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Critical thinking in science: This unit of inquiry-based lessons teaches eighth-grade students to utilize and develop critical thinking skills. Students will create testable questions; design and perform experiments; collect, organize, and analyze data; and use these results to decide on the next step in the scientific process.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

The story of pi: In Critical thinking in science, page 3; In this lesson, students design an experiment to test the importance of decimal places by rounding the value of pi. The collected data is used to answer questions and write a short editorial.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Daniell DiFrancesca.

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Infinite Secrets: Mathematicians, scientists, and historians unlock the secrets of Archimedes long lost manuscript. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: PBS and WGBH

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