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Liquids and Solids

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars describe the properties of solids and liquids, and explain how a semiconductor works.  In this atom lesson students demonstrate the bonding properties of carbon and silicon.
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A Model of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explain how a scanning tunneling microscope works. In this chemistry lesson plan, 9th graders construct atomic models and simulate how their images appear under the STM. They discuss the limitations of their atomic model.
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Fertilizers

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the nutrient makeup in fertilizers.  In this plant nutrient lesson students see the effects of common fertilizers on plants.
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Antigens

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine antigens including ones found in humans.  In this immune lesson students complete several experiments in relation to antigens and antibodies.
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Where Does Radon Come From?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils discuss the differences between the three types of rocks and how radon can escape from the rocks themselves. They analyze other sources of radon in the environment. They work together to complete an activity and worksheet.
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Snowball Fight

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the weather conditions throughout the globe. As a class, they discover the impact of snow on various types of crops. In groups, they participate in an experiment in which they form raindrops and calculate the...
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Ice Cream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of the colligative property. Through experimentation, students lower the freezing point of a liquid in order to create a solid by using household ingredients to create ice cream.
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Wet Weather, Wet Climate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the differences between weather and climate in this long-term lesson introduction. They create rain gauges and practice reading rainfall measurements, view a website showing the cloud cover in their location and draw...
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Cloud Painting

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore clouds and abstract thinking through painting. This lesson uses higher thinking skills and encourages self expression.
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Is the Price Right?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the techniques used by advertisers to sell goods, increase their awareness of consumer habits, differentiate between information and selling, and become aware of what motivates them to buy products.
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Changes Inside Planets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of planetary differentiation. They complete an experiment to simulate it using gelatin and food. The lesson includes vocabulary to increase reading comprehension skills as part of the inquiry. The lesson...
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A RealSim Surface Look at Descriptive Statistics

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the concepts of mean and variance. They observe properties of materials to their basic atomic or molecular structure. Students use spreadsheet software to record, tabulate and analyze collected information.
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Red, White, and Blue

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the types of chemical reactions that can be made with household products. Through various inquires, students work to perform chemical reactions using common household substances and cleaners.
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How Organisms Respond to Changes in their Environment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe the reaction of living cells to mechanical and chemical stimuli by introducing different stimuli to an organism under a microscope and recording the response.
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Mystery Polymers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how some natural substances are polymers.  In this polymer lesson students complete a lab and give examples of a physical change. 
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Polarization

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the basic facts of polarization.  In this light waves lesson students demonstrate some activities illustrating interference patterns. 
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Clouds as Art: Torn Paper Landscape

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars create a torn paper landscape and use it to study clouds. In this cloud study and art lesson, students make a background art image from torn paper. Young scholars create a torn paper landscape and use cotton balls to...
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What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students demonstrate the path of food in the body. In this biology lesson, students conduct an experiment to determine how large the the digestive system is. They name the different organs involved in the digestive process.
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Learning Festival

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders at this age are very interested in the adventures of knighthood and life in the past, so the unit will serve as a basis for teaching skills while maintaining high interest.
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There Are Algae in Your House!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate that, although we sometimes can neither smell nor taste them, many ingredients in our foods and household products come from the sea. They also investigate food eat to determine algae derivatives they contain.
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Molecules

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars combine movement with science in this fun integrated instructional activity. When students are "liquid" they can "melt" or "ooze" at the end and when they are are "solids" they can "freeze" in a shape.
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A Self Directed Inquiry into the Identification of Unknowns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers gain experience in designing an experiment and use logic in selecting specific tests for unknowns. Students recognize the use of spreadsheets in helping one to make clear comparisons.
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Fortunes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss ways people attempt to know their fortune. They study how in Japan people go to a shrine and get their fortunes. They write fortunes for their peers and share in an activity modeled on that of a Japanese Temple fortune.
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Creating a Book Review Using a Multimedia Stack

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the title, character, setting and plot of a story they have read. They state their opinions of the story read and provide information about themselves as a reviewer, using Multimedia Software.

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