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- 8th - 12th
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Students use roadside kill to use taxidermy skills, become comfortable working with animals and dissecting. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine soil in forests looking for animals and insects. They divide the animals based on their number of legs and draw the animal they have collected. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine the effects of pests on other organisms, crops, and the environment. they construct an insect observation chamber and discover how some insects can be pests in some situations and beneficial in others. They write "pest poems." Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students are introduced to the classification system of animals. In groups, they set up an aquarium in which they must maintain throughout the year. They also observe earthworms and how they react to various stimuli and research the characteristics of arthropods. To end the lesson, they focus on one phylum of animals and present their information to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students collect samples of common dust from their homes and school for examination under a microscope. They identify the components of their samples using the provided "Atlas of Indoor Dust Particles." Pupils take samples form a variety of sources, compare their contents and make hypotheses about the generalizability of their findings. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students collect terrestrial invertebrates using a home made pit fall-style trap. They discover that there are more invertebrates than they thought. Pupils classify the invertebrates. Students define what a terrestrial invertebrate and invasive species are and give examples of each. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine samples of common dust from their homes and school under a microscope. Students describe their samples including the location from where they were collected, and compare their samples to make hypotheses about their findings. 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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- 7th
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Students study spiders. They view spider silk through a microscope and compare it to human hair or other fibrous materials. In groups, they compare the strength and elasticity of spider silk. Finally they watch a teacher demonstration on polymers. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students practice graphing and other math skills to track number of honeybee colonies present in United States since 1978, discuss major crops that are dependent on insect pollinators, and examine reasons for decline of United States honeybee population. Full Review »
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