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Displaying Sea Ice

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students display their knowledge of sea ice. In this earth science lesson, students create displays reflecting their understanding of sea ice.Students research the development of sea ice on a variety of bodies of...
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Living With the Heat: The Ring of Fire

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate the planet Earth's infamous ring of fire and the life that thrives from it.  In this ocean environment lesson, students investigate hydrothermal vents and how organisms thrive off their heat.  Students...
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Björk

For Students 4th - 6th
For this Bjork worksheet, students read about the life of the performer, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine their eye's blind spot. For this biology lesson, students explain what causes this visual deficiency. They give real life applications of this concept.
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What is Coal?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils receive instruction to answer the question "What is coal?". They then participate in several puzzles and problems to explore the subject of coal. They solve addition and subtraction problems and match letters with the letter code...
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Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
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Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use authentic satellite data to produce plots and graphs of sea surface temperature as they explore the seasonal changes of the Gulf Stream.
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Polymers and Crystals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars experiment with crystals and polymers and examine their roles in food science.
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Creating a Thematic Map Using S'COOL Data

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students observe weather patterns, collect data, and make a weather predictions for various locations on a map.
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Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the importance of the Gulf Stream. Using a NASA satellite images, they examine the sea surface temperature. Students collect the temperature at various locations and times. Using spreadsheet technology, they graph the...
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Hurricane Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use Internet and/or library resources to locate and record information about hurricanes on a worksheet..
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Coral Reefs Endangered

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research where in the world coral reefs are located. In this ecology lesson, students create food chains and food web. They simulate growing coral reefs to understand their characteristics better.
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Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
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Compettion at its Best

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders role play predators, prey and other parts of the aquatic ecosystem. They show inter and intra-specific competition as well as the link between abiotic and biotic components in an ecosystem. Students play games about the...
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Chemistry Review

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemistry overview worksheet, learners review stoichiometry, states of matter, thermochemistry, gas laws, chemical bonding, molarity, chemical equilibria, and kinetics. This worksheet has 41 problems to solve.
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Synthesis Reactions

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders write and balance chemical equations and make a PowerPoint presentation on synthesis reactions.
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States of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students categorize items into one of the three states of matter. They participate in a demonstration in which they represent particles of matter. Finally, they complete an experiment in which they "race" top see who can make acetone...
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A Snapshot in Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students state the main ideas of the article. They create questions to clarify the meaning of the article and to help explain the ideas. Students cite words or phrases that reveal a bias the author may have.
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Activity #8 Which State Are You In?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars define, give similarites and differences between solids, liquids, and gases. They compare and contrast a solid, liquid and gas in terms of shape, volume, compressibility, diffusion and density. Pupils classigy common...
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Active Transport

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this active transport worksheet, students review the cellular process of active transport including the structures and functions of the cell organelles involved. This worksheet has 28 fill in the blank statements.
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Air Pollution and Health

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use Internet research to become familiar with the environmental and health effects of the six criteria pollutants identified by the U.S. EPA, along with the greenhouse effect and carbon dioxide.
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Altars, Shrines and Tributes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design an original altar, shrine or tribute in clay and other media.
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Super Scientists Code

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science activity, students use the key code on the right to unscramble each of the scientists. They also match each of the scientists found to their correct description.
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RP Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy learning exercise, students find the words that are related to the concepts that are the theme of the word search. New vocabulary is the focus of the puzzle.