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- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students study a variety of nature's raw materials/ resources (nearby/far-removed), selected technology (machines, tools, processes), and a variety of consumer goods. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students discuss the development of a consumer economy in the 1920s, and answer questions about credit. They consider Henry Ford's motives and methods, and his impact on the consumer economy. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students distinguish between acquatic and terrestrial organisms. They label animals as producers, consumers, and/or decomposers. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students study producers and consumers in habitats. They examine the trophic levels and how different organisms interact with a focus on insects. They create a travel brochure for an insect to visit a habitat which they create. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students participate in a discussion of recent environmental issues affecting their own community or ones nearby. In groups, they research the role of food additives and the purpose of adding them to foods. They also determine their threshold limit for salt by participating in a salt test to end the lesson. They may use this lesson for a science fair project. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate the physical states of water and about weather observations in the fourth grade when studying Earth and Space Sciences.This unit represents the next phase of learning about the topics of water and the weather. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students engage in research that is focused on ecosystems. This lesson is designed to provide a brief overview of the main parts of an ecosystem (ex. the sun, abiotic substances, primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers). Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discuss the relationship between producers, consumers, and decomposers as they look at the energy pyramid. While working in small groups, they create an ecosystem that includes all or some of the given categories, and they explain how it works. These groups work with plants in the experimental portion of the lesson. They care for a plant and record their observations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students research animals found in the arctic. They discuss what living things need in order to survive and where they get their food. Students discuss the difference between producers and consumers and create a food web for animals in the arctic. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students identify the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers in ecosystems. After being given a food chain, students identify producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and decomposers. They are shown a PowerPoint with various organisms. Full Review »

