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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the ways that local, national, and global events are interconnected. They identify current issues at a local and global level, identify organizations that seek to improve conditions in other countries, and examine the role of non-profit organizations. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students examine proposals to combat AIDS, VRSA, and measles and recommend one that they could support. They investigate how people can have very different feelings about such proposals. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine how oyster hatcheries are managed and determine their economic significance. They study an overview of the oyster hatchery at Grand Isle, Louisiana. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students complete an environmental simulation. A mysterious illness infects more than a dozen people during a summer in Kildare, USA, and the possibility of an epidemic is sending fear throughout the town. Students play the parts of environmental health investigators to find what is causing the illness, how it is being spread, and what should be done in order to resolve the problem. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students compare the perceived and actual risks of getting skin cancer, while looking at ways to minimize these risks. They may have very little grasp of the severity of the threat of skin cancer or be unaware of the increase in the incidence of melanoma since the early 1900s. Students conduct scientific investigations, they perform indoor and outdoor experiments that demonstrate the usefulness of different sunscreens for blocking ultraviolet light. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students, through lecture and discussion, identify public lands of Texas and how the land was used during the 19th century. They read selections about public lands and work in groups to answer questions about the readings. In groups, they create Texas land certificates. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students make a detailed observations about non-native and native grasses. They define reasonable policies that they expect to follow while working in the CRWA. Students list, in small groups, two treatments that have been used in the CRWA to control non-native grass. They brainstorm possible methods to get rid of the non-native grass in the CRWA. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students study how a mass spectrometer works by analyzing isotopic abundance from the mass spectrum of an element. They identify a compound from a mass spectra. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students complete a variety of activities about spiders. They research a specific spider and create a mini-book about it. They create a 3-D model of a spider that is anatomically correct. They complete a series of labs regarding spider webs and web strength. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students discover many facts about horseshoe crabs. Students identify the main body parts of horseshoe crab. They explore the habits of the horseshoe crab and their importances to the ecosystem. Adaptations for younger students are included. Full Review »
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