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Where Does Food Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students understand how their food moves through the digestive system. In this digestion instructional activity, students measure the length of the digestive system from a projection of it. Students draw their own pictures of the...
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Cloud Identification

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars study types of clouds. For this earth science lesson, students read the book The Cloud Book. Young scholars use photos to examine each type of cloud and visit suggested websites.
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Buildings Have Lives, Too: Disasters and Their Effect on People

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research natural disasters and their lasting effect on both people and the environment. In this environmental science lesson, students complete a group project on a natural disaster of their choosing. Students examine multiple...
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Earth Day Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students analyze Earth science by answering environmental study questions. In this Earth Day activity, students read the book The Lorax and identify the themes within it. Students define several recycling vocabulary terms and create an...
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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 plan, students identify the different ways to recycle and conserve resources on Earth while facilitating recycling bins around...
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Linear Motion

For Teachers 4th
In this fantastic physics and math lesson, student pairs create a ramp that will transport a rolling marble in order to learn about linear motion. Students use cardboard, straws, toothpicks, marshmallows, and paper clips in order to make...
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Picture Perfect Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the concept of the food pyramid. The lesson includes background information for the teacher to lecture students about the food pyramid. They construct a model of the pyramid using cereal boxes. The projects could...
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Seasons Culminating Activity

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners develop a PowerPoint presentation as the culminating project in a unit on seasons. They complete a KWL chart, conduct Internet research, take an online quiz, and create a PowerPoint presentation using text, video clips, and...
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Classifying Conundrum

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify plant characteristics from different environments and communicate that information in different ways. They use a simple scheme to classify Utah plants and animals and make observations and record them in a...
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Prehistoric Discoveries

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students agree or disagree with several statements about ancient animals, then read a news article about recent prehistoric discoveries. In this earth science and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Somethin' Sweet

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners make their own candy. In this science lesson plan, students observe how molecules interact with each other in physical changes and observe how the addition of heat can cause molecules to interact and form new molecules in...
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Dig In - Grow your own grub

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars monitor the growth of a plant over several weeks. In this earth science lesson, students plant a courgette plant, take digital photos, and upload them to the BBC gallery. They turn their photos into live...
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Observe a Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Tiny tree-huggers observe and examine various species of trees around campus. They use My First Field Guide to Trees to support their observations. Different tree projects are offered that can include using natural materials to make a...
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Living On The Moon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners evaluate what life would be like living on the moon or another planet in our solar system.  In this science lesson, students create a colony that they would use to live in on the moon using Legos. 
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Examining Endangered Species

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Middle school environmental science classes research the threatened, endangered, and extinct organisms listed for their state. They design and construct a poster of the information gleaned and write an essay about how they might be able...
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Fisheries Project

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore biology by completing a fishing worksheet. In this commercial fishery lesson, students identify the process of taking mass fish from the ocean and delivering them to eateries while discussing the negative aspects....
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Research Project

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars learn the characteristics of arachnids by researching the arachnid of their choice and producing a 4 to 5 paragraph research paper.
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Science and Art Design

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore the scientific process by completing a pegboard activity. In this art design lesson plan, students identify the similarities between the art process and the scientific method while experimenting with art beads and...
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Smallville Prairie Development Project

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners, through group activities, explain the important scientific, social/historical and aesthetic values of a prairie habitat. They analyze the impact of humans on prairieland and solve a problem regarding potential development of a...
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The Science of Swinging

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students learn how a pendulum works in the concept of an amusement park ride. In this pendulum lesson plan, students are introduced to Newton's first law of motion and how it works in an amusement park ride. Continuous motion and inertia...
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Science Inquiry Lesson: Mapping Project

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars explore the methods of creating maps. They create a map of Animas River Park using a compass and measuring tape, develop a single map from the team map sections, and devise another map of the Animas River Park using a GPS...
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Amazon Rainforest Poster Project/Service Project

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students make efforts to save the rainforests. In this environmental stewardship lesson plan, students discuss facts about the resources of the rainforests. Students then create posters that encourage other to reduce their use of paper.
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Project 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given a coin to observe and make inferences about. Using a worksheet, they make two columns to list their observations and inferences in an organized manner. They develop a hypothesis based on one of the inferences and...
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Making Science and Literature Connections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students access the Internet and research physical characteristics and route of migration of the gray whale. They complete a database and reproduce the information using Apple Works. They read the novel El Guero by Elizabeth Borton de...

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