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\nSummer Brain Games: Explore STEM in the City!\n

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\nChicago’s Museum of Science+Industry presents hands-on science activities designed to keep young brains engaged over the summer. The projects, which use readily available items, include engineering a skyscraper, a gravity sewer, and...\n
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\nMake a Terrarium\n

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\nScholars read a brief overview of what a terrarium is and how it creates the greenhouse effect, then click on a link to discover the materials and 10 steps they need to build their own.\n
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\nTerrarium\n

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\nMake a premium terrarium. Learners create a miniature terrarium to study ecosystems. They use a clear container, along with rocks, soil, moss, leaves, woodland plants, earthworms, and bugs to construct their terrariums. \n
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\nRain Forest Terrariums\n

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\nFifth graders make rain forest terrariums in order to observe a simulated mini-environment. They place the layers and plants into container and place where it can be observed. They observe the closed water system in the container before...\n
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\nTerrarium in a Bottle: Modeling the Atmosphere, Greenhouse Effect, and Water Cycle\n

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\nYou've heard of farm to table ... but what about farm in classroom? Junior agriculturalists embark upon a two-week journey into the science of growing things. Based upon the classic terrarium in a two-liter experiment, the lesson goes...\n
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\nTerrariums: A Look at the Living and Nonliving World\n

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\nThird graders examine life in a terrarium and relate it to life in a larger environment. In this terrarium instructional activity, 3rd graders examine how living and non-living things work together by examining the changes in a...\n
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\nBuilding a Terrarium System\n

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\nStudents create their own terrariums.  In this ecological model lesson, students create terrariums using soil, seeds, pebbles, and two liter bottles.  Students compare the elements of a  terrarium to a food web.\n
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\nMaking and Observing Life in a Terrarium\n

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\nYoung scholars understand the parts of the terrarium and why they are important in establishing an ecosystem. In this ecosystem lesson plan, students recall background information on aquariums, terrariums and the water cycle. Young...\n
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\nWater Cycle Terrariums\n

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\nStudents explore the water cycle. They build a model of the water cycle in the form of a terrarium and explain how it demonstrates the water cycle. In addition, they draw a representation of the water cycle demonstrated in the terrarium.\n
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\nHo'opiha - Growing in Knowledge: Terrarium Project\n

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\nStudents explore environmental protection by conducting a research experiment in class. In this botany lesson, students identify the necessities for growing a plant indoors and create a small terrarium for their plant. Students observe...\n
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\nSimulating the Greenhouse Effect in a Terrarium\n

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\nStudents identify what factors effect global warming and how the greenhouse effect occurs.  In this environmental lesson students view videos then complete an experiment using a terrarium to observe greenhouse gas.\n
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\nUnit 21 Terrariums\n

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\nThe history of terrariums and how to construct one are presented in this PowerPoint. Each important step aspect of terrarium care is discussed: selecting a container, drainage, soil, types of plants, and maintenance. You will want to...\n
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\nNature: Planting Terrariums\n

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\nYoung scholars observe and experiment using a terrarium. In this scientific lesson plan, students build a nature terrarium. Young scholars then observe their terrarium over a period of time to discover what makes the plants grow. A...\n
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\nPop Bottle Terrarium\n

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\nLearners make terrariums out of bottles, pebbles, cuttings from other plants, and water. In this terrarium lesson plan, students learn about recycling by using household items to make terrariums.\n
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\nMold Terrarium\n

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\nStudents explore mold. In this mold instructional activity, students create a mold terrarium by using bread and a clear container. Students observe the mold grow.\n
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\nMaking A Terrarium\n

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\nStudents make a terrarium from common household items that are brought to class. They can be creative with materials but the method is set for how the mini-lab is set up. Students read a book about an ecosystem to stimulate the topic for...\n
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\nThe Water Cycle\n

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\nObserve the water cycle from the comfort of your classroom with this excellent earth science experiment. Working collaboratively, young scientists first create terrariums complete with hills, plants, lakes, and an...\n
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\nBuild a Tiny Plant World!\n

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\nHow can you create and observe the water cycle in your own home? Learners discover how to create their own terrariums and observe the water cycle in a video that models the steps.\n
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\nMaking a Terrarium\n

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\nStudents construct and maintain model of natural habitat, suggest improvements to the model of the natural habitat to make it more realistic and habitable, and demonstrate careful observation and recording of how animals survive in their...\n
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\nAnimals' Needs\n

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\nExplore the wonderful world of earthworms as your class learns about the requirements of animal life. After building soda bottle terrariums, students observe worms over the course of a couple weeks, building an understanding that all...\n
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\nThe Water Cycle\n

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\nStudents create terrariums in containers in order to study the Water Cycle. They examine how the terrarium maintains life in the closed environment.\n
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\nStudents become familiar with the materials needed to build a terrarium. In this terrarium lesson, students create a terrarium in a bottle and observe how it grows and takes care of itself.\n
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\nDe-composers - Terrarium\n

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