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- 6th - 9th
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Students examine factors affecting water quality. They test water in a local body of water to determine its quality. They collect data and continue monitoring the water monthly. They assess water quality in the home and on the farm. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students experiment to determine the difference between an acid and a base. They study the concept of adding a buffering agent to make an acid more basic. They study the pH scale. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine what acid precipitation is and how it is produced and become acquainted with the effects of acid precipitation on plants and animals in the Northern Forest. Students participate in three activities in which they discover common substances that are acidic, determine the approximate pH of common substances, and make acid rain. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discover advances in biomedical technology such as transdermal delivery and other non-invasive procedures. In lab activities, they examine how medication is given and how molecules travel, observe electrophoresis, and conduct several experiments in groups. In another activity, students inspect how drugs are delivered through a stent and how catheters and angioplasty balloons are inserted. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students experience a "hands-on" activity to get visual evidence of the physical nature of DNA and the process of DNA purification. They explore one method of chromosomal DNA isolation and DNA extraction. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students complete five worksheets which correspond to the five problems the American government faced and the five solutions they instituted, accompany this lesson. They select and research one of the steps in this plan and write a three to five paragraph paper or prepare an oral presentation. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students use a rapid method to render the bacterium Escherichia coli "competent" to uptake plasmid DNA. They also have growth on the plain LB plates by the untransformed cells (controls). Students perform a cell resuspension from the transformed and untransformed colonies, followed by a plasmid miniprepartation on those cells, to enable them to demonstrate that only transformed cells have the plasmid present. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students investigate a rapid method to render the bacterium Escherichia coli "competent" to uptake plasmid DNA. They demonstrate the phenotypic changes associated with transformation. They perform a cell resuspension from the transformed and untransformed colonies to demonstrate that only transformed cells have the plasmid present. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 10th
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Students explore change in physical properties of polymer as result of cross-linking. Students consider result of adding more cross-linking agents to polymer, view model of cross-linking, and complete monomer identification. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students interpret different points of view from primary sources. They investigate and demonstrate an understanding of the techniques of political cartooning by creating their own cartoons. Students demonstrate a comprehension of the issues and viewpoints of the Second Seminole War through the creation of a political cartoon. Full Review »
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