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- 9th - 12th
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Students are given a variety of materials and are asked to design a heat loss experiment that results in a reasonable explanation of "Why don't whales have legs?" students work with the theory of natural selection. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use the example of natural water purification to show that healthy ecosystems provide services to people that are essential to life as we know it. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students receive data about tree ring records, solar activity, and volcanic eruptions during the Little Ice Age (1350-1850). From this data, they draw conclusions about possible natural causes of climate change Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students complete a variety of activities about fall. They study a plant's life cycle and what happens to plants in the fall. They make leaf rubbings and discuss seed dispersal. They write a creative story about a seed and visit a local nature center. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the forces that cause and affect tides. They discuss the effect of lunar cycles on living organisms. They analyze different investigations to determine if lunar cycles affect specific phenomena in living organisms. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students examine the components of ecosystems. They compare and contrast an ecosystem to an aquatic ecosystem. They examine a local ecosystem and discuss its components. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students apply the scientific process and scientific tools to better examine how these are used by scientists to comprehend scientific phenomenon. They identify the characteristics of living things. Students become familiar with the properties of water that help sustain life. They identify organic compounds and chemical reactions important to life. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students discuss and collaborate in small groups to identify how scientists study natural phenomenon. They are given a card with a type a scientist, such as a meteorologist, and then brainstorm the possible phenomenon studied and the tools used to do the study. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discover what causes earthquakes, volcanoes and floods. Using this information, they discuss how these natural disasters change the surface of the Earth. In groups, they make models, draw pictures and make them erupt. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students discuss anomalies in nature and science. They discuss times that anomalies led to the collection of data that explained the phenomena and contributed to changing scientific understandings. Students work in groups to research different aspects of evolutionary theory. Full Review »
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