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Breathing and Exercise
Students observe and record how breathing changes with physical activities. In this physical activity lesson students form groups and complete their activity and worksheets.
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Subject/Verb Agreement
In this subject/verb agreement activity, students select the correct verb to complete sentences. Students may check answers by clicking on a "button."
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Eat Your Flowers
Students grow flowers in different soil mediums to determine the effect on flavor. In this investigative lesson plan students study flowers, plant them and taste them to see how they differ in different potting soils.
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Phytochemicals
Students study what phytochemicals are, how they work and where you can find them. In this food chemicals lesson students complete and activity and study products that contain phytochemicals.
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Plant Cycles
Students identify plants parts and their functions. In this plant cycle lesson, students examine parts of plants and how the parts help them survive in its environment. Students use graphic organizers, the internet, books and...
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Super Seeds Super Grains
Students explore the life cycle of plants. In this agricultural lesson plan, students discover the two ways that seeds germinate. Students dissect seeds and record data. Resources are provided in French and English.
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De-composers - Terrarium
Learners explore the environment by building a mock ecosystem. In this rainforest analysis lesson, students define many environmental and rainforest related vocabulary terms and discuss the current status of our planet's rainforests....
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Richmond Nature Park Field Trip
Students identify different plants and their uses by attending a field trip. In this Canadian plant instructional activity, students explore the great outdoors of Vancouver, B.C. and discuss the uses of plants by the Native Americans...
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Notes on Cell Organelles
Middle schoolers record information and write journal entries on the structure and function of cell organelles while viewing a Powerpoint presentation.
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A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK
Based on a set of criteria, students will evaluate the quality of pecans.1. Bring a gram scale and papershell pecans. Provide five pecans for each student. 2. Divide the class into groups of five and provide each member with five pecans....
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Can Fun Gus Help Plants/Trees Grow?
Learners participate in an experiment in which they test the growth of different types of plants. They discover how growth rates vary using inoculum. They draw pictures and are read books about plants to end the lesson.
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Weeds on the Windowsill
Students study farming and reasons to control weeds. They examine pesticides necessary for the control of weeds and the damage to the environment. Through experimentation, students plant seeds in different soils and determine if seeds...
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Do You See What I See?
Second graders view a teacher-created terrarium, and complete a KWL chart. They discuss what they can see, Students go on a nature walk and compare the schoolyard to the terrarium, discussing the roles of rocks, plants, soil, and water...
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What are Hunger and Malnutrition and Who are the Hungry?: Food, Ethics, Global Cultures
Students explain the consequences of hunger and malnutrition, to know the magnitude of hunger in the world today and to know who is hungry and malnourished in the world.
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Paper, Microorganisms, and Biocides
Students study the paper making process and discuss the implications of recycling paper. Students conduct a lab to determine if microorganisms are present in different solutions used in the papermaking process today.
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Water Quality Monitoring
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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Elements Found in Living Things
In this elements worksheet, students review the most common elements found in living things. Students color in two pictures with the percentages of the elements found in that living thing.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Read about the British biochemist who received the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the study of essential nutrient factors needed for animals.
Other
Zinc an Essential Mineral
This site promotes the benefits on zinc and other not so well-known minerals; calcium is best known. Discusses the importance of zinc, and the types of food zinc is found.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Getting Healthy: Nutrition Center: Vegetarian Diets
Learn about different types of vegetarian diets, the correlation between heart health and vegetarianism, and foods that allow vegetarians and vegans to get essential nutrients in their daily diets.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Nitrogen Cycle Steps
Nitrogen is essential to all living things. This article explains what the nitrogen cycle is and the five steps involved in it.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Wild Mushrooms
This site from the Ohio State University talks about poisonous and edible mushrooms, and shows some species of each.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Compost?
Compost is decomposed organic matter that we can add to the soil to introduce some essential nutrients. Discover what compost is made of and what it is used for.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Making Fertilizer
This lesson focuses on fertilizers including how they replace nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the ground; how the plants get the nutrients; a table showing examples of fertilisers, their formula, and the essential elements they...
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