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- 4th - 6th
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Students review slide samples take with a scanning electron microscope. They use a virtual electron microscope and their knowledge of cell structure to identify images shown to them. They discuss their observations. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students search into animal and cell characteristics and their functions in this seven lesson unit. Replicas of the cell are constructed out of Jell-O as students probe the internet for details of the concepts. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the basic processes by which cells divide and transfer their genetic information. They recognize and distinguish possible inherited traits and through the discovery method of the facts and principles of inheritance. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore electronic inventions that are directly related to the evolving of Technology. They compare life in the past without these inventions, life when they were first introduced and life now with the latest version. They connect how the discovery of electricity made each invention possible. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students create paper comet models. They discuss facts about comets and build a model to determine the way the sun affects a comet. They create a comet and label the head and tail portions. They discuss their comet model and share it with other teams. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and discuss an article about carbon dating, then participate in a hands-on lab to discover how carbon dating works. Students also write a letter to a friend explaining the process, and how archeologists use the process to determine how old discoveries may be. Full Review »
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- 5th - 10th
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Students develop a sense of the scale of our solar system by creating a one to ten billion scale model. They calculate the relative sizes and distances for the planets and asteroid belt using a guiding worksheet. To create the model they place traffic cones at the appropriate distances on a field or sidewalk and use food items such as poppy seeds and gum balls to represent each planet. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students discuss prior knowledge of Francis Crick and James Watson. They practice vocabulary terms that are needed to understand the video. Students watch 9:13 minutes of the vieo "The Secret of Life-The Discovery of DNA Structure (download information included with lesson). Students complete a review worksheet. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review what they have already explored about the brain and the nervous system. They comprehend that neurons are the cells of nerve tissue. Students discuss that a neuron consists of a main portion, which contains the nucleus, and cell extensions called axons and dendrites. They discuss how the nervous system transmits messages. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students research the element of carbon, its composition, and the importance of carbon to life on earth. Then they design model mobiles of carbon atoms to demonstrate their understanding of the configuration of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Students also research the scientists who made discoveries that are so important to modern chemistry. Full Review »
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