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- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students investigate environmental issue in Hispanic country, use readings from textbooks or other sources, prepare environmental awareness poster that focuses on issue of investigation, and create poster by cutting and pasting photos from magazines and/or other sources. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 12th
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Students apply problem solving techniques to answer a question. After reading a passage, they compare and contrast three species of whale in a quantitative fashion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students explore the rain forest and where they are located. Students examine why the rain forests are important and what is happening to them. They investigate the water cycle and life cycle of a frog. Students build a rain forest in the classroom. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain why rain forests have great biodiversity, and list each layer of a rain forest and tell an organism that lives in each. They identify the cause of acid rain and its affect on a rain forest. Students hypothesize the effects of water and sulfuric acid on a leaf and identify the steps of the scientific method. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider the definition of an ecosystem, its parts, and how these parts can be affected when the ecosystem is endangered. They examine dangers being faced by the Canadian boreal forest by reading "For Billions of Birds, an Endangered Haven". Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students explore the growth of bacteria. They determine if various plant materials contain active ingredients that inhibit the growth of bacteria. In addition, they complete a student data sheet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students determine if various plant materials contain active ingredients which will inhibit the growth of bacteria. They identify plant materials and their degree of sensitivity. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students describe the various kinds of soils and how plants and animals are affected by them. They describe the baic needs of plants, scoring at least a 3 or 4 on a 4-point rubic. Students are able to predict and/or infer what environmental factors must be present for organisms to survive and reproduce, scoring at least 3 on a 4- point rubic. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate how the ecosystems of the world has influence upon the immediate and nonimmediate environments. The interelationships of food webs is discussed. The class researches one type of ecosystem for a class project then compares it to others. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast the way humans and chimpanzees walk on two feet. They observe classmates walking and then view a video showing other primates walking. They use the observations to rate each species on speed, agility and stamina on two feet. Full Review »

