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The Body Part of Cells
Eighth graders are introduced to cell organelles and their functions and the they define the differences between animal and plant cells. They write a paragraph explaining the difference between plant and animal cells and students...
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The Amazing Heart
Students examine human blood flow by comparing the pulse of athletes. In this human body activity, students discover the equation for finding the cardiac output from a human heart. Students identify heart rates of accomplished athletes...
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Skateboards
Students examine two plants that make skateboards. They practice converting fractions to percents in real life applications.
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A Fraction of the Possibilities
Students review the conversion of fractions to decimals, develop strategies to compare fractions perform complex calculations using ratio techniques similar to the construction of fractions.