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Environmental Justice

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this Gulf Oil Spill lesson, students discuss how environmental pollution affects those how live in poverty at a higher rate than those with more affluence. Students read...
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Taxonomy Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students act as a taxonomist and, given a certain situation, classify existing organisms.
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Honey Bee Biology

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students review the basic parts of an insect and explore the anatomical characteristics of a honey bee. The second part of the lesson focuses on ways to identify a honey bee from other stinging insects.
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Grizzly Hibernation

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explain why and how grizzlies hibernate. They make a den using cardboard boxes. They write a story told from a new-born grizzly.
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The Ant Attack

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe the daily activity of an ant farm. Through observations and journal writing, they gather data concerning the daily activities of the ants. Students use their observations to predict the effect of environmental...
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Arthropods

For Students 9th - 12th
In this arthropods instructional activity, students will review the 4 characteristics of arthropods and then use a lobster diagram to complete 2 short answer and 1 true or false question.
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Molecules of Life

For Students 4th - 5th
In this molecules worksheet, students read a 1 page article on molecules and then answer 10 true or false, multiple choice, short answer and/or fill in the blank questions referring to the article.
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Fungus

For Teachers K - 12th
Students study fungus, its reproduction and uses.  In this eukaryote lesson students complete several fungal experiments.     
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WHAT IS A CELL?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the function and structures of cells, including plant and animal cells. They explore cell parts including cell wall, ribosomes, chromosomes, nucleoid, plasmids, flagella, pilli, and plasma membrane, cel
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Amazon Adventure: a Case Study in Medical Technology And Bioethics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students test problem-solving skills, the ability to see connections, and the ability to draw conclusions and inferences from information provided in a case study. Given a case study, they formulate a procedure and draw conclusions.
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Amazon Adventure: A Case Study in Medical Technology and Bioethics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils explore a case study. They use problem solving skills to determine initial procedures or experiments necessary slow disease and develop a drug. Students examine FDA drug approval procedures. They consider environmental and...
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More on Meiosis

For Students 7th - 9th
In this meiosis worksheet, students fill in the blank that describes the process of meiosis. Students also draw the process of meiosis.
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Pio, Pio, Que Frio

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the characteristics of living things. They determine that different organisms have different needs and describe and compare them. They draw and verbally respond about their favorite animal.
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African Music

For Students 6th - 9th
In this music worksheet, students read an excerpt about African Music. Once completed, they respond to eight short answer questions related to the reading. Students also imagine that they are an African musician and suggest how they...
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Genetic Changes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic change worksheet, students will explore the changes that can occur in DNA including point mutations and chromosomal mutations. This worksheet has 11 multiple choice questions.
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Knowledge Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this oceans quiz worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of concepts related to the ocean.
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Orchids and Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory and how he applied it to orchids.  In this evolution lesson students repeat Darwin's orchid pollination experiment.
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Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
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Dissolved Oxygen Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils investigate what dissolved oxygen is and why it is important to aquatic life and what factors influence levels of dissolved oxygen in a lake. They study how to use MS Excel to make charts to show trends and correlations.
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Goobers. Goobers? Goobers!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners begin the lesson by noting the many ways in which to use peanuts. In groups, they use the internet to research the work of George Washington Carver. They discover the allergies and nutritional information of the peanut and...
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The Basics:Life Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore concepts in life science using segments drawn from Discovery Channel. In this life science lesson, students participate in discussions about the food chain. Middle schoolers create a poster to illustrate a...
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Physics- global warming

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners discuss the concept of global warming and view a multimedia clip on the global warming phenomenon. They statistically analyze mean temperature data and compare a given set of data. Data on atmospheric CO2 is done then they...
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Cell Repair and Cell Cycle

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the cell cycle. They view pictures of different stages of mitosis and explain why cells reproduce. They identify the five phases of mitosis: interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
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Classification of Organisms

For Students 6th - 9th
In this classification worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 17 clues about vocabulary pertaining to the classification of organisms.