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- 10th
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Students explain and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting. They define the term estuary, investigate what mudflats and salf marshed are and explain their significance to estuaries. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students brainstorm different characteristics of invertebrates and investigate invertebrates by conducting Internet research. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how physical factors in estuaries vary over time. They conduct Internet research, take an online quiz, analyze a database, and complete a worksheet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students analyze sample organisms and write down their characterisitics. They identify the organisms using a dichotomous key. Then they create their own organisms and give them characteristics. They create dichotomous keys which will be used by their classmates to identify the new organisms. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how different nutrients in the soil and fertilizers affect plant growth. In groups, they participate in a role play in which allows them to see the interactions of humans and plants. They also read articles and record their opinions about issues related to agriculture. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students identify the life processes of various organisms that classify them as living. Using the internet, they examine the characteristics of worms and arthropods and write a story how a creature they developed performs the life processes. They present their animal in a convention. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct two set experiments on Lumbriculus worms and create a third experiment of their own. The first of the two set experiments allows students to observe regeneration of the worms while the second allows students to test the effects of nicotine on its heart rate. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students read decodable, leveled text with expression. After the teacher demonstrates reading with expression and reading with a flat affect, students discuss which reading made the text more exciting. In groups, students practice reading their text and giving suggestions for more expressive reading. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of an adaptation. They conduct research by reading a variety of resources. The students brainstorm in order to find the best adaptation of a beak to be used to acquire food in a given habitat. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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In this lesson, students properly use a taxonomic key to identify benthic organisms. Students go onto collect aquatic macroinvertabrate and then ennumerate all organisms colelcted. The culminating activity is the Project Watershed database to copmare properties of a stream. Full Review »

