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River Planning

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use a model to conduct an experiment involving dam construction. Based on their observations, they draw conclusions about social, economic, and and environmental issues and make a decision concerning dam location. As a group,...
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Weather Predictions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play the role of weather personalities by making five day forecasts based on data gathered from observations, weather instruments, and weather maps. Each day a small group makes a class forecast for the next day and reviews the...
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Limiting Reagent

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students work in small groups with a small set of 8 nuts and 5 bolts to assemble into combinations of 1 nut: 1 bolt, and 2 nuts: 1 bolt. They explore the outcome and discuss. Then a student mixes two clear, colorless solutions together...
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Oil Embargo!

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders generate and analyze data to determine which and how much of two polymers best absorb oils, formulate procedure to accurately determine how many times its own weight particular polymer can absorb, and develop understanding...
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Cold Fronts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine its' direction of movement, and list at least five weather conditions associated with the specific front, given animations of several atmospheric variables during a cold front passage. They list at least three...
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Rivers: Short In-class Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make observations, estimates, and interpretations. They view Images of the James River at Belle Island, Virginia, including one at flood stage, a plot of peak stream flow since 1935, and an image of potholes in the Petersburg...
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Invasive Species Jeopardy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Student knowledge of exotic invasive plant species is reviewed through a class game. Review game is in the format of Jeopardy. Game rules, categories, and questions/answers are provided for the review of the exotic invasive plant species...
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Minerals In Your House

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students find the answers to the ten questions that relate common household items to having types of minerals in them.
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Growing Tomatoes from Seed

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this growing tomatoes worksheet, students experience and participate in the process of growing tomatoes over a three or four month span of time. Students follow six directives in producing tomato plants.
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What's In Crude Oil?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate crude oil. In this crude oil lesson, students investigate fractional distillation and use this technique to separate two liquids.
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Acid Rain and pH

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners study acidic and alkaline balance. In this acid and pH levels lesson, students read information about pH, the formation of acid rain and its impact on environments. Learners then complete an experiment to learn about the effects...
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Solid Waste in Canada

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of waste and its effects.  For this managing waste lesson students participate in one of a few activities including creating a poster, summarizing an article or writing a research paper. 
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Doing Lewis Dot Diagrams

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners observe the periodic table and draw the Lewis Dot Diagram.  In this investigative lesson plan students construct information on several elements including the Lewis Dot Formation and take a quiz on the information they learned. 
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Converging Earthquake!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the fault lines and tectonic plates on the map. In this earth science activity, students simulate landscape formation using robots. They take a quiz at the end of the activity to demonstrate mastery.
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Normal (dip-slip) Earthquake!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students label the fault lines and tectonic plate boundaries on the world map. In this earth science lesson, students simulate ocean floor formation using CEENboTs. They explain the causes of earthquakes.
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Happy Lesson: The Earth's Crust

For Teachers 5th - 7th
This PowerPoint provides a multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank format for reviewing vocabulary and related content following an "earth's crust" science unit. The information is concise and age-appropriate and the font and colors are...
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Volcanoes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the formation of volcanoes. In this earth science lesson plan, students build their own volcanoes in the lab using different materials. They identify the different types of volcanoes.
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Science Role Plays

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use their imagination in cooperative efforts to role play processes in Science. Each student in the group 'plays' the 'part' of one part of the process. The other groups then watch as each group acts out their version of the...
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Finding Out About the Stars and Planets

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars complete a web-based activity to study the planets and solar system. Students complete a number of activities including a slide show that depict the true facts about planets.
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Growing Coral

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students define the words coral and coral reef, and identify the Great Barrier Reef on a map or a globe. They observe crystal formations that develop in a way similar to the way coral polyps create their calcium carbonate cups.
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Trout Life-Cycle Booklet

For Teachers K - 5th
Students write books about trout, completing one page per life stage.
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Candy Quakes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, using a candy bar, gum, and Twizzlers, demonstrate the effects of deformational forces on the earth's crust. They examine the processes of rock and fossil formation.
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Is It The Flu? What Do I Do?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils use the internet to research the flu. Using various websites, they identify who should get flu shots, how to protect themselves and guidelines for getting over the flu. They write a one page report on their findings to end the...
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The Ocean: A Watery World

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the proper clothing for the season. They make wind chimes to use as an indicator of movement of the air and observe and identify the various cloud formations. They determine the basic rules of storm safety and discuss...

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