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- 9th - 10th
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Students develop a joint undertaking designed to solve an environmental problem in their local community. They tackle the problem of erosion of banks and chemical run-off into a nearby lake, which is within walking distance of school. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students design an e-pal project to complete with another classroom. They decide what information they would like to exchange and how they can incorporate it into their curriculum. They keep logs of sent and received mail. 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 »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students observe butterfly images and then draw and paint their own design. They use this activity to explain symmetry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students distinguish between invertebrate and vertebrate organisms while examining the zoological classes of a number of invertebrates. They illustrate a food web of these organisms and investigate the impact of humans on the oceanic environment while completing the attached handouts. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students review information on a website which shows different types of spiders. They sort images of spiders from other insects. They create their own spider out of materials and share them with their classmates. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate the different types of Plankton and analyze the importance of plankton in the marine food chain. They research filter feeding and evaluate the basic principles of an experiment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students will be studying the penguin community to observe the physical characteristics of the penguin and the relation it has to its community through a distancelearning project with the Detroit Zoo. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students participate in a service project in their own community to gain an understanding of stewardship. They learn about basic plant needs. Students brainstorm what a plant needs to survive. They write to government officials informing them of their project. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students practice their vocabulary words selected from a context piece relating to the Vista Module. They are given the following vocabulary: classify, botany, zoology, ecosystem, food chain, photosyntheis, microscope, habitat, and biology. Students discuss that biology is the science of life. Full Review »

