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Does Size Matter?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore chemical solutions. In this chemistry lesson, students investigate the relationship between three related experiments about solutions. Students determine variables that affect the chemical concentration of each solution.
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Experimenting with Erosion

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the process of erosion and factors that influence the rate of soil loss.  In this erosion activity students formulate a hypothesis and analyze the results of their experiment. 
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How Big is Your Landscape?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study landscape and how its changes can effect survival.  In this landscape lesson students draw diagrams representing landscapes from different organisms perspectives. 
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How Does the Elbow Work: A lesson in Levers

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine levers that exist in the human body.  In this body function lesson students complete a lab activity that models how the elbow is a third class lever. 
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Planetary Surface Evolution and Resurfacing

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study the concepts of planetary surface terrains and resurfacing.  In this surface lesson students simulate the history of a planet's surface and devise ways to remove craters from their models. 
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What Crushed the Can?

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students examine the difference in pressure to objects.  In this pressure lesson students complete a lab activity with a soda can in which they will make observations and hypothesize. 
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What Does It Eat?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils use crickets, mealworms, and pill bugs and observe what they choose to eat. In this science lesson plan, students record data, create graphs, and do a write up on what they see happening.
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What Secrets Are Hiding in My Schoolyard?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate germination. In this schoolyard activity, students collect soil samples and germinate seeds. Students study how seeds remain dormant until conditions are right for germination.
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You talkin' to me?: Investigations in animal behavior

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how to develop and conduct scientific investigations of animal behavior. In this animal behavior lesson students view a video, play an interactive game and complete a lab exercise. 
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Building a Clay Neuron

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students examine the anatomy of a neuron and its physiology.  In this neuron lesson students build a representative model of a biological structure. 
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Cells Behaving Good or Bad

For Teachers All
Students study cellular behavior.  For this cell lesson students identify and develop a research question, collect data and formulate conclusions. 
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Citric Acid Review Activity

For Teachers All
Students study the Krebs's cycle and understand the steps at a functional level.  For this cellular respiration lesson students complete different stations then do a written assignment. 
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Flowering Phenology: How Do Plants Know When to Flower?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study the process of plant reproduction and the biotic and abiotic factors that affect flowering phenology. In this plant reproduction lesson plan, students describe the interaction of environmental factors as it relates to...
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Paleoecology Using "Fossilized" Owl Pellets

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the differences in anatomy to help identify different species and use a dichotomous key to identify what the owls were eating.  In this investigative lesson students dissect owl pellets to identify the species eaten and...
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Yeast Cells and their Environment

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the scientific method and explore how to design an experiment.  In this investigative instructional activity students explore and hypothesis an experiment then carry it out to find the results. 
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Fossil Evidence for Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students draw maps of counties that were important to the discovery of plate tectonic theory.  In this plate tectonics lesson students excavate constructed fossil sites from matching coastlines and discuss the possible explanations for...
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The Art and Soul of the Land

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners study conservation and how different communication styles used by different conservationists. In this conservation lesson students obtain information on a cartoon or a few quotes from a conservationist and are ask to describe...
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Through Other Eyes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe the structures of crustaceans and the features that give organisms capabilities that exceed those of humans.  In this investigative lesson plan students replicate some of the features of photo-receptors in a...
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Archaeology For Kids Quiz 101

For Students 4th - 6th
In this archaeology for kids quiz 101 instructional activity, students interactively answer 12 multiple choice questions as part of an online magazine, then click to check their answers.
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Food Preservation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the different food canning methods and how to be safe canning.  For this canning lesson students examine the hazards of improperly canning. 
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Hopi Agriculture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss the farming practices of the past and present of the Hopi people and discuss the importance of corn. For this Hopi agriculture lesson plan, students also plant their own seeds of corn.
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Dancing Rainbows: A Pueblo Boy's Story

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students read the book "Dancing Rainbows," and complete a variety of activities across the curriculum. For this Native Americans lesson plan, students create pottery, discuss Pueblo traditions, discuss the importance of rain, and learn...
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Boomerang

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students build their own boomerang. In this physics lesson, students trace the origin of this equipment. They practice throwing and catching them.
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Walking Magic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate surface tension using water striders. In this inquiry lesson, students develop a researchable question about the topic. They explain the environmental consequences of lowering water surface tension.

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