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Carbon Adventures Game

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the processes and transformations that occur in carbon pools. They play a game to identify paths taken by carbon through the environment.
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Extraction of DNA from White Onion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate techniques involved in extracting and isolating DNA. Students extract and observe onion DNA.
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Acid and Bases - Alien II

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine which of two solutions is more acidic by adding each to a given base. Students have to apply this analysis process to a problem scenario involving an alien creature.
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Rain Drops

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine drops of water on several materials used on the outside of buildings. They make selective observations on and compare plastic, wood, brick, metal, roof tiles and glass.
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Geography Action! Rivers 2001-Runoff

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students experiment with how rain affects topsoil using dirt and red tempera paint. At the end of the activity, students find red water in their collection jar, representing nutrients in the soil.
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Paper Pulp Painting

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars draw an animal on a white piece of paper and add a background of leaves or flowers. They color the drawings and rip up construction paper that is the same color as the colors they chose for their drawings. They turn the...
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Selecting Soil Organisms in Compost

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students conduct an experiment to demonstrate that many of the enzyme systems needed to break down society's wastes exist in nature among the decomposers in a compost pile. They culture compost bacteria on starch agar to examine the...
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Selecting Soil Organisms in Compost

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students demonstrate that many of the enzyme systems needed to break down--and therefore clean up-society's wastes already exist in nature among the decomposers. They select the best starch-munching organisms by altering the environment...
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Brine Shrimp Feeding

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the diet of the brine shrimp. This is an introduction to a math measurement of a micrometer because of the size of the food brine shrimp feed upon. They make predictions about the types of food shrimp eat based on...
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Ocean Absorption Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine various techniques that can reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and use chemistry to simulate oceanic sequestration. They conduct an experiment involving the method of oceanic absorption for carbon sequestration,...
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A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Based on a set of criteria, students will evaluate the quality of pecans.1. Bring a gram scale and papershell pecans. Provide five pecans for each student. 2. Divide the class into groups of five and provide each member with five pecans....
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CALORIE COUNTDOWN

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students will categorize foods according to their components and energy content.1. Design a large bulletin board with sections for carbohydrates, fats and proteins. 2. Ask students to bring labels and packages of different food products....
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Particle Theory of Matter

For Students 6th - 9th
In this science word search activity, students identify and locate words in a puzzle that relate to particle theory of matter. There are 24 words to locate in the puzzle and spell correctly.
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Salt & Sand

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students find the terms that are related to the concept of the ocean salt and sand. The answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
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Science Words

For Students 10th - 11th
In this general science learning exercise, students find 32 science words reviewing states of matter and types of substances. Students may self correct by selecting the link at the bottom of the page.
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Chemicals in Your Life

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemicals instructional activity, students fill in 61 blanks of statements comparing the chemicals used in farming and the chemicals found in medicines and food.
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Can You Find The Solution? Science Definitions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science definition learning exercise, students use a set of phrases at the bottom of the page to complete a set of 10 definitions of terms, matching phrases. 
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Solutions Quiz Review Sheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this solutions learning exercise, students use a phase diagram to determine the boiling point and molality of the solution. Students determine the electrical conductivity of a saturated solution. This learning exercise has nine...
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Inventions 2: The Impact

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners research inventors and inventions and their impacts. In this invention lesson, students research inventions and their affects in good and bad ways.
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Water

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine water, its function and how much you should consume.  In this water lesson students study water and why it is important, how much you should drink and what its functions are in your body. 
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Density, Iron, and Anemia

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explain what factors determine density. In this physics lesson, students hypothesize which objects are less dense. They cite the importance of density in everyday life.
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A Solution for Moles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students calculate the concentration of different solutions. For this chemistry lesson, students explain what a solution is. They explain ways to change the concentration of a solution.

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