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Scientific Inquiry, Episode 1

For Teachers K - 5th
Students look at ways to help the environment. In this recycling lesson, students watch a video on pollution and then collect trash at their school. They create posters to share with the school about the importance of recycling. 
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Make Bark and Leaf Rubbings

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore natural resources by creating art from plant materials. In this leaf rubbings lesson, students identify the plants that shed bark and leaves and discuss how it helps them survive in specific environments. Young...
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A Pollution Solution- Taking Care of the Environment

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils examine the biodegradability of different brands of toilet paper in a hands-on activity. Through this activity they also discover the steps of the Scientific Method and use new terms such as hypothesis, procedure, observation, and...
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Habitats and Deep Sea Environments

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine and identify the characteristics of the four zones of the ocean. They discover the amount of diversity in marine habitats. They also explore the adaptations organisms have that have allowed them to survive.
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Plants And Animals in the Local Environment

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students observe the various living things they can find outside their playground making sure to look both on the ground and in the air. They develop a large poster Venn digram, as a class, of plants and animals that live in the air, on...
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Chick Chock's Pollen Problem

For Teachers K - 5th
Students analyze how allergens effect the body and how air borne substances can effect people.
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Making a Terrarium

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students 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.
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Observing and Sketching the Lunar Surface

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners explore space science by conducting an illustration activity. In this lunar instructional activity, students discuss what the moon is and the role it plays for our environment on Earth. Learners view images of the moon and...
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Whose Flotsam is This?

For Teachers K - 12th
Students investigate interrelationships between the environment and litter. They observe the types of litter found on a shoreline and collect information about it to infer from where it came.
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It's Mine Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read a book called It's Mine! In this lesson about three frogs and sharing, students explore how what they do affects everything around them. Through a series of seven different activities, students interpret the frogs and their...
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Make Your Own Paper

For Teachers K - 8th
Student learn background information on paper. In this paper making lesson, learners explore the process of making paper and how it effects the environment. Students learn how to dispose of waste from the paper making process.
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Magazine Holder

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate ways to save our environment by creating a recycled product.  In this sustainable materials lesson, students create a magazine holder by recycling a large cardboard box and gift wrap or wallpaper.  Students explore...
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Envirolopes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students observe the environment for specific colors, odors, textures and organisms.  In this nature lesson, students are given a challenge to find objects with specific traits.  Students share their finds and play an observation game.
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Rainforest Wildlife

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars investigate how living things depend on one another for food, shelter, and other needs. They create artwork depicting a variety of living things thriving in an interdependent rainforest environment. Students blend primary...
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Flowers and Pollination

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars explore the environment by researching plant reproduction. In this pollination instructional activity, students define botany related vocabulary terms such as disc flower, petal and fertilization. Young scholars dissect a...
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De-composers - Terrarium

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the environment by building a mock ecosystem. In this rainforest analysis lesson plan, students define many environmental and rainforest related vocabulary terms and discuss the current status of our planet's...
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Earthworms and Making a Wormery

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the environment by researching insects. In this earthworm lesson, students utilize soil and plexiglass to build a see through wormery in which students can observe the worms at work. Students identify the benefits of...
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Celebrating Earth Day

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore environmental safety by planting seeds outside their classroom. In this Earth Day lesson, students identify the different ways to recycle and conserve resources on Earth while facilitating recycling bins around campus....
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The Effects of Weather on People

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students discover the causes of different types of weather and it's effect on society.  In this environmental lesson, students utilize the Internet to examine cloud types, normal weather conditions and the type of weather considered...
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Nature's Recyclers

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create environments to demonstrate how earthworms interact with their surroundings.
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Forest Ecosystem Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the environment by participating in a class field trip. In this botany lesson, students attend a field trip through their local park or forest while listening to a nature guide. Students practice using their 5 senses...
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Decomposers- Nurse Logs

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils investigate temperate forest ecosystems. In this environmental lesson, students discover different forms of decomposition and its effect on the environment.
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You Ain't Nothin' But a Rock Hound

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Here is an excellent activity on rocks! In it, learners explore the world of rocks through the use of video, hands-on activities, and cooperative projects. This outstanding plan is chock full of terrific activities, websites, streamed...
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Doin' The Moonwalk

For Teachers K - 2nd
If you are looking for an outstanding instructional activity on the Moon for your budding astronomers, look no further! This outstanding plan is full of wonderful, meaningful activities for your charges to engage in. Pupils will discover...

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