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- 3rd - 6th
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Students investigate how the ocean floor is mapped by using sonar-sound waves. They explain how the ocean floor helps scientists to conclude how the oceans formed. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research biofilms and create brochures. They role play as advertising firm members assigned to educate the general public about biofilms. They create "wanted dead or alive" posters about harmful and helpful biofilms respectively. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss non point source pollution and identify such sources within their communities. They use radish seeds as a bioassay to investigate pollution. They present oral reports on the results of their experiments. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students assume the roles of community leaders and activists, to solve a potential environmental problem, when presented with a typical commercial development proposal in a mythical North Arkansas town. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students select, collect, and classify various insects by constructing an apparatus from materials that aid in the capture and containment of the insect. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students explore the amazing communication of cephalopods by working hands-on to create their own non-verbal communication system. They discuss the challenges they faced and cephalopods face in their communication. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students describe a coral reef, how it is formed and its inhabitants. They explain the ecological and economic importance of coral reefs and discuss its present-day threats. Lesson contains adaptations for all levels. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research and present information about the classification of animals. They participate in a teacher-led discussion, and in small groups devise their own way of classifying everyday objects in class, developing two-part names for several objects in the room. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate the dissection of mussels. They discuss the body funtions important for living things and review the major body systems. They observe bivalves, record their observations, and share them. They dissect the bivalves and compare them to human body systems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students practice skills essential to all scientific investigation: carefully observing and collecting data. They become field biologists in a series of hands-on activities to collect and identify specimens, and survey and calculate the diversity of plant species in their local environment. Full Review »
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