140 password and cyber security assignments. Every single one is different….the best weapon against plagiarism, UNIQUENESS! In this lab the students navigate to… https://www.sec
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Perspectives in Modern Psychology Interactive Activity
Perspectives in Modern Psychology Interactive Activity, for Psychology Lab Portfolio.1. The Psychodynamic Perspective2. The Behavioral Perspective3. The Cognitive Perspective4. The Biological Perspective5. The Cross-Cultural Perspective6. The Evolutionary Perspective7. The Humanistic PerspectiveStudents will be able to:Describe Modern approaches to psychology.Explain what are their main focus of study.Also can be used with:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Psychology-Schools-Approache
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Oceans: Currents and Maps (Come EXPLORE Your World!)
INSERT YOUR NAME HERE! Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, John Cabot, Leif Eriksson, James Cook, Sir Walter Raleigh, Marco Polo, Vasco de Gama, and Columbus.This is a part of the complete ocean current tutorial/lab/activity found below:FULL VERSION CLICK HEREDiscover the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio Current, the East Australian Current, the California Current, the Peru Current, and the Labrador Current.6 different mapping activities addressing similar content (ocean currents and global winds) in differe
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Wage Per Hour & Lifestyle Choices - High School Economics
In a fun investigative activity, students calculate their yearly expenses for their chosen life. Students will decide where to live, what type of car to drive, fuel, utility cost, cable/internet, entertainment, etc.. By the end they will discover how much per hour a person will need to earn in order to support that life. They will make connections between the lifestyle a person can live, level of education needed to live that lifestyle.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Anthropology - garbology!
This engaging hand-on activity is designed help your students understand the archaeology of contemporary trash (garbology!) through an exploration of their own trash. Anthropology - garbology! works well as homework, a distance-learning activity or an in-class activity. Your students read about three fascinating garbology projects, sort, organize and analyze their own trash, and then write a report of their research, just as an archaeologist would. This package comes ready to use. It contains ev
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Virtual Crime Scene Forensics Sketching Principles of Biomedical Science
Virtual Crime Scene Forensics Sketching Principles of Biomedical ScienceThis package includes the following: Easy and Ready-to-Print for any Forensics Crime Scene LabCrime Scene Page needs to be printed and given to students to measure using a ruler. 1 cm = 1 ft9 Additional Evidence slides (one per evidence piece) can be projected on the screen as you go over them in class.This is a great crime scene alternative if you don’t have the space or time to recreate a physical one in your classroom.Stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Overfishing AKA "Tragedy of the Commons" - Science in the Environment Lab Series
Why do we have hunting and fishing catch regulations? Why does the government regulate logging and farming industries? The concept of overutilization or “the tragedy of the commons” is fundamental to our modern society. The purpose of this activity is to model resource management, and how regulations and private ownership make resource management possible.
If you like the activity, be sure to rate it!
This is part of a series of activites on Science in the Environment from Mr. Ripps.
This wor
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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History / Psychology: War Propaganda
This analysis of the mass use of propaganda during war is rich with interesting and insightful details that is certain to provoke energetic classroom discussions. Useful in both an American or World History class, and/ or in a Psychology class, this activity offers a wide-range of perspectives and pieces of evidence for students to closely inspect, evaluate, and discuss. Also included in this analysis are two short assessment pieces that measure reading and listening comprehension skills, as wel
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Watershed Delineation Lab - Topographic Mapping and USGS StreamStats
In this two part-lab, students will learn two techniques for delineating watersheds. In the first half of the lab students will answer questions about the article "How to Read a Topographic Map and Delineate a Watershed" from the USDA. These questions have students demonstrate the knowledge learned in the article in order to introduce or refresh topographic mapping skills. Then, students will put their knowledge to the test by using a topographic map of Indiana, Pennsylvania to delineate the Ful
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Budget Simulation
Give students a chance to experience what it means to have income and expenses. This budget simulation will help students find out the costs of living. This particular one does NOT simulate post-secondary educational costs. It will be assumed that the student has no costs in this regard (simulation WITH these costs will be offered soon!). This budget activity is meant to be used by high school, junior high, and middle school. It can be adapted to fit budget lessons for economics, business, BMA,
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Nerve Experiment: Unveiling Neural Pathways
Transform your psychology classroom into a hub of scientific discovery with this dynamic experiment - All you need is a paperclip and ruler!Students will use a simple paperclip to explore sensitivity and neural distribution, uncovering which body parts are most responsive to stimuli.Engaging Hands-On Learning: Bring neuroscience concepts to life with an interactive experiment that captivates students' interest.Easy Implementation: Streamlined instructions and ready-to-use materials make it effor
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Scientific Methods and Statistics Interactive Notebook
This Scientific Method Interactive Notebook can be used for Natural Science or to Psychology Research.
You can use this to reinforce the Scientific method in Natural sciences or with Introductory Psychology Research lessons! Works very well with all grade. Just select the activities that work for your lesson.
Psychological scientists use a broad range of research methods and often work collaboratively with scientists in other disciplines.
This Product includes:
Scientific Method Steps
Co
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Psychology Dream Collection Psychology Freud Dream Analysis
An interesting part of psychotherapy incorporates dream analysis...I always wanted to do more with interpreting dreams (yes, I understand that Freud would say this should not be done outside of a therapist-patient relationship), but whose dreams to interpret... I did not want the students to get embarrassed by what their dreams might mean so I never really did any analysis in class. I decided what I needed was a generic collection of dreams we could analyze without regard for embarrassing anyone
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Locating Patterns of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
The students carefully plot, with colored pencils, the location of selected Earthquakes and Volcanoes on a world map showing Divergent and Convergent Plate Boundaries. Page 5 of the NYS Earth Science Reference Tables is needed for this lab. These can be downloaded at: https://www.nysed.gov/state-assessment/reference-tables-earth-science The students further shade in the Plate Boundaries using different colored pencils. Several questions about the plotted map reinforce the idea that Earthqua
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Worksheets: Plate Tectonics Bundle
American Government - The Judicial Branch-The Complete Unit Lesson Plans
American Government Complete Judiciary Unit Lesson PlansIncludes high-interest power point files with links, a student workbook and a 60 question multiple-choice exam with key.100+This product contains the entire unit of information on the Judiciary Branch. On their own, students will answer the questions, using video links, graphs, and the internet while learning about the nation's judiciary branch. I have used this same presentation in my courses for years. Last year I decided to flip my cla
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Prison Research Project & Case Study
Rikers Correctional Facility in NYC is one of the nation's most notorious prisons. This research project examines Rikers from several perspectives. Students get to see a glimpse inside Rikers, do some research on their own, and then propose some possible solutions to some of the incredibly complex problems facing not only Rikers, but all Corrections as well.Ideal for HS Government or Civics. This can be used for middle school students, but the Instructor should exercise caution as some of the t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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