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The Nitty Gritty-The Source and What To Do

For Teachers 7th - 9th
For this environmental contaminants worksheet, students read about a scenario where children were exposed to lead from an old painted bench at a park. Students answer 5 questions about the investigation and what should be done to protect...
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Polygons, Pingos, and Themokarst! Oh MY!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars complete activities to learn about the common land features in Alaska. In this land study lesson plan, students study an overhead for permafrost features. Young scholars define ice wedge polygons, thermokarst, and pingos....
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Measuring With Graduated Cylinders

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore measuring with a graduated cylinder. In this measurement lesson, students observe liquids in a beaker. Students predict the volume of liquid in the beaker and then transfer the liquid to a graduated cylinder. Students...
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Clouds and Rain

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students study how clouds form, what different types there are and what rain is.  In this atmospheric lesson students make a cloud and create evaporation.
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Miller-Urey Experiment Amino Acids & The Origins of Life on Earth

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study the Miller-Urey Experiment including its history and criticism.  In this origins of life lesson students repeat this experiment to see how it works.
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Earthquake Waves And Their Destructions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate primary and secondary waves and how to measure the magnitude of waves. They discover how to find the epicenter of earthquakes. They examine why waves are more destructive in some areas than others through these...
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Deposition

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students follow carefully designed instructions to bond silver to glass thus creating a mirror. The process used, Brashear's Process, uses sugar rather than formaldehyde to reduce the compounds, but many of the chemicals are dangerous,...
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How High Does the Atmosphere Go?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils explain how relatively thin the atmosphere is, compared to the size of the planet, and determine the relative extent of the four major atmospheric layers.
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Cotton Seed Planting

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners using scientific inquiry will observe and record in daily journals their findings on cotton seeds. They measure, graph, and then communicate their discoveries about plants to each other.
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Sunflower Stars

For Students 6th - 8th
In this sunflower star activity, students read about sunflower stars. They then use what they learned and answer the 18 questions on the page. They need to use a dictionary for one of the sections. The answers are on the last pages.
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Bubbles

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experiment bubbles. In this scientific method lesson, students identify variables used in proper experiment design. Students conduct experiments with different brands of dish-washing detergent to determine which brand makes the...
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Fish Tank Optics- Learning How Light Travels

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Young scholars explore light waves, refraction, and reflection. In this light lesson plan, students observe how light moves by using a flashlight. Young scholars observe refraction and reflection.
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Ocean World

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online interactive science instructional activity, students respond to 7 multiple choice questions regarding icebergs. Students may submit their answers to evaluated.
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Inside-out Adaptations

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students describe sea stars adaptations and explain how these enable them to survive in different environments.  In this animal adaptation lesson students watch a video, get into groups and create a list of characteristics of sea...
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Echinoderms and Chordates

For Students 6th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle with 20 questions on echinoderms and chordates characteristics and features.
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Volcano Under the City

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the different flow rates of liquids and how lava's viscosity influences flow.  In this liquids lesson students complete several handouts and a lab activity.
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Through Thick or Thin!!!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars differentiate between high and low viscosity. Students collect, graph, and interpret data, then quantitatively measure polymer solids. Young scholars experiment with a household example of an emulsion polymer.
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Alternative Energy Resources

For Students 7th - 8th
For this alternative energy resources worksheet, students read and describe the advantages to using tidal power. Then they identify and list some of the disadvantages to using tidal power as mentioned in the brief excerpt read. Students...
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Personal Ecosystem

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students build an aquatic ecosystem using large glass pickle jars.  In this ecology lesson, students build and ecosystem then observe and collect data on the habitats.   In this long term project students observe a...
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North American Animals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to the anatomy and characteristics of the North American wolf, grizzly bear and bobcat through a purchased kit. They cast plaster models of each of the animals for study and display.
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Woodblocks And Their Japanese History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners create replicas of Japanese woodblock prints using their own art as the basis for design in this excellent cross-curricular Art project applicable to Language Arts, Social Studies, or Art classrooms.
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How Volcanoes Grow

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study volcanoes including rock fragments, ash, aerosols and gases.  In this volcano lesson students divide into groups and build models of the three major types of volcanoes. 
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The Pacific Ocean

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Pacific Ocean worksheet, learners read 2 pages about the Pacific Ocean and answer true and false questions. Students answer 10 questions.
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Making Clouds: Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in a Beaker

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe a teacher demo on how clouds form. In this earth science instructional activity, students discover how cloudiness affects relative humidity. They explain the scattering of light by clouds.

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