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Electricity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore electricity. After watching a PowerPoint presentation, students discuss the composition of electricity and how it is made. They participate in discovery activities by rotation through four activity stations set up on the...
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Take Deep Breath

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders become familiar with how the diaphragm expands to draw air into our lungs and contracts to exhale carbon dioxide. They also label the major parts of the respiratory system through the use of interactive Internet research...
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Earth's Energy

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss the Earth's energy. In this science lesson, students construct a simple circuit, a series circuit, and a parallel circuit.
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Electric Circuits

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders build a simple circuit which transmits Morse code using a battery, bulb, wire, switch, and tape. They analyze problems that arise while transmitting their messages to each other.
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Tree-Ring Dating

For Students 5th - 8th
In this tree-ring dating worksheet, students use activity sheets to determine a tree's age and to observe changes in climate from the tree-rings. Students investigate how archaeologists use tree rings to date evidence and they answer 5...
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Graphing Using Excel

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a series of graphs by gathering information and using Excel to graph the information.  In this graphing lesson, 5th graders graph favorite desserts of the class. Student put their results into the...
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Parts of the Seed

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this biology worksheet, students read about the parts of plant seeds and look at a seed diagram. They read about the roots, endosperm, embryo, and the process of germination. They answer 8 online multiple choice questions based on the...
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Panther Exam: Writing a Play

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students demonstrate their knowledge of panthers by writing a play on the subject.  In this animal life lesson, students view a slide-show on school computers of a veterinary exam of a panther.  Students utilize this...
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Plate Tectonic Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the Earth's movements by completing worksheets. In this plate tectonics activity, students define such natural disasters as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and mudslides and discuss their connections to plate tectonics....
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M & Ms in a Bag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make predictions about the number and colors of M&M's in a snack size package. They create an Excel spreadsheet to record the data from their small group's bag, create a graph of the data, and discuss the variations of data...
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Breathing

For Students 5th - 8th
For this breathing worksheet, learners will review vocabulary words and topics relating to the lungs and the parts of the breathing system in humans. Students will explore how exercise effects the carbon dioxide that is exhaled. This...
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What is Photosynthesis?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the similarities and differences of living things. Specifically, students will be able to identify the life processes of photosynthesis and describe the basic needs of plants.
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What is an animal?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this animal activity, students determine five characteristics that all animals have in common. Using these characteristics, students fill in a table demonstrating what living things have those characteristics.
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Plant Responses

For Students 4th - 8th
In this plant response instructional activity, students will explore the different responses plants have to different stimuli, including light and gravity. Students will complete 7 multiple choice questions and 3 fill in the blank...
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Alive or Not

For Students 5th - 8th
For this organism worksheet, learners review the characteristics that determine if something is alive or not. This worksheet has 5 fill in the blank and 7 matching questions.
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Fueling the Body

For Students 5th - 12th
In this nutrition activity, students review the organs and enzymes that are part of the digestive system. Then students review the food pyramid by comparing two menus. This activity has 9 fill in the blank, 4 true or false, and 5 short...
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Making The Geologic Time Scale Real

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are assigned significant geologic events in Earth's history. They convert the date of the events into distances and then space themselves (on an outside playing field) away from other groups, to represent time between various...
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E.T. Phones Home: The History of the Telephone

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create illustrated timelines of the telephone's history. In groups, they research 25-year sections beginning in 1876. Once each group has completed their portion of the timeline, they are all assembled to create one banner.
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Moving the Body

For Students 5th - 12th
In this musculoskeletal system worksheet, students review the function of bones and muscles in this body system. Students also review the different types of muscles: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank...
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Rotten Truth

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils complete activities to study decomposition. For this decomposition lesson, students work in pairs to observe a decay buffet experiment. Pupils keep compost bag journals. Students define and discuss the process of decomposition.
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Background Reading and Coral Dramas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a dramatic play. In this coral instructional activity, students explore the anatomy of coral. Working in groups, learners research the form and function of coral and present a skit to represent their learning.
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Pond 1: Pond Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners work together to investigate familiar and unfamiliar ecosystems. Using the internet, they discover how different organisms use their environment to satisfy their needs. They also examine the relationshiops between organisms...
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Innovation of Our Generation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students brainstorm on the different innovation in their lives today. For this technology lesson, students research one innovation and prepare a speech to convince their classmate to name it the "Innovation of our Generation." They...
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Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Cell Division and Cycle

For Students 1st - 9th
A site about cell division and the cell cycle in the science of biology including mitosis, meiosis, and binary fission.

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