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- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students use research skills to find current ecological issues. They evaluate the impact of human activity on ecosystems. Students describe how regional changes in the environment may have a global effect. Students investigate a current habitat restoration program or design one that can be used. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students create their own dragons with an educational program free to download. In this program, the Students are walked through a tutorial first. From there, in groups of two, the Students create two dragons and answer questions as they are presented throughout the lab. Students are able to describe the mating process of these dragons using proper vocabulary and the scientific process to explain. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 9th
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Students create a timeline illustrating the major biological features of several geologic periods applying the People's Time Line. Students design and illustrate labels given and attach them to the People's Time Line. Students illustrate their time line with words and pictures that explain their prediction for the future. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students identify and describe the mechanisms of natural selection. They study Cambrian Period animals and discuss adaptations for their specific environment.Students compare and contrast a modern sea animal with the Cambrian era animal to draw conclusions about how environmental pressures affect biological evolution. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate how a population of fish multiplies in an ecosystem and the kinds of things that must be done to maintain a healthy population balance with other organisms that live there. They conduct an experiment to test the limiting factors in a population of goldfish. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students create a "TV" film about the geologic time line of the Earth including illustrations representing the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era as well as the four types of fossils. They draw conclusions about "What happened before," using fossils or charts and tables. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students research the role of children in families in different cultures outside the United States. They choose a part of the world they would like to research and use both print and non-print resources. Once research is complete, students participate in a panel discussion on children around the world. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students research measurements of the moon and Earth as well as the distance between the two in order to create scale models of the Earth-moon system. With a marble to be used as the moon, they must determine how large to make Earth out of modeling clay. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students complete a learning log as they walk through the trails at the Minnesota Zoo. The learning log engages students in the Discovery Bay, Tropics, and Northern Trails at the zoo with questions about the animals and activities they observe in each section. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students assume the roles of health inspectors and determine what elements are in various water samples. Using test kits, they conduct several different tests on water samples from different areas. They conduct research on the local water supply to determine whether or not pollution plays a role in their results. Groups graph their results and present them to the remainder of the class in a discussion format. Full Review »
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