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Science and the Ocean Ranger Disaster

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the scientific theories behind various elements of the Ocean Ranger disaster. They present their information in a format of their choosing.
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The Sights and Sounds of Orcas

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students investigate the orca whale. They participate in an online Webquest, listen to whale vocalizations online, answer discussion questions, and locate and read newspaper articles on marine mammals and orca whales.
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Ocean Zones

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a mural showing ocean zones and the diversity of ocean life. They use reference books to create a list of plants and animals that would live in each zone.
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SATIRE AND POLITICS

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners, after analyzing a satiric song written during the Prohibition era, illustrate how humor can be utilized as a political tool by writing satiric lyrics on a current political issue at the front of the news world today. They...
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Endangered Species

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students label the endangered species on the page.  In this investigative instructional activity students answer the questions on the instructional activity about endangered species. 
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Oil Market Basics

For Students 4th - 9th
For this natural resources worksheet, students take a ten question quiz based on their knowledge of the oil market. This a multiple choice quiz.
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Unit 5 - Food

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the biodiversity existing in the Amazon rainforest. In this Amazon biodiversity lesson, students study diagrams, maps, and information about the biodiversity in the Amazon.
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Observing Sea Ice

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study and observe types of sea ice found in Alaska. In this sea ice lesson, students use the student network for observing weather to study the different types of sea ice. Students study sea ice depicted in Alaskan art.
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Do You Need a Map?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain ways marine navigation is important in modern society.  For this map study lesson students use a retrieval tool to obtain real-time information on weather forecasts. 
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The Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions in the Gulf of Mexico.  In this ocean habitat lesson, students hypothesis, design and implement an experiment to explain the existence of the "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Let's Hit the Slopes!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study benthic communities in the Gulf of Mexico and explain their roles.  In this investigative lesson students participate in a group activity and study how to calculate and index of biological communities. 
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Where's the Oxygen?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study seawater and how temperature and salinity influence it.  In this oxygen lesson students complete a lab activity on dissolved oxygen. 
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What's So Special?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the biology and morphology of Lophelia corals.  In this investigative lesson students explain how the coral contributes to communities, and create a poster.  
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Your Expedition of Discovery

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study GPS and see how it is used to determine points on the Earths surface.  For this expedition lesson students use GPS to find given coordinates. 
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Tsunamis

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the natural disasters known as tsunamis by researching the Internet.  In this nature lesson, students define the word tsunami and discuss how they are created.  Students complete an online activity based on water...
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British oil dispute with Argentina deepens

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discuss the conflict about oil between Britain and Argentina. In this Political conflict lesson plan, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students write an email to their teacher about Black...
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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

For Students 4th - 6th
In this famous people worksheet, students read a selection about the life of Sheikh Mohammed Al-Maktoum, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Breaking News English: Outsourcing on the Increase

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Outsourcing on the Increase," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Where's the Beach?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use beach profile data to analyze how erosion and sediment transport changed seashore slopes. In this geology lesson, students plot the data provided and analyze erosion patterns. They also assess coastal erosion management...
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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill while evaluating oil spill clean up activities. They discover the long term impact can have on an ecosystem by completing this experiment.
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Migration and Refugees

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore issues relating to refugees. Using the internet, they gather facts about refugees. Students discuss the range of situations which turn citizens of one country into refugees of another.
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Why Do We Need Petroleum?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students learn the many ways petroleum is used in our industrial society, and the advantages and disadvantages of its use. They explore what it would be like to live in a world without petroleum.
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Where is Oil Found?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students determine that crude oil is found in porous rocks (reservoirs) rather than in caves or caverns.
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Beach Zonation

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students identify and separate the different zones of the beach by observation. They investigate beach zonation by gathering and comparing sand samples gathered from different areas of the beach.

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