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- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students explore the role that the president plays in appointing persons into the Cabinet or White House positions. Various positions that they might like to hold are researched and the changes that a new administrations creates in those positions are ex Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the body's major organ systems and how they function and influence each other. They examine how the human body moves when involved in sports. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore the lives and work of Galileo, Percy Julian, Linnaeua,and Ernest Just in this four lessons unit. The observations are made through the analysis of "fanny packs" belonging to these scientists. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students examine insects and identify physical characteristics of insects. They perform observations of insects, then use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to answer questions about them. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students complete a graphic organizer after identifying three interesting facts from a web site. They role play that the NASA space probe has landed on Mars where a large animal was found and they develop the important questions they answer on the graphic organizer. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students are introduced to viruses and how they operate in the human body. In groups, they examine the tools and procedures that scientists use to identify organisms. They describe the characteristics and activities of microbes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students examine the lives and contributions of people who have worked in the fields of genetics and biotechnology. Students work in small groups and read a biography of a person associated with genetics. After filling out a comparison chart for their scientist, students share their information with other groups. Students complete the comparison chart on the other scientists then write a biography about a hypothetical geneticist of the future. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are exposed to several current events in zoos around the world that have become subject to criticism from several sources. They are then asked to study these incidents in depth and will be assigned a side of the argument (zoo vs. critic). Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students be exposed to several current events in zoos around the world. They will be asked to study the incidents and then be ready to debate as either from the zoo's point of view or the critics in how the zoo handled their issues. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students listen to story, "Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo," by Karma Wilson, practice finding information from Internet, write information about one chosen zoo animal, draw picture of their zoo animal, pair up and read their My Zoo Animal books, and compare and contrast different characteristics of zoo animals. Full Review »
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