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Energy Conservation Lesson 1: Fossil Fuels and the Ticking Clock

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils explore energy production by participating in a class discussion. In this renewable energy lesson plan, students discuss the differences between solar, coal, wind and fossil fuel energy sources and why some are better for the...
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Meet the Animals

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
The class will examine a series of live or stuffed animals in order to learn how different animals survive in distinctive habitats. As they examine each animal, they will be asked a series of critical thinking questions geared at getting...
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Worms, Nature's Recyclers!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study what worms need to survive in different environments. They study how worm composting improves soil and reduce waste. They discuss composting techniques and present a puppet show about a worm's life.
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Arkansas and Louisiana Purchase Wetlands

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students experiment to determine the value and importance of wetlands in Arkansas. They develop an environmental appreciation for wetlands.
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Heat from Light

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore solar energy. In this science lesson, 2nd graders use hand lenses to see that light energy can be converted to heat energy.
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Habitat Art: Florida Panthers

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students discover the lifestyles of a Florida Panther by investigating its habitat.  In this wild animal lesson, students utilize the Internet to research the habits of a Panther and what their habitat is.  Students create an artful...
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Disaster Cycles

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore what causes natural disasters. In this environmental lesson plan, students will spend four weeks using activities to help in their understanding of the Hydrological Cycle, Hurricanes, Plate Tectonics, and the Recovery...
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Meet the Trees!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars investigate their school forest and make their own miniature forest. In this forest investigation lesson, students read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and make alist of reasons to have trees. Young scholars...
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ToxMystery Lesson Plan 2 : Case Book: Catch That Hazard!!!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars explore toxic hazards. In this personal health lesson, students discover appropriate uses for household chemicals as they identify potentially harmful products in their homes.
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Soil Testing and Texturing

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are introduced to soil textures and why they are important in examining soil quality. They find out how to feel the difference between soil textures. Pupils describe which soil texture is best for gardens and growing healthy...
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Runoff with Chunky the Chicken

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are introduced to the on-farm nutrient cycle, which explains feed to manure, to soil, and back to the feed. They are introduced to the generation of runoff during rainstorms, and the contents of runoff water are more than water...
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Colors of our Earth

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are introduces to soil profile classification. They remember that classification of soils is an important aspect of studying soils as it aids in predicting how soils react to weathering, transport nutrients or pollution. ...
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Digging up the Dirt on Soil Microbes

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are introduced to the idea of soil as a habitat for many different organisms. They are introduced to the links between the biological adaptations of an organism and the physical demands of its habitat. Pupils are introduced to...
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Super Stream Keeper's

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are introduced to Delaware's waterways as precious resources used for drinking water, water for agricultural and industrial uses, recreational areas, and as habitats for wildlife. They are introduced to wastewater discharges,...
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Water Cycle and Its Movement in the Soil

For Teachers K - 9th
Students are introduced to the water cycle and water movement in soil. In this water cycle lesson plan, students explore how water moves through the water cycle and discuss water sources, natural reservoirs, soil infiltration rates and...
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Positively Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
Students investigate recycling paper. In this recycling instructional activity, students explore different types of paper and recycled paper. Students match the correct paper to the recycled product.
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Acid or Base? Toxie's on the Case

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students recognize the difference between acids and bases.  In this ToxMystery lesson, students play a computer game and experiment to find the difference between acids and bases. Students use litmus paper to determine if household...
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Soil Detectives: The Case of the Lost Friends

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars show how soil varies across the landscape, they explain how soil can be used to solve mysteries. Pupils are introduced to techniques that would be used to distinguish soils from different places.
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Professor Profile looks over the horizon

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are introduced to the differences that exist in soil properties with depth. They are introduced to the factors that influence a soil's development (soil forming factors). Pupils are introduced to the impact of soil of soil...
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How Size Shapes Animals

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students investigate how size affects large and small animals differently. In this animal lesson plan, students determine how size affects different animals by constructing their own animal out of marshmallows. Once students create...
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Habitat Sunprints

For Teachers K - 8th
Students recognize various habitats and where they are found.  In this habitat sunprints lesson, students observe the contents of habitats and record what the sunprint might represent.  Students use blueprint paper and small natural...
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Rock Hunters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe rocks of various types and sizes and record these observations through drawings. They gather rocks, measure, classify, observe, describe and record their collection.
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Creeping and Crawling Observing Mealworms and Earthworms

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students observe the inherited traits in earthworms and mealworms. In this organisms instructional activity, students view a live mealworm and earthworm on a tray and identify the body parts. Students measure the worms and observe the...
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Jane Goodall, Renowned Naturalist and Champion of Chimpanzees

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students study the life of Jane Goodall and how she made an impact studying chimpanzees.  In this endangered species lesson students write in their journals.

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