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- 3rd - 8th
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Students participate in a study to determine whether they are ruled more by the left or the right side of their brain. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students recognize and imitate Leonardo da Vinci's unique artistic style. Through observation and practice, students capture the look of real things from many angles in actual space. They attempt their own still life drawing. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research biological, cognitive and socioemotional changes during early childhood. They focus on the "play years" and examine human development during this time. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students, in groups, research, analyze and synthesize information on genetic diseases. After watching a video on genetics, groups perform research on a variety of genetic diseases and present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students collect data, graph and analyze it. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students complete basic operations using percentages in a variety of real world situations. Discounts are computed and compared to a variety of prices listed in local newspaper advertisements. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students explore a possible connection between right/left handedness, and the direction a person veer from a straight path when blindfolded. This is a very good opportunity to practice measurement and data collection skills as well as graphing. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students take an inventory of their own easily-observable genetic traits and compare those inventories with other students in groups. They then make data tables and bar graphs showing the most and least common traits in their group. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students solve problems like the following examples: 1. If you have 10,000 women, age 30, who have babies and one in 900 of these births will result in a Down syndrome baby, how many will have this disease? 2. 5,000 babies are born; 2,000 to women age 20, 3,000 to women age 40. How many of each group will give birth to a Down syndrome baby? Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students explore the connection between genetics and heredity by examining the cellular structure. Among the numerous activities to engage students are drawing DNA molecules, vocabulary puzzle sheets, and predicting possible offspring combinations by discovering the Punnett Squares to predict ratios for inherited traits. Full Review »
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