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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the roles that natural events (such as droughts), population growth and other human factors play on land use and food supply. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students count the rings in a growth ring from a tree, identify the parts of the growth ring and identify an important historical event for each year of the tree's life. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students research the technological growth in the United States in the 1800's. They report about individuals involved in the technological growth. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students plant seeds, observe and tend plants. They identify major plant parts, how to germinate and troubleshoot problems with plants; and, that plants need water, light, and soil nutrients to thrive. They create a Plant Growth Data Log. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students study the Manduca bug and its growth data. They look for patterns and compare their own growth rate to that of the Manduca. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students confront basic personal finance choices they will face throughout their lives. There is a natural progression to the lessons, beginning with career choices, leading into budgeting and planning, and ending with the impact of credit and long-term savings and investing. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students express their opinions about how growth and modernization affect nations. Reading an article on China, they discuss the causes and effects of exponential growth in a single town. They research how China has changed by writing letters to middle class people affected by the changes. They write letters in response. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the link between countries' population growth rates and levels of industrialization. They observe that, over time, as a country becomes more industrialized, its population growth rate decreases. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students track the growth of a lima bean plant. They record the growth of the bean everyday in a notebook and then transfer the data into an excel spreadsheet. They compare the different rates of growth and create a graph. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students examine the relationship between water retention and plant growth by conducting two experiments. They first compare the water retention qualities of clay, sand and loam soil types. Then they use the data from the first experiment to design the second plant growth and soil type experiment. Full Review »

